New Wave Group Annual Report 2023 | Page 102

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Translation exposure

The Group accounts are also affected by translating the results and net assets of foreign Group companies into SEK . A change of 1 % of the currency exchange rates would impact sales by SEK 75.0 ( 50.0 ) million , calculated on the sales for 2023 where USD and EUR impact the most with SEK 21.6 ( 21.4 ) million and SEK 26.9 ( 24.7 ) million each . Such an effect on the exchange rates would impact closing equity by SEK 43.2 ( 41.1 ) million . The below table displays a sensitivity analysis regarding sales based on the preceding year ' s currency exchange rates , where a translation of this year ' s net sales to the exchange rates of the preceding year would have affected net sales by SEK 359.5 ( 617.5 ) million .

Liquidity risk

Due to the relatively capital-intensive nature of its activities and its expansive growth strategy , New Wave Group has a need to secure its funding . For a growth group like New Wave Group it is essential to ensure that sufficient liquidity is available to fund future expansion and that there is a high degree of flexibility when acquisition opportunities occur . It is also important that a sound balance between equity and financing through debt is kept , which is why New Wave Group ’ s goal is to achieve an equity ratio in excess of 40 %, prior 30 %. New Wave Group has a centralized finance function , which means that external borrowing is managed and administered centrally as far as possible . The liquidity generated in the Group is continuously transferred to New Wave Group ’ s treasury center through various pooling systems and reduces the total credit volume . New Wave Group has not made any financial investments .

During the fourth quarter , the group extended one of its financing agreements by one year , until December 2026 . The total credit line as of December 31 amounted to SEK 2,753.2 million , of which USD 1.4 million is in effect through January 2024 , SEK 2,150.0 million is in effect through December 2026 , SEK 164.1 million is in effect through August 2027 and SEK 175.0 million has a term that extends to December 2030 . The other SEK 250.0 million has a term of between three months and four years . The credit line is limited in amount to and dependent on the value of certain underlying assets . The financing agreement means that key figures ( covenants ) must be met in order to maintain the credit line . The group ’ s key figures ( covenants ) were fulfilled as of December 31 , 2023 . Based on the current forecast , management deems that the Group will be able to meet these key ratios by a satisfactory margin going forward .

The tables below display the maturity analysis of the amortization of interest-bearing liabilities including contractual and undiscounted interest payments . Any planned future liabilities have not been included . Interest payments related to financial instruments with floating rate have been calculated based on the interest rate at year-end .

SEK million Maturity analysis of New Wave Group ' s loans

The table below displays the maturity for the Group ' s outstanding currency futures och unrealized amounts per year-end , distributed per currency . All contracts mature within twelve months from year-end .

2023 2022

SEK million Maturity analysis of New Wave Group ' s lease liabilities

2023 2022

2025 114 . 8 108.7

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2.4

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