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Notes to the financial Statements of <strong>PGS</strong> ASA<br />

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF <strong>PGS</strong> ASA<br />

The pension liability has been calculated based on the underlying economic realities. The aggregate funded status on the plan<br />

and amounts recognized in <strong>PGS</strong> ASA’s balance sheet is as follows:<br />

December 31,<br />

(In thousands of NOK) <strong>2011</strong> 2010<br />

Funded status 10,493 3,642<br />

Unrecognized actuarial gain 11,684 18,862<br />

Accrued payroll tax 1,480 643<br />

Net pension liability 23,657 23,147<br />

Net amount recognized as accrued pension liability is presented as other long-term liabilities (see Note 14).<br />

Assumptions used to determine benefit obligations:<br />

December 31,<br />

<strong>2011</strong> 2010<br />

Discount rate 2.6% 4.0%<br />

Return on plan assets 4.1% 5.4%<br />

Compensation increase 4.0% 4.0%<br />

<strong>Annual</strong> adjustment to pensions 0.1% 1.3%<br />

Defined contribution plan<br />

As described above under “Defined Benefit Plan”, as of January 1, 2005, <strong>PGS</strong> ASA closed the defined benefit plan for further<br />

entrants and a new defined contribution plan was established for new employees. <strong>PGS</strong> ASA’s contributions to this plan for the<br />

years ended December 31, <strong>2011</strong> and 2010 was NOK 1.3 million and NOK 1.1 million, respectively.<br />

Note 16 - Commitments<br />

<strong>PGS</strong> ASA’s operating lease commitments relates to corporate administration and expires on various dates through 2024. Future<br />

minimum payments related to non-cancelable operating leases existing at December 31, <strong>2011</strong> are as follows:<br />

(In thousands of NOK)<br />

December 31, <strong>2011</strong> (a)<br />

2012 4,885<br />

2013 5,173<br />

2014 2,647<br />

2015 2,282<br />

2016 2,282<br />

Thereafter 16,553<br />

Total 33,822<br />

(a) Includes estimated office lease for the periods displayed.<br />

Total rental expense for operating leases, including leases with terms of less than one year, was NOK 8.3 million,<br />

NOK 11.2 million and NOK 11.2 million for the years ended December 31, <strong>2011</strong>, 2010 and 2009, respectively.<br />

Note 17 - Accrued Expenses and Other Short Term Liabilities<br />

Accrued expenses consist of the following:<br />

December 31,<br />

(In thousands of NOK) <strong>2011</strong> 2010<br />

Dividend to shareholders 239,580 ---<br />

Accrued unrealized loss hedging (Note 13) 61,564 23,836<br />

Foreign taxes 29,614 46,401<br />

Accrued interest expense 18,932 4,906<br />

Accrued salary (including bonus) 15,668 23,362<br />

Other 18,031 8,987<br />

Total 383,389 107,492<br />

65 <strong>PGS</strong> ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2011</strong><br />

<strong>PGS</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong> 133

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