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a legal entity, or may be designed based on criteria of, geographic<br />

area and business segment.<br />

Variations in percentage of ownership in fully-consolidated<br />

<strong>com</strong>panies are considered as transactions with shareholders.<br />

Therefore, neither fair value adjustments nor goodwill adjustments<br />

are made, when percentage increases or decreases<br />

take place without change in the consolidation method. The<br />

difference between purchase or sale of net asset and the purchase<br />

or sale price is directly recorded in equity.<br />

difference between the gross receivable and the present value<br />

of the receivable is recognized as unearned finance in<strong>com</strong>e.<br />

Lease in<strong>com</strong>e is recognized over the term of the lease using<br />

the net investment method (before tax), which reflects a constant<br />

periodic rate of return.<br />

1.25. SALE AND REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS<br />

AND LENDING OF SECURITIES<br />

1.22.2. Impairment of goodwill<br />

The carrying amount of goodwill is reviewed at year-end<br />

when circumstances or events indicate that there may be<br />

uncertainty over the carrying amount. It is written down for<br />

impairment when the recoverable amount of the business is<br />

insufficient to support the carrying value.<br />

1.23. OTHER ASSETS<br />

Other assets mainly <strong>com</strong>prise accrued in<strong>com</strong>e (non-interest<br />

related), prepayments and other accounts receivable. They<br />

also include insurance products (reinsurance, insurance premiums<br />

receivables, etc.), construction contracts, inventories,<br />

plan assets relating to employee benefit obligations. These<br />

other assets are recorded at amortized cost less any allowance<br />

for impairment if applicable or following the applicable<br />

standard. Plan assets are recognized in accordance with IAS<br />

19 requirements.<br />

1.24. LEASES<br />

1.24.1. A <strong>Dexia</strong> <strong>com</strong>pany is the lessee<br />

A finance lease is a lease that transfers substantially all the<br />

risks and rewards incidental to ownership of an asset. An<br />

operating lease is a lease other than a finance lease.<br />

<strong>Dexia</strong> principally enters into operating leases for the rental of<br />

equipment or real estate. Lease rentals are recognized in the<br />

statement of in<strong>com</strong>e on a straight-line basis over the period<br />

of the lease.<br />

When an operating lease is terminated before the lease period<br />

has expired, any payment to be made to the lessor by way of<br />

penalty is recognized as an expense in the period in which<br />

termination takes place.<br />

If the lease agreement substantially transfers the risk and<br />

rewards of ownership of the asset, the lease is recorded as<br />

a finance lease and the related asset is capitalized. At inception<br />

the asset is recorded at the lower of the present value of<br />

the minimum lease payments or fair value and is depreciated<br />

over its estimated useful life. The corresponding rental obligations<br />

are recorded as borrowings and interest payments are<br />

recorded using the effective interest rate method.<br />

1.24.2. A <strong>Dexia</strong> <strong>com</strong>pany is the lessor<br />

When assets held are subject to a finance lease, the present<br />

value of the lease payments is recognized as a receivable. The<br />

Securities sold subject to a linked repurchase agreement<br />

(“repos”) remain in the financial statements recognized as<br />

financial assets held for trading, financial assets available for<br />

sale or financial assets held to maturity. The corresponding<br />

liability is included in “Due to banks” or “Customer borrowings<br />

and deposits” as appropriate. The asset is <strong>report</strong>ed as<br />

pledged in the notes.<br />

Securities purchased under agreements to resell (“reverse<br />

repos”) are recorded as:<br />

• an obligation to return securities within off-balance sheet<br />

items; and<br />

• “Interbank loans and advances” or “Loans to customers”<br />

as appropriate.<br />

The difference between the sale and repurchase price is<br />

treated as interest in<strong>com</strong>e or expense and is accrued over<br />

the life of the agreements using the effective interest rate<br />

method. Securities lent to counterparts are retained in the<br />

financial statements.<br />

Securities borrowed are not recognized in the financial<br />

statements.<br />

If they are sold to third parties, the gain or loss is included<br />

in “Net trading in<strong>com</strong>e” and the obligation to return them<br />

is recorded at fair value in “Financial liabilities — trading<br />

securities”.<br />

1.26. BORROWINGS<br />

Borrowings are recognized initially at fair value, being their<br />

issue proceeds net of transaction costs incurred. Subsequently,<br />

borrowings are stated at amortized cost and any difference<br />

between net proceeds and the redemption value is<br />

recognized in the statement of in<strong>com</strong>e over the period of the<br />

borrowings using the effective interest rate method.<br />

Debts are included in the financial statements, based on the<br />

substance of their underlying contracts more than their legal<br />

form.<br />

1.27. DEFERRED INCOME TAX<br />

Deferred in<strong>com</strong>e tax is provided in full, using the liability<br />

method, on temporary differences arising between the tax<br />

bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in<br />

the financial statements.<br />

The principal temporary differences arise from depreciation of<br />

property, plant and equipment, revaluation of certain financial<br />

assets and liabilities including derivative contracts, provisions<br />

for pensions and other post retirement benefits, provisions for<br />

loan and other impairments and tax losses carried forward;<br />

RAPPORT DE GESTION<br />

CONSOLIDATED<br />

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

COMPTES SOCIAUX<br />

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