össur annual report2009 - Euroland
össur annual report2009 - Euroland
össur annual report2009 - Euroland
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Össur hf. consolidated financial stateMents 2009<br />
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />
1. general inforMation<br />
Össur hf. (the Company) is a global orthopaedics company,<br />
specializing in the development, manufacturing and<br />
sales of prosthetics, bracing and supports and compression<br />
therapy products. The principal market areas of the<br />
Company are Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa<br />
(EMEA) and Asia, which are served by subsidiaries in the<br />
United States, Canada, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands,<br />
UK, France, Australia, Spain, Swiss and China in addition<br />
to the Iceland-based parent company.<br />
The main production of the Company is conducted at<br />
Össur hf. in Iceland, Gibaud Group (La Tour Finance)<br />
in St. Etienne, Trevoux in France and at Össur Americas<br />
in California USA. Part of the production is outsourced<br />
to Asia.<br />
According to the Company’s organizational structure, the<br />
consolidation is divided into four main functions; Corporate<br />
Finance, responsible for overall financial management;<br />
Manufacturing & Operations, responsible for quality control<br />
and all production, inventory management and distribution;<br />
Research & Development, responsible for product development<br />
and product management; Sales & Marketing responsible<br />
for sales and marketing through the subsidiaries.<br />
2. adoption of neW<br />
and revised standards<br />
2.1 standards and interpretations effective in the<br />
current and prior periods<br />
The Consolidated Financial Statements is presented in<br />
accordance with the new and revised standards (IFRS<br />
<strong>annual</strong> report 09<br />
66<br />
/ IAS) and new interpretations (IFRIC), applicable in<br />
2009. The standards and interpretations relevant to the<br />
Company are:<br />
IFRS 2 (revised) Share based payment<br />
IFRS 7 (revised) Financial Instruments: Disclosures<br />
IFRS 8 Operating Segments<br />
IAS 1 (revised) Presentation of Financial Statements<br />
IAS 23 (revised) Borrowing Costs<br />
IAS 32 (revised) Financial Instruments Presentation<br />
IFRIC 13 Customer loyalty programmes<br />
IFRIC 16 Hedges of Net Investments in Foreign<br />
Operation.<br />
The adoption of the new and revised standard and interpretations<br />
has not led to material changes in the accounting<br />
policies.<br />
2.2 standards not yet effective<br />
New and revised standards and interpretations have also<br />
been approved but are not yet effective. Management<br />
believe that implementation of those standards and<br />
interpretations do not have a material affect on the<br />
Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.<br />
Following is an overview of those management believe are<br />
relevant for the Company:<br />
IFRS 2 (revised) Share-based Payment (effective for<br />
accounting periods beginning on or<br />
after 1 January 2010)<br />
IFRS 3 (revised) Business combinations (effective for<br />
accounting periods beginning on or<br />
after 1 July 2009)<br />
IAS 27 (revised) Consolidated and separate Financial<br />
Statements (effective for accounting<br />
periods beginning on or after 1 July<br />
2009)<br />
IAS 32 (revised) Financial Instruments: Presentation<br />
(effective for accounting periods beginning<br />
on or after 1 February 2009<br />
IAS 39 (revised) Financial Instruments: Recognition<br />
and measurement (effective for<br />
accounting periods beginning on or<br />
after 1 July 2009)<br />
3. suMMary of significant<br />
accounting policies<br />
3.1 stateMent of coMpliance<br />
The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared<br />
in accordance with International Financial Reporting<br />
Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the EU and additional<br />
Icelandic and Danish disclosure requirements for<br />
Consolidated Financial Statements for listed companies.<br />
3.2 basis of preparation<br />
The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared<br />
on the historical cost basis except for the revaluation<br />
of certain non-current assets and financial instruments.<br />
The Financial Statements are presented in USD, which is<br />
the Company’s functional currency. The principal accounting<br />
policies are set out below.<br />
3.3 basis of consolidation<br />
The Consolidated Financial Statements incorporate<br />
the Financial Statements of the Company and entities