Balance sheet disclosures

24 Intangible assets

24.1 Overview

 
€m  
    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 1 January 2010   1,033   446   805   1,417   11,291   96   15,088  
Additions to consolidated group   0   0   0   0   20   0   20  
Additions   103   0   0   62   4   40   209  
Reclassifications   –20   0   0   37   0   –26   –9  
Disposals   –41   0   0   –170   –11   –20   –242  
Currency translation differences   12   16   54   37   455   2   576  
Balance at 31 December 2010/1 January 2011   1,087   462   859   1,383   11,759   92   15,642  
Additions to consolidated group   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   2   15   32   7   209   1   266  
Balance at 31 December 2011   1,158   481   940   1,516   12,074   122   16,291  
Amortisation and impairment losses                              
Balance at 1 January 2010   711   416   305   1,042   1,048   32   3,554  
Additions to consolidated group   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  
Amortisation   92   1   70   119   0   0   282  
Impairment losses   0   0   0   6   0   0   6  
Reclassifications   –4   0   0   –5   0   –1   –10  
Reversals of impairment losses   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  
Disposals   –35   0   0   –122   0   0   –157  
Currency translation differences   11   15   21   25   45   2   119  
Balance at 31 December 2010/1 January 2011   775   432   396   1,065   1,093   33   3,794  
Additions to consolidated group   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   0   0   0   –1   0   0   –1  
Disposals   –25   0   0   –28   –7   0   –60  
Currency translation differences   3   14   18   3   15   1   54  
Balance at 31 December 2011   879   446   485   1,150   1,101   34   4,095  
Carrying amount at 31 December 2011   279   35   455   366   10,973   88   12,196  
Carrying amount at 31 December 2010   312   30   463   318   10,666   59   11,848  

Purchased software, concessions, industrial rights, licences and similar rights and assets are reported under purchased intangible assets. Internally generated intangible assets relate to development costs for internally developed software.

The additions to goodwill represent the goodwill of Tag Equity, Eurodifarm, Standard Forwarding, Adcloud and LifeConEx; Note 2.

Of the net disposals of goodwill, €23 million relates to the Exel Transportation Services Group, €3 million to DHL Express Canada and €1 million to the partial disposal of Parcel Direct Group Pty. Ltd.; Notes 2 and 36.

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