Former Porsche SE Chief Financial Officer Holger Haerter told aGerman court on the first day of his trial that he didn't makemisleading statements in 2009 when the company refinanced a 10billion-euro loan ($12.5 billion).

Haerter denied charges he downplayed Porsche's liquidity needswhen negotiating with BNP Paribas SA about a 500 million-euro shareof the loan. He said prosecutors didn't understand the complexterminology used in the discussions.

“I am aghast at these charges because I have always been verymeticulous in all my declarations,” Haerter, 66, told the Stuttgartcourt today. “It has never been my way to deceive business partnersand I didn't do it here.”

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