22.Financing and Financial Liabilities

The €5.0 billion Debt Issuance Program launched in the first quarter of 2016 is a key form of external financing. In fiscal 2016, Covestro placed euro bonds totaling €1.5 billion, of which one fixed-rate tranche with a term until September 2024 (a coupon of 1.75% and a volume of €500 million) remains in the portfolio. One tranche with a term until October 2021 (a coupon of 1.00% and a volume of €500 million) was repaid ahead of schedule in full at par value on July 7, 2021. An additional €1.0 billion in euro bonds was placed in 2020. The fixed-rate bonds have terms expiring in February 2026 (a coupon of 0.875% and a volume of €500 million) and June 2030 (a coupon of 1.375% and a volume of €500 million).

Moreover, Covestro AG arranged a credit facility for a total of €50 million in December 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, the Group had total credit facilities of €2,817 million (previous year: €3,969 million) at its disposal. Of this amount, €2.5 billion is attributable to the five-year syndicated revolving credit facility arranged in March 2020. It includes two options to extend the term by one year in each case. One option to extend was exercised in March 2021 to extend the term of the syndicated revolving credit facility to March 2026. An important feature of the credit line is its link to an ESG (environment, social, and governance) rating: The better (worse) the externally calculated ESG score is, the lower (higher) the interest component of the credit facility.

A total of €275 million (previous year: €227 million) of the existing credit facilities was drawn down, while €2,542 million (previous year: €3,742 million) remained unused.

Financial liabilities were comprised as follows:

Financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2020

 

Dec. 31, 2021

 

 

Total

 

Of which current

 

Total

 

Of which current

 

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

Bonds

 

1,990

 

500

 

1,492

 

Liabilities to banks

 

227

 

2

 

275

 

50

Lease liabilities

 

672

 

111

 

761

 

130

Liabilities from derivatives

 

9

 

9

 

11

 

11

Other financial liabilities

 

1

 

 

2

 

1

Total

 

2,899

 

622

 

2,541

 

192

Maturities of financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2021

Maturity

 

€ million

 

 

 

Maturity

 

€ million

2021

 

622

 

 

 

2022

 

192

2022

 

115

 

 

 

2023

 

135

2023

 

90

 

 

 

2024

 

580

2024

 

554

 

 

 

2025

 

293

2025

 

268

 

 

 

2026

 

556

2026 or later

 

1,250

 

 

 

2027 or later

 

785

Total

 

2,899

 

 

 

Total

 

2,541

The financial liabilities of the Covestro Group are mainly unsecured.

Lease Liabilities

Lease payments of €893 million (previous year: €782 million) are to be made to the respective lessors in future years; of this amount, the interest component amounts to €132 million (previous year: €110 million). The lease liabilities mature as follows:

Lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2021

 

 

Lease payments

 

Interest component

 

Lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Lease payments

 

Interest component

 

Lease liabilities

Maturity

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

 

 

Maturity

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

2021

 

131

 

20

 

111

 

 

 

2022

 

150

 

20

 

130

2022

 

132

 

17

 

115

 

 

 

2023

 

154

 

19

 

135

2023

 

104

 

14

 

90

 

 

 

2024

 

96

 

15

 

81

2024

 

67

 

11

 

56

 

 

 

2025

 

81

 

13

 

68

2025

 

51

 

8

 

43

 

 

 

2026

 

69

 

10

 

59

2026 or later

 

297

 

40

 

257

 

 

 

2027 or later

 

343

 

55

 

288

Total

 

782

 

110

 

672

 

 

 

Total

 

893

 

132

 

761