VINCI - 2005 annual report

14. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Movements during the period
Land Buildings Plant, equipment Total
(in € millions) and fixtures
Gross
At 31/12/2004 297.4 995.9 3,654.8 4,948.1
Acquisitions as part of business combinations 0.8 54.1 100.5 155.4
Other acquisitions in the period 17.6 181.2 481.8 680.6
Disposals and retirements during the year (9.5) (73.9) (308.2) (391.5)
Translation differences 6.8 9.3 53.2 69.2
Other movements 12.2 (129.1) 73.4 (43.4)
At 31/12/2005 325.4 1,037.5 4,055.5 5,418.3
Depreciation and impairment losses
At 31/12/2004 (65.9) (351.7) (2,523.8) (2,941.4)
Cumulative depreciation recognised
as part of business combinations (0.2) (17.0) (71.0) (88.2)
Depreciation for the period (7.6) (41.9) (408.8) (458.2)
Impairment losses (0.7) (0.3) (1.0) (2.0)
Reversals of impairment losses 0.3 1.3 0.6 2.2
Disposals and retirements during the year 1.2 23.9 289.1 314.2
Translation differences (1.2) (3.1) (34.8) (39.0)
Other movements (2.6) (0.2) 11.8 8.9
At 31/12/2005 (76.6) (388.9) (2,737.9) (3,203.5)
Net
At 31/12/2004 231.5 644.1 1,131.0 2,006.7
At 31/12/2005 248.8 648.5 1,317.6 2,214.8
At 31 December 2005, property, plant and equipment included assets
under construction of €104.1 million (compared with €92.3 million at
31 December 2004).
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