Notes to the
consolidated
financial statements
continued
23 Pensions and other post-employment benefits continued
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156
49
1
206
The following table summarizes how the effect on the defined benefit obligations at the end of the reporting period would have increased
(decreased) as a result of a 0.5% change in the respective assumptions.
The above sensitivity analyses have been based on a change in each respective assumption while holding all other assumptions constant.
In reality, one might expect interrelationships between the assumptions, especially between discount rate and future salary increases as both
depend to a certain extent on expected inflation rates. The methods and types of assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analyses did not
change compared to the previous period.
574
(490)
(524)
622
78
(74)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(20)
23
574
(490)
(637)
749
96
(90)
8
(7)
(93)
104
10
(9)
million
Discount rate
0.5% increase
0.5% decrease
Future salary increases
0.5% increase
0.5% decrease
Future pension increases
0.5% increase
0.5% decrease
Life expectancy
1 year increase at age 65
