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The asymmetry of information, considered in the context of financial reporting, is reflected in the formation of a number of assessment' gaps, which together are known as the information gap. Modern methods of the financial results' presentation intensify the formation of that kind of information gap. The research among FTSE 100 companies showed that public companies listed on one of the major stock market in the world leads the new trails in financial reporting in the scope of additional disclosures on the financial result. Some disclosures comes from the timeless German balance sheet theories, which is exemplified by the Wilhelm Osbahr' balance sheet theory