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Annual report and accounts 2006

9 Intangible assets

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  Goodwill
£m
Certification
costs and
participation
fees
£m
Development
expenditure
£m
Recoverable
engine costs
£m
Other
£m
Total
£m
1 External software purchases were previously included within property, plant and equipment. Following a review in 2006, it was concluded that certain of these items should more properly, in accordance with IAS 38 Intangible Assets, be classified as intangible assets. Accordingly, software with a net book value at December 31, 2005 of £34 million (January 1, 2005 £23 million) has been reclassified from property, plant and equipment to intangible assets. There is no change to the amortisation policy in respect of these assets, being on a straight-line basis over a maximum of five years.
Cost:            
At January 1, 2005 as previously reported 759 274 311 229 — 1,573
Reclassification of software from property, plant and equipment 1 — — — — 28 28
At January 1, 2005 (restated) 759 274 311 229 28 1,601
Exchange adjustments (8) — — — — (8)
Additions — 10 70 36 16 132
At January 1, 2006 (restated) 751 284 381 265 44 1,725
Exchange adjustments (23) — — — — (23)
Additions — 91 41 64 29 225
Acquisition of business 7 — — — 3 10
Disposals — (1) — — (6) (7)
At December 31, 2006 735 374 422 329 70 1,930
Accumulated amortisation and impairment:            
At January 1, 2005 as previously reported — 129 103 114 — 346
Reclassification of software from property, plant and equipment 1 — — — — 5 5
At January 1, 2005 (restated) — 129 103 114 5 351
Provided during the year (charged to cost of sales) — 9 13 32 5 59
At January 1, 2006 (restated) — 138 116 146 10 410
Provided during the year (charged to cost of sales) — 5 16 30 9 60
At December 31, 2006 — 143 132 176 19 470
Net book value at December 31, 2006 735 231 290 153 51 1,460
Net book value at December 31, 2005 (restated) 751 146 265 119 34 1,315
Net book value at January 1, 2005 (restated) 759 145 208 115 23 1,250
Net book value at January 1, 2005 as previously reported 759 145 208 115 — 1,227

Goodwill

In accordance with the requirements of IAS 36 Impairment of Assets, goodwill is allocated to the Group's cash-generating units, or groups of cash-generating units, that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the business combination that gave rise to the goodwill as follows:

Cash-generating unit (CGU) or group of CGUs
  Primary reporting segment 2006
£m
2005
£m
Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Civil aerospace 186 190
Commercial marine – arising from the acquisition of Vickers plc Marine 470 482
Energy – arising from the acquisition of Cooper Energy Systems Energy 55 61
Other Various 24 18

Goodwill has been tested for impairment during 2006 on the following basis:

  • The carrying value of goodwill has been assessed by reference to value in use. Values in use have been estimated using cash flows from the most recent forecasts prepared by management. Given the long-term nature of the business in which the Group operates, these typically forecast the next ten years. Growth rates for the period not covered by the forecasts are based on a range of growth rates that reflect the products, industries and countries in which the relevant CGU or group of CGUs operate.
  • The key assumptions on which the cash flow projections for the most recent forecast are based are discount rates, growth rates and the impact of foreign exchange rates on the relationship between selling prices and costs.
  • The pre-tax cash flow projections have been discounted at 12.75 per cent, based on the Group's weighted average cost of capital.

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