Financial Instruments Summary of Significant Accounting and Financial Reporting Policies

PT SINAR MAS MULTIARTHA Tbk AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2011 and 2010 and For the Years then Ended - 32 - In the absence of a reliable basis for determining the fair value, the Group’ certain investments in shares of stock enumerated in Note 17 are carried at cost. Financial Liabilities 1. Financial Liabilities at FVPL Financial liabilities are classified in this category if these result from trading activities or derivative transactions that are not accounted for as accounting hedges, or when the Group elect to designate a financial liability under this category. Changes in fair value are recognized directly in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. As of December 31, 2010, the Group has not classified any financial liability as at FVPL. 2. Other Financial Liabilities This category pertains to financial liabilities that are not held for trading or not designated at FVPL upon the inception of the liability. Issued financial instruments or their components, which are not classified as financial liabilities at FVPL are classified as other financial liabilities, where the substance of the contractual arrangement results in the Company having an obligation either to deliver cash or another financial asset to the holder, or to satisfy the obligation other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of own equity shares. Other financial liabilities are recognized initially at fair value and are subsequently carried at amortized cost, taking into account the impact of applying the effective interest rate method of amortization or accretion for any related premium, discount and any directly attributable transaction costs. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, this category includes deposits and deposits from other banks, securities sold under agreement to repurchase, accounts payable, securities agent payables, accrued expenses, loan received, and other liabilities. Derivative Financial Instruments An embedded derivative is separated from the host contract and accounted for as derivative if all the following conditions are met: a. The economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative are not closely related to economic characteristics of the host contract; b. Separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative would meet the definition of a derivative; and c. Hybrid or combined instrument is not recognized at fair value through profit or loss. Freestanding and separated embedded derivatives are classified as financial assets or financial liabilities at FVPL unless they are designated as effective hedging instruments. Derivative instruments are initially recognized at fair value on the date in which a derivative transaction is entered into or bifurcated, and are subsequently re-measured at fair value. Derivative are carried as assets when the fair value is positive and as liabilities when the fair value is negative. Consequently, gains and losses from changes in fair value of these derivative are recognized immediately in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. PT SINAR MAS MULTIARTHA Tbk AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2011 and 2010 and For the Years then Ended - 33 - The management assesses whether embedded derivatives are required to be separated from host contracts when the Company first becomes party to the contract. Reassessment only occurs if there is a change in the terms of the contract that significantly modifies the cash flows that would otherwise be required. Offsetting of Financial Instruments Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the consolidated statement of financial position if, and only if, there is a currently enforceable right to offset the recognized amounts and there is intention to settle on a net basis, or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. Impairment of Financial Assets The Group’ management assesses at each statement of financial position date whether a financial asset or group of financial assets is impaired. 1. Assets Carried at Amortized Cost The management first assesses whether objective evidence of impairment exists individually for financial assets that are individually significant, or collectively for financial assets that are not individually significant. If the management determines that no objective evidence of impairment exists for an individually assessed financial asset, whether significant or not, the asset is included in a group of financial assets with similar credit risk characteristics and that group of financial assets is collectively assessed for impairment. Assets that are individually assessed for impairment and for which an impairment loss, is or continues to be recognized are not included in a collective assessment of impairment. If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on loans and receivables or held to maturity investments carried at amortized cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate i.e., the effective interest rate computed at initial recognition. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced either directly or through the use of an allowance account. The amount of loss is charged to the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. If, in a subsequent year, the amount of the impairment loss decreases because of an event occurring after the impairment was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is reversed. Any subsequent reversal of an impairment loss is recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, to the extent that the carrying value of the asset does not exceed its amortized cost at the reversal date. 2. Assets Carried at Cost If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss has been incurred on an unquoted equity instrument that is not carried at fair value because its fair value cannot be reliably measured, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. PT SINAR MAS MULTIARTHA Tbk AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2011 and 2010 and For the Years then Ended - 34 - 3. AFS Financial Assets In case of equity investments classified as AFS, assessment of any impairment would include a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of the investments below its cost. Where there is evidence of impairment, the cumulative loss measured as the difference between the acquisition cost and the current fair value, less any impairment loss on that financial asset previously recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income is removed from equity and recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. Impairment losses on equity investments are not reversed through the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. Increases in fair value after impairment are recognized directly in equity. In the case of debt instruments classified as AFS, impairment is assessed based on the same criteria as financial assets carried at amortized cost. Interest continues to be accrued at the original effective interest rate on the reduced carrying amount of the asset and is recorded as part of interest income in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. If, in subsequent year, the fair value of a debt instrument increased and the increase can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the impairment loss is reversed through the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. Derecognition of Financial Assets and Liabilities 1. Financial Assets Financial asset or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar financial assets is derecognized when: a. The rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired; b. The Group retains the right to receive cash flows from the asset, but has assumed an obligation to pay them in full without material delay to a third party under a “pass-through” arrangement; or c. The Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset and either i has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, or ii has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has transferred control of the asset. Where the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has entered into a pass-through arrangement, and has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset nor transferred control of the asset, the asset is recognized to the extent of the Group continuing involvement in the asset. Continuing involvement that takes the form of a guarantee over the transferred asset is measured at the lower of the original carrying amount of the asset and the maximum amount of consideration that the Group could be required to repay. 2. Financial Liabilities A financial liability is derecognized when the obligation under the contract is discharged, cancelled or has expired. Where an existing financial liability is replaced by another from the same lender on substantially different terms, or the terms of an existing liability are substantially modified, such an exchange or modification is treated as a derecognition of the original liability. The recognition of a new liability and the difference in the respective carrying amounts is recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.