Annual report 2006 - Dexia.com
Annual report 2006 - Dexia.com
Annual report 2006 - Dexia.com
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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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