Note 1 - Beerenberg
Note 1 - Beerenberg
Note 1 - Beerenberg
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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