Nakilat Q1 2012 financial results

Total Q 1 2012 profit from operations was QR 186.6 million compared with QR 185.8 million for Q1 2011, an increase of QR 0.8 million.

Q1 2012 net profit after loss on derivative instruments from a joint venture was QR 176.6 million compared with QR 188.5 million for Q 1 2011 after a gain on derivative instrument from a joint venture. The  loss on derivative instruments of QR  10.0 million for Q1 2012, compared with a  gain on derivative instruments of QR 2.7 million for  Q1 2011, was due to a technical disqualification (for accounting purposes) of the applicable derivatives (carried in the books of the company’s overseas joint venture) as hedging instruments in accordance with International Accounting Standard 39.

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The change in the accounting treatment is only a non-cash accounting transaction and does not affect the economics of the derivative transactions nor the cash flows or liquidity of the company. Nakilat and its joint ventures are exposed to interest rate risks on borrowed funds.

The risks are managed by the use of interest rate swap contracts, which will protect the company from increases in interest rates in the future. The majority of Nakilat and its joint ventures borrowings were obtained at the time the company’s time charter party agreements were signed with our charterers.