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AMADEUS <strong>IT</strong> HOLDING, S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES<br />

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED<br />

DECEMBER 31, 2011, AND 2010<br />

(EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEUR)<br />

The reasons for the increase in the CFaR levels with respect to 2010 are: an<br />

increase in the implicit vol<strong>at</strong>ilities of the foreign exchange r<strong>at</strong>es during 2011 as a<br />

consequence of the turbulence of the financial markets <strong>at</strong> the end of the year <strong>and</strong> an<br />

increase in the expected size of the GBP <strong>and</strong> AUD exposures in the coming years.<br />

b) Interest r<strong>at</strong>e risk<br />

The objective of the Group in terms of interest r<strong>at</strong>e risk management is reducing the<br />

vol<strong>at</strong>ility of the net interest flows payable by the Group. In line with this goal, the<br />

Group has set up hedges th<strong>at</strong> fix a significant part of the interests to be paid up to<br />

July 2014. At December 31, 2011, after taking into account the effect of the interest<br />

r<strong>at</strong>e swaps in place, approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 82.4% of the Groups’ borrowings are <strong>at</strong> fixed r<strong>at</strong>e<br />

of interest (2010: 88.3%).<br />

Although the interest r<strong>at</strong>e swaps which hedge the Group debt fix the amount of<br />

interests to be paid in the coming years, their fair values are sensitive to changes in<br />

the level of interest r<strong>at</strong>es. In the table below you can see an estim<strong>at</strong>ion of the Group’s<br />

sensitivity to a 0.1% parallel shift of the interest r<strong>at</strong>e curve:<br />

Sensitivity of fair value to parallel changes in the interest r<strong>at</strong>e curve<br />

31/12/2011 31/12/2010<br />

+10 bps -10 bps +10 bps -10 bps<br />

EUR denomin<strong>at</strong>ed debt 3,850 (3,866) 428 (437)<br />

USD denomin<strong>at</strong>ed debt 74 (61) 72 (62)<br />

EUR accounting hedges 1,134 (1,136) 1,952 (2,057)<br />

USD accounting hedges 651 (652) 917 (1,054)<br />

Total debt <strong>and</strong> accounting hedges 5,709 (5,715) 3,369 (3,610)<br />

USD economic hedges - - 2 (1)<br />

Economic hedges - - 2 (1)<br />

Total 5,709 (5,715) 3,371 (3,611)<br />

In 2011 there has been a significant increase in the sensitivity of the EUR<br />

denomin<strong>at</strong>ed debt to the movements of the interest r<strong>at</strong>e curve with respect to the<br />

previous year. This increase is due to the issuance of a fixed r<strong>at</strong>e bond in the July<br />

2011. Although the future flows of this instrument are not sensitive to the changes in<br />

the level of interest r<strong>at</strong>es, the fair value of the instrument is very sensitive to these<br />

changes.<br />

Note th<strong>at</strong> in the case of the flo<strong>at</strong>ing r<strong>at</strong>e debt, the spread payable on this debt is fixed<br />

<strong>and</strong> therefore its fair value is sensitive to changes in the level of interest r<strong>at</strong>es.<br />

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