Reserve accounting

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

Submitted by Company Reporting on Thu, 2012-02-02 15:56
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Annual Report 2010
CR Monitor Issue: 
2012/0202
Company covered: 
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc
Period End: 
31 December 2010
Report issued on 02 February 2012 did not identify any changes with significant impacts on the financial statements but covered the following practice issues:
Change
Reason for business combination disclosed in terms of increased sector presence.
Change
Goodwill included with brands in table of indefinite life assets by cash-generating unit.
Restatement
Comparative trade receivables past due but not impaired reduced without explanation.
Change
Share premium account included in reserves following share issue.

UBM plc Period End 31 December 2010

Submitted by Company Reporting on Fri, 2011-11-25 14:00
UBM plc Annual Report 2010
CR Monitor Issue: 
2011/1111
Company covered: 
UBM plc
Period End: 
31 December 2010
Report issued on 25 November 2011 did not identify any changes with significant impacts on the financial statements but covered the following practice issues:
Change
Former operating segment split into two as geographical divisions evolve.
Change
Irrelevant disclosure removed from other reserves note.
Restatement
Directors' remuneration report restated for medical cover and cash payment in lieu of pension.
Change
More detail given on factors giving rise to goodwill on acquisitions.
Restatement
Financial liabilities restated from current to non-current without explanation.

Orkla ASA Period End 31 December 2010

Submitted by Company Reporting on Mon, 2011-10-03 15:17
Orkla ASA Annual Report 2010
CR Monitor Issue: 
2011/1001
Company covered: 
Orkla ASA
Period End: 
31 December 2010
Report issued on 04 October 2011 covered the following practice issues:
Change
Impairment of associate leads to loss for year as market value of associate treated as equivalent to impairment test result.
Change
Impairment assumptions disclosed for individual business units.
Change
Business presented as discontinued operation.
Change
Improved disaggregation of equity reserves.
Change
Significant impact foreseen from expected change to IFRS requirements on operating leases.
Restatement
Correction of misstated figures on share options.

GDF SUEZ SA Period End 31 December 2010

Submitted by YWang on Tue, 2011-09-13 14:08
GDF SUEZ SA Annual Report 2010
CR Monitor Issue: 
2011/0905
Company covered: 
GDF SUEZ SA
Period End: 
31 December 2010
Report issued on 13 September 2011 covered the following practice issues:
Change
Changes to obligations arising from pension reform accounted for as an actuarial loss.
Change
Assets including reimbursement rights and tax receivables no longer included in the loans and receivables category.
Restatement
Derivatives used to hedge commodities now included in fair value hierarchy disclosure.
Change
Pension actuarial gains and losses now recognised in "consolidated reserves" rather than a separate reserve.
Change
Items of other comprehensive income allocated to owners of the parent and non-controlling interests.
Change
Cash flows from changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries classified as financing activities.

Boliden AB Period End 31 December 2010

Submitted by YWang on Thu, 2011-08-18 06:34
Boliden AB Annual Report 2010
CR Monitor Issue: 
2011/0812
Company covered: 
Boliden AB
Period End: 
31 December 2010
Report issued on 18 August 2011 did not identify any changes with significant impacts on the financial statements but covered the following practice issues:
Change
Comparative reconciliations of movements in tangible and intangible assets provided.
Change
Reconciliation of movements in pension assets and obligations provided along with a 5-year history.
Change
SEK2.1 billion transferred from share premium to retained earnings following a review of equity.
Change
Improvements in disclosures of impairment tests and changes in the assumptions used.
Change
Correction of an error in prior year disclosure of financial instruments by category.
Change
Explanation provided for the contrast between the carrying and fair values of liabilities to credit institutions in both years.

SSAB AB Period End 31 December 2010

Submitted by Company Reporting on Fri, 2011-08-12 14:47
SSAB AB Annual Report 2010
CR Monitor Issue: 
2011/0809
Company covered: 
SSAB AB
Period End: 
31 December 2010
Report issued on 12 August 2011 did not identify any changes with significant impacts on the financial statements but covered the following practice issues:
Change
Directors' variable remuneration payments recognised on cash basis.
Inconsistent
Share of associate amounts disclosed rather than total.
Change
Reportable segments based on geographical locations rather than operational activity.
Change
Auditors' fees analysed by nature of service.
Restatement
Opening balance of reserves restated in correction of error.

ASML Holding NV Period End 31 December 2010

Submitted by Alisdair on Wed, 2011-04-13 09:47
ASML Holding NV Annual Report 2010
Undue reliance on US GAAP’s concept of control widens scope of consolidation
Dutch semiconductor manufacturer ASML consolidates a special purpose entity (SPE) that it controls, following changes to US GAAP which it uses to interpret the concept of control in SIC 12 “Consolidation – special purpose entities”, although there is relevant guidance in SIC 12.
Cash measured at fair value is reclassified to the highest category
Dutch semiconductor manufacturer ASML reclassifies money market funds to Level 1 from Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy of IFRS 7 “Financial instruments: disclosures”, but discloses elsewhere that it classifies them as loans and receivables.

ThyssenKrupp AG Period End 30 September 2010

Submitted by Alisdair on Mon, 2011-01-10 11:56
ThyssenKrupp AG Annual Report 2010
Silent correction of a prior year error reduces retained earnings by 10%
German steel company ThyssenKrupp silently corrects a prior year error and moves post-employment benefit actuarial gains and losses and adjustments arising from the asset ceiling from a separate reserve to retained earnings which reduce by €382 million, although there is no impact on net assets.