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Annual Report 2008 - Securitas

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Note 40. Accounting principles<br />

The Parent Company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with<br />

the Swedish <strong>Annual</strong> Accounts Act and the Swedish Financial reporting<br />

Board’s standard RFR 2:1 Accounting for Legal Entities. The Parent Company<br />

thus follows the same accounting principles as the Group when relevant and<br />

except in the cases stated below. The differences that exists between the<br />

Parent company’s and the Group’s accounting principles are a result of the<br />

restrictions that the Swedish <strong>Annual</strong> Accounts Act, the Swedish Act on<br />

Safeguarding of Pension Commitments, etc and the options that RFR 2:1<br />

allow for IFrS in the Parent company.<br />

IAS 17 Leasing<br />

Finance leases cannot be accounted for on legal entity level since specific<br />

ordinances for the taxation are not available or are not complete. Finance<br />

leases can therefore on legal entity level be accounted for according to the<br />

requirements for operational leases. This limitation lacks practical implications<br />

since the Parent company has not entered into any leasing agreements<br />

that could be classified as finance leases.<br />

IAS 19 Employee benefits<br />

According to the Swedish Act on Safeguarding of Pension commitments,<br />

etc the Parent Company cannot recognize defined benefit plans on legal<br />

entity level. This limitation has no material impact on the employee benefits<br />

relating to the employees of the Parent company. Pension solutions either<br />

fall within the framework of the ITP–plan that is insured via Alecta, and which<br />

is described under the Group’s accounting principles or in all material<br />

aspects consist of other defined contribution plans.<br />

IAS 39 Financial instruments: recognition and measurement<br />

The Parent company adopted IAS 39 from January 1, 2006. IAS 39 was<br />

adopted with the exception of financial guarantees in relation to subsidiaries.<br />

The adoption of IAS 39 was accounted for as a change in accounting principle<br />

as of January 1, 2006. The impact of the change in accounting principle<br />

is disclosed in changes in shareholders’ equity. For further information<br />

regarding the accounting principles refer to the principles adopted by the<br />

Group for recognition and measurement of financial instruments in Note 2.<br />

IAS 21 Effects of changes in foreign exchange rates<br />

Paragraph 32 in IAS 21 states that exchange differences that form part of a<br />

reporting entity’s net investments in a foreign operation shall be recognized<br />

via the statement of income in the separate financial statements of the<br />

reporting entity. Paragraph 43 in RFR 2:1 states that such exchange differences<br />

instead should be recognized directly in shareholders’ equity in<br />

accordance with paragraph 14 d in chapter 4 of the Swedish <strong>Annual</strong> Accounts<br />

Act. <strong>Securitas</strong> AB follows paragraph 43 in RFR 2:1 and recognizes exchange<br />

differences that fulfills the criteria for net investment hedges, that is for<br />

which settlement is neither planned nor likely to occur in the foreseeable<br />

future, via the translation reserve in equity.<br />

URA 7 Group contributions and capital contributions<br />

Group contributions received by the Parent company are deemed to be<br />

dividends and are thus recognized as a financial income in the Parent<br />

company.<br />

Anticipated dividends<br />

An anticipated dividend from a subsidiary is recognized as income in the<br />

Parent company if the Parent company has the right to both decide and<br />

approve the amount of the dividend from the subsidiary. The Parent<br />

company must furthermore ensure that the dividend is in line with the<br />

subsidiary’s dividend capacity.<br />

Note 41. Transactions with related parties<br />

Transactions between the Parent company and subsidiaries are priced in<br />

accordance with business principles.<br />

PArENT cOMPANy’S TrANSAcTIONS wITH SUBSIDIArIES cOMPrISE<br />

MSEK <strong>2008</strong> 2007 2006<br />

Administrative contributions and<br />

other revenues from subsidiaries 518.1 360.0 460.5<br />

– of which discontinued operations 7.0 26.1 155.2<br />

result of sale of shares in<br />

subsidiaries 1 – 15.1 –<br />

– of which discontinued operations – – –<br />

Dividends from subsidiaries 21,228.1 2,434.2 5,337.8<br />

– of which discontinued operations – 244.7 2,581.5<br />

Interest income from subsidiaries 701.4 643.1 577.6<br />

– of which discontinued operations 113.4 96.0 61.3<br />

Interest expenses to subsidiaries –1,043.5 –1.150.8 –737.0<br />

– of which discontinued operations –21.0 –34.7 –21.6<br />

1 For 2007 the result from liquidation of associated company.<br />

<strong>Annual</strong> report<br />

Notes and comments to the Parent Company financial statements<br />

receivables and liabilities from/to subsidiaries and their distribution between interest–bearing and<br />

non–interest–bearing items are reported in the balance sheet.<br />

For information regarding benefits provided to senior management, refer to the Group information in<br />

Notes 8 and 12 to the Consolidated financial statements and Note 44.<br />

For pledged assets and contingent liabilities on behalf of subsidiaries, refer to the information on pledged<br />

assets and contingent liabilities in connection with the balance sheet and in Notes 57 and 58.<br />

<strong>Securitas</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> report <strong>2008</strong><br />

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