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BALANCE SHEET DISCLOSURES
 Intangible assets
. Overview
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Internally
generated
intangible
assets
Purchased
brand names
Purchased
customer lists
Other
purchased
intangible
assets Goodwill
Advance
payments and
intangible
assets under
development Total
Cost
Balance at  January  981 462 860 1,291 11,793 60 15,447
Additions from business combinations 0 4 49 12 136 0 201
Additions 98 0 0 106 4 82 290
Reclassifications 8 0 0 47 0 – 42 13
Disposals –37 0 0 –39 –34 –11 –121
Currency translation differences –1 15 33 6 209 0 262
Balance at  December  /  January  1,049 481 942 1,423 12,108 89 16,092
Additions from business combinations 0 0 0 0 33 0 33
Additions 65 0 4 134 0 101 304
Reclassifications 27 10 0 33 0 – 49 21
Disposals –57 0 0 – 92 –29 –7 –185
Currency translation differences –1 11 –2 2 –53 0 – 43
Balance at  December  1,083 502 944 1,500 12,059 134 16,222
Amortisation and impairment losses
Balance at  January  669 432 397 973 1,127 1 3,599
Additions from business combinations 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Amortisation 98 0 71 108 0 0 277
Impairment losses 28 0 0 1 0 0 29
Reclassifications 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Reversals of impairment losses 000–1 0 0 –1
Disposals –25 0 0 –28 –7 0– 60
Currency translation differences 0 14 19 2 15 0 50
Balance at  December  /  January  770 446 487 1,057 1,135 1 3,896
Additions from business combinations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amortisation 97 0 78 119 0 0 294
Impairment losses 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Reclassifications 500–5 0 0 0
Reversals of impairment losses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disposals –51 0 0 –79 –3 0–133
Currency translation differences 0 11 –5 2 5 0 13
Balance at  December  821 457 560 1,095 1,137 1 4,071
Carrying amount at  December  262 45 384 405 10,922 133 12,151
Carrying amount at  December  279 35 455 366 10,973 88 12,196
In nancial year , aer the historical cost of intangible
assets had been compared with the amounts available in local
accounting systems, an adjustment was made for accumulated
cost, and amortisation and impairment losses, in the amount of
 million, with no eect on either the balance sheet or the
income statement. e prior-year gures were adjusted accordingly.
Purchased soware, concessions, industrial rights, licences
and similar rights and assets are reported under purchased intan-
gible assets. Internally generated intangible assets relate to develop-
ment costs for internally developed soware. Other than goodwill,
only brand names that are acquired in their entirety are considered
to have indenite useful lives.
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Notes
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