New Wave Group AB Annual_report_2018_EN_HQ | Page 95

NWG // FINANCIAL INFORMATION // THE GROUP a large extent, reduced by netting internal transac- tions. Therefore, through netting, the Group's main transaction exposure can be reduced and, together with the use of currency hedges and financing in each company's functional currency the exposure is further reduced. The actual currency exposure amounted to SEK 26.3 million (SEK 13.9 million) on the balance sheet date. The corresponding average currency exposure for the year amounted to SEK 31.6 million 2018 Currency USD (SEK 26.7 million) and the below table displays the sensitivity of a reasonable change in the currencies in which the Group has the greatest exposure. Impact on the Group’s result before tax refers to the impact from changes in the fair value of financial assets and liabilities but excluding foreign currency deri- vatives where hedge accounting is applied. Impact on equity before tax for the Group refers only to the impact from changes in the fair value of the derivatives where hedge accounting is applied. Change Impact on result before tax (SEK million) Impact on equity before tax (SEK million) +5% -5% 0.4 -0.4 2.4 -2.4 EUR +5% -5% 0.9 -0.9 0 0 DKK +5% -5% 0.4 -0.4 - - CHF +5% -5% -0.4 0.4 - - Change Impact on result before tax (SEK million) Impact on equity before tax (SEK million) +5% -5% 0.5 -0.5 3.0 -3.0 EUR +5% -5% 0.7 -0.7 0.1 -0.1 DKK +5% -5% 0.4 -0.4 - - CHF +5% -5% -0.6 0.6 - - 2017 Currency USD A sensitivty analysis regarding the other currencies does not have an material effect on result before tax for each currency separately. The aggregated effect for other currencies, provided a 5 % stronger SEK-rate per currency, would impact result before tax with SEK +0.3 million ( SEK +0.3 million). ANNUAL REPORT // 095