Translation of "Konzerneigenkapital" in English

The goodwill resulting from acquisitions is offset against consolidated equity at the time of acquisition.

Total equity rose from EUR 1,005.9 million to EUR 1,088.8 million.

The Group’s equity amounted to EUR 336.1 million on 31 March 2014.

The dividend payment decreased equity by €1,508 mil-lion.

Group equity decreased by 1.0% from €172.6 million to €170.9 million.

At the balance sheet date 2016, the consolidated equity amounted to EUR 43.4 million (2015: EUR 40.7 million).

The Group's total equity rose from EUR 1,259.2 million to EUR 1,318.6 million, mainly profit-related.

An Allowance for new Corporate Equity (ACE) was introduced in December 2011 allowing companies to exclude the notional return on new injections of equity capital from taxable income.

Even small changes in those assumptions particularly change in the discount rate have a negative or positive effect on the funded status and Group equity in the current financial year, and lead to changes in the periodic net pension expense in the following financial year.

Capital consolidation is based on the purchase method, whereby the acquisition cost of aGF Corporate Company is eliminated at the time of acquisition against the fair value of net assets acquired with the remainder recorded as goodwill that is subsequently offset within equity of the Corporation.

In the case of shares in companies that prepare their own consolidated financial statements, the consolidated shareholders' equity is used instead.

The Group's total equity increased from EUR 1,144.2 million to EUR 1,259.2 million, with the profit for the year being offset by the dividend for the financial year 2015.

As the goodwill is already offset with equity at the date of the acquisition, an impairment of the goodwill does not affect the income statement, but leads to a disclosure in the notes only.

Preliminary consolidated equity increased to EUR 158.9 million as of June 30, 2019 (December 31, 2018: EUR 130.6 million).

Group equity amounted to EUR 395.5 million as of 30 June 2015 and was thus EUR 27.5 million higher compared to the end of 2014 (31 December 2014: EUR 368.0 million).

The company’s equity at the end of the financial year 2014 was EUR 368.0 million and was thus improved by 15% year-on-year (31 December 2013: EUR 319.9 million).

Owing to the negative consolidated result of EUR 10.3 million for the period, Group equity was negative amounting to EUR - 2.0 million (31 December 2013: EUR 7.5 million).

The equity capital of the group was EUR 58.0 million (31.12.2011: EUR 54.6 million), minus EUR 52.3 million (31.12.2011: EUR 49.2 million) to the shareholders of Quanmax AG.

Principally as a result of the consolidated loss for the 1H2017 period, as well as due to losses sustained in past years, the Group's equity dropped further to €-22.3 million (December 31, 2016: €-12.1 million).

The Group's total equity increased slightly from EUR 1,102.2 million to EUR 1,144.2 million, with the profit for the year being offset by the dividend for the financial year 2014 as well as the interim dividend for 2015.

As a result of the consolidated loss before non-controlling interests of EUR 6.8 million incurred in the period under review, and due to the past years' loss-making situation, equity declined to EUR -8.7 million (December 31, 2014: EUR -1.6 million).