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Notes to the consolidated financial statementsfor the year ended 31 December <strong>2007</strong>31. FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES (Continued)Currency risk (Continued)As the Group is mainly exposed to the effects of fluctuation in United States dollars, the following tableindicates the approximate change in the Group’s profit after tax and retained earnings. The sensitivity analysisincludes outstanding foreign currency denominated monetary items and foreign currency forward contractsnot used for hedging, and adjusts their translation at the period end for a 5% change in foreign currencyrate. The stated changes represent management’s assessment of reasonably possible changes in foreignexchange rates over the period until the next annual balance sheet date. Results of the analysis as presentedin the below table represent an aggregation of the effects on each of the group entities’ profit after tax andretained earnings measured in the respective functional currencies, translated into Hong Kong dollars at theexchange rate ruling at the balance sheet date for presentation purposes.Impact of United Statesdollars<strong>2007</strong> 2006HK$’000HK$’000Profit after tax/Retained earnings 10,084 –Fair value of financial instrumentsThe fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined as follows:the fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities (including derivative instruments) with standardterms and conditions and traded on active liquid markets are determined with reference to quotedmarket bid prices and ask prices respectively; andthe fair value of other financial assets and financial liabilities (including derivative instruments andconvertible bonds) are determined in accordance with generally accepted pricing models basedon discounted cash flow analysis using prices or rates from observable current market transactionsas input. For an option-based derivative, the fair value is estimated using option pricing model (forexample, the binomial model).GEELY AUTOMOBILE HOLDINGS LIMITED108ANNUAL REPORT 2 0 0 7

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