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ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance Company (the “Company”) is a Saudi Joint Stock Company registered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under commercial registration No. 1010237214 dated 7 Shaban 1428H, (corresponding to 20 August 2007). The registered office address of the Company is P.O. Box 58073, Riyadh 11594, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The objective of the Company is to transact cooperative insurance operations and related activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Company's principal lines of business include all classes of general and medical insurance. The Company was listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange (“Tadawul”) on 20 Shaban 1428H, (corresponding to 3 September 2007).

Following are the details of the branches of the Company and their commercial registration numbers:

Branch Name

Branch

Commercial Registration Number

Date

Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance Company

Jeddah

4030208674

25 Safar 1432H (31 January 2011)

Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance Company

Khobar

2051044793

25 Safar 1432H (31 January 2011)

Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance Company

Qassim

1131034133

25 Safar 1432H (31 January 2011)

The Company has been licensed to conduct insurance business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under co-operative principles in accordance with Royal Decree numbered 60/M dated 18 Ramadan 1427H (corresponding to 11 October 2006), pursuant to the Council of Ministers resolution number 233 dated 16 Ramadan 1427H (corresponding to 9 October 2006).

Following the completion of the public offering on 28 May 2007, the Ministry of Commerce and Investment (“MOCI”) issued a resolution declaring the incorporation of the Company on 21 Rajab 1428H (corresponding to 5 August 2007).

On 29 Shaban 1428H (corresponding to 11 September 2007), the Saudi Central Bank (“SAMA”) issued a formal approval to transact insurance business, thus authorizing the Company to commence operations as soon as product approval and related formalities are completed.

The Board of Directors approved the distribution of the surplus from insurance operations in accordance with the Implementing Regulations issued by SAMA, whereby the shareholders of the Company are to receive 90% of the annual surplus from insurance operations and the policy holders are to receive the remaining 10%. Any deficit arising on insurance operations is borne by the shareholders in full.

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BASIS OF PREPARATION

(a)

Basis of presentation and measurement

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ('IFRS'), as endorsed in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other standards and pronouncements issued by Saudi Organisation for Certified Public Accountants (SOCPA), Law of Companies and the Company's by-laws.

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BASIS OF PREPARATION (continued)

(a)

Basis of presentation and measurement (continued)

These financial statements are prepared under the going concern concept and the historical cost convention, except for the measurement at fair value of available-for-sale investments, fair value through profit or loss investments and measurement at present value of employees' end-of-service benefit obligations. The Company’s statement of financial position is not presented using a current/non-current classification. However, the following balances would generally be classified as non-current: Held to maturity investments, Property and equipment, Intangible assets, Statutory deposit, Accrued income on statutory deposit, Employees' end-of-service benefits and Accrued commission income payable to SAMA. All other financial statement line items would generally be classified as current.

The Company presents its statement of financial position in order of liquidity. As required by the Saudi Arabian Insurance Regulations, the Company maintains separate books of accounts for Insurance Operations and Shareholders’ Operations and presents the financial statements accordingly (Note 26). Assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses clearly attributable to either activity are recorded in the respective accounts. The basis of allocation of expenses from joint operations is determined and approved by the management and the Board of Directors.

The statement of financial position, statement of income, statement of comprehensive income and statement of cash flows of the insurance operations and shareholders operations which are presented in Note 26 of the financial statements have been provided as supplementary financial information to comply with the requirements of the guidelines issued by SAMA implementing regulations and is not required under IFRSs. SAMA implementing regulations requires the clear segregation of the assets, liabilities, income and expenses of the insurance operations and the shareholders operations. Accordingly, the statements of financial position, statements of income, statement of comprehensive income and statement of cash flows prepared for the insurance operations and shareholders operations as referred to above, reflect only the assets, liabilities, income, expenses and comprehensive gains or losses of the respective operations.

In preparing the Company-level financial statements in compliance with IFRSs, the balances and transactions of the insurance operations are amalgamated and combined with those of the shareholders’ operations. Inter-operation balances and transactions are eliminated in full during amalgamation. The accounting policies adopted for the insurance operations and shareholders operations are uniform for like transactions and events in similar circumstances.

(b)

Functional and presentation currency

These financial statements have been presented in Saudi Riyals (SR), which is also the functional currency of the Company.

(c)

Fiscal year

The Company follows a fiscal year ending 31 December.

(d)

Critical accounting judgments, estimates and assumptions

The preparation of financial statements requires the use of estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although these estimates and judgments are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions, actual results ultimately may differ from those estimates.

Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

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BASIS OF PREPARATION (continued)

(d)

Critical accounting judgments, estimates and assumptions (continued)

Following are the accounting judgments and estimates that are critical in preparation of these financial statements:

i)

The ultimate liability arising from claims made under insurance contracts

The estimation of the ultimate liability arising from claims made under insurance contracts is the Company’s most critical accounting estimate. There are several sources of uncertainty that need to be considered in the estimate of the liability that the Company will ultimately pay for such claims. Estimates are made at the end of the reporting period both for the expected ultimate cost of claim reported and for the expected ultimate costs of claims incurred but not reported (“IBNR”). Liabilities for unpaid reported claims are estimated using the input of assessments for individual cases reported to the Company. At the end of each reporting period, prior period claims estimates are reassessed for adequacy and changes are made to the provision.

The provision for IBNR is an estimation of claims which are expected to be reported subsequent to the date of interim condensed statement of financial position, for which the insured event has occurred prior to the date of interim condensed statement of financial position. The primary technique adopted by management in estimating the cost of notified and IBNR claims, is that of using the past claims settlement trends to predict future claims settlement trends. A range of methods such as Chain Ladder Method, Bornhuetter-Ferguson Method and Expected Loss Ratio Method are used by the actuaries to determine these provisions. The actuary has also used a segmentation approach including analyzing cost per member per year for medical line of business. Underlying these methods are a number of explicit or implicit assumptions relating to the expected settlement amount and settlement patterns of claims.

ii)

Impairment of investments

The Company determines that financial assets are impaired when there has been a significant or prolonged decline in the fair values of the financial assets below its cost. The determination of what is ‘significant’ or ‘prolonged’ requires judgement. A period of 12 months or longer is considered to be prolonged and a decline of 30% from original cost is considered significant as per Company policy. In making this judgement, the Company evaluates, among other factors, the duration or extent to which the fair value of an investment is less than its cost.

iii)

Impairment of receivables

A provision for impairment of receivables is established when there is objective evidence that the Company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables. Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganization, and default or delinquency in payments are considered indicators that the receivable is impaired.

iv)

Fair value of financial instruments

Fair values of available-for-sale investments are based on quoted prices for marketable securities or estimated fair values. The fair value of commission-bearing items is estimated based on discounted cash flows using commission for items with similar terms and risk characteristics.

The fair values of financial instruments where no active market exists or where quoted prices are not otherwise available are determined by using valuation techniques. In these cases the fair values are estimated from observable data in respect of similar financial instruments or using models. Where market observable inputs are not available, they are estimated based on appropriate assumptions. Where valuation techniques are used to determine fair values, they are validated and periodically reviewed by qualified personnel independent of those that sourced them. All models used are calibrated to ensure that outputs reflect actual data and comparative market prices. To the extent practical, models use only observable data; however, areas such as credit risk (both own credit risk and counterparty risk), volatilities and correlations require management to make estimates.

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BASIS OF PREPARATION (continued)

(d)

Critical accounting judgments, estimates and assumptions (continued)

v)

Deferred policy acquisition costs

Certain acquisition costs related to sale of policies are recorded as deferred acquisition costs and are amortized over the related period of policy coverage. If the assumptions relating to future profitability of these policies are not realized, the amortization of these costs could be accelerated and this may also require additional impairment.

vi)

Premium deficiency reserve

Estimation of the premium deficiency reserve, if any, is highly sensitive to a number of assumptions as to the future events and conditions. It is based on an expected loss ratio for the unexpired portion of the risks for written policies. To arrive at the estimate of the expected loss ratio, the actuary looks at the claims and premiums relationship which is expected to be realized in the future.

vii)

Impact of Covid-19

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) declared the Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak as a pandemic in recognition of its rapid spread across the globe. This outbreak has also affected the GCC region including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Governments all over the world took steps to contain the spread of the virus. Saudi Arabia in particular has implemented closure of borders, released social distancing guidelines and enforced country wide lockdowns and curfews.

In response to the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the GCC and other where the Company operates and its consequential disruption to the social and economic activities in those markets, the Company’s management has proactively assessed its impacts on its operations and has taken a series of proactive and preventative measures and processes to ensure:

- the health and safety of its employees and the wider community where it is operating

- the continuity of its business throughout the Kingdom is protected and kept intact.

The major impact of Covid-19 pandemic is seen in medical and motor line of business as explained below. As with any estimate, the projections and likelihoods of occurrence are underpinned by significant judgment and rapidly evolving situation and uncertainties surrounding the duration and severity of the pandemic, and therefore, the actual outcomes may be different to those projected. The impact of such uncertain economic environment is judgmental, and the Company will continue to reassess its position and the related impact on a regular basis.

Medical technical reserve

Based on the management’s assessment, the management believes that the Government’s decision to assume the medical treatment costs for both Saudi citizens and expatriates has helped in reducing any unfavourable impact. During the lockdown, the Company saw a decline in medical reported claims (majorly elective and non-chronic treatment claims) which resulted in a drop in claims experience. However, subsequent to the lifting of lockdown since 21 June 2020, the Company is experiencing a surge in claims which is in line with the expectations of the Company’s management. The Company’s management has duly considered the impact of surge in claims in the current estimate of future contractual cash flows of the insurance contracts in force as at 31 December 2020 for its liability adequacy test. Based on the results, the Company has booked an amount of SR 3.77 million as a premium deficiency reserve.

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BASIS OF PREPARATION (continued)

(d)

Critical accounting judgments, estimates and assumptions (continued)

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Impact of Covid-19 (continued)

Motor technical reserves

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, SAMA issued a circular 189 (the “circular”) dated 08 May 2020 to all insurance companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Amongst other things, the circular instructed insurance companies to extend the period of validity of all existing retail motor insurance policies by further two months as well as providing a two-month additional coverage for all new retail motor policies written within one month of this circular.

The Management, in conjunction with its appointed actuary, deliberated on a variety of internal factors and concluded, that the Company considers the extension of two months in exiting motor policies as new policy and record a premium deficiency reserve based on the expected claims for the extended two months’ period.

For new policies written as per above circular, the premium is earned over the period of coverage i.e 14 month as per the Company accounting policy.

The Company has performed a liability adequacy test using current estimates of future cash flows under its insurance contracts at an aggregated (or “segmented”) level for motor line of business and recorded a Premium deficiency reserve amounting to SR 4.15 million as at 31 December 2020 (31 December 2019: SR 1.53).

Financial assets

To cater for any potential impacts, the Covid-19 pandemic may have had on the financial assets of the Company, the Company has performed an assessment in accordance with its accounting policy, to determine whether there is an objective evidence that a financial asset or a group of financial assets has been impaired. For debt financial assets, these include factors such as, significant financial difficulties of issuers or debtors, default or delinquency in payments, probability that the issuer or debtor will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganization, etc. In case of equities classified under available-for-sale, the Company has performed an assessment to determine whether there is a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of financial assets below their cost.

Based on these assessments, the Company’s management believes that the Covid-19 pandemic has had no material effects on Company’s reported results for the year ended 31 December 2020. The Company’s management continues to monitor the situation closely.

Credit risk management

The Company has strengthened its credit risk management policies to address the fast changing and evolving risks posed by the current circumstances. These include review of credit concentrations at the granular economic sector, region and counterparty level and the Company has taken appropriate action where required. Based on the review, the Company has identified the certain sectors such as government contracting, airlines, retail sector and hospitality industry as being impacted significantly by the Covid-19 pandemic and lower oil prices.

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Standards issued but not yet effective

The Company has chosen not to early adopt the amendments and revisions to the IFRSs, which have been published and are mandatory for compliance for the Company with effect from future dates.

Standard/

Interpretation/

Amendment

Description

Effective from

periods beginning on or after the following date

IFRS 9

Financial Instruments (refer below)

1-Jan-23

IFRS 17

Insurance Contracts (refer below)

1-Jan-23

A.

IFRS 9 - Financial Instruments

This standard was published on 24 July 2014 and has replaced IAS 39. The new standard addresses the following items related to financial instruments:

a. Classification and measurement:

IFRS 9 uses a single approach to determine whether a financial asset is measured at amortized cost, at fair value through other comprehensive income or at fair value through profit or loss. A financial asset is measured at amortized cost if both:

i.

the asset is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets in order to collect contractual

cash flows; and

ii.

the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding (“SPPI”).

The financial asset is measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, and realized gains or losses are recycled through profit or loss upon sale, if both conditions are met:

i.

the asset is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets in order to collect contractual cash flows and for sale;and

ii.

the contractual terms of cash flows are SPPI

Assets not meeting either of these categories are measured at fair value through profit or loss. Additionally, at initial recognition, an entity can use the option to designate a financial asset at fair value through profit or loss if doing so eliminates or significantly reduces an accounting mismatch.

For equity instruments that are not held for trading, an entity can also make an irrevocable election to present in other comprehensive income subsequent changes in the fair value of the instruments (including realized gains and losses), dividends being recognized in profit or loss.

Additionally, for financial liabilities that are designated as at fair value through profit or loss, the amount of change in the fair value of the financial liability that is attributable to changes in the credit risk of that liability is recognized in other comprehensive income, unless the recognition of the effects of changes in the liability’s credit risk in other comprehensive income would create or enlarge an accounting mismatch in profit or loss.

b. Impairment:

The impairment model under IFRS 9 reflects expected credit losses, as opposed to incurred credit losses under IAS 39. Under the IFRS 9 approach, it is no longer necessary for a credit event to have occurred before credit losses are recognized. Instead, an entity always accounts for expected credit losses and changes in those expected credit losses. The amount of expected credit losses is updated at each reporting date to reflect changes in credit risk since initial recognition.

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

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IFRS 9 - Financial Instruments (continued)

c. Hedge accounting:

IFRS 9 introduces new requirements for hedge accounting that align hedge accounting more closely with Risk Management. The requirements establish a more principles-based approach to the general hedge accounting model. The amendments apply to all hedge accounting with the exception of portfolio fair value hedges of interest rate risk (commonly referred to as “fair value macro hedges”). For these, an entity may continue to apply the hedge accounting requirements currently in IAS 39.This exception was granted largely because the IASB is addressing macro hedge accounting as a separate project.

Effective date

The published effective date of IFRS 9 was 1st January 2018. However, amendments to IFRS 4 – Insurance Contracts: Applying IFRS 9 – Financial Instruments with IFRS 4 – Insurance Contracts, published on 12th September, 2016, changes the existing IFRS 4 to allow entities issuing insurance contracts within the scope of IFRS 4 to mitigate certain effects of applying IFRS 9 before the IASB’s new insurance contract standard (IFRS 17 – Insurance Contracts) becomes effective. The amendments introduce two alternative options:

1.

apply a temporary exemption from implementing IFRS 9 until the earlier of

a.

the effective date of a new insurance contract standard; or

b.

annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Additional disclosures related to financial assets are required during the deferral period. This option is only available to entities whose activities are predominately connected with insurance and have not applied IFRS 9 previously; or

2.

adopt IFRS 9 but, for designated financial assets, remove from profit or loss the effects of some of the accounting mismatches that may occur before the new insurance contract standard is implemented.

The Company has performed a detailed assessment as of reporting date:

1.

The carrying amount of the Company’s liabilities arising from contracts within the scope of IFRS 4 (including deposit components or embedded derivatives unbundled from insurance contracts) were compared to the total carrying amount of all its liabilities; and

2.

the total carrying amount of the Company’s liabilities connected with insurance were compared to the total carrying amount of all its liabilities. Based on these assessments the Company determined that it is eligible for the temporary exemption. Consequently, the Company has decided to defer the implementation of IFRS 9 until the effective date of the new insurance contracts standard. Disclosures related to financial assets required during the deferral period are included in the Company’s financial statements.

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

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IFRS 9 - Financial Instruments (continued)

Impact assessment

As at 31 December 2020, the Company has total financial assets and insurance related assets amounting to SR 603 million (31 December 2019: SR 615 million) and SR 585 million (31 December 2019: SR 583 million), respectively. Currently, financial assets held at amortized cost consist of cash and cash equivalents and certain other receivables amounting to SR 461 million (31 December 2019: SR 522 million). Other financial assets consist of available for sale investments amounting to SR 1.9 million (31 December 2019: SR 1.9 million). The Company expect to use the FVOCI classification of these financial assets based on the business model of the Company for debt securities and strategic nature of equity investments. However, the Company is yet to perform a detailed assessment to determine whether the debt securities meet the SPPI test as required by IFRS 9. Investment in funds classified under available for sale investments will be at FVSI under IFRS 9. Other financial assets have a fair value of SR 90 million as at 31 December 2020 with a fair value change during the year of SR 2.4 million.

The Company financial assets have low credit risk as at 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2019. The above is based on high-level impact assessment of IFRS 9. This preliminary assessment is based on currently available information and may be subject to changes arising from further detailed analyses or additional reasonable and supportable information being made available to the Company in the future. Overall, the Company expects some effect of applying the impairment requirements of IFRS 9: However, the impact of the same is not expected to be significant. At present it is not possible to provide reasonable estimate of the effects of application of this new standard as the Company is yet to perform a detailed review.

B.

IFRS 17 - Insurance Contracts

Overview

This standard has been published in May, 2017. It establishes the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of insurance contracts and supersedes IFRS 4 – Insurance contracts.

The new standard applies to insurance contracts issued, to all reinsurance contracts and to investment contracts with discretionary participating features, provided the entity also issues insurance contracts. It requires to separate the following components from insurance contracts:

i

embedded derivatives, if they meet certain specified criteria;

ii

distinct investment components; and

iii

any promise to transfer distinct goods or non-insurance services.

These components should be accounted for separately in accordance with the related standards (IFRS 9 and IFRS 15).

Measurement

In contrast to the requirements in IFRS 4, which permitted insurers to continue to use the accounting policies for measurement purposes that existed prior to January 2015, IFRS 17 provides the following different measurement models:

The General Measurement Model (GMM) is based on the following “building blocks”:

a.

the fulfilment cash flows (FCF), which comprise:

probability-weighted estimates of future cash flows,

an adjustment to reflect the time value of money (i.e. discounting) and the financial risks associated with those future cash flows, and

a risk adjustment for non-financial risk;

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

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IFRS 17 - Insurance Contracts (continued)

Measurement - continued

b.

the Contractual Service Margin (CSM) - The CSM represents the unearned profit for a group of insurance contracts and will be recognized as the entity provides services in the future. The CSM cannot be negative at inception; any net negative amount of the fulfilment cash flows at inception will be recorded in profit or loss immediately.

At the end of each subsequent reporting period, the carrying amount of a group of insurance contracts is re-measured to be the sum of:

the liability for remaining coverage, which comprises the FCF related to future services and the CSM of the group at that date; and

the liability for incurred claims, which is measured as the FCF related to past services allocated to the group at that date.

The CSM is adjusted subsequently for changes in cash flows related to future services. Since the CSM cannot be negative, changes in future cash flows that are greater than the remaining CSM are recognized in profit or loss.

The effect of changes in discount rates will be reported in either profit or loss or other comprehensive income, determined by an accounting policy choice.

The Variable Fee Approach (VFA) is a mandatory model for measuring contracts with direct participation features (also referred to as ‘direct participating contracts’). This assessment of whether the contract meets these criteria is made at inception of the contract and not reassessed subsequently. For these contracts, in addition to the adjustment under GMM, the CSM is also adjusted for:

i.

the entity’s share of the changes in the fair value of underlying items ,

ii.

the effect of changes in the time value of money and in financial risks not relating to the underlying items.

In addition, a simplified Premium Allocation Approach (PAA) is permitted for the measurement of the liability for remaining coverage if it provides a measurement that is not materially different from the General Measurement Model for the group of contracts or if the coverage period for each contract in the group is one year or less. With the PAA, the liability for remaining coverage corresponds to premiums received at initial recognition less insurance acquisition cash flows. The General Measurement Model remains applicable for the measurement of the liability for incurred claims. However, the entity is not required to adjust future cash flows for the time value of money and the effect of financial risk if those cash flows are expected to be paid/received in one year or less from the date the claims are incurred.

Effective date

The IASB issued an Exposure Draft Amendments to IFRS 17 proposing certain amendments to IFRS 17 during June 2019 and received comments from various stakeholders. The IASB is currently re-deliberating issues raised by stakeholders. For any proposed amendments to IFRS 17, the IASB will follow its normal due process for standard-setting. The effective date of IFRS 17 and the deferral of the IFRS 9 temporary exemption in IFRS 4 is currently 1 January 2021. Under the current exposure draft, it is proposed to amend the IFRS 17 effective date to reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2022. Further, on 17 March 2020, The (IASB) completed its discussions on the amendments to IFRS 17 and decided that the effective date of the Standard will be deferred to reporting periods beginning on or after 01 January 2023. Earlier application is permitted if both IFRS 15 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers and IFRS 9 – Financial Instruments have also been applied. The Company intends to apply the Standard on its effective date.

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

B.

IFRS 17 - Insurance Contracts (continued)

Transition

Retrospective application is required. However, if full retrospective application for a group of insurance contracts is impracticable, then the entity is required to choose either a modified retrospective approach or a fair value approach.

Presentation and Disclosures

The Company expects that the new standard will result in a change to the accounting policies for insurance contracts and reinsurance, [and investment contracts with discretionary participating features, if applicable] together with amendments to presentation and disclosures.

Impact