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Annual Report 2011 - Kongsberg Maritime - Kongsberg Gruppen

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2 INTRODUCTION<br />

7 DIRECTORS’ REPORT AND<br />

18 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

64 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE<br />

76 FINANCIAL CALENDAR AND ADDRESSES<br />

NOTES<br />

22 KONGSBERG <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />

KONGSBERG GRUPPEN (GROUP)<br />

1<br />

GENERAL INFORMATION<br />

KONGSBERG <strong>Gruppen</strong> ASA (KONGSBERG) is a public limited liability<br />

company headquartered in KONGSBERG, Norway. The company’s<br />

shares are traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The Board of Directors<br />

approved KONGSBERG’s consolidated financial statements for the year<br />

ended at 31 December <strong>2011</strong> at its meeting on 27 March 2012. The<br />

2<br />

The financial statements are presented in Norwegian kroner (NOK), and<br />

all figures have been rounded off to the nearest million, unless otherwise<br />

specified.<br />

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in<br />

ac cordance with International Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing Standards (IFRS) as<br />

adopted by the European Union (EU), as well as the Norwegian<br />

disclosure requirements ensuing from the Accounting Act applicable at<br />

31 December <strong>2011</strong>. The IFRS, as adopted by the EU, differs in certain<br />

areas from the standards issued by the International Accounting<br />

Standards Board (IASB). However, it would not have had any effect on<br />

the current consolidated financial statement if KONSBERG had used<br />

the IFRS standards issued by IASB.<br />

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a<br />

historical cost basis except for the following assets and liabilities:<br />

• Financial derivatives (forward contracts, currency options and<br />

interest swap agreements), measured at fair value<br />

• Financial available-for-sale assets, measured at fair value<br />

Significant accounting judgement, estimates and assumptions<br />

During the preparation of the financial statements, the company’s management<br />

has applied its best estimates and assumptions considered to<br />

be realistic based on historical experience. The estimates are reviewed<br />

on an ongoing basis. Situations can arise which alter the estimates and<br />

assumptions, which will affect the company’s assets, liabilities, revenues<br />

and expenses. Changes in estimates are recognised in the period in<br />

which they occur.<br />

For more detailed information about significant accounting estimates<br />

that could have a significant impact on the amounts recognised in the<br />

following financial year, please see the following notes:<br />

• Revenue recognition, estimates of progress and contract profit in<br />

connection with construction contracts, cf. Note 3 C) “Summary of<br />

significant accounting policies – Revenue recognition” and Note 19<br />

“Construction contracts in progress”<br />

• Estimates of whether own-financed development will generate<br />

3<br />

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES<br />

A) Basis for consolidation<br />

Subsidiaries<br />

The companies in which KONGSBERG has control are recognised in the<br />

consolidated financial statements as subsidiaries. Control is the power to<br />

govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain<br />

benefits from its activities. Control is usually achieved when the Group,<br />

directly or indirectly, holds more than 50 per cent of the shares in the<br />

entity, or when the Group is able to exercise control over the entity<br />

through agreements or statutes. In assessing control, potential voting<br />

rights that can be exercised immediately or are convertible, is taken into<br />

consideration.<br />

consolidated financial statements for <strong>2011</strong> include the parent company<br />

and subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “KONGSBERG” or “the<br />

Group”), as well as the Group’s investments in associates and jointly<br />

controlled entities.<br />

BASIS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

future financial benefits, cf. Note 3 F) “Summary of significant<br />

accounting policies – Intangible assets” and Note 11 “Intangible<br />

assets”<br />

• Impairment test of goodwill, including the calculation of recoverable<br />

amounts from cash-generating units, cf. Note 12 “Impairment test<br />

of goodwill”<br />

• Estimates related to pension liabilities, cf. Note 9 “Pensions”<br />

• Estimates related to impairment on trade receivables, cf. Note 18<br />

“Accounts receivable and credit risk”<br />

• Estimates related to impairment losses on the carrying amount<br />

of Construction contracts, cf. Note 19 “Construction contracts<br />

in progress”<br />

• Estimates related to future warranty commitments and other<br />

provisions, cf. Note 23 “Provisions”<br />

In the preparation of the financial statements, management has made<br />

some significant and critical judgments relating to the application of<br />

accounting principles.<br />

For more details about significant areas requiring critical judgments<br />

relating to the application of accounting policies that have the most<br />

significant effect on the amounts recognised in the consolidated<br />

financial statements, reference is made to the following notes:<br />

• Revenue recognition of construction contracts, cf. Note 3 C)<br />

“Summary of significant accounting policies – Revenue recognition”<br />

and Note 19 “Construction contracts in progress”<br />

• The application of the principles for capitalising expenses related to<br />

development, cf. Note 3 F) “Summary of significant accounting<br />

policies –Intangible assets” and Note 11 “Intangible assets”<br />

• Financial instruments, including hedge accounting (fair value or cash<br />

flow hedges), cf. Note 3 J) “Summary of significant accounting<br />

policies – Financial instruments” and Note 20 “Financial instruments”<br />

• Sale and leaseback related to property, assessment of operational<br />

versus financial leases, cf. Note 3 H) “Summary of significant<br />

accounting policies – Leases, Sale and leaseback” and Note 26 “Sale<br />

and leaseback”<br />

On initial recognition subsidiaries are measured at their fair value on<br />

the date of acquisition. Fair value is allocated to the identified assets,<br />

liabilities and contingent liabilities. The unallocated purchase price is<br />

classified as goodwill. New subsidiaries are included in the consolidated<br />

financial statements from the date of acquisition. The date of acquisition<br />

is the date where KONGSBERG obtains control of the acquired<br />

company. Normally, control will be achieved when all the terms of the<br />

agreement are satisfied. Examples of contingencies can be the approval<br />

of the Board of Directors, the general meeting or the competition<br />

authorities. For business combinations achieved in stages, the financial<br />

statements are based on the values at the time the Group obtained

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