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2017 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Notes to the consolidated financial statements

At 31 December 2017, the analysis of the Group’s portfolio of investment securities was as follows:

Short-term investments

Advances under the liquidity agreement

Total portfolio of investment securities

(in millions of euros)

Net asset value NET POSITION

84.2 84.2

2.5 2.5

86.7 86.7

Short-term investments are managed by the Group’s Finance Department, and comply with internally defined principles of prudence. At constant exchange rates relative to 31 December 2017, and taking into account short-term investments held at that date, a 50 basis point decrease in floating rates would reduce annual financial income by €0.4 million. 11.5.2.Bank counterparty risk All foreign currency and interest rate hedges are put in place with leading banks belonging to the Group’s banking syndicate, with which market transaction agreements have been signed. The majority of the Group’s financial investments relate to the subsidiaries in India and, from time to time, the Sopra Steria Group parent company. Financial investments are carried out either via short-term bank deposits with banks mainly belonging to the banking syndicate, or via money market instruments managed by leading financial institutions, which are themselves subsidiaries of banks mainly belonging to the syndicate. These investments are subject to approval by the Group, and comply with internally defined principles of prudence. Thanks to these various measures, the Group considers that it has introduced a mechanism that significantly reduces its bank counterparty risk in the current economic context. However, the Group remains

subject to a residual risk which may affect its performance under certain conditions. 11.5.3.Interest rate risk The Group’s aim is to protect itself against interest rate fluctuations by hedging part of its floating rate debt and investing its cash over periods of less than three months. The derivative financial instruments used to hedge the debt are interest rate swap contracts or options, which may or may not be eligible for hedge accounting. The eligible counterparties for interest rate hedging and investments are leading financial institutions which belong to the Sopra Steria banking syndicate. These financial instruments are managed by the Group Finance Department. All of the Group’s interest rate hedges have been put in place through the parent company (Sopra Steria Group). The total amount of gross borrowings subject to interest rate risk is €471.8 million. Interest rate hedges in force at 31 December 2017, reduced this exposure to €121.8 million. The Group has anticipated the refinancing of its €180 million Euro PP bond debt due to mature in July 2019 by setting up swaption contracts for €100 million.

The Group has taken out a number of interest rate swaps, a breakdown of which is given below:

Fair value

31/12/2017

Maturity

Non- current assets

Non- current liabilities

Current assets

Notional amount*

Current liabilities

1 to 5 years > 5 years

< 1 year

(in millions of euros)

Swaps (cash flow hedge) in euros

- -

- - - - - - -

0.5

- - - - - - -

50.0

- - -

50.0

- - - - - - -

Swaps (cash flow hedge) in foreign currency Options eligible for hedge accounting in euros

-

-

-

0.6

0.3

300.0

300.0

Options eligible for hedge accounting in foreign currency

- - -

- -

-

-

- -

Swaps not eligible for hedge accounting in euros Options not eligible for hedge accounting in euros

15.0 15.0

0.2 1.1

110.0 10.0 100.0 475.0 25.0 450.0

TOTAL INTEREST RATE HEDGES

0.6

* Excluding the notional amount of the swaption.

The remeasurement of these financial instruments in equity is recognised in Other comprehensive income . The remeasurement of these financial instruments in profit or loss is recognised in Other financial income and expenses .

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