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The Group routinely monitors its capital and liquidity requirements through leverage ratios consistent with industry-wide<br />

borrowing standards, maintaining suitable headroom to the bank facility fixed charge, senior notes and leverage<br />

covenants together with credit market requirements to ensure that financing requirements continue to be serviceable.<br />

c) Fair value estimates<br />

The fair value of interest rate swaps is calculated as the present value of the estimated future cash flows. The fair value<br />

of forward currency contracts has been determined based on discounted market forward currency exchange rates at<br />

the balance sheet date.<br />

The fair values of short-term deposits, loans and overdrafts with a maturity of less than one year are assumed to<br />

approximate to their book values. In the case of the Group’s loans due in more than one year, the fair value of financial<br />

liabilities for disclosure purposes is estimated by discounting the future contractual cash flows at the current market<br />

interest rates available to the Group.<br />

Note 22 shows the carrying value and fair value of financial assets and liabilities.<br />

d) Sensitivity analysis<br />

The Group monitors interest rate risk and foreign exchange risk by determining the effect on profit and equity of a<br />

range of possible changes in interest rates and foreign exchange rates. The range of sensitivities chosen, being 1%<br />

movement in the interest rate or 5% movement in sterling when compared to the US dollar, Euro, Chinese yuan and<br />

Danish krone, reflects the Group’s view of reasonably possible changes to these risk variables which existed at the<br />

year end.<br />

The table below illustrates the estimated impact on the Group as a result of market movements in interest rates in<br />

relation to all the Group’s financial instruments. The analysis has been produced assuming no changes in the borrowings<br />

and existing interest rate swaps portfolio when considering the interest rate movement.<br />

Income<br />

statement<br />

loss<br />

£m<br />

29 August 2015 30 August 2014<br />

Equity<br />

gain<br />

£m<br />

Income<br />

statement<br />

gain<br />

£m<br />

1% increase in interest rate (0.3) 2.9 0.3 2.3<br />

A 1% decrease in interest rate would result in an equal and opposite change in the income statement and<br />

equity respectively.<br />

The table below illustrates the estimated impact on the Group as a result of market movements in foreign exchange<br />

rates in relation to all the Group’s financial instruments.<br />

Income<br />

statement<br />

gain/(loss)<br />

£m<br />

A 5% strengthening in sterling compared to the US dollar, Euro, Chinese yuan or Danish krone would result in an equal<br />

and opposite change in the income statement and equity respectively.<br />

Equity<br />

gain<br />

£m<br />

29 August 2015 30 August 2014<br />

Equity<br />

gain/(loss)<br />

£m<br />

Income<br />

statement<br />

gain/(loss)<br />

£m<br />

Equity<br />

gain/(loss)<br />

£m<br />

5% weakening in sterling compared to US dollar (0.5) 18.2 (0.4) 20.7<br />

5% weakening in sterling compared to Euro 0.1 (3.1) 0.5 (1.0)<br />

5% weakening in sterling compared to Chinese yuan (0.1) 2.0 – 2.2<br />

5% weakening in sterling compared to Danish krone 0.9 – 0.5 –<br />

Strategic Report 1-37 Governance 38-58 Financial Statements XX-XX 86-153<br />

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<strong>Debenhams</strong> <strong>Debenhams</strong> plc Annual plc Annual Report Report & Accounts & 2015<br />

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