Norway

Statoil ASA Period End 31 December 2010

Submitted by Company Reporting on Tue, 2011-12-20 12:00
Statoil ASA Annual Report 2010
CR Monitor Issue: 
2011/1213
Company covered: 
Statoil ASA
Period End: 
31 December 2010
Report issued on 20 December 2011 did not identify any changes with significant impacts on the financial statements but covered the following practice issues:
Change
Assets held by captive insurance company excluded from table of financial assets held to manage liquidity risk.
Change
Unexplained reclassification within operating cash flows.
Change
Government reimbursements deducted from salaries in employee expense disclosures.

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.

DnB NOR ASA Period End 31 December 2010

Submitted by Company Reporting on Mon, 2011-06-27 10:28
DnB NOR Annual Report 2010
CR Monitor Issue: 
2011/0614
Company covered: 
DnB NOR ASA
Period End: 
31 December 2010
Report issued on 28 June 2011 covered the following practice issues:
Divergence
Gain on business disposal included in other operating income, although smaller one-off gains given separate line on income statement.
Change
Buy-out of non-controlling interest accounted for through equity under revised IAS 27 "Consolidated and separate financial statements".
Change
Change to defined benefit pension arrangements treated as curtailment with gain arising.
Change
Maturity analysis of financial instruments in liquidity disclosures includes financial assets, as maturity policies and concerns over sovereign debt disclosed.

Orkla ASA Period End 31 December 2008

Submitted by Company Reporting on Wed, 2009-05-27 23:00
Orkla Annual Report 2008

Gain on disposal inappropriately included in results from associates
Norwegian food and chemicals company Orkla includes a NOK830 million gain from disposal of its interest in an associate in results from associates in a presentation that is misleading and falls short of IFRS.

Share portfolio write-down leads to loss for year
Norwegian food and chemicals company Orkla recognises a NOK5.7 billion loss from impairments of financial assets, leading to a loss for the year, with further declines in carrying amount recognised in equity.