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Annual Report 2009 - Von Roll

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80 Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing <strong>2009</strong> – Consolidated Financial StatementsStaff-relatedStaff-related provisions mainly include contributions to employee anniversary awards and pension plans.Environmental restorationFuture requirements for <strong>Von</strong> <strong>Roll</strong> to take action to correct the environmental impact of sediments and emissions ofchemical substances, in accordance with local laws and directives are inherently difficult to estimate. The materialcomponents of environmental provisions are the costs of completely cleaning and restoring contaminated sites andof treating and containing contamination at sites where the environmental exposure is less severe. <strong>Von</strong> <strong>Roll</strong> believesthat its total reserves for environmental restoration are adequate, based on currently available information. However,given the inherent difficulties, the necessary funds and the timing of future outflows cannot be reliably estimated.Contingency & commitmentsContingency & commitments consist mainly of provisions for customer claims, guarantees and warranties.Legal claimsLegal claims consist mainly of provisions for open legal claims.RestructuringRestructuring provisions as at 31 December <strong>2009</strong>, contain TCHF 2,224 for the restructuring programme started in<strong>2009</strong> and TCHF 177 for the restructuring programme announced in 2003 and now largely completed.The objective of the <strong>2009</strong> restructuring programme was to adjust business operations to the altered frameworkconditions that have emerged in the wake of the global economic crisis and increase the competitiveness of <strong>Von</strong><strong>Roll</strong>. By streamlining processes and structures, merging separate production areas and eliminating unprofitableproduct lines, TCHF 8,621 were allocated to restructuring provisions in <strong>2009</strong>. By the end of financial year <strong>2009</strong>,TCHF 6,261 had been used.Other provisionsOther provisions consist of provisions which could not be allocated to any other categories, for example provisionsfor bobbins.

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