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Annual Report 2002 - Fiskars Corporation

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38NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTSFINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENTFinancing and financial risks are managed centrally from theCorporate Head Office in Helsinki.Foreign exchange risksTwo thirds of the corporation’s business is in North America andthe rest is mainly in Europe. The revenue and expense of theNorth American business is mainly US dollar denominated whileEuropean business is mainly in various European currencies.The corporation does not use derivative financial instrumentsspeculatively. Open contracts pertain mostly to hedging offinancing transactions, and have been valued at market.Interest rate riskApproximately 90 per cent of the corporation’s funding need isUS dollar denominated. All loans are floating interest rateloans.Long-term interest swap agreements with a total value of110 million US dollars reduce the corporation’s exposure to fluctuationsin short-term interest rates. Forward rate agreementswith a total value of 30 million US dollars reduce the interestrate exposure in 2003.Liquidity riskThe group has considerable unutilized credit lines. In Finlandthe Parent Company has Commercial paper programs amountingto 200 million euros with its main banks.

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