Part of the Consolidated Financial Statements as of 31 December 2007, which were audited by KPMG Deutsche Treuhand AG.

For purposes of the consolidated (Glossary)statement of cash flows, the Group’s cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. Such investments include cash and balances at central banks and demand deposits with banks.