Company: PLSAY
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001884082-25-000012
Chunk: 366

Company: Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 19
Chunk 366
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 known quality improvements and costs for remedying defaults. The warranty provisions are subsequently adjusted if recalls for specific quality problems are made. On a periodic basis, the provisions are adjusted to reflect the latest available data such as actual spend and exchange rates. The provisions are reduced by warranty reimbursements from suppliers. Such refunds from suppliers decrease Polestar Group’s warranty costs and are recognized to the extent these are considered to be virtually certain, based on historical experience or agreements entered into with suppliers.

Employee benefits provisions

Employee benefits provisions comprise estimated costs related to short-term incentive programs, long-term incentive programs, and post-employment benefit programs. Estimates for these provisions primarily give consideration to employment agreements and regular internal determinations made by the Board's compensation committee regarding cash-based incentives for employees. Refer to theEmployee benefits section elsewhere in this footnote for additional discussion on the Group's incentive and post-employment benefits programs.

Litigation provisions

Litigation provisions comprise estimated costs for advisors, settlements, and other legal costs associated with lawsuits under which the Group is a defendant or in circumstances where the Group has indemnified other parties subject to a lawsuit. Estimates for these provisions give consideration to advice from advisors, precedents set by outcomes from lawsuits of similar nature, legal budgets, and internal assessments of trial timing and risk. Refer to Note 23 - Current and non-current provisions for additional detail of individual litigation provisions for circumstances where the Group's exposure is deemed material.

Other provisions

Other provisions primarily comprise estimated costs for taxes and other miscellaneous items. Estimates for these provisions give consideration to historical trends, various other risks, and specific agreements related to recoveries provided by suppliers which cannot be allocated to any other class of provision.

Contingent liabilities

When a possible obligation does not meet the criteria for recognition as a liability, it may be disclosed as a contingent liability. These possible obligations derived from past events and their existence will be confirmed only when one, or several, uncertain future events, which are not entirely within the Group’s control, take place or fail to take place. A contingent liability could also exist for a present obligation, due to a past event, where an outflow of resources is less than likely or when the amount of the obligation cannot be reliably measured.

Borrowing costs

Borrowing costs are expensed as incurred unless they are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction, or production of a qualifying asset and are therefore part of the cost of that asset. In accordance with IAS 23 and IAS 16, borrowing costs related to assets under construction have been capitalized