Other financial commitments

The total amount of other financial commitments was stated as €21,140 million as of June 30, 2018 (as of December 31, 2017: €20,507 million; as of June 30, 2017; €21,747 million).

Capital expenditures in relation to which DB Group has entered into contractual obligations as of the balance sheet date, but for which no consideration has yet been received, are broken down as follows:

The increase in the committed capital expenditures in property, plant and equipment is due particularly to planned investment projects resulting from DB Group’s own construction services; this is opposed mainly by the acquisitions of new rolling stock. In the case of some supply ar­­range­­­ments, there are independent admissions of guilt with regard to fulfilling the order commitment; these are op­posed by claims of the same amount, backed by bank guarantees and insurance policies with very good ratings. The committed capital expenditures in property, plant and equipment also contains future obligations for vehicles in connection with trans­­port contracts to be recognized in accordance with IFRIC 12.

The acquisition of financial assets relates to outstand-ing deposits (which have not been called in) at the European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock (EUROFIMA), Basel/Switzerland.

Other financial commitments relate to future minimum leasing payments from operating lease agreements.