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Notes to the Financial Statements (cont’d)<br />
For the financial year ended 31 December 2011<br />
38. Financial risk management objectives and policies (cont’d)<br />
(a) Interest rate risk (cont’d)<br />
The table below demonstrates the sensitivity to a possible reasonable change in interest rates with all other variables<br />
held constant, of the Group’s profit net of tax through the impact on interest income from bank deposits and interest<br />
expense on floating rate borrowings:<br />
Increase/Decrease in<br />
basis point<br />
Effect on profit net<br />
of tax<br />
RM’000<br />
31 December 2011<br />
- Malaysian Ringgit +25 (409)<br />
-25 409<br />
- United States Dollar +25 (225)<br />
-25 225<br />
31 December 2010<br />
- Malaysian Ringgit +25 (926)<br />
-25 926<br />
- United States Dollar +25 (342)<br />
-25 342<br />
(b) Foreign currency risk<br />
Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of<br />
changes in foreign exchange rates.<br />
The Group has exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates in both the investment in foreign entities and business<br />
transactions. The Group has foreign exchange risk exposure mainly in United States Dollar, Australian Dollar and<br />
Indonesian Rupiah. The Group’s policy is to manage its exposure to foreign exchange risk on investment in foreign<br />
entities by using term loan with the same foreign currency to hedge such investments where appropriate.<br />
Due to concentration of its purchases and sales in United States Dollar, there is a natural hedge and the exposure to<br />
United States Dollar foreign exchange risk for business transactions is minimised. The Group also uses forward foreign<br />
exchange contracts to hedge its exposure to foreign exchange risk.<br />
As at reporting date, approximately:<br />
(i) 97% (2010: 93%) of the Group’s trade and other receivables as well as 82% (2010: 70%) of the Group’s trade and<br />
other payables are denominated in foreign currencies, mainly in United States Dollar, Indonesia Rupiah, Singapore<br />
Dollar and Australia Dollar.<br />
(ii) 30% (2010: 60%) of the Group’s cash and bank deposits are denominated in foreign currencies, mainly in United<br />
States Dollar, Indonesia Rupiah and Australia Dollar.<br />
(iii) 33% (2010: 27%) of the Group’s borrowings are denominated in United States Dollar.<br />
At 31 December 2011, the Group held forward currency contracts designated as hedges of expected future sales to<br />
customers in United States Dollar for which the Group has firm commitments. The forward currency contracts are being<br />
used to hedge the foreign currency risk of the highly probable forecasted transactions.<br />
The terms of the forward currency contracts have been negotiated to match the terms of the commitments. There were no<br />
highly probable transactions for which hedge accounting had previously been used, which are no longer expected to occur.<br />
The ineffectiveness recognised in profit or loss for the current year was RM300,000 (2010: RM212,000) (see Note 34(i)).<br />
MALAYSIA SMELTING CORPORATION (43072-A) • ANNUAL REPORT 2011 155