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The Company’s principal financial instruments, other than derivatives, comprise senior secured<br />

notes, working capital credit facility, finance leases, and cash and short-term deposits. The main<br />

purpose of these financial instruments is to fund the Company’s operations. The Company has<br />

various other financial assets and liabilities such as trade receivables and trade payables, which<br />

arise directly from its operations.<br />

The Company also enters into derivative transactions, including principally forward currency<br />

contracts. The purpose is to manage the foreign currency risk arising from the Company’s<br />

sources of finance. The forward exchange contract expired at December 31, 2006.<br />

It is, and has been throughout the year under review, the Company’s policy that no trading in<br />

financial instruments shall be undertaken.<br />

The main risk arising from the Company’s financial instruments is foreign currency risk. There<br />

are no significant concentrations of credit risk within the Company.<br />

The Company’s exposure to the risk of changes in market interest rates is limited because the<br />

majority of the Company’s interest bearing debt (Senior Secured Notes) is provided with a fix<br />

coupon.<br />

Foreign currency risk is the risk that we will incur economic losses due to adverse changes in<br />

foreign currency exchange rates.<br />

During 2003, we entered into a forward exchange contract in order to offset the cash flow<br />

variability related to changes in exchange rates on certain intercompany transactions. The<br />

forward exchange contract expired at December 31, 2006.<br />

The Company incurs currency transaction risk whenever one of our operating subsidiaries<br />

enters into either a purchase or sales transaction using a currency other than its functional<br />

currency. Our currency risk arises from foreign currency receivables as well as from firm<br />

commitments to purchase services and supplies in the future in currencies other than the<br />

subsidiary’s functional currency. Additionally, the indirect intercompany financing from IFCO<br />

SYSTEMS N.V. via IFCO SYSTEMS Hungary Kft. to IFCO SYSTEMS North America is subject<br />

to currency transaction risk.<br />

6. Income taxes<br />

Caused by the negative results in 2006 and 2005 the Company does not present income tax<br />

provisions for both years.<br />

The Company is within a continuing loss situation so no deferred tax assets (DTA) were<br />

capitalized for existing net operating losses without in that volume that will be covered by<br />

temporary differences in deferred tax liabilities (DTL).<br />

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