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24 Property, plant and equipment
Freehold
land and
buildings
Long
leasehold
land and
buildings
Short
leasehold
land and
buildings1
Equipment,
fixtures
and fittings2
Equipment
on
operating
leases Total3
US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m
Cost or fair value
At 1 January 2012 ........................................................ 3,537 1,800 3,872 11,579 71 20,859
Additions at cost4 ......................................................... 135 89 209 1,016 50 1,499
Fair value adjustments ................................................. (35) 31 76 – – 72
Disposals ...................................................................... (141) – (68) (915) (14) (1,138)
Reclassified to held for sale ......................................... (10) (36) (6) (70) – (122)
Transfers ...................................................................... 59 (7) (55) 3 – –
Exchange differences ................................................... (59) 10 40 195 4 190
Other changes .............................................................. 9 (23) – (148) – (162)
At 31 December 2012 .................................................. 3,495 1,864 4,068 11,660 111 21,198
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2012 ........................................................ (544) (332) (1,181) (7,909) (28) (9,994)
Depreciation charge for the year ................................. (72) (57) (201) (1,055) (12) (1,397)
Disposals ...................................................................... 44 – 53 844 13 954
Reclassified to held for sale ......................................... 13 1 1 27 – 42
Transfers ...................................................................... (26) 1 22 3 – –
Impairment losses recognised ...................................... (9) (4) (11) (63) – (87)
Exchange differences ................................................... (8) (2) (15) (137) (1) (163)
Other changes .............................................................. (67) 3 12 84 3 35
At 31 December 2012 .................................................. (669) (390) (1,320) (8,206) (25) (10,610)
Net carrying amount at 31 December 2012 ................. 2,826 1,474 2,748 3,454 86 10,588
Cost or fair value
At 1 January 2011 ........................................................ 3,952 1,673 4,004 12,529 53 22,211
Additions at cost4 ......................................................... 353 114 180 1,183 19 1,849
Fair value adjustments ................................................. (15) 44 89 – – 118
Disposals ...................................................................... (188) (19) (279) (1,400) – (1,886)
Reclassified to held for sale ......................................... (424) (19) (158) (260) – (861)
Transfers ...................................................................... (12) (35) 25 10 – (12)
Exchange differences ................................................... (203) 1 15 (395) (1) (583)
Other changes .............................................................. 74 41 (4) (88) – 23
At 31 December 2011 .................................................. 3,537 1,800 3,872 11,579 71 20,859
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2011 ........................................................ (586) (307) (1,268) (8,506) (23) (10,690)
Depreciation charge for the year ................................. (88) (51) (211) (1,157) (9) (1,516)
Disposals ...................................................................... 60 2 262 1,319 – 1,643
Reclassified to held for sale ......................................... 133 13 80 138 – 364
Transfers ...................................................................... 5 35 (34) (6) – –
Impairment losses recognised ...................................... (13) – (16) (25) – (54)
Exchange differences ................................................... 18 (1) 8 260 1 286
Other changes .............................................................. (73) (23) (2) 68 3 (27)
At 31 December 2011 .................................................. (544) (332) (1,181) (7,909) (28) (9,994)
Net carrying amount at 31 December 2011 ................. 2,993 1,468 2,691 3,670 43 10,865
1 Including assets held on finance leases with a net book value of US$5m (2011: US$7m).
2 Including assets held on finance leases with a net book value of US$182m (2011: US$210m).
3 Including assets with a net book value of US$39m (2011: US$33m) pledged as security for liabilities.
4 At 31 December 2012, HSBC had US$412m (2011: US$517m) of contractual commitments to acquire property, plant and equipment.
Leasehold land and buildings
Leasehold land and buildings are considered to be held under finance lease contracts where the value of the land
cannot reliably be separated from the value of the lease and the respective contracts do not meet the criteria for
classification as operating leases. Included within ‘Short leasehold land and buildings’ are the following amounts
in respect of assets classed as improvements to buildings, which are carried at depreciated historical cost: