A defined benefit plan is a pension plan that is not a defined contribution plan. Typically, defined benefit plans define an amount of pension benefit that an employee will receive on retirement usually dependent on one or more factors such as age, years of service and compensation. The liability recognised in the statement of financial position in respect of defined benefit pension plans is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the end of the reporting period less the fair value of plan assets. The defined benefit obligation is calculated annually by independent actuaries using the projected unit credit method. Remeasurement of the net defined benefit liability, which comprises actuarial gains and losses arising from experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions, the return on plan assets (excluding interest) and the effect of the asset ceiling (if any, excluding interest), is recognised immediately in other comprehensive income in the period in which they occur. Remeasurements recognised in other comprehensive income are not reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent period. The Group and Company determine the net interest expense on the net defined benefit liability for the period by applying the discount rate used to measure the defined benefit obligation at the beginning of the annual period to the net defined benefit liability, taking into account any changes in the net defined liability during the period as a result of contributions and benefit payments. Net interest expense is recognised in profit or loss. Service costs comprising current service cost, past service cost, as well as gains and losses on curtailments and settlements are recognised immediately in profit or loss. For employees who are not covered or who are insufficiently covered by the current pension plan, the net present value of gratuity on retirement payable under the Mauritian Worker’s Right Act 2019 is calculated by an actuary and provided for. The obligations arising under this item are funded under the Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund. (iii) Gratuity on retirement The net present value of gratuity on retirement payable under the Mauritian Worker’s Right Act 2019 has been provided for in respect of those employees who are not covered or who are insufficiently covered by the above retirement benefit plan. The Mauritian Worker’s Right Act 2019 stipulates that the gratuity paid on retirement should be based on the remuneration (which is inclusive of payment for extra work, productivity bonus, attendance bonus, commission in return for services and any other regular payment) of the employee instead of the earnings. The amount due per year of service is 15 days remuneration based on a month of 26 days (15/26). (n) Financial instruments - Initial recognition and subsequent measurement (i) Date of recognition Financial assets and liabilities, with the exception of and other borrowed funds, are initially recognised on the trade date, i.e., the date that the Group and the Company become a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Deposits from customers and other borrowed funds are recognised when funds reach the Group’s and the Company’s account. (ii) Initial measurement of financial instruments The classification of financial instruments at initial recognition depends on their contractual terms and the business model for managing the instruments. All financial instruments are measured initially at their fair value, except in the case of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded at FVTPL transaction costs are added to, or subtracted from, this amount. When the fair value of financial instruments at initial recognition differs from the transaction price, the Group and the Company account for the Day 1 profit or loss, as described below. (iii) Day 1 profit or loss When the transaction price differs from the fair value of other observable current market transactions in the same instrument, or based on a valuation technique with the variables including only data from observable markets, the Group and the Company immediately recognise the difference between the transaction price and fair value (a Day 1 profit or loss) in profit or loss. In cases where fair value is determined using data which is not observable, the difference between the transaction price and model value is only recognised in profit or loss when the inputs become observable, or when the instrument is derecognised. 119 OUR YEAR AT A GLANCE OUR PEOPLE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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