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NOTES TO THE COMPANY ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – NOTE O

O. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Fair value hierarchy

The classification of financial instruments and the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Financial instruments Classification per IAS 39 2016
R’000
  2015
R’000
 
Investment in Group Risk Holdings Proprietary Limited(1) Available-for-sale 2 215   2 915  
Amounts owing by Group companies Loans and receivables 327 154   269 318  
Amounts owing to Group companies Loans and borrowings 2 501 806   2 155 994  
Bank Loans and receivables 2 367   –  
Bank overdraft Loans and borrowings –   398 229  

(1) Level 3: The value of the investment in Group Risk Holdings is based on Adcock Ingram’s proportionate share of the net asset value of the company.

Financial risk management objectives and policies

The Company’s principal financial liabilities comprise borrowings and a bank overdraft. The main purpose of these financial liabilities is to raise finance for the Group’s operations.

The Company’s financial assets comprise investments and receivables.

The main risks arising from the Company’s financial instruments are interest rate, credit and liquidity. The Board of directors reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks, which are summarised in Annexure E.

Interest rate sensitivity

The following table demonstrates the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in interest rates, with all other variables held constant, of the Company’s profit before tax (through the impact on balances subject to floating rates):

  Change in rate Increase/(Decrease)
in profit before tax
 
  % 2016
R’000
  2015
R’000
 
Cash and cash equivalents          
Cash at banks +1 24   –  
Bank overdraft +1 –   (3 982)  

NOTES TO THE COMPANY ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – NOTE O