Notes to the consolidated statement of financial position: liabilities and equity

13. Short-term credits

14. Current accounts with State funds and other programs (liability)

15. Other financial liabilities

The financial liabilities contained in this note relate to amounts payable to the Dutch government as a part of their participation in the program. Other changes relate to the recognition of liabilities for FMO's obligations to the public fund programs managed on behalf of the Dutch State. Other additions line item relates to the consolidation in 2024 of the Land Use Facility of the Dutch Fund for Climate Development (DFCD) and represents the amounts payable to the Dutch government as a result of their participation in the program.

FMO applies the net asset value valuation technique as the basis for estimating the fair value of these liabilities. The valuation is based on the underlying assets included in the overall programs' values, which are level 3 inputs.

16. Debentures and notes

Debentures and notes include issued debt instruments in various currencies under FMO's debt issuance programs. In addition, a subordinated note of €250 million is also included in the debentures and notes. Under IFRS this note is classified as a financial liability, but for regulatory purposes it is considered Tier 2 capital. This note was issued on July 15, 2020 with a maturity date of January 15, 2031. The note is issued at 99.764 percent of the aggregated nominal amount at a fixed coupon rate of 0.625 percent. The note is non-convertible and can be called on first call date after five years until July 15, 2026.

Line item 'Changes in fair value' represents the fair value changes attributable to the hedge risk in connection with the debentures and notes used for hedge accounting purposes.

17. Accrued liabilities

18. Other liabilities

Lease liabilities relate to IFRS 16 leases. For a breakdown of the lease liabilities, refer to Note 11 - 'Property, plant and equipment'.

19. Provisions

The amounts recognized in the statement of financial position are as follows.

The movements in allowance for loan commitments and liabilities for guarantees are set out in Note 34 - 'Off-balance sheet information' section.

Pension schemes

FMO’s pension schemes cover all its employees. Up to 2022 the pension schemes were according to defined benefit plans and were mostly based on average-pay-schemes. FMO has a contract with a well-established insurer, by which all nominal pension obligations are guaranteed.

Due to the expiration on December 31, 2021, of FMO's pension agreement and taking into account upcoming changes in regulations impacting defined benefit pension plans, FMO made the decision during 2021 to amend its pension plan for existing and future employees. Starting from January 1, 2022, employees participate in a defined contribution plan. The defined benefit obligation reflects the net pension liability attributable to members of the defined benefit plan that ended on December 31, 2021.

The actuarial profit on the pension liability amounts to €7.1m (2023: €4.2m loss). This profit is mainly due to the fact that for 2023 no indexation was granted for the conditional group of participants and the decrease of indexation for inactive participants.

The amounts recognized in the statement of financial position are as follows:

In December 2024 the indexation budget for active members with conditional indexation has been increased. This resulted in an increase in the indexation assumption for this group and has an increasing impact of €5.5m on the defined benefit obligation.

No direct asset allocation is held in relation to the new pension insurance contract. Therefore, the fair value of the plan assets can no longer be determined based on a certain asset allocation. Due to this, paragraph 115 of IAS 19 has been applied in estimating the fair value of plan assets based on accrued pension rights and actuarial rates.

The movement in the liability recognized in the statement of financial position is as follows:

The amounts recognized in the statement profit or loss account as net periodic pension cost are as follows:

The principal assumptions used for the purpose of the actuarial valuations at year-end are as follows:

Significant actuarial assumption is the discount rate. Reasonably possible changes to the discount rate, holding other assumptions constant, would have affected the defined benefit obligation by the amounts shown below.

20. Shareholders’ equity

Share capital

The authorized capital amounts to €45,380k, consisting of A shares of €22.69 each, which are held by the Dutch Government, and B shares of €22.69 each, which are held by commercial banks and private investors. The Dutch Government holds 51 percent of the total shares of FMO, while commercial banks and private investors hold the remaining 49 percent. The voting rights for A shares and B shares are equal. In addition, the equity of the company comprises of three reserves, in line with the Agreement State-FMO of July 1, 2023. These are the share premium reserve, the development fund and the contractual reserve. As long as the company continues its activities, these reserves are not available to the shareholders. Upon liquidation of FMO these reserves fall to the Dutch Government, after settlement of the contractual return to the shareholders.

Share premium reserve

Share premium reserve is solely contributed by shareholders of A shares on the transfer to the company of investments administrated on behalf of the Dutch Government at the time of the financial restructuring and amounts to €29,272k (2023: €29,272k).

Contractual reserve

The addition relates to that part of the annual profit that FMO is obliged to reserve under the Agreement State-FMO of July 1, 2023 (see section ‘Additional information’).

Development fund

This special purpose reserve contains the allocation of risk capital provided by the Dutch Government to finance the portfolio of loans and equity investments. 

Fair value reserve

'Transfer reserve' line item reflected in the movement of 'Fair value reserves' above relates to the transfer of unrealized fair value gains on financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income to the fair value reserve. The transfer arises out of a reorganization of the underlying group of investee entities which did not result in full realization of the fair value gains.

Actuarial result pensions

Translation reserve

Other reserves

'Transfer reserve' line item reflected in the movement of 'Other reserves' above relates to the transfer of unrealized fair value gains on financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income to the fair value reserve. The transfer arises out of a reorganization of the underlying group of investee entities which did not result in full realization of the fair value gains.

Changes due to FOM line item relates to the liquidation of FOM and the subsequent distribution made to the Dutch State.

Capital Adequacy

FMO’s Total Capital Ratio and CET-1 Ratio remained comfortably above the appetite level throughout 2024.