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[22] Assets held for sale and liabilities directly related to assets held for sale 

As of December 31, 2011, there were no assets held for sale and liabilities directly related to assets held for sale. In the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010, the values for the Crop BioScience business were disclosed under this item. The sale of this business to Novozymes A/S closed in the first quarter of 2011.

The following table presents this item in more detail:

XLS

 

 

 

€ million

31.12.2011

31.12.2010

Current assets

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

1.2

Inventories

4.6

Receivables

10.6

Other current assets

0.6

 

17.0

Non-current assets

 

 

Intangible assets

13.4

Property, plant and equipment

4.4

Other non-current assets

1.9

 

19.7

Assets held for sale

36.7

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

Trade accounts payable

1.0

Other current liabilities

4.7

 

5.7

Non-current liabilities

0.2

 

 

 

Liabilities directly related to assets held for sale

5.9

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