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iii) Other non-available reserves<br />
Dividends may not be distributed until the goodwill item (excluding consolidation goodwill) booked in the individual financial statements of<br />
the companies included within the scope of consolidation of the Group has been fully written off, unless the amounts of available reserves<br />
are at least equal to the unamortised balances.<br />
Reserves totalling €11,590 thousand at 31 December <strong>2012</strong> (€11,914 thousand at 31 December 2011) could not be distributed, as this figure<br />
corresponds to the treasury share reserve.<br />
16.3 Equity valuation adjustments<br />
Cash flow hedges<br />
This heading of the consolidated balance sheet reflects the net changes in the value of financial derivatives designated as cash flow hedging<br />
instruments (see Note 4.7.3).<br />
Movements in the balance of this item during <strong>2012</strong> and 2011 are shown below:<br />
€ Thousand<br />
<strong>2012</strong> 2011<br />
Opening balance (376) (6,577)<br />
Withdrawals 376 6,201<br />
Additions (5,690) -<br />
Ending balance (5,690) (376)<br />
A negative reserve of €5.314 million was booked in <strong>2012</strong> for equity adjustments connected with the cash flow hedging of interest rate swaps (IRS)<br />
and collars.<br />
The negative reserve for equity valuation adjustments refers to interest rate derivatives, effective at 31 December <strong>2012</strong>, amounting to €5.690<br />
million. In <strong>2012</strong>, the Group signed interest-rate swap agreements for €316 million, equivalent to 100% of the A1 tranche of the syndicated loan of<br />
NH Finance, S.A. at an average rate of 1.02% (see Note 19).<br />
16.4 Treasury shares<br />
At year-end, the Group held 1,937,517 shares in NH Hoteles, S.A. (2,056,429 shares at year-end 2011), which represented 0.79% of its share capital<br />
at a total cost of €11.590 million (€11.914 million at year-end 2011).<br />
16.5 Minority interests<br />
The movements in this heading in <strong>2012</strong> and 2011 are summarised below:<br />
€ Thousand<br />
<strong>2012</strong> 2011<br />
Opening balance 204,650 204,155<br />
Capital increases/reductions - 1,295<br />
Comprehensive profit (loss) attributed to minority interests (44,626) 2,887<br />
Changes in percentage stakes (58) (124)<br />
Dividends paid to minority interests - (2,982)<br />
Other movements (1,057) (581)<br />
Ending balance 158,909 204,650<br />
The “Capital increases” item in 2011 reflects the amounts contributed by minority interests to the capital increase of Grupo Hotelero Querétaro,<br />
S.A. de C.V. totalling €112,000 and Hotel Ciutat de Mataró, S.A., namely €600,000.<br />
The “Dividends paid to minority interests” item basically reflects the dividends paid out in 2011 to the following companies: NH Las Palmas, S.A.<br />
amounting to €264,000; City Hotel, S.A. amounting to €1,180,000; Hotelera Lancaster, S.A. amounting to €435,000; NH Marín, S.A., €880,000; and<br />
Coperama Servicios a la Hostelería, S.L., €223,000.<br />
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