1 PFLEIDERER AG NINE-MONTH FINANCIAL REPORT 2007
1 PFLEIDERER AG NINE-MONTH FINANCIAL REPORT 2007
1 PFLEIDERER AG NINE-MONTH FINANCIAL REPORT 2007
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Government grants<br />
Government assistance and grants are deducted on receipt from the recognized cost of the<br />
subsidized assets, provided that the corresponding investment conditions will be fulfilled.<br />
Leases<br />
Leasing transactions are classified either as finance leases or as operating leases. Beneficial<br />
ownership of the leased item is assigned to the contractual partner that has substantially all the<br />
rewards and risks incidental to ownership of the leased item.<br />
If the lessor has substantially all the rewards and risks (operating lease), the leased item is<br />
recognized as an asset by the lessor. The lease payments billed are recognized as income. The<br />
lessee in an operating lease recognizes the lease payments made during the term of the lease as<br />
expense.<br />
If the lessee has substantially all the rewards and risks incidental to ownership of the leased item<br />
(finance lease), the lessee recognizes the leased item as an asset. The leased item is measured at<br />
its fair value at inception of the lease or at the lower present value of the minimum lease payments,<br />
and depreciated or amortized over the shorter of its estimated useful life and the term of the lease.<br />
The lessee recognizes a leasing liability in the same amount at inception of the lease. The leasing<br />
liability is amortized in subsequent periods using the effective interest method.<br />
Intangible assets<br />
Purchased intangible assets are recognized at cost and amortized over their useful lives using the<br />
straight-line method.<br />
Expenses incurred in connection with the purchase and internal development of internal use<br />
computer software, including the costs incurred to bring the software to its working condition, are<br />
capitalized and amortized over the expected useful life of the software using the straight-line method.<br />
The expected useful life of software, patents, licenses, and similar rights is generally three to five<br />
years. Other useful lives may arise on the initial consolidation of intangible assets that are acquired<br />
as part of a business combination.<br />
Capitalized development costs include the costs of materials and services and the costs of employee<br />
benefits incurred in the development of the assets, as well as other directly attributable costs. They<br />
are amortized over their expected useful lives. Research costs are reported as expenses in the<br />
period in which they are incurred.<br />
In the absence of specific IFRS guidance, emission rights are generally accounted for in accordance<br />
with the accounting provisions of German commercial law (IDW RS HFA 15). The rights are<br />
presented in intangible assets. Purchased emission rights and those issued free of charge are carried<br />
at cost. For rights issued free of charge, a liability is recognized in the amount of the capitalized fair<br />
value of the emission right. Gains or losses on the sale of emission rights are recognized in profit or<br />
loss. In the first nine months of fiscal year <strong>2007</strong>, the Pfleiderer Group did not generate any proceeds<br />
from the sale of emission rights.<br />
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