Amadeus IT Holding, S.A. and Subsidiaries - Investor relations at ...
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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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