TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera Annual Report 2008 - Financial Statements

Note 7 (Parent company)
Financial Income and Expenses

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Financial income and expenses were distributed as follows.


January–December
SEK in millions 2008 2007
Income from shares in subsidiaries

Dividends, etc. 231 15,408
Capital gains/losses, net 22 46
Impairment losses -4
Group contributions, net received 1,031 2,991
Total 1,280 18,445
Income from shares in associated companies

Dividends, etc. 0 1,432
Capital gains/losses, net 2 83
Impairment losses -12 -113
Total -10 1,402
Income from other financial investments

Capital gains/losses, net 1 32
Total 1 32
Other financial income

Interest from subsidiaries 1,432 976
Other interest income 649 234
Exchange rate gains 9 4
Total 2,090 1,214
Other financial expenses

Interest to subsidiaries -2,622 -1,921
Other interest expenses -3,073 -1,567
Interest component of the year's pension provision -31 -24
Exchange rate losses -1,052 -40
Total -6,778 -3,552
Net effect on income -3,417 17,541

Other interest income in 2008 includes received penalty interest of SEK 290 million related to court rulings on certain historical interconnect fees. Dividends from subsidiaries in 2007 included one-off transactions of SEK 14,998 million. Regarding Group contributions, refer to section “Untaxed reserves, appropriations and group contributions” in Note 8 “Income Taxes.” See also Note 16 “Provisions for Pensions and Employment Contracts” on the interest component of the year's pension provision.

Details on other interest expenses, net exchange rate gains and losses and other interest income related to hedging activities, loan receivables and borrowings were as follows.


January–December

2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007
SEK in millions Other interest expenses Net exchange rate
gains and losses
Other interest
income
Fair value hedge derivatives -173 -57 2,047 272
Cash flow hedge derivatives -211 -17 -75 145
Derivatives held-for-trading -2 97 3,857 123
Held-to-maturity investments 5
Loans and receivables -2,538 630 210
Borrowings in fair value hedge relationships -572 -525 -2,047 -272
Borrowings and other financial liabilities at amortized cost -2,083 -1,061 -2,287 -304
Other -32 -4 -0 19 19
Total -3,073 -1,567 -1,043 -36 649 234

Borrowings at amortized cost include items in cash flow hedge relationships as well as unhedged items.