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Growth Strategy<br />

Corporate<br />

Governance<br />

Business Review<br />

Corporate Policies<br />

Management’s<br />

Discussion<br />

and Analysis<br />

Statistics<br />

4.7. Amortization of goodwill<br />

Amortization of goodwill amounted to<br />

€163 million in 2002 versus €140 million<br />

in 2001 and €199 million in 2000. In the<br />

Finance division, goodwill amortization<br />

concerning Crédipar amounted to €5 million<br />

in 2002. Goodwill amortization in the<br />

Automotive Equipment business included<br />

€42 million related to Bertrand Faure,<br />

€11 million concerning Faurecia Exhaust<br />

Systems and €69 million concerning the<br />

Sommer Allibert automobile business. In<br />

all of these cases, amortization is calculated<br />

over 20 years. The 2002 total also includes<br />

€34 million corresponding to annual<br />

amortization and an impairment loss<br />

recorded to write off the entire amount<br />

of goodwill recognized at the end of 2001<br />

following the buyout of the Rio de Janeiro<br />

state government’s minority stake in<br />

Peugeot Citroën do Brasil in connection<br />

with the renegotiation of the Group’s<br />

agreements with the state government.<br />

The impairment loss was recorded following<br />

an analysis showing that, following the<br />

drop in value of the Brazilian currency in<br />

2002, the future cash flow expected to<br />

be generated by the automobile business<br />

in Brazil would not be sufficient to<br />

guarantee recovery of the value of the<br />

goodwill. A series of measures is underway<br />

to restore the profitability of the Brazilian<br />

operation, including by significantly<br />

increasing local vehicle content.<br />

The Group also compared the book value<br />

of goodwill for the main companies<br />

acquired with the estimated future cash<br />

flow from the businesses concerned.<br />

Based on the assumptions used to<br />

perform this analysis, in each case the<br />

comparison showed that future cash<br />

flows would be sufficient to permit the<br />

recovery of the goodwill. Consequently,<br />

these amounts of goodwill are being<br />

amortized on a straight-line basis over<br />

20 years in the normal way.<br />

The 2001 charge corresponds to the<br />

amortization of goodwill on Crédipar<br />

(€5 million), Peugeot Citroën Argentina<br />

(€21 million including recognition of an<br />

impairment loss to write off the unamortized<br />

balance), Bertrand Faure (€43 million),<br />

Faurecia Exhaust Systems (€12 million)<br />

and Sommer Allibert (€52 million,<br />

prorated from the date of acquisition to<br />

the year-end). The 2000 charge corresponds<br />

to the amortization of goodwill on<br />

Crédipar (€5 million), Bertrand Faure<br />

(€42 million), Faurecia Exhaust Systems<br />

(€12 million) and Peugeot Citroën<br />

Argentina (€138 million including<br />

recognition of an initial impairment loss<br />

due to the economic outlook in Argentina).<br />

<strong>PSA</strong> <strong>PEUGEOT</strong> CITROËN - MANAGING BOARD REPORT 107

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