Meeting Summaries and Observer Notes

IASB November 2007

13 November 2007

The Board decided to change the effective date of the revised IFRS 3 Business Combinations and amended IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements to 1 July 2009, with early adoption permitted.

IASB June 2007

19 June 2007

The Board discussed four issues that were identified in drafting the revised IFRS 3 Business Combinations and amendments to IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements.

IASB March 2007

21 March 2007

The Board tentatively affirmed that measurement period adjustments (ie adjustments to provisional amounts recognised at the acquisition date) should reflect only new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date and, if known, would have affected the measurement of the amounts recognised as of that date. Changes in market conditions after the acquisition date should not be accounted for as measurement period adjustments.

IASB February 2007

22 February 2007

IASB January 2007

23 January 2007

The Board continued its redeliberations on the measurement of non-controlling interests (NCI) and goodwill. The Board also discussed the accounting in a business combination.

IASB December 2006

14 December 2006

The Board continued its deliberations on the measurement of non-controlling interests (NCI) and goodwill in a business combination.

IASB and FASB October 2006

24 October 2006

The FASB published SFAS 157 Fair Value Measurements in September 2006. The IASB plans to issue a discussion paper about fair value measurements by the end of this year.

IASB October 2006

17 October 2006

The Board made tentative decisions about: the accounting for the following types of intangible assets acquired as part of a business combination: assembled workforce, reacquired rights and pre-existing relationships, and in-process research and development; and (b) whether an acquirer should recognise measurement period adjustments retrospectively or prospectively. The Board also discussed the measurement attribute for business combinations and the measurement of non-controlling interest

IASB September 2006

22 September 2006

The Board discussed the recognition and measurement of intangible assets acquired in a business combination.

IASB July 2006

20 July 2006

Identifying the components of a business combination, restructuring costs and equity instruments issued as consideration in a business combination.