Bunge 2004 Annual Report
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Common Share Market and Dividends
Five-Year Summary of Selected Financial Data
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Consolidated Statements of Income
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Financial Performance
notes to the consolidated
financial statements
9. other intangible assets
Bunge's other intangible assets consist of trademarks/brands, licenses, software technology and unamortized prior service costs relating to Bunge's employee defined benefit plans (see Note 19). The aggregate amortization expense for other intangible assets was $4 million and $2 million for the year ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The annual estimated amortization and depletion expense for 2005 to 2009 is approximately $4 million per year.

Intangible assets consist of the following:

December 31,
(US$ in millions) 2004   2003  
Trademarks/brands—finite lived      $ 87        $ 33  
Licenses   5     2  
Other   18     8  
    110     43  
Less: accumulated amortization:  
  Trademarks/brands   (3 )   (1 )
  Licenses   (2 )   (1 )
  Other   (1 )    
    (6 )   (2 )
Trademarks/brands—indefinite lived   40     40  
Unamortized prior service costs of  
  defined benefit plans (Note 19)   12     11  
Intangible assets, net of  
  accumulated amortization $ 156   $ 92  

In 2004, as a result of the acquisition of the Bunge Brasil minority interest, Bunge preliminarily assigned to its fertilizer segment $25 million of intangible assets attributable to product trademarks/brands (20-year weighted average useful life) and $5 million related to licenses (38-year weighted average useful life). Bunge also assigned to its edible oil products and milling products segments $4 million and $4 million, respectively, of intangible assets attributable to trademarks/brands (20-year useful life) relating to this acquisition (see Note 2). In connection with the J. Macêdo asset exchange transaction, Bunge assigned to its milling products segment $15 million of intangible assets attributable to product trademarks/brands with a 20-year weighted average useful life.

In 2003, as a result of the Cereol acquisition, Bunge assigned to its edible oil products segment $53 million of intangible assets attributable to product trademarks/brands in Eastern Europe. Of this amount, approximately $34 million of these trademarks/brands have an average finite life of 30 years and the remainder of $19 million have an indefinite life, which is not subject to amortization. In addition, as a result of certain other 2003 acquisitions Bunge recognized finite lived assets of $3 million and indefinite lived intangible assets of $15 million.

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