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ENRICHING LIVES EXPANDING HORIZONS - Maxis

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MAXIS BERHAD<br />

ANNUAL REPORT 2011<br />

133<br />

3 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)<br />

(r) Finance leases and hire purchase agreements<br />

Leases and hire purchases of property, plant and equipment where the Group assumes substantially all benefits and risks of<br />

ownership are classified as finance leases.<br />

Finance leases are capitalised at the inception of the lease at the lower of the fair value and the present value of the minimum<br />

lease payments. Each lease payment is allocated between the liability and finance charges so as to achieve a constant rate of<br />

interest on the finance lease balance outstanding. The corresponding rental obligations, net of finance charges, are included<br />

in borrowings. The interest element of the finance charge is charged to the income statement over the lease period so as to<br />

produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period.<br />

Property, plant and equipment acquired under finance leases or hire purchase agreements are depreciated over the shorter<br />

of the estimated useful life of the asset and the lease term.<br />

(s) Operating leases<br />

Leases of assets where a significant portion of risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as<br />

operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to the income statement on a straight line basis over<br />

the lease period.<br />

(t) Employee benefits<br />

(i) Short-term employee benefits<br />

Wages, salaries, paid annual leave, bonuses and non-monetary benefits are accrued in the financial year in which<br />

the associated services are rendered by employees including full-time Executive Directors of the Group. The Group<br />

recognises a provision where contractually obliged or where there is a past practice that has created a constructive<br />

obligation.<br />

(ii) Post-employment benefits<br />

Defined contribution plans<br />

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Group pays fixed contributions into a separate entity and<br />

will have no legal or constructive obligations to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to<br />

pay all employee benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.<br />

The Group’s contributions to defined contribution plans are charged to the income statement in the period to which they<br />

relate. Once the contributions have been paid, the Group has no further payment obligations.<br />

(iii) Share-based compensation<br />

The Group operates an equity-settled, share-based compensation plan for eligible employees and directors of the Group<br />

and of the Company, pursuant to the Employee Share Option Scheme (“ESOS”). Where the Company pays for services<br />

of its employees using the options, the fair value of the employee services rendered in exchange for the grant of the<br />

share option is recognised as an expense in the income statement over the vesting periods of the grants, with the<br />

corresponding increase in equity.

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