Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

linked to

English answer:

linked to an unquoted equity instrument

Added to glossary by Anna Maria Augustine (X)
Apr 10, 2007 20:24
17 yrs ago
English term

linked to

English Bus/Financial Accounting
Could you help me clarify the meaning of one of the sentences below?
Here's the context:
Borrowings incorporating embedded derivatives

Borrowings incorporating embedded derivatives represent hybrid financial instruments. The Group has borrowings under Total Return Swap (TRS) transactions which are classified as hybrid instrument incorporating a host debt instrument and TRS embedded derivative. An embedded derivative is separated from the host debt contract and accounted for as derivative if its economic characteristics are not closely related to the economic characteristics of the host debt instrument. In this case, the host debt instrument is also separately accounted for as disclosed in the accounting policies mentioned above (borrowings). In case where the Group is not able to measure the embedded derivative separately either at inception or at subsequent financial reporting date, then the entire hybrid instrument is accounted for as held for trading. Financial liabilities held for trading are re-measured at fair value and any fair value changes are recognised through the income statement. Any liability that is linked to **and must be settled by delivery of an unquoted equity instrument whose fair value cannot be reliably measured is measured at cost.

Any liability that is linked to **what**?
What is the liability linked to?

Discussion

Anna Maria Augustine (X) Apr 14, 2007:
Thank you Grzegorz!!

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linked to an unquoted equity instrument

Maybe.

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-04-10 20:31:04 GMT)
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A complicated/complex phrase which could have been expressed in a more comprehansible manner but then, this is often the case.
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6 mins

linked to an unquoted equity instrument

"and must be settled by delivery of" can be regarded a separate clause
Peer comment(s):

agree Will Matter
2 mins
agree jarry (X)
16 mins
agree Robert Fox
19 mins
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
4 hrs
agree Hakki Ucar
1 day 17 hrs
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+5
9 mins

linked to an unquoted equity instrument (and the delivery of the unquoted equity instrument)

This is what the sentence seems to me to be saying:

Any liability that is linked to an unquoted equity instrument and must be settled by delivery of that unquoted equity instrument is measured at cost if/when the fair value of the unquoted equity instrument cannot be reliably measured.
Peer comment(s):

agree Will Matter
0 min
Thank you :-)
agree jarry (X)
14 mins
Thank you :-)
agree Robert Fox
17 mins
Thank you :-)
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
4 hrs
Thank you :-)
agree Hakki Ucar
1 day 17 hrs
Thank you :-)
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+1
1 hr

delivery of an unquoted equity instrument

Any liability that is linked to **and must be settled by delivery of an unquoted equity instrument

Because the verbs 'linked' and 'settled' need different prepositions, they cannot be stated in sequence, for example the sentence cannot read, 'liability that is linked and settled by delivery...', but both verbs have as their object 'delivery of an unquoted equity instrument'.
Peer comment(s):

agree Vicky Papaprodromou
2 hrs
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