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Notes to the financial statements continued25. Promissory notesThe GroupThe <strong>Bank</strong><strong>2011</strong> 2010 <strong>2011</strong> 2010€m €m €m €mPromissory notes 29,934 25,704 29,934 25,704The Minister <strong>for</strong> Finance has provided the <strong>Bank</strong> with a promissory note to the value of €25.3bn comprising four tranches. Eachtranche pays a market based fixed rate of interest which is set on the date of issue and is appropriate to the maturity date ofthe tranche. The promissory note pays 10% of the initial principal amount of each tranche <strong>annual</strong>ly. The <strong>Bank</strong> received the firstinstalment payment of €2.53bn on 31 March <strong>2011</strong>. This pay down resulted in the promissory note having a revised principalamount of €23.6bn from 31 March <strong>2011</strong>.In addition, the Minister <strong>for</strong> Finance had provided a promissory note to INBS to the value of €5.3bn comprising two tranches.The terms of these tranches were the same as tranches one and four of the <strong>Bank</strong>'s promissory note. Following receipt by INBSof the first instalment payment on 31 March <strong>2011</strong>, the revised principal amount was €4.9bn. On 1 July <strong>2011</strong> the principal andaccrued interest as of that date transferred to the <strong>Bank</strong> under the INBS Transfer Order.In December 2010, at the request of the Minister <strong>for</strong> Finance, a change was made to the legal terms of the promissory notesallowing <strong>for</strong> an ‘interest holiday’ in <strong>2011</strong> and 2012, with a higher notional interest rate thereafter. This interest holiday doesnot impact the accounting <strong>for</strong> the promissory notes as the cash flows and effective interest rate of the notes were unchanged.Hence the <strong>Bank</strong> will continue to accrue interest income on the notes in <strong>2011</strong> and 2012.The fixed cash flows of the instruments create an interest rate risk <strong>for</strong> the Group. As at 31 December <strong>2011</strong>, the <strong>Bank</strong> hadhedged a total of €4.3bn of the nominal amount using interest rate swaps. A further €5.7bn of economic hedges exist in the<strong>for</strong>m of the Group’s capital and fixed rate debt issuance.The promissory notes are currently pledged as collateral <strong>for</strong> funding under a Special Master Repurchase Agreement with theCentral <strong>Bank</strong> of Ireland.The notes, which are classified as loans and receivables, are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently carried atamortised cost. IFRS defines loans and receivables as ‘financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quotedin an active market’.78

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