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27. Non-GAAP measures
The exceptional items in income tax expense include the tax impact on amortisation of acquisition-related intangible assets of
EUR72 million (2013: EUR84 million) and the tax impact on other exceptional items included in EBIT and finance costs of EUR6 million (2013:
EUR21 million). These items are partly offset by exceptional income tax items with a negative impact amounting to EUR26 million (2013:
EUR46 million positive impact), including the write-off of deferred tax assets of EUR111 million and the release of a non-current income tax
liability of EUR85 million.
EBIT and EBIT (beia) are not financial measures calculated in accordance with IFRS.The presentation of these financial measures may not
be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies due to differences in the ways the measures are calculated.
28. Employee benefits
In millions of EUR
2014
2013
Present value of unfunded defined benefit obligations
358
306
Present value of funded defined benefit obligations
8,551
7,368
Total present value of defined benefit obligations
8,909
7,674
Fair value of defined benefit plan assets
(7,547)
(6,553)
Present value of net obligations
1,362
1,121
Asset ceiling items
2
2
Recognised liability for defined benefit obligations
1,364
1,123
Other long-term employee benefits
79
79
1,443
1,202
HEINEKEN makes contributions to defined benefit plans that provide pension benefits for employees upon retirement in a number of
countries. The defined benefit plans in the Netherlands and the UK combined cover 88.6 per cent of the total defined benefit plan assets
(2013:87.5 percent), 83.0 per cent of the present value of the defined benefit obligations (2013:82.5 percent) and 52.1 per cent of the
present value of net obligations (2013: 53.0 percent) as at 31 December 2014
HEINEKEN provides employees in the Netherlands with an average pay pension plan, whereby indexation of accrued benefits is conditional
on the funded status of the pension fund. HEINEKEN pays contributions to the fund up to a maximum level agreed with the Board of the
pension fund and has no obligation to make additional contributions in case of a funding deficit. In 2014, HEINEKEN's cash contribution to
the Dutch pension plan was at the maximum level. The same level is expected to be paid in 2015.
HEINEKEN's UK plan (Scottish Newcastle pension plan) was closed to future accrual in 2010 and the liabilities thus relate to past service
before plan closure. Based on the triennial review finalised in early 2013, HEINEKEN has agreed a 10-year funding plan including base
Company contributions of GBP21 million per year, with a further Company contribution of between GBP15 million and GBP40 million per
year, contingent on the funding level of the pension fund. As at 31 December 2014, the IAS 19 present value of the net obligations of the
Scottish Newcastle pension plan represents a GBP377 million (EUR484 million) deficit. No additional liability has to be recognised as the
net present value of the minimum funding requirement does not exceed the net obligation.
Other countries where HEINEKEN offers a defined benefit plan to (former) employees are: Austria (closed in 2007 to new entrants), Belgium,
Greece (closed in 2014 to new entrants), Ireland (closed in 2012 to all future accrual), Mexico (plan changed to hybrid defined contribution for
majority of employees in 2014), Nigeria (closed to new entrants in 2007), Portugal, Spain (closed to management in 2010) and Switzerland.
The vast majority of benefit payments are from pension funds that are held in trusts (or equivalent); however, there is a small portion where
HEINEKEN meets the benefit payment obligation as it falls due. Plan assets held in trusts are governed by Trustee Boards composed of
HEINEKEN representatives and independent and/or member representation, in accordance with local regulations and practice in each
country. The relationship and division of responsibility between HEINEKEN and the Trustee Board (or equivalent) including investment
decisions and contribution schedules are carried out in accordance with the plan's regulations.
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