[25] Non-current financial assets and equity method financial assets Audited by KPMG

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Investments in

Securities

Loans

 

 

€ million

available
for sale
companies

other
affiliates

available
for sale
financial
investments

financial
investments
held to
maturity

and other
non-current
financial
assets

Total

Equity
method
financial
assets

Acquisition cost January 1, 2006

28.8

17.6

5.9

10.5

29.5

92.3

1.9

Currency translation

–0.2

–0.2

–0.3

Changes in companies consolidated

–75.7

–75.7

Additions

1,578.7

82.5

3.2

4.1

1,668.5

0.1

Disposals

–1.3

–0.1

–13.3

–2.8

–17.5

December 31, 2006

1,606.2

24.4

5.8

0.4

30.6

1,667.4

1.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

impairment losses January 1, 2006

–17.9

–0.1

–4.3

–0.4

–22.7

–0.4

Currency translation

Changes in companies consolidated

Depreciation and impairment losses

–1.5

–1.5

Disposals

0.6

0.1

0.7

Fair value adjustments of long-term investments taken directly to equity

–3.5

–3.5

December 31, 2006

–22.3

–0.1

–4.2

–0.4

–27.0

–0.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net carrying amount
as of December 31, 2006

1,583.9

24.3

1.6

0.4

30.2

1,640.4

1.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition cost January 1, 2007

1,606.2

24.4

5.8

0.4

30.6

1,667.4

1.7

Currency translation

Changes in companies consolidated

165.6

–9,974.7

167.5

–0.1

–9,641.7

0.3

Additions

16.6

9,272.4

11.3

5.8

9,306.1

0.3

Disposals

–118.3

–870.2

–167.7

–20.1

–1,176.3

–0.4

Transfers

–1,575.4

1,575.5

0.1

–0.1

December 31, 2007

94.7

27.4

5.6

11.7

16.2

155.6

1.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

impairment losses January 1, 2007

–22.3

–0.1

–4.2

–0.4

–27.0

–0.4

Currency translation

–0.2

–0.3

–0.5

Changes in companies consolidated

Depreciation and impairment losses

Disposals

3.5

3.5

Fair value adjustments of long-term investments taken directly to equity

–1.3

–1.3

December 31, 2007

–20.3

–0.1

–4.5

–0.4

–25.3

–0.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net carrying amount
as of December 31, 2007

74.4

27.3

1.1

11.7

15.8

130.3

1.4

As of December 31, 2007, non-current financial assets available for sale (investments) were carried at cost with a book value of €18.5 million since a market price could not be determined.

No non-current financial assets were reclassified between the individual categories of financial instruments during the fiscal year. The following amounts arising from non-current financial assets classified as “available-for-sale” were recognized in equity as of the balance sheet date:

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€ million

Available
for sale
investments

Available
for sale
securities

Total
Dec. 31,
2007

Available
for sale
investments

Available
for sale
securities

Total
Dec. 31,
2006

Fair values/
Book values

74.4

1.1

75.5

1,583.9

1.6

1,585.5

Amortized acquisition cost

–73.5

–1.1

–74.6

–1,585.2

–1.6

–1,586.8

Unrealized gains/losses

0.9

0.9

–1.3

–1.3

A statement of the Merck Group’s equity interests is filed with the electronic Federal Gazette and can be accessed at www.unternehmensregister.de . Major companies of the Merck Group as of December 31, 2007 are presented in the following table:

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1

Figures for the entire company unconsolidated, irrespective of the equity interest

2

Values subsequent to the purchase price allocation

Major companies of the Merck Group
by region

Direct equity
interest
in %

Sales1
€ million

Profit
after tax1
€ million

Net equity1
€ million

Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany/Europe

 

 

 

 

 

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Parent company

2,057.6

21.4

4,944.4

8,952

Ares Trading S.A., Aubonne, Switzerland2

100.00

2,123.2

193.4

217.3

30

Laboratoires Serono S.A., Coinsins, Switzerland2

100.00

1,336.7

–366.9

8,182.1

577

Merck Serono S.p.A., Rome, Italy

96.72

1,007.7

48.0

236.3

632

Merck Lipha Santé S.A.S., Lyon, France

100.00

435.3

23.9

60.2

498

Merck Santé S.A.S., Lyon, France

100.00

412.3

56.2

362.3

1,165

Serono Benelux B.V., Den Haag, Netherlands

100.00

382.1

2.1

6.9

44

Merck Farma y Quimica S.L., Madrid, Spain

100.00

366.8

15.1

90.8

947

Merck Pharma GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany

100.00

214.0

12.2

380

Serono GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany

100.00

199.5

5.6

15.2

156

Laboratoire Théramex S.A.M., Monaco

99.88

102.9

6.6

35.0

384

Merck CHC France Group, Lyon, France

100.00

101.4

7.6

37.0

214

Seven Seas Group, Hull, United Kingdom

100.00

91.2

6.0

17.2

382

Serono Ltd., Feltham, United Kingdom

100.00

79.8

0.3

2.7

76

Merck UK, West Drayton, United Kingdom

100.00

76.7

12.4

15.2

222

Serono France S.A.S., Lyon, France

100.00

64.3

5.0

9.7

68

Merck AG, Zug, Switzerland and Darmstadt, Germany

100.00

470.9

1,688.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

North America

 

 

 

 

 

EMD Serono US Group, Rockland, MA United States

100.00

635.0

54.5

214.7

671

EMD Chemicals, Inc., Gibbstown, NJ United States

100.00

246.3

14.5

235.9

960

EMD Serono Canada Inc., Mississauga, Canada

100.00

79.1

3.1

15.2

89

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America

 

 

 

 

 

Merck, S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, Mexico

100.00

184.5

29.1

59.2

961

Merck S.A., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

100.00

157.2

7.2

56.6

996

Merck S.A., Caracas, Venezuela

100.00

73.3

12.6

16.7

242

Ares Trading Uruguay S.A., Montevideo, Uruguay

100.00

67.7

21.6

11.7

15

Serono Produtos Farmaceuticos Ltda., Sao Paulo, Brazil

100.00

59.2

–5.3

1.7

69

Merck S.A., Bogota, Colombia

100.00

51.6

3.6

27.2

540

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia, Africa, Australasia

 

 

 

 

 

Korean companies, South Korea

100.00

399.8

52.4

95.6

325

Taiwanese companies, Taiwan

100.00

379.7

27.1

62.0

372

Merck Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

100.00

313.9

35.5

75.8

456

Serono Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore

100.00

62.9

–0.7

1.4

Merck Ltd., Mumbai, India

51.00

55.6

10.8

76.7

922

Merck Indonesia Group, Jakarta, Indonesia

73.99

43.5

7.0

20.2

707

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