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Annual Report 2009 - Daiichi Sankyo

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements<br />

DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED and Consolidated Subsidiaries<br />

Years ended March 31, <strong>2009</strong>, 2008 and 2007<br />

1.<br />

Basis of Presenting Consolidated Financial Statements<br />

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED (the “Company”) and its consolidated<br />

subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Financial Instruments and Exchange<br />

Act and its related accounting regulations, and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Japan (“Japanese<br />

GAAP”), which are different in certain respects as to application and disclosure requirements from International Financial<br />

<strong>Report</strong>ing Standards.<br />

Prior to the year ended March 31, <strong>2009</strong>, the accounts of consolidated overseas subsidiaries are based on their accounting<br />

records maintained in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles prevailing in the respective countries of domicile.<br />

As discussed in Note 2, the accounts of consolidated overseas subsidiaries for the year ended March 31, <strong>2009</strong> are prepared in<br />

accordance with either International Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing Standards or U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, with<br />

adjustments for the specified six items as applicable.<br />

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been restructured and translated into English from the consolidated<br />

financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with Japanese GAAP and filed with the appropriate Local<br />

Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance as required by the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. Certain supplementary<br />

information included in the statutory Japanese-language consolidated financial statements, but not required for fair presentation,<br />

is not presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.<br />

The translation of the Japanese yen amounts into U.S. dollars is included solely for the convenience of readers outside Japan,<br />

using the prevailing exchange rate at March 31, <strong>2009</strong>, which was ¥98 to U.S. $1. The convenience translations should not be<br />

construed as representations that the Japanese yen amounts have been, could have been, or could in the future be, converted<br />

into U.S. dollars at this or any other rate of exchange.<br />

2.<br />

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies<br />

Consolidation and Investments in Affiliated Companies<br />

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries except for insignificant subsidiaries<br />

(the “Companies”). All significant intercompany balances, transactions and profits have been eliminated. In the elimination<br />

of investments in subsidiaries, the assets and liabilities of the subsidiaries, including the portion attributable to minority<br />

shareholders, are evaluated using the fair value at the time the Company acquired control.<br />

The equity method is applied, with minor exception, to the 20 to 50% owned affiliated companies whereby the Company<br />

has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operational and financial policies of a company and to certain immaterial<br />

subsidiaries not consolidated.<br />

The goodwill, which is the difference between the investment and the net assets of the subsidiary, has been amortized equally<br />

over the estimated effective period not exceeding 20 years.<br />

<strong>Daiichi</strong> <strong>Sankyo</strong>, Inc. and Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. changed their fiscal year-end from December 31 to March 31 effective<br />

from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. As a result, the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended<br />

March 31, 2007 included 15-month results of the two subsidiaries (for the period from January 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007). Due<br />

to this change, net sales, operating income, income before income taxes and minority interests, and net income for the fiscal<br />

year ended March 31, 2007 increased by ¥31,514 million, ¥9,030 million, ¥9,587 million, and ¥5,830 million, respectively.<br />

DAIICHI SANKYO EUROPE GmbH and its subsidiaries, etc., changed their fiscal year-end from December 31 to March 31<br />

effective from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. As a result, while the financial statements of these subsidiaries as of<br />

December 31, 2006 were used in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended March 31,<br />

2007, due to this change in fiscal year-end, the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008<br />

included 15-month results of these subsidiaries (for the period from January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008). As a result, net sales,<br />

operating income, income before income taxes and minority interests, and net income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008<br />

increased by ¥14,129 million, ¥1,886 million, ¥2,161 million, and ¥2,027 million, respectively.<br />

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Cash Flow Statements<br />

For the purpose of the consolidated statements of cash flows, the Companies classify cash on hand, readily available bank<br />

deposits, and short-term, highly liquid investments that bear insignificant risk of changes in value and whose maturities are within<br />

three months at the time of purchase as cash and cash equivalents.<br />

Marketable Securities and Investment Securities<br />

The Companies examine the intent of holding each security and classify those securities as (a) securities held for trading purposes<br />

(hereafter, “trading securities”), (b) debt securities intended to be held to maturity (hereafter, “held-to-maturity debt securities”),<br />

(c) equity securities issued by subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and (d) all other securities that are not classified in any<br />

of the above categories (hereafter, “available-for-sale securities”).<br />

<strong>Daiichi</strong> <strong>Sankyo</strong> Co., Ltd. <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2009</strong> 49

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