Note 17 – Participations in Group companies Parent Company 2015 2014 Accumulated cost At January 1 1,534 1,474 Acquisitions and capital contributions 49 60 Divestment and liquidation – – Total accumulated cost 1,583 1,534 Accumulated impairment At January 1 -377 -281 Divestment and liquidation – – Impairment losses for the year -224 -96 Total accumulated impairment -601 -377 Carrying amount at end of period 982 1,157 Specification of the Parent Company and Group’s holdings of investments in Group companies Subsidiaries/Reg. No./Domicile Participating interests Carrying amount BE Group Sverige AB, 556106-2174, Malmö, Sweden 20,000 709 BE Group Oy Ab, 1544976-7, Finland 204,000 147 BE Group AS,10024510, Estonia 40 0 BE Group SIA, 40003413138, Latvia 100 0 UAB BE Group, 211685290, Lithuania 100 3 BE Group Sp. z o.o, 0000006520, Poland 20,216 4 BE Group CZ s.r.o., 282 43 781, Czech Republic 32 BE Group Slovakia s.r.o., 36595659, Slovakia 8 Lecor Stålteknik AB, 556584-6382, Kungälv, Sweden 1,000 67 BE Group Produktion Eskilstuna AB, 556788-2344, Eskilstuna, Sweden 5,000 10 RTS Eesti OÜ, 11657766, Estonia 2 982 Acquisitions, capital contributions and impairments during the year 2015 2014 BE Group Slovakia s.r.o. – – BE Group Sverige AB -157 BE Group Sp. z o.o – -4 UAB BE Group 0 1 BE Group CZ s.r.o. – -35 RTS Eesti OÜ – 2 Lecor Stålteknik AB -18 – -175 -36 The write-downs during the year is mainly related to participations in Group companies, which partly relates to write-down of goodwill and participations in the joint venture. See note 14 and 18.