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Annual Report 2009/10 Excellence in Retailing - Douglas Holding

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Cash and cash equivalents are comprised as follows:<br />

Cash and cash equivalents<br />

09/30/20<strong>10</strong><br />

(<strong>in</strong> EUR m)<br />

09/30/<strong>2009</strong><br />

(<strong>in</strong> EUR m)<br />

Marketable securities 0.1 0.9<br />

Cash and cash equivalents 51.6 35.8<br />

Total 51.7 36.7<br />

The effect of the sale and purchase of consolidated companies is presented under the<br />

notes regard<strong>in</strong>g consolidation.<br />

30. Notes on segment report<strong>in</strong>g<br />

In the <strong>2009</strong>/<strong>10</strong> fiscal year, segment report<strong>in</strong>g has been prepared for the first time <strong>in</strong><br />

l<strong>in</strong>e with the provisions of IFRS 8. The preced<strong>in</strong>g year’s figures have been adjusted accord<strong>in</strong>gly<br />

to assure comparability.<br />

The segments comply with the DOUGLAS Group’s <strong>in</strong>ternal report<strong>in</strong>g and controll<strong>in</strong>g<br />

structure. Internal report<strong>in</strong>g and controll<strong>in</strong>g is generally performed accord<strong>in</strong>g to the <strong>in</strong>dividual<br />

geographic companies of the corporate divisions. The operative bus<strong>in</strong>ess segments<br />

are comb<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>to report<strong>in</strong>g segments <strong>in</strong> the segment report<strong>in</strong>g, which correspond to the<br />

<strong>in</strong>dividual corporate divisions of DOUGLAS HOLDING AG. Due to the first time adoption<br />

of IFRS 8, the Services division is also shown separately from the reconciliation column,<br />

although this segment is not predom<strong>in</strong>antly geared for generat<strong>in</strong>g external sales.<br />

Alongside the <strong>in</strong>formation about the <strong>in</strong>dividual bus<strong>in</strong>ess segments, additional <strong>in</strong>formation<br />

is given about geographical regions. As part of this presentation, a dist<strong>in</strong>ction is<br />

generally made between Germany and all other countries.<br />

The earn<strong>in</strong>gs of the operative bus<strong>in</strong>ess segments are determ<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> compliance with<br />

the account<strong>in</strong>g and valuation methods applied to the consolidated f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements.<br />

Transfers between segments are at the same prices that would apply between third parties<br />

(arm’s length transactions).<br />

Perfumeries<br />

The largest report<strong>in</strong>g segment is the Perfumeries division with a total of 1,205 <strong>Douglas</strong><br />

Perfumeries, which are the market leaders <strong>in</strong> Europe, stand<strong>in</strong>g for expertise <strong>in</strong> the areas of<br />

perfumes, cosmetics and sk<strong>in</strong> care. The <strong>Douglas</strong> Perfumeries are present <strong>in</strong> 20 countries.<br />

Books<br />

The 289 Thalia bookstores comb<strong>in</strong>e stationary and onl<strong>in</strong>e booksell<strong>in</strong>g services and are<br />

the market leaders <strong>in</strong> German-speak<strong>in</strong>g countries. In the <strong>2009</strong>/<strong>10</strong> fiscal year, a non-cash<br />

<strong>in</strong>come amount was <strong>in</strong>curred <strong>in</strong> the amount of 6.1 million Euro as part of the first time<br />

full consolidation of buch.de <strong>in</strong>ternetstores AG.<br />

F<strong>in</strong>ancial statements<br />

Facts & figures<br />

Consolidated <strong>in</strong>come statement<br />

Consolidated balance sheet<br />

Statement of changes <strong>in</strong> Group equity<br />

Segment report<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Consolidated Cash Flow statement<br />

Notes<br />

Notes to the <strong>in</strong>come statement<br />

Notes to the balance sheet<br />

Auditor’s report<br />

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