5.5.11Commitments and Contingencies

The Company has issued performance guarantees for contractual obligations to complete and deliver projects in respect of several Group companies, and fulfilment of obligations with respect to long-term lease/operate contracts. Furthermore, the Company has issued parent company guarantees in respect of several Group companies’ financing arrangements.

The Company is head of a fiscal unity for current income tax in which almost all Dutch Group companies are included. Current income tax liabilities of Dutch Group compamies are settled via intercompany current accounts to the Company. This means that these companies are jointly and severally liable in respect of the fiscal unity as a whole.