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General information on the issuer and its share capital

Consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017

4.8 Derivatives

Accounting principles

The Group classifies its financial assets on the basis of the following categories: • At fair value through the statement of comprehensive income; • As loans and receivables. Classification depends on the reasons for acquiring financial assets. Financial assets at fair value through the statement of comprehensive income In this category, the Group classifies the derivatives to which it subscribes. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value with attributable transaction costs recognised in income when incurred. They are remeasured at fair value at each reporting date with any changes in fair value recognised in income under “Financial profit (loss)”. For the Group, this relates to instruments put in place to reduce interest rate risk (solely interest rate caps – see “Derivatives” below). The fair value of these instruments at the reporting date was based on valuations supplied by the issuing financial institutions employing valuation techniques using observable market data. Loans, deposits, sureties and other non-current receivables These are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. They are included in current assets apart from those maturing over 12 months after the reporting date. These are classified as non-current assets (these assets are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost). Derivatives The Group uses derivatives to reduce its exposure to market risks stemming from interest rate fluctuations. Derivatives are used as part of the Group’s policy for managing interest rate risk. The Group uses derivatives to hedge its variable-rate debt against interest rate risk (cash flow hedging). Given the nature of its debt, the Group elected not to apply hedge accounting as defined by IAS 39 and classifies financial assets and liabilities held as such as “Financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss”. All derivatives are therefore recognised in the statement of financial position at fair value and any changes from one period to the next are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income under “Financial profit (loss)”. The valuation of such financial instruments is supplied quarterly by the issuing financial institutions employing valuation techniques using observable market data.

The Group has put in place financial instruments (caps) that do not qualify as hedging instruments for accounting purposes, but as financial assets recognised at fair value through profit or loss. As of 31 December 2017, 71% of variable-rate bank debt was hedged through an interest rate cap. This financial instrument

was originally recognised as an asset at fair value which is supplied by the issuing institution. Differences in the value of financial instruments between reporting dates are recognised in the income statement under “Change in fair value of financial instruments and marketable securities”. There was no change in the fair value measurement of interest rate caps as of 31 December 2017.

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