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Item 11 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd · 20-F · FY 2025 · Period ended Dec 31, 2025
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Foreign Currency Risk
A significant portion of our revenues are generated in U.S. dollars
or linked to the dollar. In addition, a substantial portion of our costs are incurred in U.S. dollars. We believe that the U.S. dollar
is the primary currency of the economic environment in which our Company and most of our subsidiaries operate. Thus, the functional and
reporting currency of our Company and most of our subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar.
Accordingly, monetary accounts maintained in currencies other than
the U.S. dollar are remeasured into U.S. dollars in accordance with ASC 830, “Foreign Currency Matters” (“ASC 830”).
All transaction gains and losses of the remeasurement of monetary balance sheet items are reflected in the consolidated statements of
income as financial income or expenses, net, as appropriate.
The financial statements of one of our foreign subsidiaries, whose
functional currency has been determined to be its local currency, have been translated into U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities have
been translated using the exchange rates in effect at the consolidated balance sheets date. Consolidated statements of income amounts
have been translated using specific rates. The resulting translation adjustments are reported as a component of shareholders' equity in
accumulated other comprehensive loss.
While a significant portion of our revenues and expenses are generated
in U.S. dollars, a portion of our expenses are denominated in NIS, and to a lesser extent, other non-U.S. dollar currencies which lead
us to be exposed to financial market risk associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. In order to reduce the impact of
foreign currency rate volatility of future cash flows caused by changes in foreign exchange rates, in some cases we use currency hedging
contracts. If our currency hedging contracts meet the definition of a cash flow hedge as defined by ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”,
gains and losses on the derivatives instruments that are designated and qualify as a cash flow hedge are recorded in accumulated other
comprehensive loss and reclassified into earnings in the same period in which the designated forecasted transaction or hedged item materialized.
Our hedging reduces, but does not eliminate, the impact of foreign currency rate movements, and due to such movements, the results of
our operations may be adversely affected.
The following sensitivity analysis illustrates the impact on our
non-dollar cash and cash equivalent assuming an instantaneous 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates from year-end levels, with
all other variables held constant. At December 31, 2025, a 10% strengthening of the U.S. dollar versus other currencies would have resulted
in a decrease of approximately $2.6 million in our cash and cash equivalent, while a 10% weakening of the dollar versus all other currencies
would have resulted in an increase of approximately $2.6 million in our net monetary assets.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, we recognized income of
$3.1 million related to the effective portion of our hedging instruments. The effective portion of the hedged instruments was included
as a reduction to payroll expenses in the statement of income.
As of December 31, 2025, we had no outstanding hedging contracts
that did not meet the requirement for hedge accounting.