össur annual report2009 - Euroland

Össur hf. consolidated financial stateMents 2009
or loss incorporates any dividend or interest earned on the
financial asset.
LOANS AND RECEIvABLES
Account receivables, loans, and other receivables that
have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted
in an active market are classified as loans and receivables.
Loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost
using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
Interest income is recognised by applying the effective
interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the
recognition of interest would be immaterial.
IMPAIRMENT OF FINANCIAL ASSETS
Financial assets, other than those at FvTPL, are assessed
for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence
that, as a result of one or more events that occurred
after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated
future cash flows of the investment have been
impacted.
For certain categories of financial asset, such as account
receivables, assets that are assessed not to be impaired
individually are subsequently assessed for impairment on
a collective basis. Objective evidence of impairment for a
portfolio of receivables could include the Company’s past
experience of collecting payments, an increase in the number
of delayed payments in the portfolio past the companies
average credit period, as well as observable changes
in national or local economic conditions that correlate
with default on receivables.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount
of the impairment is the difference between the asset’s
carrying amount and the present value of estimated future
cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original
effective interest rate.
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The carrying amount of the financial asset is reduced
by the impairment loss directly for all financial assets
with the exception of trade receivables, where the carrying
amount is reduced through the use of an allowance
account. When a accounts receivable is considered uncollectible,
it is written off against the allowance account.
Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off
are credited against the allowance account. Changes in the
carrying amount of the allowance account are recognised
in profit or loss.
3.20 financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are classified as either financial liabilities
at ‘fair value through profit and loss’ or ‘other financial
liabilities’.
FINANCIAL LIABILITIES AT FAIR vALUE THROUGH PROFIT
OR LOSS
Financial liabilities are classified as at fair value through
profit or loss when the financial liability is either held for
trading or it is designated as at fair value through profit
or loss.
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising
on remeasurement recognised in profit or loss. The net
gain or loss recognised in profit or loss incorporates any
interest paid on the financial liability and is included in
the ‘other gains and losses’ line item in the statement of
comprehensive income.
OTHER FINANCIAL LIABILITIES
Other financial liabilities, including borrowings, are initially
measured at fair value, net of transaction costs.
Other financial liabilities are subsequently measured at
amortised cost using the effective interest method, with
interest expense recognised on an effective yield basis.
The effective interest method is a method of calculating
the amortised cost of a financial liability and of allocating
interest expense over the relevant period. The effective
interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated
future cash payments through the expected life of the
financial liability, or, where appropriate, a shorter period
to the net carrying amount on initial recognition.
DERECOGNITION OF FINANCIAL LIABILITIES
The Company derecognises financial liabilities when, and
only when, the Company’s obligations are discharged,
cancelled or they expire.
3.21 derivative financial instruMents
The Company enters into a variety of derivative financial
instruments to manage its exposure to interest rate and foreign
exchange rate risk, including foreign exchange forward
contracts and interest rate swaps. Further details of derivative
financial instruments are disclosed in note 33.
Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value at the date
a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently
remeasured to their fair value at each balance sheet
date. The resulting gain or loss is recognised in profit
or loss immediately unless the derivative is designated
and effective as a hedging instrument, in which event
the timing of the recognition in profit or loss depends
on the nature of the hedge relationship. The Company
designates certain derivatives as either hedges of the fair
value of recognised assets or hedges of net investments
in foreign operations.