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Annual Report 2011 - Goodbaby International Holdings Limited

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

31 December <strong>2011</strong><br />

40.FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND<br />

POLICIES<br />

The Group’s principal financial liabilities, other than derivatives, comprise interest-bearing bank<br />

borrowings, trade payables, other payables and amounts due to related parties. The main purpose<br />

of these financial liabilities is to raise finance for the Group’s operations. The Group has various<br />

financial investments such as trade and other receivables, cash and cash equivalents and amounts<br />

due from related parties, which arise directly from its operations.<br />

The Group also enters into derivative transactions, primarily forward currency contracts. The<br />

purpose is to manage the currency risks arising from the Group’s operations.<br />

It is, and has been throughout the year, the Group’s policy that no trading in derivatives for<br />

speculative purposes shall be undertaken.<br />

The main risks arising from the Group’s financial instruments are interest rate risk, foreign currency<br />

risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The board of directors reviews and agrees policies for managing<br />

each of these risks which are summarised below.<br />

Interest rate risk<br />

Interest rate risk is the risk that fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will<br />

fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates.<br />

The Group’s exposure to the risk of changes in market interest rates relates primarily to the<br />

Group’s bank borrowings with floating interest rates. The interest rate and terms of repayment of<br />

borrowings are disclosed in note 28.<br />

The Group has not used any interest swaps to hedge its exposure to interest rate risk. The<br />

following table demonstrates the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in interest rates on<br />

that portion of loans and borrowings. With all other variables held constant, the Group’s profit<br />

before tax is affected through the impact on floating rate borrowings as follows:<br />

/ 151<br />

(Decrease)/<br />

Increase/decrease increase in<br />

in interest rate profit before tax<br />

(HK$’000)<br />

Year ended 31 December <strong>2011</strong> +5%/-5% (581)/581<br />

Year ended 31 December 2010 +5%/-5% (917)/917<br />

A reasonably possible change of 5% points in the interest rate with all other variables held<br />

constant has no impact on the Group’s equity other than retained earnings.

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