Holder Ltd purchases an options contract from Issuer Ltd that gives Holder Ltd the right to acquire 100 000 options in Torquay Ltd for a price (exercise price) of $10.00 per share. When the contract was exchanged the price of Torquay Ltd shares was $9.00 each. The option entitles Holder Ltd to exercise the options and buy the shares any time within the next six months. If the options are not exercised within the six-month period, then the options will expire.

Determine whether a financial liability or financial asset exists from the perspectives of Holder Ltd and Issuer Ltd. Further, if the price of shares in Torquay Ltd falls to $5.00, with the result that it is improbable that Holder Ltd will ever exercise the options, will this change the classification of the options as either financial assets or financial liabilities?