Ricardo plc interim results for the six months ended 31 December ...

More documents

Recommendations

Info

12. Discontinued operations At 31 December 2010 and 30 June 2010, the Group's exhaust business in Germany was classified as held for sale, and as a discontinued business. The sale agreement for the transfer of the business, plant and equipment and inventories for cash consideration of €2.0m was signed on the 28 July 2010. Six months Six months Year ended ended ended 31 December 31 December 30 June 2010 2009 2010 Results of discontinued operations £m £m £m Revenue 0.9 5.3 11.5 Operating costs (1.1) (5.5) (12.0) Operating loss (0.2) (0.2) (0.5) Finance costs - (0.1) (0.2) Loss before tax (0.2) (0.3) (0.7) Attributable tax credit - 0.1 0.2 Write down of assets held for sale - - (2.9) Tax effect of write down - - 0.7 Net loss attributable to discontinued operations (0.2) (0.2) (2.7) Six months Six months Year ended ended ended 31 December 2010 31 December 2009 30 June 2010 Assets and liabilities classified at the reporting date as held for sale £m £m £m Property, plant and equipment - 3.1 0.2 Inventories - 3.9 1.2 Trade and other receivables - 1.6 - Total assets classified as held for sale - 8.6 1.4 Trade and other payables - (1.6) - Total liabilities associated with assets classified as held for sale - (1.6) - Net assets of the disposal group - 7.0 1.4 13. Retirement benefit obligations The actuarial reduction of £8.4m in the defined benefit pension deficit is mainly due to improved asset performance and the change of the revaluation basis for deferred pension obligations from Retail Price Index to Consumer Price Index during the six months to 31 December 2010. 14. Investment property Following of the sale of the German exhaust business on 28 July 2010, the freehold properties occupied by this business are now rented to the business purchaser and as such, these have now been classified as investment properties. The investment properties are recorded at cost less depreciation and are being depreciated over their estimated useful lives of between 25 and 40 years. Page 20 of 21
15. Capital commitments At 31 December 2010, contracts had been placed for future capital expenditure, which have not been provided for in the financial statements, amounting to £0.6m (December 2009: £1.5m) 16. Risks and uncertainties The Board regularly reviews key risks and uncertainties and have concluded that the disclosures on pages 25 to 26 of the Group’s Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2010 remain appropriate. These should be read in conjunction with the interim management report for the half year ended 31 December 2010. Page 21 of 21
Page 1 and 2: 1 March 2011 Ricardo plc Interim re
Page 3 and 4: The Board has declared an increased
Page 5 and 6: Defence The Defence sector continue
Page 7 and 8: Other key programmes have included
Page 9 and 10: Condensed consolidated income state
Page 11 and 12: Condensed statement of financial po
Page 13 and 14: Notes to the financial statements f
Page 15 and 16: (c ) Year ended 30 June 2010 Extern
Page 17 and 18: 7. Earnings per share Six months Si
Page 19: 11. Net debt (non-GAAP measure) Net

Ricardo plc interim results for the six months ended 31 December ...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?