Service-oriented - Die Schweizerische Post
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34 Non-current assets held for sale<br />
Annual Report | Financial Report | Financial statements of Swiss <strong>Post</strong> Group<br />
“Noncurrent assets held for sale” are no longer systematically amortized and will probably be sold within<br />
one year.<br />
Operating Other proper- Total<br />
property<br />
ty, plant and<br />
equipment<br />
CHF m<br />
As at 1.1.2006 11 1 12<br />
Additions arising from reclassifications in accordance with IFRS 5 11 4 15<br />
Disposals – 11 – 4 – 15<br />
As at 31.12.2006 11 1 12<br />
Operating Other proper- Total<br />
property<br />
ty, plant and<br />
equipment<br />
CHF m<br />
As at 1.1.2005 – – –<br />
Additions arising from reclassifications in accordance with IFRS 5 11 5 16<br />
Disposals – – 4 – 4<br />
As at 31.12.2005 11 1 12<br />
35 Key exchange rates<br />
The following exchange rates are applied in translating the financial statements of foreign subsidiaries into<br />
Swiss francs:<br />
Closing rate as at Average rate for the period ending<br />
31.12.2006 31.12.2005 31.12.2006 31.12.2005<br />
Unit<br />
1 euro EUR 1.61 1.56 1.57 1.55<br />
1 US dollar USD 1.22 1.31 1.25 1.25<br />
1 pound Sterling GBP 2.40 2.26 2.31 2.26<br />
36 Events after the balance sheet date<br />
Prior to the approval of the 2006 financial statements by the Board of Directors on 21 March 2007, no events<br />
came to light which either would have resulted in changes to the carrying amount of the Group s assets and<br />
liabilities or would have to be disclosed in this section of the Report.<br />
Acquisitions of subsidiaries between 1 January and 21 March 2007<br />
On 2 January 2007, Swiss <strong>Post</strong> International AG acquired all shares in FM Verzollungs AG in Basel. The company<br />
handles import and export customs clearance for crossborder shipments of goods on behalf of forwarding<br />
companies and operates public customs warehouses It also specializes in customs clearance for railbased<br />
transport.<br />
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