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PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES<br />

STRATEGIC REPORT<br />

STRONG RISK MANAGEMENT IS<br />

AT THE HE<strong>AR</strong>T OF OUR BUSINESS<br />

The following pages summarise the principal risks and uncertainties which the Group<br />

faces together with relevant key controls and mitigating factors. The list does not<br />

constitute a list of all risks faced by the Group.<br />

Risk Accountable Executive Key controls and mitigating factors Risk movement<br />

STRATEGIC<br />

Business Strategy<br />

The Board develops the wrong<br />

business strategy or fails to implement<br />

its strategy effectively<br />

Impact<br />

> > Negative impact on long-term<br />

growth prospects<br />

Heejae Chae<br />

Group Chief Executive<br />

> > Clear strategy in place which is reviewed<br />

by the Board on a regular basis<br />

> > Progress against the strategy is monitored<br />

by senior management and the Board on<br />

an ongoing basis<br />

> > Risks relating to the achievement of the Group’s<br />

strategy are reviewed regularly by the Audit and<br />

Risk Committee and Board<br />

Acquisitions and disposals<br />

Poor decision making on<br />

organisational restructuring<br />

Impact<br />

> > Adversely affect the Group’s results,<br />

weakening shareholder value<br />

Heejae Chae<br />

Group Chief Executive<br />

> > Significant internal and external due diligence<br />

processes<br />

> > Acquisitions and disposals approval by the Board<br />

> > Monitoring of business portfolio and structure at<br />

senior management and Board level<br />

> > Integration planning for acquisitions across<br />

Finance, Operations, HR and Commercial<br />

FINANCIAL<br />

Financial and treasury<br />

Unavailability and cost of funding and<br />

foreign exchange<br />

Impact<br />

> > The Company does not have<br />

access to sufficient funds to permit<br />

trading as a going concern<br />

Graham Hardcastle<br />

Group Finance Director<br />

> > Access to committed facility of £40m with<br />

an additional £20m accordion<br />

> > All treasury policies are approved at Board level<br />

> > Committed facility providing sufficient headroom<br />

and capability<br />

> > The Group uses simple products to hedge<br />

exposure with no speculative currency<br />

transactions<br />

Pensions<br />

Liabilities increase due to<br />

increasing life expectancy,<br />

inflation, poor performance in<br />

investments compounded by<br />

fluctuations in the discount rate<br />

Impact<br />

> > The pension liabilities and<br />

associated cash requirements have<br />

a material adverse impact on the<br />

Group’s profits and cash flows<br />

Graham Hardcastle<br />

Group Finance Director<br />

> > No final salary pension schemes are open<br />

at the Group<br />

> > The UK scheme has been closed to new<br />

members and future accruals since 2007<br />

> > Active and ongoing liability management<br />

programme, including long term funding<br />

agreements<br />

Risk remains the same<br />

Risk increases<br />

Risk decreases<br />

15<br />

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2016 SCAPA GROUP PLC

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