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ANNUAL <strong>REPORT</strong> AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015<br />

2 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)<br />

Financial instruments (Continued)<br />

Financial assets (Continued)<br />

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)<br />

b) Impairment and uncollectability of financial assets (Continued)<br />

If it is probable that the group will not be able to collect all amounts due (principal and interest) according to the contractual<br />

terms of loans, receivables, or held-to-maturity investments carried at amortised cost, an impairment or bad debt<br />

loss has occurred. The amount of the loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of<br />

expected future cash flows discounted at the financial instrument’s original effective interest rate (recoverable amount).<br />

The carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its estimated recoverable amount through use of the provision for bad and<br />

doubtful debts account. The amount of the loss incurred is included in profit or loss for the year.<br />

i) Assets carried at amortised cost<br />

The group assesses whether objective evidence of impairment exist individually for assets that are individually significant<br />

and individually or collectively for assets that are not individually significant. If the group determines that no objective<br />

evidence of impairment exists for an individually assessed financial asset, whether significant or not, it includes the asset<br />

in a group of financial assets with similar credit risk characteristics and collectively assesses them for impairment. Assets<br />

that are individually assessed for impairment and for which an impairment loss is or continues to be recognised are not<br />

included in a collective assessment of impairment.<br />

If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on financial assets carried at amortised cost has been incurred,<br />

the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of the<br />

estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred) discounted at the financial instruments<br />

effective interest rate. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced through the use of an allowance account and<br />

the amount of the loss is recognised in profit or loss.<br />

For the purposes of a collective evaluation of impairment, financial assets are grouped on the basis of similar credit risk<br />

characteristics that is, on the basis of the group’s grading process that considers asset type, industry, geographical location,<br />

collateral types, past due status and other relevant factors. Those characteristics are relevant to the estimation of<br />

future cash flows for groups of such assets by being indicative of the debtors’ ability to pay all amounts due according to<br />

the contractual terms of the assets being evaluated.<br />

Future cash flows in a group of financial assets that are collectively evaluated for impairment are estimated on the basis of<br />

the contractual cash flows of the assets in the group and historical loss experience for assets with credit risk characteristics<br />

similar to those in the group. Historical loss experience is adjusted on the basis of current observable data to reflect the<br />

effects of current conditions that did not affect the period on which the historical loss experience is based and to remove<br />

the effects of conditions in the historical period that do not exist currently.<br />

When a loan is uncollectible it is written off against the related provisions for loan impairment. Such loans are written off<br />

after all the necessary recovery procedures have been completed and the amount of loan has been determined. Subsequent<br />

recoveries of amounts previously written off are recognised as gains in the profit and loss.<br />

ii)<br />

Renegotiated loans<br />

Where possible, the group seeks to restructure loans rather than to take possession of collateral. This may involve extending<br />

the payment arrangements and the agreement of new loan conditions. Once the terms have been renegotiated any<br />

impairment is measured using the original effective interest rate as calculated before the modification of terms and the<br />

loan is no longer considered past due. Management continually reviews renegotiated loans to ensure that all criteria are<br />

met and that future payments are likely to occur. The loans continue to be subject to an individual or collective impairment<br />

assessment, calculated using the loan’s original effective interest rate.<br />

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