Deloitte is of the view that because these transactions give rise to derivative financial instruments, NZ GAAP accounting standards require that these transactions be “marked to market” and fair valued such that they are treated for accounting purposes as derivatives. The result is the Company having to record a loss and an offsetting liability in its financial reports arising from an increase in the Company share price. Hypothetically, if the Company share price had fallen below the list price, the Company would be booking a theoretical profit and offsetting asset.
This change results in the recording of large accounting losses and liabilities in the accounts of the Company. The losses and liabilities do not impact on the Company, its solvency or its actual cash position - they are valuation changes only based on a combination of observable and unobservable valuation inputs but required to comply with NZ GAAP accounting standards.