Related party disclosures

In addition to the subsidiaries included in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the KION Group maintains direct or indirect relationships with a large number of unconsolidated subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates in the course of its ordinary business activities. According to IAS 24, related parties include entities that have control or significant influence over KION GROUP AG. An entity is usually assumed to have control (parent) if it holds more than 50 per cent of the shares in another entity. Significant influence generally exists if an entity holds between 20 per cent and 50 per cent of the shares in another entity.

The related parties that are solely or jointly controlled by the KION Group or over which significant influence can be exercised are included in the list of shareholdings as at 31 December 2014. Another related party is Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Weifang, China, which indirectly holds a 38.3 per cent stake in KION GROUP AG and is thus the largest single shareholder. Because Superlift Holding S.à r.l. sold its entire remaining stake of 13.9 per cent of KION shares in March 2015, Superlift Holding S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co L.P., New York, USA, and Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, USA, are no longer related parties.

The revenue generated by the KION Group in the first quarters of 2015 and 2014 from selling goods and services to related parties is shown in > TABLE 31 along with the receivables that were outstanding at the reporting date. The receivables include a loan that the KION Group has granted to Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG, Aschaffenburg. The total commitment is €21 million, of which €12 million had been disbursed up to 31 March 2015. The loan has a variable interest rate. No valuation allowances for receivables from related parties had been recognised as at the reporting date, a situation that was unchanged on 31 December 2014.

The goods and services obtained from related parties in the first quarters of 2015 and 2014 are shown in > TABLE 32 along with the liabilities that were outstanding at the reporting date.