
F-210
15 Financial instruments – risk management
The Company is exposed to interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and currency risk from the financial in-
struments it holds. The risk management policies employed by the Company to manage these risks are discussed
below.
Principal financial instruments
The principal financial instruments used by the Company, from which financial instrument risk arises, are trade
receivables, cash and cash equivalents, trust account and trade and other payables.
Categories of financial instruments
Financial assets – loans and receivables
€
Cash and cash equivalents................................................................................................
2,581,683
Trust account................................................................................................
...............................
249,914,110
Receivables ................................................................................................
................................
90,438
252,586,23
Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost
€
Payables ................................................................................................................................
149,488
Deferred IPO expenses ................................................................................................
5,314,367
5,463,855
Interest risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of financial instruments will fluctuate due to changes in market interest
rates. The Company's exposure to interest rate risk relates to the Company's obligation to provide working capi-
tal from interest earned on the trust account which is on a variable interest rate. Interest at variable rates expose
the Company to cash flow risk. The Company monitors its interest risk on an on-going basis.
At reporting date, if interest rates had been 250 basis points higher/lower and all other variables were held con-
stant, the Company's net profit would increase/decrease by € 630,554. This is mainly attributable to the Com-
pany's exposure to interest rates on its variable rate trust account.
The following table details the Company's remaining contractual maturity for its non-derivative financial assets:
Weighted
average
effective
interest
rate
Less than 1
year
1 to 5 years
More than
5 years
Total
31 December 2008 %
€
€
€
€
Cash and cash equivalents 3.5
252,495,793
-
-
252,495,793
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