PL
Integrated
Report 2021

37.2 Interest rate risk

The Group records a surplus of financial resources or uses borrowings through long- and short-term bank loans. Interest on bank term deposits and loans is variable and depends on the interest rates applicable on the interbank market such as WIBOR (for loans in PLN), LIBOR and EURIBOR (for foreign currency loans). As a result, the Group is exposed to the interest rate risk, which may result in lower rate of return on deposits or higher costs of borrowed loans.

As estimated by the Group, the following items are exposed to the interest rate risk:

  • cash,
  • loans and lease,
  • cash.

Interest rate risk refers to the following items, broken down into maturity dates:

Variable interest
31.12.2021 < 1 year 1–2 years Over 3 years
Cash 103,810 0 0
Bank loans in PLN (430,804) (253,689) (103,850)
Bank loans in EUR (97,132) (64,194) 0
Bank loans in USD (7,105) 0 0
Total  (431,231) (317,883) (103,850)

Variable interest
31.12.2020 < 1 year 1–2 years Over 3 years
Cash 151,170 0 0
Bank loans in PLN (189,975) (242,929) (189,621)
Bank loans in EUR (79,908) (7,536) 0
Total  (118,713) (250,465) (189,621)

 

Susceptibility analysis

By managing interest rate risk and currency risk, the Group aims to reduce the impact of short-term interest rates and FX rates fluctuations on the Group results. However, persisting changes in exchange rates and interest rates will have an impact on the Group results.

The tables below present the estimates of the Group risks related to changes in interest rates and exchange rates of the main currencies. 

For the items affecting the statement of profit or loss 

Risk Change Change of gross profit − 2021 Change of gross profit − 2020
Increase in interest rates 1 p.p. (9,550) (7,129)
EUR/PLN exchange rate increase 5 p.p. (5,403) 2,709
USD/PLN exchange rate increase 5 p.p. (21) (565)
GBP/PLN exchange rate increase 5 p.p. 1,393 123

 

For the items affecting the equity:

Risk Change 31.12.2021 31.12.2020
EUR/PLN exchange rates increase for hedging instruments 5% (10,668) (2,093)
USD/PLN exchange rates increase for hedging instruments 5% (4,150) (2,534)
GBP/PLN exchange rates increase for hedging instruments 5% (34) (629)
Higher aluminium price for hedging instruments 5% 5,078 4,392