Distributable reserves increase by 39% through use of a vehicle company to structure rights issue UK pub company Greene King uses a vehicle company to structure a rights issue and to create distributable reserves of £197.1 million.
Profit boosted by 15% following a gain on partial repurchase of securitised debt Gain on partial repurchase of securitised debt boosts profit of UK pub company Greene King by £13.5 million.
Third party concerns revealed, as pensions deficit drives company into negative equity UK telecoms company BT’s pensions deficit before deferred tax has increased to £7.9 billion in the year, as the company publishes additional detail on the calculation of liabilities and notes the “substantial” concerns of the Pensions Regulator as it moves into a £2.6 billion net liabilities position.
Non-executives included in key management personnel in correction of error UK telecoms company BT restates its accounts to include its Chairman and non-executive directors in its disclosures on key management personnel, increasing comparative salaries and short-term benefits of these personnel by £1.6 million, or 23.5%, to £8.4 million.
Undiscounted cash flows from interest and principal presented in separate tables French utilities company GDF SUEZ publishes tables on the maturity of its financial liabilities allowing the total undiscounted cash flows to be calculated, but presents cash flows from €13.7 billion interest arising in a separate table from €41 billion borrowings and debt.
Cash flow statement restated significantly without explanation
Spanish electricity producer Iberdrola restates its prior year comparative cash flow statement to significantly revise the nature of its cash flows but fails to provide an explanation of these restatements.
Gains on preference share buy-backs and sale and leaseback transactions boost profit Spanish bank Banco de Sabadell buys back part of its preference shares issued in 2006 and enters into sale and leaseback transactions, with €164 million gains arising that represent some 29% of pre-tax profit.
Issue of mandatorily convertible bonds increases equity by more than 10% Spanish bank Banco de Sabadell classifies €500 million mandatorily convertible bonds as equity which increases by more than 10% but its disclosures to support this classification lack clarity.
Management compensation disclosures in disarray Portuguese motorway concession-holder Brisa – Auto Estradas de Portugal gives no explanation for restatements of its disclosures of directors’ pay and publishes mutually inconsistent figures for the current year in its annual report.
Previous error in disclosure of goodwill corrected without any explanation Swedish bank Svenska Handelsbanken corrects a previous error of not eliminating accumulated goodwill amortisation against the gross amount on its transition to IFRS but does not disclose this fact.
Increased disclosure of components of loan impairments Swedish Bank Nordea Bank distinguishes loan impairments recorded and reversed through an allowance account from those not, following a more than threefold increase to €1.5 billion.
Proposal to end deferral loophole on corporate bonds draws comment Danish Bank Danske Bank draws attention, in its discussion of impending changes in IFRS, to the implicit intention of the International Accounting Standards Board no longer to permit deferral of movements in the fair value of corporate bonds, the company having last year adopted this classification for DKK117 billion corporate bonds.
Exclusion of salary costs from research and development expenditure conflicts with IFRS UK pharmaceutical company Sinclair Pharma excludes salary costs from its research and development expenditure in treatment that conflicts with IFRS.