Ablynx NV | CIK:0001617582 | 3

  • Filed: 4/5/2018
  • Entity registrant name: Ablynx NV (CIK: 0001617582)
  • Generator: Donnelley Financial Solutions
  • SEC filing page: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617582/000119312518108717/0001193125-18-108717-index.htm
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  • ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForFinancialLiabilitiesExplanatory

    Financial liabilities

    Convertible bond

    The Company’s convertible senior notes due 2020 (the convertible bond) are accounted for in accordance with IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation. Since the Company has a cash alternative election, it has a choice over how the share conversion option will be settled (net in cash or by exchanging shares for cash). Therefore, the share conversion option is a derivative at FVTPL according to IAS 39, and not an own equity instrument. As such, the convertible bond consists of a host debt instrument and an embedded share conversion option.

    The value assigned to the host debt instrument is the estimated fair value, as of the issuance date. Subsequent to initial recognition, the debt instrument will be measured at amortized cost, using the effective interest rate method.

    The embedded derivative was measured initially at fair value (estimated as the difference between the fair value of the total convertible bond and the fair value of the host debt) and subsequently at FVTPL.

    The Company has no other derivative financial instruments.