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<strong>Note</strong> 1<br />

<strong>Beerenberg</strong> Corp. AS is a limited liability company registered<br />

in Bergen, Norway. The <strong>Beerenberg</strong> Corp Group<br />

comprises the parent company <strong>Beerenberg</strong> Corp. AS and the<br />

subsidiaries D&F Group AS and <strong>Beerenberg</strong> Inc. The Group<br />

has offices in Stavanger, Husøy, Oslo and Houston (USA).<br />

The Group delivers expertise and technology as well as<br />

engineering and inspection services in the fields of surface<br />

treatment, passive fire protection, insulation, architecture/<br />

interiors, scaffolding, Rope access techniques, and habitats<br />

as well as mobile machining, cutting and decommissioning.<br />

The consolidated financial statements comprise the parent<br />

company and subsidiary companies, referred to collectively<br />

as “the Group” and individually as “Group entities”.<br />

Information about the Group<br />

The consolidated financial statements with accompanying<br />

notes have been prepared in accordance with IFRS. The<br />

financial statements with accompanying notes for the parent<br />

company <strong>Beerenberg</strong> Corp. AS have been prepared in accordance<br />

with NGAAP.<br />

<strong>Beerenberg</strong> Corp. AS is wholly owned by <strong>Beerenberg</strong> Holding<br />

AS and is included in the consolidated financial statements<br />

for <strong>Beerenberg</strong> Holding Group.<br />

The annual financial statements were authorised for issue by<br />

the board of directors on 19 March 2013.<br />

<strong>Note</strong> 2<br />

Basis of preparation<br />

Confirmation of financial framework<br />

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in<br />

accordance with EU-approved IFRS standards and associated<br />

interpretations as required as at 31 December 2012 and in<br />

accordance with additional Norwegian disclosure requirements<br />

under the provisions of the Norwegian Accounting<br />

Act as at 31 December 2012. There are no changes in accounting<br />

principles from 2011 to 2012.<br />

The financial statements of <strong>Beerenberg</strong> Corp. AS have been<br />

prepared in accordance with the Norwegian Public Limited<br />

Liability Company Act, the Norwegian Accounting Act and<br />

generally accepted accounting principles in Norway.<br />

The proposed consolidated financial statements were<br />

authorised by the board and CEO on the date stated in the<br />

signed statement of financial position. The consolidated financial<br />

statements shall be reviewed by an ordinary general<br />

meeting for final approval.<br />

Functional currency and presentation currency<br />

NOK is the Group’s functional currency and presentation<br />

currency. The exception is the subsidiary <strong>Beerenberg</strong> Inc<br />

using USD as its functional currency.<br />

Basis of calculations<br />

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared<br />

using historical cost principles, with the exception of<br />

▪▪<br />

Derivatives, which are assesed at fair value.<br />

▪▪<br />

the net defined benefit pension obligation, which is<br />

estimated as the sum of net plan assets plus previously<br />

unrecognised expenses relating to pension accruals<br />

from previous periods and deferred actuarial losses<br />

less deferred actuarial gains and the present value of<br />

future defined benefit pension obligations.<br />

Estimates and assessments<br />

Preparing the financial accounts in accordance with IFRS<br />

requires the management to make assessments, estimates<br />

and assumptions that affect the application of the accounting<br />

principles. The carrying amounts of assets and liabilities,<br />

as well as revenues and costs, are affected by these assessments.<br />

Actual results may deviate from estimated amounts.<br />

Estimates and their associated assumptions are based on<br />

historical data and other factors that are deemed to be<br />

relevant and representative. These calculations form the<br />

basis for assessing the amounts recognised in respect of assets<br />

and liabilities that cannot be determined on the basis of<br />

other sources. The estimates and assessments section gives<br />

an account of accounting assessments made that significantly<br />

affect the financial accounts and of estimates with<br />

a considerable risk of significant adjustments in the next<br />

financial year.<br />

Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed continually.<br />

Changes to accounting estimates are recognised in the<br />

period in which they occur if they only apply to that period.<br />

If the changes also pertain to future periods, the effect is<br />

distributed over the current and future periods.<br />

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<strong>Beerenberg</strong> CORP. AS Group group accounts 2012

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