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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED<br />

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

YEARS ENDED 31 DECEMBER, IN MILLIONS OF EUROS<br />

SEB S.A. (“the Company”) <strong>and</strong> its subsidiaries (together “<strong>Groupe</strong> SEB” or<br />

“the Group”) are a world leader in the design, manufacture <strong>and</strong> marketing of<br />

cookware <strong>and</strong> small household appliances such as pressure cookers, irons<br />

<strong>and</strong> steam generators, kettles, coffee machines, deep fat fryers, toasters<br />

<strong>and</strong> food processors.<br />

SEB S.A.’s registered office is at Chemin du Petit Bois, Ecully (69130<br />

Rhône, France). The Company is listed on Eurolist by Euronext Paris (ISIN<br />

FR0000121709).<br />

NOTE 1<br />

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES<br />

The consolidated financial statements were approved for publication by the<br />

Board of Directors on 25 February 2011.<br />

As a company listed in a European Union country <strong>and</strong> in compliance with<br />

European Commission regulation 1606/2002/EC dated 19 July 2002, the<br />

<strong>2010</strong> consolidated financial statements <strong>and</strong> the 2009 <strong>and</strong> 2008 comparative<br />

information have been prepared in accordance with the International<br />

Accounting St<strong>and</strong>ards (IASs) <strong>and</strong> International <strong>Financial</strong> <strong>Report</strong>ing<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ards (IFRSs) adopted by the European Union as of 31 December <strong>2010</strong>,<br />

including the interpretations issued by the International <strong>Financial</strong> <strong>Report</strong>ing<br />

Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) <strong>and</strong> its predecessor, the St<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

Interpretations Committee (SIC). These documents can be downloaded from<br />

the European Commission’s website, http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/<br />

accounting/ias_en.htm.<br />

New IFRSs applicable in <strong>2010</strong><br />

The following st<strong>and</strong>ards, amendments <strong>and</strong> interpretations applicable since<br />

1 January <strong>2010</strong> have no material impact on the Group s financial statements.<br />

Revised IAS 27 <strong>and</strong> revised IFRS 3 will only be applied to transactions carried<br />

out since 1 January <strong>2010</strong>.<br />

IFRS 3 (revised) – Business Combinations, applicable prospectively.<br />

The revised st<strong>and</strong>ard introduces a number of changes to the acquisition<br />

method of accounting for business combinations. These changes notably<br />

include the immediate recording of acquisition costs as expenses, the<br />

option of applying the full goodwill method <strong>and</strong> the potential recognition<br />

of more intangible assets;<br />

IAS 27 (revised) – Separate <strong>and</strong> Consolidated <strong>Financial</strong> Statements.<br />

The revised st<strong>and</strong>ard significantly revises the method of accounting for<br />

changes in ownership interests. Under the revised st<strong>and</strong>ard, in the case<br />

of a change in ownership interest that leads to the loss or acquisition of<br />

control, the previously held interest will be measured at the disposal or<br />

acquisition date fair value <strong>and</strong> the resulting gain or loss will be recognised<br />

in the income statement. Increases <strong>and</strong> decreases in ownership interest<br />

that do not affect control will be treated as a change in equity between<br />

the Group <strong>and</strong> non-controlling interests <strong>and</strong> no goodwill will arise on any<br />

increase <strong>and</strong> no gain or loss will be recognized on any decrease;<br />

amendment to IAS 39 – Exposures Qualifying for Hedge Accounting.<br />

This amendment describes the circumstances in which hedge accounting<br />

is permitted;<br />

amendments to IFRIC 9 <strong>and</strong> IAS 39 – Reassessment of Embedded<br />

Derivatives <strong>and</strong> <strong>Financial</strong> instruments. Entities that reclassified financial<br />

assets out of the trading portfolio under the October 2008 amendment to<br />

IAS 39 are now required to reassess <strong>and</strong>, if necessary, separately account<br />

for any embedded derivatives. This amendment does not affect the Group;<br />

IFRIC 16 – Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation.<br />

This interpretation clarifies the method of hedging foreign currency<br />

exposure within a group;<br />

IFRIC 17 – Distributions of Non-Cash Assets to Owners (prospective<br />

application). This interpretation specifies the method of recognising this<br />

type of distribution;<br />

amendment to IFRS 2 – Share-based Payment: Group Cash-settled<br />

Share-based Payment Transactions. This amendment specifies the<br />

accounting treatment to be used in the subsidiary’s separate fi nancial<br />

statements;<br />

annual improvements to IFRSs (16 April 2009): mainly concern disclosures<br />

to be made in the notes under IFRS 5 <strong>and</strong> IFRS 8, the classification of<br />

l<strong>and</strong> leases (IAS 17), <strong>and</strong> amendments to existing st<strong>and</strong>ards pursuant to<br />

the publication of IFRS 3R <strong>and</strong> IAS 27R.<br />

New st<strong>and</strong>ards not early adopted<br />

The following new st<strong>and</strong>ards, interpretations <strong>and</strong> amendments to existing<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ards that are applicable for annual periods beginning on or after<br />

1 January 2011 were not early adopted in <strong>2010</strong>. They are not expected to<br />

have any material impact on the consolidated financial statements.<br />

IAS 24 (revised) – Related Party Disclosures. The revised st<strong>and</strong>ard clarifies<br />

the definition of related party <strong>and</strong> extends the disclosure requirements to<br />

commitments as well as transactions;<br />

amendment to IAS 32 – <strong>Financial</strong> Instruments. The amendment mainly<br />

concerns the classification of rights issues in a currency other than the<br />

issuer’s functional currency;<br />

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