Consolidated Financial Statements of the F.I.L.A. Group
Separate Financial Statements of F.I.L.A. S.p.A.
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The expense incurred for maintenance and repairs are directly charged to the income statement in the
year in which they are incurred. The costs for improvements, modernisation and transformation of an
incremental nature of tangible fixed assets are allocated as an asset.
The purchase price or construction cost is net of public grants which are recognised when the
conditions for their concession are confirmed. At the date of the present financial statements there are
no public grants recorded as a reduction within “Property, Plant and Equipment”.
The initial value of property, plant and equipment is adjusted for depreciation on a systematic basis,
calculated on a straight-line basis monthly, when the asset is available and ready for use, based on the
estimated useful life.
The estimated useful lives for the current and previous years are as follows:
Buildings
25 years
Plant and
machinery
8.7 years
Equipment
2.5 years
Other intangible assets:
Office equipment:
8.3 years
Furniture and EDP:
5 years
Transport vehicles:
5years
Motor vehicles:
4 years
Other:
4 years
Finance leases
The assets held through finance lease contracts, where the majority of the risks and rewards related to
the ownership of an asset have been transferred to the F.I.L.A. Group, are recognised as assets at their
fair value or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments, including any redemption
amounts to be paid. The corresponding liability due to the lessor is recorded under “Financial
Liabilities”. The assets are depreciated applying the criteria and rates previously indicated for the
account “Property, Plant and Equipment”, except where the duration of the lease contract is lower
than the useful life and there is not a reasonable certainty of the transfer of ownership of the asset at
the normal expiry date of the contract; in this case, depreciation is over the duration of the lease
contract.
The leased assets where the lessor bears the majority of the risks and rewards related to an asset are
recorded as operating leases. Costs related to operating leases are recognised on a straight-line basis
over the duration of the lease.
Consolidated Financial Statements of the F.I.L.A. Group
Separate Financial Statements of F.I.L.A. S.p.A.
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Loss in value
of non-financial assets
At each reporting date, the intangible and tangible fixed assets are analysed to identify the existence
of any indicators, either internally or externally to the Group, of impairment. Where these indications
exist, an estimate of the recoverable value of the above-mentioned assets is made, recording any
write-down in the income statement. In the case of goodwill and other indefinite intangible assets, this
estimate is made annually independently of the existence of such indicators. The recoverable value of
an asset is the higher between the fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. The fair value is
estimated on the basis of the values in an active market, from recent transactions
or on the basis of the
best information available to reflect the amount which the entity could obtain from the sale of the
asset. The value in use is the present value of the expected future cash flows to be derived from an
asset. In defining the value in use, the expected future cash flows are discounted utilising a pre-tax
discount rate that reflects the current market assessment of the time value of money, and the specific
risks of the asset.
For an asset that does not generate sufficient independent cash flows, the realisable value is
determined in relation to the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. A reduction in value is
recognised in the income statement when the carrying amount of the asset, or of the cash-generating
unit to
which it is allocated, is higher than the recoverable amount.
The losses in value of cash generating units are firstly attributed to the reduction in the carrying
amount of any goodwill allocated to the cash generating unit and, thereafter, to a reduction of other
assets, in proportion to their carrying amount. The losses relating to goodwill may not be restated. In
relation to assets other than goodwill, where the reasons for the write-down no longer exist, the
carrying amount of the asset is restated through the income statement, up to the value at which the
asset would be recorded if no write-down had taken place and amortisation had been recorded.
Equity investments
Investments in companies represent investments in the share capital of enterprises.
Investments in companies are carried at acquisition or subscription cost, adjusted for any impairment,
and measured under the cost method. Where the reasons for a
write-down no longer exist,
the original
value is restated.