16. Financial Result

Financial Result

in € thousand

 

2016

 

2015

Earnings from associates accounted for using the equity method

 

4,677

 

3,728

Income from exchange rate differences

 

4,205

 

13,800

Income from adjustment of settlement obligations to shareholders with non-controlling interests

 

2,932

 

804

Interest income from non-affiliated companies and non-consolidated affiliated companies

 

1,812

 

1,333

Interest income from bank balances

 

169

 

414

Income from interest rate hedges

 

45

 

155

Other

 

0

 

230

Interest income

 

9,163

 

16,736

Interest portion of pension provisions

 

9,167

 

7,849

Interest expenses on bank liabilities

 

7,314

 

8,710

Expenses from exchange rate differences

 

6,429

 

21,761

Interest included in lease payments

 

5,446

 

5,550

Interest expenses to non-affiliated companies and non-consolidated affiliated companies

 

1,655

 

4,059

Interest portion of other provisions

 

1,651

 

1,762

Expenses from interest rate hedges

 

164

 

411

Other

 

1

 

0

Interest expenses

 

31,827

 

50,102

Net interest income

 

- 22,664

 

- 33,366

Income from other equity investments

 

0

 

944

Other financial result

 

0

 

944

 

 

- 17,987

 

- 28,694

Earnings from companies accounted for using the equity method relate to the pro rata annual earnings of the joint ventures and associates, see also Note 25.

Income and expenses from exchange rate differences in both the reporting period and the previous year are mainly due to the performance of the Ukrainian hryvnia.

Please refer to Note 6 for details of income from the adjustment of settlement obligations to non-controlling interests, which totalled € 2,932 thousand (previous year: € 804 thousand).

see Note 38 for information about the interest expenses associated with amounts due to banks.