Financial Information - Uralita
Financial Information - Uralita
Financial Information - Uralita
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ANNUAL REPORT 2006<br />
FINANCIAL INFORMATION<br />
• The Directors of each business unit prepares<br />
an annual business plan by market and<br />
business activity for each cash-generating unit<br />
for the following five years. The plan mainly<br />
includes:<br />
- Profit and loss forecasts<br />
- Investment and working capital forecasts<br />
The forecasts are prepared for each business<br />
unit based on recent performance and the<br />
best estimates of Group management<br />
regarding the future performance of the main<br />
internal and external economic variables.<br />
• The business plans prepared are reviewed<br />
and subsequently approved by the Group’s<br />
Management Committee.<br />
• The main variables that influence these<br />
projections are:<br />
growth rate is between 0% and 1% for<br />
mature markets and between 1% and 2%<br />
for emerging markets.<br />
The calculation of value in use of the cashgenerating<br />
unit is based on the discount of the<br />
estimated future cash flows to present value<br />
using a rate that reflects the specific risks of the<br />
assets, the average cost of the liabilities and the<br />
Group’s target financial structure. In 2006 and<br />
2005 there were no material changes in the<br />
business environment or structure no their future<br />
expectations. As a result, the same discount<br />
rates were used, which range from 7% to 8% for<br />
Western Europe and 10% to 15% for Eastern<br />
Europe.<br />
Based on the results of this analysis, the Group<br />
has decided that it was not necessary to make<br />
any adjustments to the amounts recorded for<br />
goodwill at 31 December 2006 and 2005.<br />
- The discount rate to be applied, defined as<br />
the weighted average cost of capital, with<br />
the cost associated with liabilities and the<br />
specific risks related to assets being the<br />
primary variables that influence its<br />
calculation.<br />
Goodwill is assigned to the various cashgenerating<br />
units of the Insulation Business (Note<br />
18).<br />
6. INTANGIBLE ASSETS<br />
- The cash flow growth rate used to<br />
extrapolate projected cash flows for periods<br />
of time that extend beyond the period<br />
covered by budgets and forecasts. This<br />
This heading relates to items of intangible<br />
assets. The detail of this heading in the<br />
consolidated balance sheets at 31 December<br />
2006 and 2005 is the following:<br />
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