Annual Report 2010 - Falck
Annual Report 2010 - Falck
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96 <strong>Falck</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2010</strong> | Group<br />
Notes to the Group financial statements<br />
Note DKK million <strong>2010</strong> 2009<br />
37 Related parties<br />
The Group’s related parties are the members of <strong>Falck</strong> L.P., LFI A/S, the Board of Directors<br />
and the Executive Management Board as well as their family members. Related parties also<br />
comprise companies in which the individuals mentioned above have material interests.<br />
The company's shareholders who each hold more than 5% of the shares are:<br />
LFI A/S, Hellerup 36.0% -<br />
<strong>Falck</strong> L.P., Jersey 43.9% 71.9%<br />
ATP PEP 1 K/S, Copenhagen 6.4% 10.5%<br />
Liberatio A/S, Aarhus 5.2% 4.8%<br />
Related parties also comprise Group companies and associates in which the company has<br />
a controlling or significant influence, as well as the members of the Boards of Directors,<br />
Executive Management Boards and senior management of those companies. Related parties<br />
also comprise companies in which the individuals mentioned above have material interests.<br />
The company has only to a limited extent traded with related parties. Transactions with<br />
related parties have taken place on market terms.<br />
Transactions with Group companies have comprised the following:<br />
Purchase of services from associated companies 38 19<br />
Payment received for change of warrant terms, Executive Management Board - 1<br />
Costs invoiced to <strong>Falck</strong> L.P. 6 -<br />
Buy back of warrants, Executive Management Board 307 -<br />
Capital increase, Board of Directors - 39<br />
Purchase of treasury shares - 5<br />
Sale of treasury shares, Board of Directors 1 -<br />
Sale of treasury shares, Executive Management Board 29 -<br />
Transactions with Group companies have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the accounting policies.<br />
Buy back of warrants was made at DKK 69.05 per warrant.<br />
No transactions have taken place during the year with members of the Board of Directors, the Executive Management Board, senior<br />
management or significant shareholders, other than those mentioned above and the remuneration disclosed in note 7.<br />
38 New financial reporting regulations<br />
The IASB has issued the following new financial reporting standards (IAS and IFRS) and interpretations (IFRIC), which are not<br />
mandatory for the Group in the preparation of the annual report for <strong>2010</strong>:<br />
IFRS 9, amendment to IFRIC 14, IFRIC 19, revised IAS 24, amendments to IFRS 1, amendment to IFRS 7, amendment to IAS 32, improvements<br />
to IFRSs (May <strong>2010</strong>) and amendments to IAS 12.<br />
IFRS 9, amendments to IFRS 1, IFRS 7 and IAS 12 have not yet been adopted by the EU.<br />
The standards and intertrepretations adopted with a different effective date in the EU than the corresponding effective dates from the<br />
IASB, will be implemented early so that their implementation follows the IASB's effective dates for financial years beginning on or after<br />
1 January 2011. None of the new standards or interpretations are expected to have a material impact on the financial statements of the<br />
Group and <strong>Falck</strong> A/S.<br />
39 Events after the balance sheet date<br />
At the extraordinary general meeting held on 25 February 2011, the Board of Directors was authorised to establish a new warrant<br />
programme. At the Board Meeting held on 15 March 2011, the Board of Directors adopted a resolution to establish a new warrant<br />
programme for the Executive Management Board. The new warrant programme comprises 4,443,120 warrants. Each warrant entitles the<br />
holder to subscribe for one share with a nominal value of DKK 0.50 on 30 December 2015 at a price of DKK 125 per share. The warrants issued<br />
were acquired at market value, equivalent to DKK 11 million, and there are no conditions attached to the acquisition of the warrants.<br />
At 1 January 2011, <strong>Falck</strong> signed an agreement to acquire 100% of LifeStar Response Corporation in the United States for DKK 186 million.<br />
The company operates ambulance services in 6 states and in Washington D.C. in the eastern part of the United States and operates 440<br />
ambulances and similar vehicles.