2022 Universal Registration Document

Key Data

The analysis below has been prepared assuming that the amount of the financial debt and derivatives at 31 December 2022 remains constant over one year. The consequence of a variation in interest rates of 100 basis points at the balance sheet date would be an increase or decrease of equity and pre-tax income for the amounts shown below. For the purpose of this analysis, the other variables are assumed to remain constant.

  31/12/2022
  Income Equity
(in € millions) Impact of sensitivity calculation+100 bps Impact of sensitivity calculation−100 bps Impact of sensitivity calculation+100 bps Impact of sensitivity calculation−100 bps
Floating rate debt after hedging (accounting basis) (161) 161
Floating rate assets after hedging (accounting basis) 92 (92)
Derivatives not designated as hedges for accounting purposes 16 (16)
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges     319 (319)
Total (53) 53 319 (319)
27.1.2 Description of hedging transactions
Fair value hedges

At the balance sheet date, details of the instruments designated as fair value hedges, which include receive fixed/pay floating interest rate swaps and cross currency swaps, were as follows:

  Receive fixed/pay floating interest rate swap (incl. cross currency swaps)
(in € millions) Fair value Notional Within 1 year Between 1 and 2 years Between 2 and 5 years After 5 years
31/12/2022 (1,838) 15,620 820 235 3,385 11,180
31/12/2021 567 15,276 1,259 820 2,378 10,819

These transactions relate mainly to fixed rate bond issues by ASF, VINCI SA and Cofiroute.

Cash flow hedges

The Group is exposed to fluctuations in interest rates on its floating rate debt and may set up receive floating/pay fixed interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges to hedge this risk.

These transactions mainly involve the holding companies, motorway projects and other concessions.

At 31 December 2022, details of the instruments designated as cash flow hedges were as follows:

  31/12/2022
(in € millions) Fair value Notional Within 1 year Between 1 and 2 years Between 2 and 5 years After 5 years
Receive floating/pay fixed interest rate swaps (incl. cross currency swaps) 324 2,868 278 164 980 1,446
Interest rate options (caps, floors and collars) 16 5 5 6
Total interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes 324 2,884 283 169 986 1,446
of which hedging of contractual cash flows 324 2,884 283 169 986 1,446
  31/12/2021
(in € millions) Fair value Notional Within 1 year Between 1 and 2 years Between 2 and 5 years After 5 years
Receive floating/pay fixed interest rate swaps (incl. cross currency swaps) (139) 5,944 3,086 221 1,071 1,566
Interest rate options (caps, floors and collars) (1) 20 4 5 11
Total interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes (141) 5,964 3,091 225 1,082 1,566
of which hedging of contractual cash flows (141) 5,964 3,091 225 1,082 1,566

The following table shows the periods in which the Group expects the amounts recorded in equity at 31 December 2022 for the instruments designated as cash flow hedges to have an impact on profit or loss:

  31/12/2022
(in € millions) Amount recorded in equity of controlled companies Amount recycled in profit or loss
Within 1 year Between 1 and 2 years Between 2 and 5 years After 5 years
Total interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes 266 127 27 57 56
of which existing instruments 320 132 32 70 87
of which unwound instruments (54) (4) (4) (13) (31)