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Notes – Marine Subsea Consolidated<br />
(All amounts in USD 1 000 if not otherwise stated)<br />
Note 1 – General information<br />
Marine Subsea AS is an international oil service company with a focus on<br />
the West African Offshore market. The Group owns a fleet of six units<br />
in operation and two under construction, including two multipurpose/<br />
intervention vessels, five offshore support units and one semisubmersible<br />
crane vessel. In addition, the company has secured a service contract<br />
for a deepwater drillship.<br />
Marine Subsea AS was incepted on 9 October 2006. The vessel owning<br />
companies are owned 100% by the company, except Marine Subsea<br />
Sarah Ltd, Marine Subsea Karianne Ltd and Marine Subsea Lifter<br />
Ltd, wich are owned 75%, and Marine Subsea & Consfe Ltd wich the<br />
company has a 40% share interest in.<br />
The company is a limited liability company incorporated and domiciled<br />
in Norway. The address of its registered office is Strandveien 50,<br />
1366 Lysaker.<br />
The consolidated financial statements were authorised for issue by the<br />
board of directors on 21 April 2010.<br />
Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies<br />
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these<br />
consolidated financial statements are set out below. These policies have<br />
been consistently applied to all the years presented.<br />
2.1 Basis of preparation<br />
The consolidated financial statements of Marine Subsea AS have been<br />
prepared in accordance with International Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing Standards<br />
as adopted by EU. The consolidated financial statements have been<br />
prepared under the historical cost convention, except certain financial<br />
assets and financial liabilities (including derivative instruments) that are<br />
recogniced at fair value.<br />
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires<br />
the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management<br />
to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the group’s<br />
accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or<br />
complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to<br />
the consolidated financial statements are disclosed in note 4.<br />
The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the<br />
previous financial year except as follows:<br />
The Group has adopted the following new and amended IFRS and IFRIC<br />
interpretations as of 1 January 2009:<br />
• Amendments to IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial<br />
<strong>Report</strong>ing Standards and lAS 27<br />
• Consolidated and Separate Financial statements (effective from<br />
1 January 2009). The amendments to IFRS 1 allows an entity to<br />
determine the ‘cost’ of investments in subsidiaries, jointly controlled<br />
entities or associates in its opening IFRS financial statements in<br />
accordance with lAS 27 or using a deemed cost. The amendment<br />
to lAS 27 requires all dividends from a subsidiary, jointly controlled<br />
entity or associate to be recognised in the income statement in the<br />
separate financial statement. The revision to lAS 27 will have to be<br />
applied prospectively. The new requirements affect only the parent’s<br />
separate financial statement and do not have an impact on the<br />
consolidated financial statements<br />
• IAS 1; Presentation of financial statement, revised (effective from<br />
1 January 2009). Key changes regarding this revised standard are the<br />
following; Changes in equity arising from transactions with owners<br />
( such as dividends and shares repurchases) and the related tax<br />
impact are presented in the statement of changes in equity; ‘Nonowner’<br />
changes in equity and the related tax impact are presented<br />
in comprehensive income; Comprehensive income is presented in<br />
either a single statement or in two statements (an income statement<br />
and a statement of comprehensive income); Dividends and per share<br />
amounts are presented in the statement of changes in equity or in<br />
the notes; A statement of financial position (balance sheet) at the beginning<br />
of the corresponding period is presented where restatements<br />
have occurred; and Reclassification adjustments (recycling) and the<br />
related income tax are disclosed in the comprehensive income. The<br />
Group has deciced to present one single statement.<br />
• IFRS 8, ‘Operating segments ‘ (effective from 1 January 2009). IFRS 8<br />
replaces IAS 14 and aligns segment reporting with the requirements of<br />
the US standard SFAS 131, ‘Disclosures about segments of an enterprise<br />
and related information’. The new standard requires a ‘management<br />
approach’, under which segment information is presented on the same<br />
basis as that used for internal reporting purposes. The Group has a non<br />
complex structure of different busienss activities. The more complex the<br />
group structure , the more likely it is that the segments identified will not<br />
be the same as those identifeied when applying IAS 14.<br />
(a) Interpretation early adopted by the group<br />
No standards, amendments and interpretations to existing standards<br />
have been early adopted by the Group.<br />
(b) Standards, amendments and interpretations to existing<br />
standards that are not yet effective and have not been early<br />
adopted by the group<br />
The following standards, amendments and interpretations to existing<br />
standards have been published and are mandatory for the group’s<br />
accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2010 or later<br />
periods, but the group has not early adopted them:<br />
• IFRS 3R Business Combinations and lAS 27R Consolidated and<br />
Separate Financial Statements (effective from 1 July 2009).<br />
IFRS 3R introduces a number of changes in the accounting for<br />
business combinations occurring after this date that will impact the<br />
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