On 1 April 2011, Pyramid acquired 80% of Square’s equity shares by means of an immediate share exchange and a cash payment of 88 cents per acquired share, deferred until 1 April 2012. Pyramid has recorded the share exchange, but not the cash consideration. Pyramid’s cost of capital is 10% per annum.
The summarised statements of financial position of the two companies as at 31 March 2012 are:
The following information is relevant:
(i) At the date of acquisition, Pyramid conducted a fair value exercise on Square’s net assets which were equal to their carrying amounts with the following exceptions:
– An item of plant had a fair value of $3 million above its carrying amount. At the date of acquisition it had a remaining life of five years. Ignore deferred tax relating to this fair value.
– Square had an unrecorded deferred tax liability of $1 million, which was unchanged as at 31 March 2012.
Pyramid’s policy is to value the non-controlling interest at fair value at the date of acquisition. For this purpose a share price for Square of $3·50 each is representative of the fair value of the shares held by the non-controlling interest.
(ii) Immediately after the acquisition, Square issued $4 million of 11% loan notes, $2·5 million of which were bought by Pyramid. All interest due on the loan notes as at 31 March 2012 has been paid and received.
(iii) Pyramid sells goods to Square at cost plus 50%. Below is a summary of the recorded activities for the year ended 31 March 2012 and balances as at 31 March 2012:
On 26 March 2012, Pyramid sold and despatched goods to Square, which Square did not record until they were received on 2 April 2012. Square’s inventory was counted on 31 March 2012 and does not include any goods purchased from Pyramid.
On 27 March 2012, Square remitted to Pyramid a cash payment which was not received by Pyramid until 4 April 2012. This payment accounted for the remaining difference on the current accounts.
(iv) Pyramid bought 1·5 million shares in Cube on 1 October 2011; this represents a holding of 30% of Cube’s equity. At 31 March 2012, Cube’s retained profits had increased by $2 million over their value at 1 October 2011. Pyramid uses equity accounting in its consolidated financial statements for its investment in Cube.
(v) The other equity investments of Pyramid are carried at their fair values on 1 April 2011. At 31 March 2012, these had increased to $2·8 million.
(vi) There were no impairment losses within the group during the year ended 31 March 2012.
Required:
Prepare the consolidated statement of financial position for Pyramid as at 31 March 2012.