AL-SALAM REIT ANNUAL REPORT 2019

3. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of Accounting The financial statements of the Group and of the Fund have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for certain non-current assets that are measured at revalued amounts or fair values, at the end of each reporting period as explained in the accounting policies below. Historical cost is generally based on the fair value of the consideration given in the exchange for goods and services. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, regardless of whether that price is directly observable or estimated using another valuation technique. In estimating the fair value of an asset or a liability, the Fund takes into account the characteristics of the asset or liability if market participants would take those characteristics into account when pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. Fair value for measurement and/or disclosure purposes in these consolidated financial statements is determined on such a basis, except for any share-based payment transactions that are within the scope of MFRS 2, leasing transactions that are within the scope of MFRS 16, and measurements that have some similarities to fair value but are not fair value, such as net realisable value in MFRS 102 or value-in-use in MFRS 136. In addition, for financial reporting purposes, fair value measurements are categorised into Level 1, 2 or 3 based on the degree to which the inputs to the fair value measurements are observable and the significance of the inputs to the fair value measurement in its entirety, which are described as follows: • Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date; • Level 2 inputs are inputs, other than quoted prices included within Level 1, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and • Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Basis of consolidation The consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements of the Fund and its subsidiaries as at the end of the reporting period. The financial statements of the subsidiaries used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements are prepared for the same reporting date as the Fund. Consistent accounting policies are applied to like transactions and events in similar circumstances. The Fund controls an investee if and only if the Fund has all the following: (i) Power over the investee (such as existing rights that give it the current ability to direct the relevant activities of the investee); (ii) Exposure, or rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and (iii) The ability to use its power over the investee to affect its returns. When the Fund has less than a majority of the voting rights of an investee, the Fund considers the following in assessing whether or not the Fund’s voting rights in an investee are sufficient to give it power over the investee: (i) The contractual arrangement with the other vote holders of the investee; (ii) Rights arising from other contractual arrangements; and (iii) The Fund’s voting rights and potential voting rights. Subsidiaries are consolidated when the Fund obtains control over the subsidiary and ceases when the Fund loses control of the subsidiary. All intra-group balances, income and expenses and unrealised gains and losses resulting from intra-group transactions are eliminated in full. When the Group loses control of a subsidiary, a gain or loss calculated as the difference between (i) the aggregate of the fair value of the consideration received and the fair value of any retained interest and (ii) the previous carrying amount of the assets and liabilities of the subsidiary and any non-controlling interest, is recognised in profit or loss. The subsidiary’s cumulative gain or loss which has been recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity are reclassified to profit or loss or where applicable, transferred directly to undistributed income. The fair value of any investment retained in the former subsidiary at the date control is lost is regarded as the cost on initial recognition of the investment. AL-SALĀM REIT • 116 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 For The Financial Year Ended 31 December 2019 (Cont’d) Notes To The Financial Statements