| Where the company enters into a lease which entails taking substantially all the risks and rewards of
ownership of an asset, the lease is treated as a finance lease.
Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the Company are
classified as operating leases.
Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the Company at their fair value at the
inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding
liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet date as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are
apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant
rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately in
profit or loss, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalised in
accordance with the Company's policy on borrowing costs (see the accounting policy above).
Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets.
Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are
recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense
on a straight-line basis. |