89 Noter Notes to the Accounts (DKK million) 21 Acquisition and disposal of companies 2001 1999/00 (15 months) Acquisition of companies: Assets acquired: Fixed assets -1,750 -3,203 Current assets -926 -2,358 Liabilities taken over: Provisions 296 652 Long-tern debt 0 1,530 Short-term debt 1,983 1,097 Minority interests 33 667 Transfer from associated company - 278 Group goodwill -1,760 -3,125 Available funds applied in connection with acquisiton of companies -2,124 -4,462 Disposal of companies: Assets disposed of: Fixed assets 80 942 Current assets 29 1.645 Liabilities disposed of: Provisions - -63 Long-term debt - -38 Short-term debt -16 -1,128 Accounting gain from sale 48 - Reversal of previous write-off of Group goodwill - 302 Payment receivable from sale - -1,103 Minority interests, etc. -13 -404 Available funds received in connection with sale of companies 128 153 Acquisition and disposal of companies, net -1,996 -4,309 22 Related parties During the year Carlsberg A/S has conducted transactions with related parties. Such transactions have been made on an armGLYPH<213>s length basis.