Annual Report 2010 - Knorr-Bremse AG.

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Intangibles
This heading includes primarily the acquisition of goodwill, patents, rights to the use of names and
trademarks, and IT software. IT software and goodwill account for the majority of additions. Any resulting
goodwill is subject to scheduled depreciation over a period of not more than 20 years. Other intangibles
are subject to scheduled depreciation over periods of between three and 10 years.
In fiscal year 2010 a TEUR 29,137 provision was made against goodwill from the acquisition of the Sigma
Group. All intangible assets have a limited useful life.
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Fixed assets
Movements of fixed assets are presented in the compilation on the preceding pages. To take technical
and economic factors into account, scheduled depreciation was applied to acquisition costs.
During the fiscal year, unscheduled depreciation amounting to TEUR 522 was applied to a plot of land.
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Investments
Investment movements are set out in the compilation above. Miscellaneous investments consist of
miscellaneous loans (TEUR 21,237), loans to affiliated companies (TEUR 33,956), long-term investments
(TEUR 1,829), and investments in other companies (TEUR 155).
During the fiscal year a TEUR 2,046 provision was made against the Group’s shareholding in Knorr-
Bremse RUS OOO, Nizhny Novgorod/Russia, an affiliated company which is not included in consolidation.
List of shareholdings
1 Consolidated affiliated companies Share in
capital in %
Albatros GmbH, Munich/Germany 100.0
Anchor Brake Shoe Company LLC, West Chicago/USA 100.0
BCVS Canadian Holdings LLC, Anjou, Quebec/Canada 100.0
BCVS Mexican Holdings LLC, Cd Acuña, Coah/Mexico 100.0
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Elyria, Ohio/USA 100.0
Bendix CVS Canada Inc., Anjou, Quebec/Canada 100.0
Bendix CVS de Mexico SA de CV, Cd Acuña, Coah/Mexico 100.0
Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake Canada, Inc., Kingston, Ont./Canada 100.0
Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC, Elyria, Ohio/USA 80.0
Bost Ibérica S.L., Madrid/Spain 100.0
BSFB Holdings, Inc., Elyria, Ohio/USA 100.0
Dr. techn. Josef Zelisko Ges.m.b.H., Mödling/Austria 100.0
EMC Traction S.r.l., Milan/Italy 100.0
Freinrail Systèmes Ferroviaires S.A., Reims/France 100.0