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WCT Berhad (66538-K)
annual report 2011
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 December 2011
cont’d
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES cont’d
2.30 Employee benefits cont’d
(c) Share-based compensation
2.31 Leases
Employees of the Group receive remuneration in the form of share options as consideration for services
rendered. The cost of these equity-settled transactions with employees is measured by reference to the
fair value of the options at the date on which the options are granted. This cost is recognised in profit or
loss, with a corresponding increase in the employee share option reserve over the vesting period. The
cumulative expense recognised at each reporting date until the vesting date reflects the extent to which
the vesting period has expired and the Group’s best estimate of the number of options that will ultimately
vest. The charge or credit to profit or loss for a period represents the movement in cumulative expense
recognised at the beginning and end of that period.
No expense is recognised for options that do not ultimately vest, except for options where vesting is
conditional upon a market or non-vesting condition, which are treated as vested irrespective of whether
or not the market or non-vesting condition is satisfied, provided that all other performance and/or service
conditions are satisfied. The employee share option reserve is transferred to retained earnings upon expiry
of the share options. When the options are exercised, the employee share option reserve is transferred to
share capital if new shares are issued, or to treasury shares if the options are satisfied by the reissuance of
treasury shares.
The proceeds received net of any directly attributable transaction costs are credited to share capital and
share premium when the options are exercised.
(a) As lessee
Finance leases, which transfer to the Group substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership
of the leased item, are capitalised at the inception of the lease at the fair value of the leased asset or, if
lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. Any initial direct costs are also added to the
amount capitalised. Lease payments are apportioned between the finance charges and reduction of the
lease liability so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance
charges are charged to profit or loss. Contingent rents, if any, are charged as expenses in the periods in
which they are incurred.
Leased assets are depreciated over the estimated useful life of the asset. However, if there is no reasonable
certainty that the Group will obtain ownership by the end of the lease term, the asset is depreciated over
the shorter of the estimated useful life and the lease term.
Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense in profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the
lease term. The aggregate benefit of incentives provided by the lessor is recognised as a reduction of rental
expense over the lease term on a straight-line basis.