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BABCOCK & BROWN PROSPECTUS<br />
9. GAINS ON ASSET SALES<br />
Transportation equipment<br />
2003 2002 2001<br />
$000 $000 $000<br />
– Proceeds 739,762 985,707 1,346,500<br />
– Cost of sales (697,175) (915,562) (1,268,449)<br />
– Net gain 42,587 70,145 78,051<br />
Real estate<br />
– Proceeds 108,328 45,250 –<br />
– Cost of sales (82,047) (41,630) –<br />
– Net gain 26,281 3,620 –<br />
Semiconductor equipment<br />
– Proceeds 29,538 – –<br />
– Cost of sales (18,276) – –<br />
– Net gain 11,262 – –<br />
Subsidiaries and associates<br />
– Proceeds 143,094 26,317 25,599<br />
– Cost of sales (75,463) – (16,176)<br />
– Net gain 67,631 26,317 9,423<br />
Net gain on asset sales 147,761 100,082 87,474<br />
Babcock & Brown has an agreement with Nomura Babcock & Brown Co., Ltd. (NBB), a third party, that<br />
provides for the payment by Babcock & Brown to NBB of a fee based on income earned on the sale,<br />
management and leasing of certain aircraft. Charges from NBB under this fee agreement were $12.0 million,<br />
$15.7 million and $38.6 million for the years ended 31 December 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.<br />
Babcock & Brown recorded a 2002 gain of $26.317 million on the sale of an associate that resulted from the<br />
listing of the associate. Babcock & Brown sold no part of the interest in the associate but did recognise a gain<br />
equal to the increase in its share of the associate’s net assets.<br />
10. CASH AND SHORT TERM TRADING SECURITIES<br />
2003<br />
$000<br />
Cash at bank 541,599<br />
Short-term securities 29,134<br />
Total cash and short-term trading securities 570,733<br />
Approximately $82.0 million of Babcock & Brown’s cash was restricted, primarily for deposits and amounts<br />
pledged as collateral against notes payable<br />
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