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This excerpt taken from the FUN 10-K filed Mar 2, 2009. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk Given the current uncertainty of the credit markets and our need to refinance our debt in the future, we are looking at a wide range of alternatives to reduce debt levels and reduce our leverage ratios. As noted above, these alternatives include reconsidering the Partnerships distribution policy, as well as the divestiture of excess land and select assets. To the extent we are able to successfully execute on these alternatives, we believe it will have a positive impact on our leverage ratio, which in turn should benefit debt refinancing efforts. No decisions have yet been finalized on the distribution policy or any of the other alternatives being considered.
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Table of ContentsWe are exposed to market risks from fluctuations in interest rates, and to a lesser extent on currency exchange rates on our operations in Canada and, from time to time, on imported rides and equipment. The objective of our financial risk management is to reduce the potential negative impact of interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations to acceptable levels. We do not acquire market risk sensitive instruments for trading purposes. We manage interest rate risk through the use of a combination of interest rate swaps, which fix a portion of our variable-rate long-term debt, and variable-rate borrowings under our revolving credit loans. We mitigate a portion of our foreign currency exposure from the Canadian dollar through the use of foreign-currency denominated debt. Hedging of the U.S. dollar denominated debt, used to fund a substantial portion of our net investment in our Canadian operations, is accomplished through the use of cross currency swaps. Any gain or loss on the hedging instrument offsets the gain or loss on the underlying debt. Translation exposures with regard to our Canadian operations are not hedged. After considering the impact of interest rate swap agreements, at December 31, 2008, $1,563.3 million of our outstanding long-term debt represented fixed-rate debt and $160.8 million represented variable-rate debt. Assuming an average balance on our revolving credit borrowings, the cash flow impact of a hypothetical one percentage point change in the applicable interest rates on our variable-rate debt, after the rate swap agreements, would be approximately $3.4 million as of December 31, 2008. A uniform 10% strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar would result in a $3.8 million decrease in annual operating income. This excerpt taken from the FUN 10-Q filed Aug 8, 2008. ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK We are exposed to market risks from fluctuations in interest rates, and to a lesser extent on currency exchange rates on our operations in Canada and, from time to time, on imported rides and equipment. The objective of our financial risk management is to reduce the potential negative impact of interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations to acceptable levels. We do not acquire market risk sensitive instruments for trading purposes. We manage interest rate risk through the use of a combination of interest rate swaps, which fix a portion of our variable-rate long-term debt, and variable-rate borrowings under our revolving credit loans. We mitigate a portion of our foreign currency exposure from the Canadian dollar through the use of foreign-currency denominated debt. Hedging of the U.S. dollar denominated debt, used to fund a substantial portion of our net investment in our Canadian operations, is accomplished through the use of cross currency swaps. Any gain or loss on the hedging instrument offsets the gain or loss on the underlying debt. Translation exposures with regard to our Canadian operations are not hedged. After considering the impact of interest rate swap agreements, at June 29, 2008, approximately $1.57 billion of our outstanding long-term debt represented fixed-rate debt and approximately $273 million represented variable-rate debt. A hypothetical one percentage point increase in the applicable interest rates on our variable-rate debt would increase annual interest expense by approximately $2.1 million as of June 29, 2008. A uniform 1% strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar would result in an approximate $400,000 decrease in reported annual operating income. This excerpt taken from the FUN 10-K filed Feb 29, 2008. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk We are exposed to market risks from fluctuations in interest rates, and to a lesser extent on currency exchange rates on our operations in Canada and, from time to time, on imported rides and equipment. The objective of our financial risk management is to reduce the potential negative impact of interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations to acceptable levels. We do not acquire market risk sensitive instruments for trading purposes. We manage interest rate risk through the use of a combination of interest rate swaps, which fix a portion of our variable-rate long-term debt, and variable-rate borrowings under our revolving credit loans. We mitigate a portion of our foreign currency exposure from the Canadian dollar through the use of foreign-currency denominated debt. Hedging of the U.S. dollar denominated debt, used to fund a substantial portion of our net
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investment in our Canadian operations, is accomplished through the use of cross currency swaps. Any gain or loss on the hedging instrument offsets the gain or loss on the underlying debt. Translation exposures with regard to our Canadian operations are not hedged. After considering the impact of interest rate swap agreements, at December 31, 2007, $1,265.9 million of our outstanding long-term debt represented fixed-rate debt and $487.0 million represented variable-rate debt. In January of 2008 we hedged an additional $300.0 million of our long-term debt through the use of several new interest rate swaps agreements. Further discussion on these swaps can be found in Note 6 in Item 8. Assuming an average balance on our revolving credit borrowings, the cash flow impact of a hypothetical one percentage point change in the applicable interest rates on our variable-rate debt, after the January 2008 rate swap agreements, would be approximately $3.4 million as of December 31, 2007. A uniform 1% strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar would result in a $334,000 decrease in annual operating income. This excerpt taken from the FUN 10-Q filed Nov 9, 2007. ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK We are exposed to market risks from fluctuations in interest rates, and to a lesser extent on currency exchange rates on our operations in Canada and, from time to time, on imported rides and equipment. The objective of our financial risk management is to reduce the potential negative impact of interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations to acceptable levels. We do not acquire market risk sensitive instruments for trading purposes. We manage interest rate risk through the use of a combination of interest rate swaps, which fix a portion of our variable-rate long-term debt, and variable-rate borrowings under our revolving credit loans. We mitigate a portion of our foreign currency exposure from the Canadian dollar through the use of foreign-currency denominated debt. Hedging of the U.S. dollar denominated debt, used to fund a substantial portion of our net investment in our Canadian operations, is accomplished through the use of cross currency swaps. Any gain or loss on the hedging instrument offsets the gain or loss on the underlying debt. Translation exposures with regard to our Canadian operations are not hedged. After considering the impact of interest rate swap agreements, at September 30, 2007, $1.28 billion of our outstanding long-term debt represented fixed-rate debt and $451 million represented variable-rate debt. A hypothetical one percentage point increase in the applicable interest rates on our variable-rate debt would increase annual interest expense by approximately $5.7 million as of September 30, 2007. A uniform 1% strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar would result in a $350,000 decrease in annual operating income. | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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