Triumph Group (TGI)

Use of Derivative Financial Instruments

        The Company had in the past used a derivative financial instrument principally to manage the risk that changes in interest rates would affect the amount of its future interest payments. The Company had entered into an interest rate swap contract which effectively converted a portion of its floating-rate debt to a fixed-rate basis through November 2002. Under the interest rate swap contract, the Company paid amounts equal to the specified fixed-rate interest (6.56%) multiplied by the notional principal amount ($100,000), and received a floating-rate interest (30-day LIBOR) multiplied by the same notional principal amount. The net effect of the spread between the floating rate and the fixed rate was reflected as an adjustment to interest expense in the period incurred. No other cash payments were to be made unless the contract was terminated prior to maturity, in which case the amount paid or received in settlement was established by agreement at the time of termination and should represent the market quotation, at current rates of interest, of the remaining obligations to exchange payments under the terms of the contract. The Company accounted for its interest rate swap contract as a cash flow hedge which was highly effective. The Company's interest rate swap terminated in November 2002.

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The Company did not experience any ineffectiveness with its interest rate swap and, accordingly, did not recognize any gains or losses in its earnings.