DERIVATIVES AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING
The group’s policy is for derivatives to be held for hedging purposes
only. Derivatives comprise forward currency contracts used to hedge
the risk of exchange rate fluctuations for internal and external flows
of goods.
To meet the requirements of hedge accounting there must be a
clear link to the hedged item. In addition, the hedge must effectively
protect the hedged item, hedge documentation must have been prepared
and the effectiveness must be measurable.
In hedge accounting, derivatives are classified as cash flow hedging
or as fair value hedging. In the past financial year and the previous
financial year all of the group’s derivatives were in the cash flow hedging
category. How these hedging transactions are reported is described
below.