Annual Report

Notes – Marine Subsea Consolidated
liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements.
However, the deferred income tax is not accounted for if it arises
from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other
than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects
neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss. Deferred income tax is determined
using tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantially
enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply when
the related deferred income tax asset is realised or the deferred income
tax liability is settled.
Deferred income tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is
probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the
temporary differences can be utilised.
Deferred income tax is provided on temporary differences arising on
investments in subsidiaries and joint ventures, except where the timing
of the reversal of the temporary difference is controlled by the group
and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the
foreseeable future.
2.16 Employee benefits
(a) Pension obligations
One of the Group companies operates on a pension scheme. The
scheme is generally funded through payments to insurance companies
or trustee-administered funds, determined by periodic actuarial
calculations. The scheme is a defined benefit plan. A defined benefit
plan is a pension plan that is not a defined contribution plan. Typically,
defined benefit plans define an amount of pension benefit that an
employee will receive on retirement, usually dependent on one or more
factors such as age, years of service and compensation.
The liability recognised in the balance sheet in respect of defined benefit
pension plans is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at
the balance sheet date less the fair value of plan assets, together with
adjustments for unrecognised actuarial gains or losses and past service
costs. The defined benefit obligation is calculated annually by independent
actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The present value
of the defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting the
estimated future cash outflows using interest rates of high-quality corporate
bonds that are denominated in the currency in which the benefits
will be paid and that have terms to maturity approximating to the terms
of the related pension liability.
Actuarial gains and losses arising from experience adjustments and
changes in actuarial assumptions in excess of the greater of 10% of the
value of plan assets or 10% of the defined benefit obligation are charged
or credited to income over the employees’ expected average remaining
working lives.
(b) Share-based compensation
The group operated an equity-settled, share-based compensation plan
for one of the Group’s financial advisor. The fair value of these services
and employee services received in exchange for the grant of the options
is recognised as an expense. The total amount to be expensed over the
vesting period is determined by reference to the fair value of the options
granted. At each balance sheet date, the entity revises its estimates
of the number of options that are expected to vest. It recognises the
impact of the revision to original estimates, if any, in the income statement,
with a corresponding adjustment to equity. The option forefeited
in August 2009.
(c) Profit-sharing and bonus plans
The group recognises a liability and an expense for bonuses and profitsharing,
based on a formula that takes into consideration the profit
attributable to the company’s shareholders after certain adjustments.
The group recognises a provision where contractually obliged or where
there is a past practice that has created a constructive obligation.
2.17 Provisions
Provisions for legal claims and other are recognised when: the group
has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events;
it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the
obligation; and the amount has been reliably estimated.
2.18 Revenue recognition
Revenue comprises the fair value of the consideration received or
receivable for the sale of goods and services in the ordinary course of
the group’s activities. Revenue is shown net of value-added tax, returns,
rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the group.
The group recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be
reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow
to the entity and when specific criteria have been met for each of the
group’s activities as described below. The amount of revenue is not
considered to be reliably measurable until all contingencies relating to
the sale have been resolved. The group bases its estimates on historical
results, taking into consideration the type of customer, the type of
transaction and the specifics of each arrangement.
(a) Time Charter revenues
Time charter revenues are recorded over the term of the charter as a
service is provided and when the general revenue recognition criteria
described above have been fulfilled. The fair value of the lease element
of the contract is recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term.
Certain contracts include mobilisation fees payable at the start of the
contract. In cases where the fee covers specific upgrades or equipment
specific to the contract, the mobilisation fees are recognised as revenue
over the estimated life of the customer contract period. The related
investment is depreciated over the estimated useful life of the contract
period. The fair value of the service element of the contract is recognised
at the time the service has been rendered.
(b) Bareboat Charter revenues
The lease element of the contract is recognised on a straight line basis
over the lease term.
2.19 Leases
Leases in which a significant portion of the risks and rewards of ownership
are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments
made under operating leases (net of any incentives received from
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