25. Retirement and termination benefit obligations

Changes in the fair value of US plan assets

Group
(all amounts in Euro thousands) 2013 2012
Fair value of plan assets at the beginning of the period 8.205 7.384
Expected return 1.159 789
Company contributions 570 866
Benefits paid -805 -666
Exchange difference -389 -168
Fair value of plan assets at the end of the period 8.740 8.205

A quantitative sensitivity analysis for significant assumptions as at 31 December 2013 is shown below:

Assumptions

Greece USA
(all amounts in Euro thousands) 0.5%
increase
0.5%
decrease
1.0%
increase
1.0%
decrease
Impact on the net defined benefit obligation:
Discount rate -723 789 -1.160 1.378
Salary 788 -729 - -
Health care costs - - 126 -109
Impact on the current service costs:
Discount rate -45 50 72 -93
Salary 53 -48 - -
Health care costs - - 5 -4

The sensitivity analyses above have been determined based on a method that extrapolates the impact on net defined benefit obligation as a result of reasonable changes in key assumptions occurring at the end of the reporting period.

The following payments are expected contributions to be made in the future years out of the defined benefit plan obligation:

2013
(all amounts in Euro thousands) Group Company
Not later than 1 years 2.963 1.971
Later than 1 years and not later than 5 years 3.865 528
Later than 5 years and not later than 10 years 8.347 3.398
Beyond 10 years 25.189 10.477
Total expected payments 40.364 16.374

The components of re-measurement (gains)/losses recognized immediately in the other comprehensive (loss)/income for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

Group Company
(all amounts in Euro thousands) 2013 2012 2013 2012
Due to experience -576 2.610 -330 3.078
Due to assumptions -1.425 -2.098 -321 -3.824
Re-measurement (gains)/losses on DBO -2.001 512 -651 -746
Re-measurement gains on plan assets -883 -469 - -
Re-measurement (gains)/losses for the period -2.884 43 -651 -746
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