LEGEND BIOTECH CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
22. | FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES |
The Group’s principal financial instruments comprise cash and cash equivalents, pledged deposits, time deposits, financial assets measured at amortised cost, financial assets included in prepayments, other receivables and other assets, financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss, interest-bearing loans and borrowings, warrant liability and financial liabilities included in other payables and accruals. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to raise finance for the Group’s operations. The Group has various other financial assets and liabilities such as trade receivables and trade payables, which arise directly from its operations.
The main risks arising from the Group’s financial instruments are interest rate risk, foreign currency risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The board of directors reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks and they are summarized below.
Interest rate risk
Group’s exposure to the risk of changes in interest rates primarily relates to the Group’s Funding Advances with a floating interest rate as disclosed in note 15.
The following table demonstrates the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in interest rates, with all other variables held constant, of the Group’s loss before tax (through the impact on floating rate borrowings) and the Group’s equity.
For the three months ended March 31, 2022 (unaudited)
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| | Increase/ (decrease) in basis points | | | Increase/ (decrease) in loss before tax | | | Increase/ (decrease) in equity | |
| | | | | US$’000 | | | US$’000 | |
United States Dollar | | | 100 | | | | 1,250 | | | | (1,250 | ) |
United States Dollar | | | (100 | ) | | | (1,250 | ) | | | 1,250 | |
Foreign currency risk
The Group has transactional currency exposures. Such exposures arise from sales or purchases by operating units in currencies other than the units’ functional currencies. Approximately 9% and 35% for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021 of the Group’s sales were denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies of the operating units making the sale.
As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Group had no outstanding foreign currency forward exchange contract. At present, the Group does not intend to seek to hedge its exposure to foreign exchange fluctuations. However, management constantly monitors the economic situation and the Group’s foreign exchange risk profile and will consider appropriate hedging measures in the future should the need arise.
The following table demonstrates the sensitivity at the end of each of the reporting period to a reasonably possible change in the EUR and RMB exchange rate against US$, with all other variables held constant, of the Group’s loss before tax (due to changes in the fair values of monetary assets and liabilities).