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Full Annual Report - Inchcape

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Financial statements<br />

Notes to the accounts continued<br />

21 Provisions<br />

Product<br />

warranty<br />

£m<br />

Vacant<br />

leasehold<br />

£m<br />

Litigation<br />

£m<br />

At 1 January 2009 59.3 9.4 14.0 19.9 102.6<br />

Charged to the consolidated income statement 30.4 6.7 2.2 2.8 42.1<br />

Released to the consolidated income statement (3.4) (1.8) (1.6) (4.9) (11.7)<br />

Effect of unwinding of discount factor 0.4 0.2 – – 0.6<br />

Utilised during the year (25.7) (3.4) (1.3) (5.2) (35.6)<br />

Subsidiaries acquired – – – 0.1 0.1<br />

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes (2.4) – (0.4) (0.9) (3.7)<br />

At 31 December 2009 58.6 11.1 12.9 11.8 94.4<br />

Other<br />

£m<br />

Total<br />

£m<br />

Analysed as: 2009<br />

£m<br />

Current 46.7 50.6<br />

Non-current 47.7 52.0<br />

2008<br />

£m<br />

94.4 102.6<br />

Product warranty<br />

Certain Group companies provide self-insured extended warranties beyond those provided by the manufacturer, as part of the sale<br />

of the vehicle. These are not separable products. The warranty periods covered are up to six years and/or specific mileage limits.<br />

Provision is made for the expected cost of labour and parts based on historical claims experience and expected future trends.<br />

These assumptions are reviewed regularly.<br />

Vacant leasehold<br />

The Group is committed to certain leasehold premises for which it no longer has a commercial use. These are principally located in<br />

the UK. Provision has been made to the extent of the estimated future net cost. This includes taking into account existing subtenant<br />

arrangements. The expected utilisation period of these provisions is generally over the next 10 years.<br />

Litigation<br />

This includes a number of litigation provisions in respect of the exit of certain motors and non-motors businesses. The majority of these<br />

relate to the exit of our former South American bottling business and shipping business. The cases are largely historic claims and are<br />

generally expected to be concluded within the next three to five years.<br />

Other<br />

This category principally includes provisions relating to residual values on leased vehicles, which are expected to be settled within<br />

three years.<br />

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<strong>Inchcape</strong> plc ¦ <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> and Accounts 2009

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