15. Intangible assets Brands and customer-related/contract-based intangibles Capitalised borrowing costs Financial Statements Notes to the consolidated financial statements The main brands capitalised are the brands acquired in 2008: Fosters, Strongbow and Sagres. The main customer-related and contract-based intangibles were acquired in 2008 and are related to customer relationships with pubs or retailers in the UK, Finland and Portugal (constituting either by way of a contractual agreement or by way of non-contractual relations) and the licence agreement with FEMSA Cerveza (extended in 2008 for 10 years). Of the total amortisation charge of EUR61 million (2008: EUR42 million) for customer-related and contract- based intangibles EUR43 million (2008: EUR33 million) is related to customer-related intangibles and EUR 18 million (2008: EUR 9 million) to contract-based intangibles. During 2009 no borrowing costs were capitalised (refer to the change in accounting policies, note 3b). Impairment tests for cash-generating units containing goodwill The aggregate carrying amounts of goodwill allocated to each cash-generating unit are as follows: In millions of EUR 2009 2008 Western Europe 3,282 3,141 Central and Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) 1,467 1,479 Russia 99 104 The Americas 349 356 Africa and the Middle East 236 234 5,433 5,314 Goodwill in respect of Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) and the Americas is monitored on a regional basis for the purpose of impairment testing. In respect of operating companies that are less integrated in the other regions and Russia, goodwill is monitored on an individual country basis. Throughout the year total goodwill mainly increased due to net foreign currency gains. Goodwill is tested for impairments annually. The recoverable amounts of the cash-generating units are based on value in use calculations. Value in use was determined by discounting the future pre-tax cash flows generated from the continuing use of the unit using a pre-tax discount rate. The key assumptions used for the value in use calculations are as follows: Cash flows were projected based on actual operating results and the three-year business plan. Cash flows for a further seven-year period were extrapolated using expected annual per country volume growth rates, which are based on external sources. Management believes that this forecasted period is justified due to the long-term nature of the beer business and past experiences. The beer price growth per year after the first three-year period is assumed to be at specific per country expected annual long-term inflation, based on external sources. Cash flows after the first ten-year period were extrapolated using expected annual long-term inflation, based on external sources, in order to calculate the terminal recoverable amount. A per cash-generating unit specific pre-tax Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) was applied in determining the recoverable amount of the units. The WACC's used are presented in the table on the following page, accompanied by the expected volume growth rates and the expected long-term inflation: IIO Annual Report 2009 - Heineken N.V.

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