Note 9 – Restructuring expenses – Allocation to restructuring reserve
Restructuring expenses amount to SEK 10 m (2015: SEK 11 m). These mainly relate to organizational changes and efficiency improvements within production in Germany and within sales in the Nordic region. This is part of a program which was started in 2015 and has now been completed.
The restructuring expenses are included in each function as follows:
Group | Parent Company | |||||
SEK m | 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | ||
Cost of goods sold | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Selling expenses | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
Administrative expenses | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
Other operating expenses | 0 | -6 | 0 | -5 | ||
Total restructuring expenses | 10 | 11 | 6 | -1 |
Allocation to restructuring reserve:
Group | Parent Company | |||||
SEK m | 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | ||
Opening balance, restructuring reserve | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
Utilized reserves | -9 | -10 | -3 | -1 | ||
Reversal of reserve | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||
Allocations for the year | 10 | 17 | 6 | 4 | ||
Closing balance, restructuring reserve | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | ||
Of which short-term | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 |