SOCI – Ammended Past Paper Question

Please solve the question below and post your PATS,NCI & Owners Share, together with part a and b of the question

PAST EXAM QUESTION (UPDATED TO REFLECT IFRS 3)
Hosterling purchased the following equity investments.
On 1 October 2009: 80% of the issued share capital of Sunlee. The acquisition was through a share exchange of three shares in Hosterling for every five shares in Sunless. The market price of Hosterling’s shares at 1 October 2009 was $5 per share.
On 1 July 2010: 6 million shares in Amber paying $3 per share in cash and issuing to Amber’s shareholders 6% (actual and effective rate) loan notes on the basis of $100 loan note for every 100 shares acquired.
The summarised income statements for the three companies for the year ended 30 September 2010 are:
Hosterling Sunlee Amber
$000 $000 $000
Revenue 105,000 62,000 50,000
Cost of sales (68,000) (36,500) (61,000)
_______ ______ ______
Gross profit/(loss) 37,000 25,500 (11,000)
Other income (Note (i)) 400 Nil Nil
Distribution costs (4,000) (2,000) (4,500)
Administrative expenses (7,500) (7,000) (8,500)
Finance costs (1,200) (900) Nil
_______ ______ ______
Profit/(loss) before tax 24,700 15,600 (24,000)
Income tax (expense)/credit (8,700) (2,600) 4,000
_______ ______ ______
Profit/(loss) for the year 16,000 13,000 (20,000)
_______ ______ ______
The following information is relevant:
(i) The other income is a dividend received from Sunlee on 31 March 2010.
(ii) The details of Sunlee’s and Amber’s share capital and reserves at 1 October 2009 were:
Sunlee Amber
$000 $000
Equity shares of $1 each 20,000 15,000
Retained earnings 18,000 35,000
(iii) A fair value exercise was carried out at the date of acquisition of Sunlee with the following results:
Carrying Fair Remaining life

Intellectual property 18,000 22,000 See below
Land 17,000 20,000 Not applicable
Plant 30,000 35,000 Five years
The fair values have not been reflected in Sunlee’s financial statements.
Plant depreciation is included in cost of sales.
No fair value adjustments were required on the acquisition of Amber.
(iv) In the year ended 30 September 2010 Hosterling sold goods to Sunlee at a selling price of $18 million. Hosterling made a profit of cost plus 25% on these sales. $7.5 million (at cost to Sunlee) of these goods were still in the inventories of Sunlee at 30 September 2010.
(v) Impairment tests for both Sunlee and Amber were conducted on 30 September 2010. They concluded that the goodwill of Sunlee should be written down by $1.6 million and, due to its losses since acquisition, the investment in Amber was worth $21.5 million.
(vi) All trading profits and losses are deemed to accrue evenly throughout the year.
(vii) Hosterling Group’s policy is to value the non-controlling interest at fair value at the date of acquisition. For this purpose Sunlee’s share price at that date of $2.75 can be deemed to be representative of the fair value of shares held by the non-controlling interest.
Required:
(a) Calculate the goodwill arising on the acquisition of Sunlee at 1 October 2009. (5 marks)
(b) Calculate the carrying amount of the investment in Amber at 30 September 2010 under the equity method prior to the impairment test. (4 marks)
(c) Prepare the consolidated income statement for the Hosterling Group for the year ended 30 September 2010. (16 marks)
(Total: 25 marks)

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