G4S Annual Report and Accounts 2011
G4S Annual Report and Accounts 2011
G4S Annual Report and Accounts 2011
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Governance Financial statements Shareholder information<br />
19 Intangible assets<br />
Goodwill Acquisition-related intangible assets Other intangible assets Total<br />
Trademarks<br />
£m<br />
Customer<br />
related<br />
£m<br />
Technology<br />
£m<br />
Development<br />
expenditure<br />
£m<br />
Software<br />
£m £m<br />
£m<br />
<strong>2011</strong><br />
Cost<br />
At 1 January <strong>2011</strong> 2,232 34 608 18 22 132 3,046<br />
Acquisition of businesses 85 – 65 – – 1 151<br />
Additions – – 1 – 9 26 36<br />
Disposals – – – – – (4) (4)<br />
Reclassified as held for sale (15) – – – – (6) (21)<br />
Translation adjustments (36) – (6) 1 – 5 (36)<br />
At 31 December <strong>2011</strong> 2,266 34 668 19 31 154 3,172<br />
Amortisation <strong>and</strong> accumulated<br />
impairment losses<br />
At 1 January <strong>2011</strong> (73) (25) (335) (15) (9) (74) (531)<br />
Amortisation charge – (3) (82) (1) (4) (14) (104)<br />
Impairment charge (13) – – – – – (13)<br />
Disposals – – – – – 4 4<br />
Reclassified as held for sale 9 – – – – 6 15<br />
Translation adjustments 7 – 5 (1) – (7) 4<br />
At 31 December <strong>2011</strong> (70) (28) (412) (17) (13) (85) (625)<br />
Carrying amount<br />
At 1 January <strong>2011</strong> 2,159 9 273 3 13 58 2,515<br />
At 31 December <strong>2011</strong> 2,196 6 256 2 18 69 2,547<br />
2010<br />
Cost<br />
At 1 January 2010 2,120 34 601 17 16 118 2,906<br />
Acquisition of businesses 70 – 13 – – – 83<br />
Additions – – – – 6 15 21<br />
Disposals (3) – (13) – – 1 (15)<br />
Translation adjustments 45 – 7 1 – (2) 51<br />
At 31 December 2010 2,232 34 608 18 22 132 3,046<br />
Amortisation <strong>and</strong> accumulated<br />
impairment losses<br />
At 1 January 2010 (71) (22) (257) (14) (5) (60) (429)<br />
Amortisation charge – (3) (84) (1) (4) (13) (105)<br />
Disposals – – 10 – – (1) 9<br />
Translation adjustments (2) – (4) – – – (6)<br />
At 31 December 2010 (73) (25) (335) (15) (9) (74) (531)<br />
Carrying amount<br />
At 1 January 2010 2,049 12 344 3 11 58 2,477<br />
At 31 December 2010 2,159 9 273 3 13 58 2,515<br />
Included within software is internally generated software with a gross carrying value of £18m (2010: £12m), <strong>and</strong> accumulated amortisation of £3m<br />
(2010: £1m), giving a net book value of £15m (2010: £11m). During the year, additions amounted to £3m (2010: £3m) <strong>and</strong> the amortisation charge<br />
associated to these assets was £nil (2010: £nil).<br />
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Accounts</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />
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