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<strong>METRO</strong> GROUP : ANNUAL REPORT 2010 : BUSINESS<br />

→ GROUP MANAGEMENT REPORT : 4. FINANCIAL ANd ASSET POSITION<br />

Further information on the development of liabilities can be<br />

found in the notes to the consolidated financial statements<br />

in the numbers listed in the table.<br />

Asset position<br />

In the financial year 2010, total assets rose by €1,785 million<br />

to €35,067 million. Non-current assets increased by €448<br />

million to €18,912 million during the financial year 2010. Current<br />

assets rose by €1,337 million to €16,155 million.<br />

Non-current assets<br />

€ million Note no. 31/12/2010 31/12/2009<br />

Non-current assets 18,912 18,464<br />

Goodwill 17, 18 4,064 3,992<br />

Other intangible assets 17, 19 436 497<br />

Tangible assets 17, 20 12,482 12,244<br />

Investment properties 17, 21 238 129<br />

Financial assets 17, 22 248 113<br />

Other receivables and assets 23 444 463<br />

deferred tax assets 24 1,000 1,026<br />

The rise in goodwill that totalled €72 million was largely due<br />

to the recognition of shareholders’ stock tender rights<br />

granted to non-controlling shareholders. The rise in tangible<br />

assets totalling €238 million primarily resulted from<br />

the opening of new stores by Metro Cash & Carry as well as<br />

Media Markt and Saturn along with positive currency effects<br />

in Eastern Europe and Asia. As a result of the abandonment<br />

of plans for self-use, real estate was reclassified from tangible<br />

assets to the balance sheet item “investment properties”<br />

(€109 million).<br />

Additional information on the development on non-current<br />

assets is shown in the notes to the consolidated financial<br />

statements in the numbers listed in the table.<br />

Current assets<br />

→ p. 095<br />

€ million Note no. 31/12/2010 31/12/20091 Current assets 16,155 14,818<br />

Inventories 25 7,458 7,110<br />

Trade receivables 26 526 539<br />

Financial assets 3 38<br />

Other receivables and assets 23 2,724 2,613<br />

Income tax refund entitlements 412 405<br />

Cash and cash equivalents 29 4,799 3,996<br />

Assets held for sale 30 233 117<br />

1 Adjustment due to revised disclosure<br />

Inventories rose by €348 million to €7,458 million. The<br />

increase was primarily due to the international expansion of<br />

the sales divisions Metro Cash & Carry as well as Media<br />

Markt and Saturn. An additional increase in inventory levels<br />

due to currency effects was prevented by the reclassification<br />

of inventories to the balance sheet item “assets held for<br />

sale” in the context of the agreed-upon sale of consumer<br />

electronics stores in France. “Assets held for sale” totalling<br />

€196 million were reported in the financial year 2010 in<br />

connection with the consumer electronics stores to be sold<br />

in France. A total of €56 million in “assets held for sale” were<br />

sold. In addition, real estate totalling €69 million was<br />

reclassified as non-current assets as a result of its planned<br />

internal use in the <strong>Group</strong>.<br />

Additional information on the development of current assets<br />

is shown in the notes to the consolidated financial statements<br />

in the numbers listed in the table.

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