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Other Guarantees
The Company has guaranteed certain bank facilities of its subsidiaries. These facilities include borrowings, re-
ceivable discounting and performance bonds. The maximum potential liability of the Company under these guar-
antees at 30 September 2010 was € 24,728,000. The actual amount drawn on these facilities, and hence the
Company’s actual contingent liability at 30 September 2010 was € 16,869,000. Of this liability € 10,000,000
relates to bridging loans secured in July 2010 by the Company’s subsidiaries in Italy for the purpose of financing
the construction of solar power generation farms. There are two such loans of €5,000,000 each, expiring in
March 2011 and April 2011 respectively
Trademark License Agreement
With effect from 1 July 2008, the Company entered into a trademark license agreement (the “AEG License”)
with AB Electrolux which granted the Company the right to use AEG PS trademark for an initial term of ten
years. An annual royalty is payable based on a percentage of the net selling price of the respective trademark
product, subject to a minimum royalty of € 2,783,000 thousands for 2010. AEG PS and Electrolux amended the
AEG license on July 27, 2010 to expand the range of products covered by the license and to set sale and mini-
mum royalty targets through 2014. The term of the license has also been extended until 2028.
Claims and contingencies
Management of the Company believes that any legal proceedings incidental to the conduct of its business, in-
cluding employee related actions, are adequately reserved against in the financial statements or will not result in
any significant costs to the Company in the future.
Letters of support
The Company has issued letters of support to certain subsidiaries. The group companies in receipt of letters of
support are:
• AEG PS S.A.S. (France)
• Harmer & Simmons (France) S.A.S.
• PSS Holdings (France) S.A.S.
• Harmer & Simmons PSS (India) PVT Ltd
• AEG PS Co. (Beijing)
• Harmer & Simmons (Malaysia) SDN BHD
• AEG PS GmbH
• AEG PS Aram Kft.
• AEG PS Spol S.R.O.
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