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Puttable financial instruments

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA SBR Exams › Puttable financial instruments

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 5 years ago by Stephen Widberg.
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  • August 17, 2020 at 12:17 am #580832
    misbahkiran
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    Hi Sir

    I am unable to grab the concept that “if the holder of ordinary shares have put option to redeem share in cash we will account it as an equity”. amendment in IAS 32.

    But how?

    will that reduce the equity?

    August 17, 2020 at 12:30 pm #580897
    Stephen Widberg
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    I do not understand exactly what you are asking.

    Please can you give me an example using non-technical jargon.

    August 18, 2020 at 12:21 am #580972
    misbahkiran
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    Sir I have read the following para and now understand that its equity because issuer has obligation to redeem in cash or other financial assest only but no obligation to deliver cash or other financial assets.

    am I right??

    I am copying para for your kind consideration.

    Puttable instruments

    para 16A of IAS 32

    A puttable financial instrument includes a contractual obligation for the issuer to repurchase or redeem that instrument for cash or another financial asset on exercise of the put. As an exception to the definition of a financial liability, an instrument that includes such an obligation is classified as an equity instrument if it has all the following features:

    (a)
    It entitles the holder to a pro rata share of the entity’s net assets in the event of the entity’s liquidation. The entity’s net assets are those assets that remain after deducting all other claims on its assets.

    (b)
    The instrument is in the class of instruments that is subordinate to all other classes of instruments.

    (c)
    All financial instruments in the class of instruments that is subordinate to all other classes of instruments have identical features. For example, they must all be puttable, and the formula or other method used to calculate the repurchase or redemption price is the same for all instruments in that class.

    (d)
    Apart from the contractual obligation for the issuer to repurchase or redeem the instrument for cash or another financial asset, the instrument does not include any contractual obligation to deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity, or to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially unfavourable to the entity, and it is not a contract that will or may be settled in the entity’s own equity instruments as set out in subparagraph (b) of the definition of a financial liability.

    (e)
    The total expected cash flows attributable to the instrument over the life of the instrument are based substantially on the profit or loss, the change in the recognised net assets or the change in the fair value of the recognised and unrecognised net assets of the entity over the life of the instrument (excluding any effects of the instrument).

    August 18, 2020 at 8:41 am #580991
    Stephen Widberg
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    If a person has a right to demand redemption of the share in cash the company will treat the share as equity. That is what you are supposed to know for the exam.

    Our service is to help people interpret our notes and recent past exam questions.

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