Financial Statements of - Shoppers Drug Mart

SHOPPERS DRUG MART CORPORATION
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(in thousands of Canadian dollars, except per share data)
13. EXPLANATION OF TRANSITION TO IFRS (continued)
Notes to the Reconciliations
a) Elections under IFRS 1, “First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting
Standards” (“IFRS 1”)
i) Business Combinations
IFRS 1 permits a first-time adopter to elect not to apply IFRS 3, “Business Combinations”
(“IFRS 3”), to business combinations that occurred prior to the date of transition to IFRS. A firsttime
adopter can also elect to choose a date prior to the date of transition and apply IFRS 3 to all
subsequent business combinations. The Company has elected to apply IFRS 3 prospectively to
business combinations that occurred on or after January 3, 2010 (or “the date of transition to
IFRS”). No change has been made to the recognition and measurement of business combinations
that occurred prior to this date.
ii) Share-based Payment Transactions
IFRS 1 does not require first-time adopters to apply the requirements of IFRS 2, “Share-based
Payment” (“IFRS 2”), to equity instruments that were granted on or prior to November 7, 2002 or
to equity instruments that were granted after November 7, 2002 and vested before the date of
transition to IFRS. The Company has not applied IFRS 2 to stock options issued on or prior to
November 7, 2002. The Company has not applied IFRS 2 to liabilities arising from share-based
payment transactions that were settled prior to the date of transition to IFRS.
iii) Deemed Cost
IFRS 1 allows a first-time adopter to elect to measure an item of property, plant and equipment or
intangible asset at the date of transition to IFRS at fair value and use that fair value as deemed
cost at that date. The Company has not elected to use fair value as deemed cost for any item of
property and equipment or intangible assets.
iv) Leases
IFRS 1 permits a first-time adopter to determine whether an arrangement contains a lease in
accordance with IFRIC 4, “Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease” (“IFRIC 4”),
based on the facts and circumstances existing at the date of transition rather than at the date the
arrangement was entered into. The Company has applied IFRIC 4 on a retrospective basis. There
was no impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations as a result of applying
IFRIC 4 retrospectively, as there were no such arrangements.
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