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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Notes on the Financial Statements (continued)
25 – Property, plant and equipment
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25 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 2010 ........................................................ 3,915 1,327 3,135 11,552 5,236 25,165
Additions at cost4 ......................................................... 349 76 632 1,456 65 2,578
Fair value adjustments ................................................. 31 24 38 – – 93
Disposals5 .................................................................... (307) (8) (82) (355) (5,113) (5,865)
Reclassified to held for sale ......................................... (73) (16) (3) (35) – (127)
Transfers ...................................................................... (47) (147) 199 (5) – –
Exchange differences ................................................... (47) (5) (17) (62) (135) (266)
Other changes .............................................................. 131 422 102 (22) – 633
At 31 December 2010 .................................................. 3,952 1,673 4,004 12,529 53 22,211
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2010 ........................................................ (450) (229) (1,065) (7,743) (1,876) (11,363)
Depreciation charge for the year ................................. (91) (46) (203) (1,178) (150) (1,668)
Disposals5 .................................................................... 31 – 68 344 1,956 2,399
Reclassified (from)/to held for sale ............................. 24 – 1 26 – 51
Transfers ...................................................................... 23 20 (43) – – –
Impairment losses recognised ...................................... (22) – 1 (24) – (45)
Exchange differences ................................................... 5 2 5 54 45 111
Other changes .............................................................. (106) (54) (32) 15 2 (175)
At 31 December 2010 .................................................. (586) (307) (1,268) (8,506) (23) (10,690)
Net carrying amount at 31 December 2010 ................. 3,366 1,366 2,736 4,023 30 11,521
Cost or fair value
At 1 January 2009 ........................................................ 4,126 1,736 2,924 10,320 4,547 23,653
Additions at cost4 ......................................................... 344 35 179 1,253 299 2,110
Acquisition of subsidiaries .......................................... – – 15 7 – 22
Fair value adjustments ................................................. (58) 16 18 – – (24)
Disposals ...................................................................... (201) (510) (98) (640) (117) (1,566)
Reclassified to held for sale ......................................... (697) – (20) (63) – (780)
Transfers ...................................................................... – (2) 2 – – –
Exchange differences ................................................... 342 62 90 737 507 1,738
Other changes .............................................................. 59 (10) 25 (62) – 12
At 31 December 2009 .................................................. 3,915 1,327 3,135 11,552 5,236 25,165
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2009 ........................................................ (368) (228) (886) (6,614) (1,532) (9,628)
Depreciation charge for the year ................................. (82) (44) (193) (1,160) (169) (1,648)
Disposals ...................................................................... 39 46 90 495 (4) 666
Reclassified to held for sale ......................................... 46 – 3 30 – 79
Impairment losses recognised ...................................... (30) (1) (26) (20) – (77)
Exchange differences ................................................... (25) (7) (42) (496) (173) (743)
Other changes .............................................................. (30) 5 (11) 22 2 (12)
At 31 December 2009 .................................................. (450) (229) (1,065) (7,743) (1,876) (11,363)
Net carrying amount at 31 December 2009 ................. 3,465 1,098 2,070 3,809 3,360 13,802
1 Including assets held on finance leases with a net book value of US$11m (2009: US$18m).
2 Including assets held on finance leases with a net book value of US$204m (2009: US$513m).
3 Including assets with a net book value of US$31m (2009: US$36m) pledged as security for liabilities.
4 At 31 December 2010, HSBC had US$593m (2009: US$878m) of contractual commitments to acquire property, plant and equipment.
5 The disposals included under ‘Equipment on operating leases’ relate to the sale of a subsidiary, Eversholt Rail Group, during the year.
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: