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Annual Report 2011 - T-Hrvatski Telekom

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29 Financial risk management objectives<br />

and policies<br />

The Group is exposed to international service-based<br />

markets. As a result, the Group can be affected by<br />

changes in foreign exchange rates. The Group also<br />

extends credit terms to its customers and is exposed<br />

to a risk of default. The significant risks, together<br />

with the methods used to manage these risks, are<br />

described below. The Group does not use derivative<br />

instruments either to manage risk or for speculative<br />

purposes.<br />

a) Credit risk<br />

The Group has no significant concentration of<br />

credit risk with any single counter party or group of<br />

counterparties with similar characteristics. The Group<br />

procedures are in force to ensure on a permanent<br />

basis that sales are made to customers with an<br />

appropriate credit history and do not exceed an<br />

acceptable credit exposure limit.<br />

The Group does not guarantee obligations of other<br />

parties.<br />

The Group considers that its maximum exposure<br />

is reflected by the amount of debtors (see Note 16)<br />

net of provisions for impairment recognized at the<br />

statement of financial position date.<br />

Additionally, the Group is exposed to risk through<br />

cash deposits in the banks. As at 31 December <strong>2011</strong><br />

the Group had business transactions with thirteen<br />

banks (2010: eight banks). The Group held cash and<br />

deposits in five banks almost exclusively. For those<br />

five domestic banks with foreign ownership the Group<br />

received guarantees for deposits given from parent<br />

banks which have a minimum rating of BBB+. The<br />

management of this risk is focused on dealing with<br />

the most reputable banks in foreign and domestic<br />

ownership at the domestic and foreign markets and<br />

on contacts with the banks on a daily basis.<br />

The credit quality of financial assets that are neither<br />

past due nor impaired can be assessed by historical<br />

information about counterparty default rates:<br />

Consolidated financial statements<br />

Trade receivables for rendered telecom services to domestic customers<br />

Trade receivables for rendered telecom services to foreign customers<br />

Other trade receivables<br />

31 December<br />

<strong>2011</strong><br />

HRK millions<br />

775<br />

30<br />

91<br />

896<br />

31 December<br />

2010<br />

HRK millions<br />

794<br />

20<br />

69<br />

883

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