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<strong>2012</strong> FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND RELATED NOTES4.8. Financial assets available for sale, o<strong>the</strong>r financial assets and financialliabilitiesFINANCIAL ASSETSIn accordance with <strong>the</strong> recommendations of IAS 39 – Financial instruments: recognition andmeasurement, <strong>the</strong> shares of non-consolidated companies belong <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> asset category “financial assetsavailable for sale”. They are initially recognised at fair value, corresponding <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir original acquisitioncost, and are <strong>the</strong>n revalued at fair value through equity at each balance sheet date. Loans andreceivables, as well as assets held until maturity are measured at fair value and <strong>the</strong>n revalued at <strong>the</strong>iramortised cost.Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss comprise:- assets that are regarded as held for trading, which comprise assets that <strong>the</strong> company intends <strong>to</strong>sell in <strong>the</strong> short term in order <strong>to</strong> realise a gain, which are part of a portfolio of financial instrumentsthat are managed <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r and for which <strong>the</strong>re is evidence of a recent actual pattern of short-termprofit taking (mainly cash and cash equivalents and o<strong>the</strong>r cash management financial assets);- assets explicitly designated by <strong>the</strong> Group upon initial recognition as financial instruments, <strong>the</strong>changes in fair value of which are recognised in profit or loss. This designation is used when suchuse results in <strong>the</strong> provision of better quality financial information and enhances <strong>the</strong> consistency of<strong>the</strong> financial statements.The following assets are tested for impairment at each period end:- loans and receivables issued by <strong>the</strong> entity and held-<strong>to</strong>-maturity assets: when <strong>the</strong>re is an objectiveindication of impairment, <strong>the</strong> amount of <strong>the</strong> impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss;- assets available for sale: unrealised gains and losses on financial assets held for sale arerecognised as o<strong>the</strong>r items of comprehensive income until <strong>the</strong> sale, collection or exit of <strong>the</strong> financialasset on any o<strong>the</strong>r ground or where <strong>the</strong>re is an objective indication that all or part of <strong>the</strong> value of<strong>the</strong> financial asset has been impaired. The cumulative gain or loss, which had so far beenrecognised under o<strong>the</strong>r items of comprehensive income, is transferred <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> income statement onthat date.Impairment is evidenced in <strong>the</strong> case <strong>the</strong> following conditions are met simultaneously:- <strong>the</strong> Group share of equity or an objective estimate (i.e. from experts or resulting from a transactionor planned transaction) results in a value which is less than <strong>the</strong> value of <strong>the</strong> securities;- a business plan or o<strong>the</strong>r objective information demonstrates <strong>the</strong> inability of <strong>the</strong> entity in which <strong>the</strong>Group holds an equity investment <strong>to</strong> create value through <strong>the</strong> generation of cash inflows.FINANCIAL LIABILITIESFinancial liabilities valued at fair value through <strong>the</strong> income statement result in <strong>the</strong> realisation of profit due<strong>to</strong> short-term variations in price. This applies only <strong>to</strong> liabilities resulting from short sales of shares or o<strong>the</strong>rfinancial assets or derivatives which are not hedge derivatives.O<strong>the</strong>r financial liabilities are valued at amortised cost, with <strong>the</strong> exception of derivative financial instrumentswhich are valued at fair value.Derivative instruments relating <strong>to</strong> cash flow hedges are valued at fair value at each balance sheet date,and <strong>the</strong> change in <strong>the</strong> fair value of <strong>the</strong> ineffective portion of <strong>the</strong> hedge is recognised in <strong>the</strong> incomestatement and <strong>the</strong> change in <strong>the</strong> fair value of <strong>the</strong> effective portion of <strong>the</strong> hedge in o<strong>the</strong>r items ofcomprehensive income.168 - <strong>M6</strong> GROUP - <strong>2012</strong> REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

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