Annual Report 2011 - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Annual Report 2011 - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Annual Report 2011 - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
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Treasury activities<br />
The <strong>Group</strong> manages its exposure to financial risk using<br />
a variety of techniques and instruments. The main<br />
objective is to manage exchange and interest rate risks<br />
and to provide a degree of certainty in respect of costs.<br />
The <strong>Group</strong> has fixed or capped interest rates on 44%<br />
of its gross borrowings.<br />
In respect of specific hotel financing, borrowings<br />
are normally taken in the local currency to hedge<br />
partially the investment and the projected income.<br />
At 31st December <strong>2011</strong>, the <strong>Group</strong>’s net assets were<br />
denominated in the following currencies:<br />
Adjusted<br />
Net assets net assets*<br />
US$m % US$m %<br />
Hong Kong dollar 2 – 1,494 55<br />
United States dollar 485 53 525 20<br />
United Kingdom sterling 99 11 164 6<br />
Singapore dollar 44 5 130 5<br />
Euro 99 11 116 4<br />
Swiss franc 90 10 95 4<br />
Thai baht 19 2 76 3<br />
Others 73 8 92 3<br />
911 100 2,692 100<br />
* see supplementary information section on page 22<br />
Included on the <strong>Group</strong>’s consolidated balance<br />
sheet is cash at bank of US$470.1 million<br />
(2010: US$433.5 million) which, after the<br />
deduction of US$1.0 million (2010: US$0.4 million)<br />
of bank overdraft facilities, is shown in the <strong>Group</strong>’s<br />
consolidated cash flow as cash and cash equivalents<br />
of US$469.1 million (2010: US$433.1 million).<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong> 23<br />
The <strong>Group</strong>, excluding associates and joint ventures,<br />
had committed borrowing facilities totalling<br />
US$678 million, of which US$582 million was<br />
drawn at 31st December <strong>2011</strong>. The principal amounts<br />
due for repayment are as follows:<br />
Facilities Facilities Unused<br />
committed drawn facilities<br />
US$m US$m US$m<br />
Within one year 4 4 –<br />
Between one and two years 11 9 2<br />
Between two and three years 623 529 94<br />
Between three and four years 34 34 –<br />
Between four and five years 2 2 –<br />
Beyond five years 4 4 –<br />
678 582 96<br />
At 31st December <strong>2011</strong>, the <strong>Group</strong> had US$96 million<br />
of committed, undrawn facilities in addition to its net<br />
cash balances of US$469 million. The average tenor of<br />
the <strong>Group</strong>’s borrowings was 2.8 years (2010: 3.7 years).<br />
Principal risks and uncertainties<br />
A review of the principal risks and uncertainties facing<br />
the <strong>Group</strong> is set out on pages 82 to 83.<br />
Stuart Dickie<br />
Chief Financial Officer<br />
1st March 2012