
F-276
2. Financial fixed assets
2009 2008
€ 1,000 € 1,000
Participating interests in group companies................................
57,882
43,052
Provision for participating interest and loans................................
(12,494)
(9,694)
Loans receivable - shareholder................................................................
7,100
-
Loans receivable - related parties ................................................................
12,710
17,054
65,198
50,412
Investments in participating interests in group companies and loans receivables not carried at fair value are as-
sessed for impairment at each reporting date.
Investments in participating interests are valued at cost. Upon negative equity of the participations the invest-
ments are valued at nil unless the Company guarantees for the debts of the respective participating interest, a
provision is recognised.
For the year end 2008 a provision for participating interest has been recorded of € 9, 694,000. An amount of €
817,000 was provided for Harmer & Simmons PSS (India) Private Limited and an amount of € 8,877,000 was
provided for AEG PS Inc (Canada).
For the year end 2009 a net increase in provisions occurred of € 2,800,000. For Harmer & Simmons PSS (India)
Private Limited an additional provision was recorded of € 800,000. For AEG PS Inc (Canada) a provision was
recorded of € 2,000,000 for the loan issued.
Loans receivable related parties and loans receivable shareholder represents loans that have been issued for the
purpose of insuring the availability of cash reserves. The terms and conditions of the underlying agreement stipu-
lates partly or fully repayment at the earliest possible date. The interest rate is based on 3 months EURIBOR +
2%.
The movements of the financial fixed assets can be shown as follows:
Participating
interests in
group com-
panies
Provision
participa-
ting interest
Loans recei-
vable - less
provision
Total
€ 1,000 € 1,000 € 1,000 € 1,000
Balance as at 1 January 2009
...............................
43,052
(9,694)
17,054
50,412
Changes:
• Payment/(repayment)
................................
2,756
2,756
• Increase participating interests
• Liquidation Romanian subsidiary
17,130
(2,300)
-
17,130
(2,300)
• Net (increase) / decrease of provisions
(800)
(2,000)
(2,800)
Balance as at 31 December 2009
.........................
57,882
(10,494)
17,810
65,198
The liquidation of the Romanian subsidiary did not have any significant effect on the income statement.
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