NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

25. Retirement and termination benefit obligations


A quantitative sensitivity analysis for significant assumptions is shown below:

(all amounts in Euro thousands)

Assumptions

Group Company
1.0% increase 1.0% decrease 1.0% increase 1.0% decrease
  Year ended 31 December 2017
Impact on the net defined benefit obligation:  
Discount rate -3,252 3,581 -1,556 1,844
Salary 2,163 -1,867 1,820 -1,566
Health care costs 91 -78 - -
Impact on the current service costs:  
Discount rate -61 61 -101 124
Salary 165 -136 130 -108
Healthcare costs 3 -3 - -
  Year ended 31 December 2016
Impact on the net defined benefit obligation:  
Discount rate -3,366 3,996 -1,557 1,845
Salary 2,171 -1,873 1,820 -1,567
Health care costs 111 -96 - -
Impact on the current service costs:  
Discount rate -30 35 -86 108
Salary 147 -122 113 -91
Healthcare costs 6 -5 - -

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 payments to be made in the future years out of the defined benefit plan obligation (DBO):

  Group Company
  2017 2016 2017 2016
Not later than 1 years 3,403 2,821 1,940 1,428
Later than 1 years and not later than 5 years 6,856 7,441 1,659 1,868
Later than 5 years and not later than 10 years 11,334 11,767 4,422 4,777
Beyond 10 years 31,177 33,521 11,496 11,145
Total expected payments 52,770 55,550 19,517 19,218

The components of actuarial losses that re-calculated and recognized immediately in the other comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

  Group Company
  2017 2016 2017 2016
Due to experience 1,139 -619 589 41
Due to assumptions (financial) 132 2,635 - 2,026
Due to assumptions (demographic) -76 -308 - -
Re-measurement losses on DBO 1,195 1,708 589 2,067
Re-measurement gains on plan assets -1,083 -230 - -
Re-measurement losses for the period 112 1,478 589 2,067
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