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Item 11 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Mediwound Ltd. · 20-F · FY 2025 · Period ended Dec 31, 2025
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QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to a variety of risks, including foreign currency
exchange fluctuations, changes in interest rates and inflation. We regularly assess currency, interest rate and inflation risks to minimize
any adverse effects on our business as a result of those factors.
Foreign Currency Risk
The U.S. dollar is our functional and reporting currency. A significant
portion of our operating expenses are denominated in Israeli shekels, accounting for approximately 61%, 52% and 45% of our operating expenses
in the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. We also have expenses in other non-dollar currencies, in particular
the Euro, and for the next few years, we expect that a substantial portion of our revenues will be denominated in U.S dollar. A devaluation
of the shekel in relation to the U.S. dollar has the effect of reducing the U.S. dollar amount of our expenses or payables that are payable
in shekels, unless those expenses or payables are linked to the U.S. dollar. Conversely, any increase in the value of the shekel in relation
to the U.S. dollar has the effect of increasing the U.S. dollar value of our unlinked shekel expenses, which would have a negative impact
on our profit margins.
Because exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and both the shekel
and the Euro (as well as between the U.S. dollar and other currencies) fluctuate continuously, such fluctuations have an impact on our
results and period-to-period comparisons of our results. The effects of foreign currency re-measurements are reported in our consolidated
financial statements of operations. The following table presents information about the changes in the exchange rates of the shekel against
the U.S. dollar and changes in the exchange rates of the Euro against the U.S. dollar:
Appreciation (Devaluation) of
Period Shekel against the U.S. dollar (%) Euro against the U.S. dollar (%)
2023 (3.1 ) (3.6 )
2024 (0.6 ) (6.3 )
2025 12.5 11.3
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A 10% increase (decrease) in the value of the NIS and Euro against
the U.S. dollar would have increased (decreased) our net profit by (loss) approximately $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2025.
As we are marketing and selling NexoBrid in Europe and conducting
clinical trials of outside the United States, we will continue to monitor exposure to currency fluctuations. We do not currently engage
in currency hedging activities in order to reduce this currency exposure, but we may begin to do so in the future. Instruments that may
be used to hedge future risks may include foreign currency forward and swap contracts. These instruments may be used to selectively manage
risks, but there can be no assurance that we will be fully protected against material foreign currency fluctuations.
Other Market Risks
We do not believe that we have material exposure to interest rate
risk due to the fact that we have no long-term debt.
We do not believe that we have any material exposure to inflationary
risks. We do not believe that the rate of inflation in Israel has had a material impact on our business to date. However, our costs in
Israel will increase if inflation in Israel exceeds the devaluation of the shekel against the U.S. dollar (to the extent that it devalues
at all) or if the timing of such devaluation lags behind inflation in Israel.