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Effects Of Foreign Currency Movements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Effects Of Foreign Currency Movements [Abstract]  
Effects Of Foreign Currency Movements
15. EFFECTS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY MOVEMENTS

Substantially all of the Company's operating cash flows and assets are denominated in Polish zloty, Russian ruble and Hungarian forint. This means that the Company is exposed to translation movements both on its balance sheet and statement of operations and comprehensive income. The impact on working capital items is demonstrated on the cash flow statement as the movement in exchange on cash and cash equivalents. The impact on the statement of operations is by the movement of the average exchange rate used to restate the statement of operations from Polish zloty, Russian ruble and Hungarian forint to U.S. dollars. The amounts shown as exchange rate gains or losses on the face of the statements of operations relate only to realized gains or losses on transactions that are not denominated in Polish zloty, Russian ruble or Hungarian forint. Table below presents the exchange rates used for translation of our balance sheet and statement of operations and comprehensive income balances as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2012:

 

     Balance sheet rate
as of
March 31, 2012
     Balance sheet rate
as of
December 31, 2011
     Average rate for the
three months ended
March 31, 2012
     Average rate for the
three months ended
March 31, 2011
 

PLN / US$

     3.1191         3.4174         3.2249         2.8800   

RUR / US$

     29.3148         32.2092         30.1674         29.2089   

HUF / US$

     221.2128         240.6620         225.5175         198.6207   

Because the Company's reporting currency is the U.S. dollar, the translation effects of fluctuations in the exchange rate of our functional currencies have impacted the Company's financial condition and results of operations and have affected the comparability of our results between financial periods.

The Company has borrowings including its Convertible Notes due 2013 and Senior Secured Notes due 2016 that are denominated in U.S. dollars and euros, which have been lent to its operations where the functional currency is the Polish zloty and Russian ruble. The effect of having debt denominated in currencies other than the Company's functional currencies is to increase or decrease the value of the Company's liabilities on that debt in terms of the Company's functional currencies when those functional currencies depreciate or appreciate in value respectively. As a result of this, the Company is exposed to gains and losses on the re-measurement of these liabilities. The table below summarizes the pre-tax impact of a one percent movement in each of the exchange rate which could result in a significant impact in the results of the Company's operations.

 

Exchange Rate

   Value of notional amount    Pre-tax impact of a 1%
movement in exchange rate

USD-Polish zloty

   $426 million    $4.3 million gain/loss

USD-Russian ruble

   $264 million    $2.6 million gain/loss

EUR-Polish zloty

   430 million or approximately $574 million    $5.7 million gain/loss