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Annual Report 2007 in PDF - Cairn Energy PLC

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS<br />

CONTINUED<br />

18. Investments<br />

Subsidiary<br />

undertak<strong>in</strong>gs Total<br />

Company $’000 $’000<br />

Cost and net book value<br />

At 1 January 2006 24,829 24,829<br />

Exchange differences aris<strong>in</strong>g 33,564 33,564<br />

Additions 615,629 615,629<br />

Disposals (165,966) (165,966)<br />

––––––––––– –––––––––––<br />

At 1 January <strong>2007</strong> 508,056 508,056<br />

Exchange differences aris<strong>in</strong>g 1,461 1,461<br />

Additions 273,903 273,903<br />

Disposals (128,869) (128,869)<br />

––––––––––– –––––––––––<br />

At 31 December <strong>2007</strong> 654,551 654,551<br />

––––––––––– –––––––––––<br />

Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2006, the Company acquired various <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> subsidiaries from <strong>Cairn</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Bangladesh Limited as settlement of<br />

a capital reduction by that company. Two further subsidiaries, <strong>Cairn</strong> Uk Hold<strong>in</strong>gs Limited and Capricorn (orig<strong>in</strong>ally <strong>in</strong>corporated<br />

as <strong>Cairn</strong> Resources Limited) were <strong>in</strong>corporated dur<strong>in</strong>g 2006, and the <strong>in</strong>vestments transferred to these companies through share<br />

for share exchanges. In addition, <strong>in</strong>ter-company loan balances due to <strong>Cairn</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>PLC</strong> from both <strong>Cairn</strong> Uk Hold<strong>in</strong>gs Limited<br />

and Capricorn were settled by an equity issue from the subsidiaries.<br />

Disposals <strong>in</strong> 2006 represent the elim<strong>in</strong>ation of the Company’s <strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong> <strong>Cairn</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Bangladesh Limited on receipt of a<br />

dividend <strong>in</strong> specie follow<strong>in</strong>g a capital reduction <strong>in</strong> that company.<br />

Included <strong>in</strong> the total consideration for additions <strong>in</strong> 2006 of $615.6m is $63.6m directly settled by means of cash and cash<br />

equivalents.<br />

Additions <strong>in</strong> <strong>2007</strong> represent further <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> Capricorn. Included <strong>in</strong> the total consideration of $273.9m is $233.9m directly<br />

settled by means of cash and cash equivalents.<br />

Disposals dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>2007</strong> represent a repurchase of share capital by <strong>Cairn</strong> Uk Hold<strong>in</strong>gs Limited. This was settled <strong>in</strong> full by offsett<strong>in</strong>g<br />

an <strong>in</strong>ter-company loan balance.<br />

Further details on these transactions are conta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> Note 36.<br />

108 CAIRN ENERGY <strong>PLC</strong> ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2007</strong>

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