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102 Group Financial Statements Notes 4 Amortization of Intangible Assets and Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment in € millions Amortization/depreciation of 2009 2008 – intangible assets 220 192 – property, plant and equipment 359 371 579 563 5 Other Operating Expenses in € millions 2009 2008 Administrative expenses 1,279 1,428 Consulting and audit fees 170 191 Foreign exchange losses – 6 Advertising costs 528 620 Selling expenses 642 744 Allowances for current assets 244 219 Operating taxes 141 125 Losses on disposals of non-current assets 8 13 Sundry operating expenses 882 921 3,894 4,267 Th e consulting and audit fees include fees of €8 million to KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft and the affi liates of KPMG Europe LLP for their audit of the consolidated fi - nancial statements. Auditor fees come to €5 million. Another €1 million falls under other audit-related services. Th e companies of KPMG Europe LLP were paid a total of €1 million for tax consulting services. Expenses for further services amount to €1 million. A portion of administrative expenses relates to travel costs and communication expenses. Other operating expenses include rentals, repair and maintenance costs. 6 Result from Investments Accounted for Using the Equity Method and Other Participations in € millions 2009 2008 Income from investments accounted for using the equity method 38 61 Expenses from investments accounted for using the equity method (11) (14) Results from investments accounted for using the equity method 27 47 Results of participations 10 11 Th e income from associates stems primarily from Antena 3 at €13 million (previous year: €19 million) and RTL II at €9 million (previous year: €12 million). Expenses from investments accounted for using the equity method relate to various companies. Write-downs of participating interests (includ- ing goodwill) from associates of €4 million (previous year: €12 million) are reported under special items. As in the previous year, Bertelsmann had no share in the contingent liabilities of associates. Bertelsmann Annual Report 2009
Company | Group Management Group Financial | Corporate Governance | Report of the | Boards/Mandates | Additional Information Report Statements Supervisory Board Income Statement Statement of Comprehensive Income Balance Sheet Cash Flow Statement Statement of Changes in Equity Notes 7 Special Items in € millions Impairment of goodwill, other intangible assets with indefi nite useful life, other fi nancial assets and assets held for sale 2009 2008 Five, RTL Group (140) (337) Alpha Media Group, RTL Group (66) – Qualytel, Arvato (26) – Arvato Print Ibérica (26) – Gruner + Jahr Spain (21) – Random House Asia (IFRS 5) (12) – Direct Group France – (50) Radio Germany, RTL Group – (34) Direct Group Portugal – (21) Arvato Mobile – (15) Arvato Loyalty Services – (9) Other Capital gains/losses (28) (36) Empolis, Arvato 7 – Xlibris, Corporate 7 – RTL Shop – (13) Sportfi ve, RTL Group – (4) Fremantle Media Australia, RTL Group – 4 Other Other special items (1) 12 Impairment on non-current assets, Prinovis, one half each Gruner + Jahr and Arvato (111) – Impairments on rights and fi lm assets, RTL Group (40) – Impairment on non-current assets, Arvato Print Italy (30) – Impairment on intangible assets, Scoyo, Corporate (19) – Impairments on real estate, Gruner + Jahr (13) – Impairment on intangible assets, Qualytel, Arvato (10) – Restructuring and severance payments, Gruner + Jahr (60) (35) Restructuring and severance payments, Arvato (38) – Restructuring and severance payments, RTL Group (34) (32) Restructuring and severance payments, Corporate (23) – Restructuring and severance payments, Direct Group (18) (15) Restructuring and severance payments, Random House (16) (51) Restructuring and severance payments, Prinovis, one half each Gruner + Jahr and Arvato (16) (20) Extraordinary income from changes to estimates in the calculation of provisions for returns, Random House 23 – Costs of merging facilities in France, Gruner + Jahr (7) – Special items, Arvato Mobile – (18) Other (12) (2) (730) (676) Special items are primarily business transactions that are not repeatable and therefore not operational in nature. Th ey include income and expense items which distort the assessment Bertelsmann Annual Report 2009 of the results of operations of the divisions and of the Group due to their size and infrequency of occurrence. Special items in the period under review come to €-730 million. 103
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