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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Disclosure Of Commitments And Contingent Liability Abstract  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

25.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

(a)

Capital Commitments

 

The Group has capital commitments authorised and contracted for of US$ nil as at December 31, 2025 (2024: US$ nil).

 

(b)

Leasing Commitments

 

The Group’s leasing commitments are shown in Note 24.

 

 

 

(c)

Bank Security

 

The Credit Agreement for the senior secured term loan is secured by substantially all of our property and assets, including our equity interests in our subsidiaries, refer to Note 23.

 

(d)

Group Company Guarantees

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 357, Companies Act, 2014, the Company has guaranteed the liabilities of Trinity Biotech Manufacturing Limited, Trinity Research Limited, Konamite Limited,  Metabolomic Diagnostics Limited, EpiCapture Limited and Trinity Biotech Financial Services Limited subsidiary undertakings in the Republic of Ireland, for the financial year to December 31, 2025 and, as a result, these subsidiary undertakings have been exempted from the filing provisions of Section 357, Companies Act, 2014. Where the Company enters into these guarantees of the indebtedness of other companies within its Group, the Company considers these to be insurance arrangements and accounts for them as such. The Company treats the guarantee contract as a contingent liability until such time as it becomes probable that the Company will be required to make a payment under the guarantee. The Company does not enter into financial guarantees with third parties.

 

(e)

Government Grant Contingencies

 

The Group has received training and employment grant income from Irish development agencies. Subject to existence of certain conditions specified in the grant agreements, this income may become repayable. No such conditions existed as at December 31, 2025. However, if the income were to become repayable, the maximum amounts repayable as at December 31, 2025 would amount to US$3,557,000 (2024: US$3,313,000).

 

(f)

Contingent considerations relating to business combinations

 

As part of the acquisition of the CGM assets of Waveform Technologies, Inc., the Company agreed to contingent consideration of up to US$20.0 million based on share price, trading volume and commercial milestones. In December 2025, as part of the amendment to the Perceptive term loan facility, this contingent consideration arrangement was contractually modified.

 

A US$5.0 million tradingbased component became an unconditional obligation of the Group and is therefore no longer contingent in nature and is recognised within accruals and other liabilities as at December 31, 2025. The remaining US$15.0 million was extinguished as contingent consideration and incorporated into the amended Perceptive term loan facility as part of the amendment to the loan in December 2025.

 

Accordingly, there was no contingent consideration relating to the Waveform acquisition outstanding as at December 31, 2025. Refer to Note 29 for further details.

 

As part of the acquisition of EpiCapture Limited (see Note 29), contingent consideration of up to US$0.5 million may become payable based on cumulative revenue targets. The fair value of this contingent consideration is US$0.4 million as of December 31, 2025. Refer to Note 29 for further details.

 

(g)

Other Contingencies

 

The Company has other contingencies primarily relating to claims and legal proceedings, onerous contracts, product warranties and employee related provisions. The status of each significant claim and legal proceeding in which the Company is involved is reviewed by management on a periodic basis and the Group’s potential financial exposure is assessed. If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is considered probable, and the amount can be reliably estimated, a liability is recognised for the estimated loss. Because of the uncertainties inherent in such matters, the related provisions are based on the best information available at the time; the issues taken into account by management and factored into the assessment of legal contingencies include, as applicable, the status of settlement negotiations, interpretations of contractual obligations, prior experience with similar contingencies/claims, and advice obtained from legal counsel and other third parties. The Group expects the majority of these provisions will be utilised within one to three years of the balance sheet date; however due to the nature of the legal provisions there is a level of uncertainty in the timing of settlement as the Group generally cannot determine the extent and duration of the legal process.