For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. Amounts expressed in millions of U.S. dollars ($) and in millions of Mexican pesos (Ps.).
13 Balances and Transactions with Related Parties and Affiliated Companies
Balances and transactions with related parties and affiliated companies include consideration of: a) the overall business in which the reporting entity participates; b) close family members of key officers; and c) any fund created in connection with a labor related compensation plan.
On April 30, 2010, the Company lost control over FEMSA Cerveza, which became a subsidiary of Heineken Group. As a result, balances and transactions with Heineken Group and subsidiaries are presented since that date as balances and transactions with related parties.
Balances and transactions prior to that date are not disclosed because they were not transactions between related parties of the Company.
The consolidated balance sheets and income statements include the following balances and transactions with related parties and affiliated companies:
(1) Recorded as part of total of receivable accounts.
(2) Recorded as part of cash and cash equivalents.
(3) Recorded as part of total other assets.
(4) Recorded as part of total bank loans.
(5) Recorded as part of total accounts payable.
(1) These companies are related parties of our subsidiary Coca-Cola FEMSA.
(2) These companies are related parties of our subsidiary FEMSA Comercio.
The benefits and aggregate compensation paid to executive officers and senior management of FEMSA and its subsidiaries were as follows: