FGV Annual Report 2016

ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2016 197 FINANCIAL REPORT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2016 3 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated. (continued) (x) Employee benefits (continued) (iv) Termination benefits The Group pays termination benefits in cases of termination of employment within the framework of a restructuring. Termination benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense when the Group has a detailed formal plan for the termination and is without realistic possibility of withdrawal. (v) Share-based compensation The Company operates an equity-settled, share-based compensation plan for the Group's employees. Employee services received in exchange for the grant of the Company's shares are recognised as an expense in the profit or loss over the vesting period of the grant, with a corresponding increase in equity. The total amount to be expensed over the vesting period is determined by reference to the fair value of the shares granted. Non-market vesting conditions are included in the assumptions to arrive at the number of shares that are expected to vest. At the end of the reporting period, the Group and the Company revise its estimates of the number of shares that are expected to vest. The impact of the revision of original estimates, if any, is recognised in the profit or loss, with a corresponding adjustment to equity. The fair value of shares granted to employees of subsidiaries are recharged by the Company to the subsidiaries. (y) Contingent liabilities The Group does not recognise a contingent liability but discloses its existence in the financial statements. A contingent liability is a possible obligation that arises from past events whose existence will be confirmed by the occurrence and non-occurence of one or more uncertain future events beyond the control of the Group or a present obligation that is not recognised because it is not probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation. A contingent liability also arises in the extremely rare case where there is a liability that cannot be recognised because it cannot be measured reliably. However contingent liabilities do not include financial guarantee contracts. (z) Equity instruments Ordinary shares and special share are classified as equity. Other shares are classified as equity and/or liability according to the economic substance of the particular instrument. The transaction costs of an equity transactions are accounted for as a deduction from equity, net of tax. Equity transaction costs comprise only those incremental external costs directly attributable to the equity transaction which would otherwise have been avoided. When share capital recognised as equity is repurchased, the amount of the consideration paid, including directly attributable costs, net of any tax effects, is recognised as a deduction from equity. Repurchased shares that are not subsequently cancelled are classified as treasury shares in the statement of changes in equity. When treasury shares are sold or reissued subsequently, the difference between the sales consideration net of directly attributable costs and the carrying amount of the treasury shares is recognised in equity.