6 – Income from companies accounted for using the equity method

Substantial earnings contributions in the first quarter of 2016 were made by BASF-YPC Company Ltd., Nanjing, China; Nord Stream AG, Zug, Switzerland; GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, Kassel, Germany; and OAO Severneftegazprom, Krasnoselkup, Russia.

Income from investments accounted for using the equity method was lower than in the same quarter of the previous year, mainly in the Oil & Gas segment.