Bond repurchase and exchange rates

During the fourth quarter of 2008 Unibet has continued to repurchase the bond that was issued on 21 December 2007 to finance the acquisition of Maria Holdings. During the fourth quarter a total of EUR 9.7 million of the EUR 100 million nominal bond have been repurchased. After these repurchases, the total outstanding nominal amount of the bond at 31 December 2008 was EUR 70.7 million.


For translation of the Group’s SEK, NOK, DKK and EUR Balance Sheet items into GBP, the following FX rates are used as per 31 December 2008:

31-Dec-07 30-Sep-08 31-Dec-08 2008 Delta Q4 Delta
Rate to GBP
SEK 13.48 12.189 11.412 -15.3% -6.4%
NOK 10.82 10.438 10.236 -5.4% -1.9%
EUR 1.361 1.256 1.05 -22.9% -16.4%
DKK 10.12 9.373 7.822 -22.7% -16.5%