Pearson

Annual Report and Accounts 2010

Notes to the company financial statements

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5. Financial liabilities – Borrowings

All figures in £ millions 2010 2009
Non-current
7.0% Global Dollar Bonds 2011 (nominal amount $500m) 322
7.0% Sterling Bonds 2014 (nominal amount £250m) 256 254
4.625% US Dollar notes 2018 (nominal amount $300m) 208 191
464 767
Current
Due within one year or on demand:
Bank loans and overdrafts 534 419
7.0% Global Dollar Bonds 2011 (nominal amount $500m) 325
859 419
Total borrowings 1,323 1,186

Included in the non-current borrowings above is £4m of accrued interest (2009: £4m).

Included in the current borrowings above is £1m of accrued interest (2009: £nil).

The maturity of the company’s non-current borrowings is as follows:

All figures in £ millions 2010 2009
Between one and two years 322
Between two and five years 256 254
Over five years 208 191
464 767

As at 31 December 2010 the exposure to interest rate changes of the borrowings and amounts due to subsidiaries when the borrowings re-price is as follows:

All figures in £ millions One year One to five years More than five years Total
Re-pricing profile of borrowings 859 256 208 1,323
Amounts due to subsidiaries 5,961 523 574 7,058
Effect of rate derivatives 1,264 (529) (735)
8,084 250 47 8,381

The carrying amounts and market values of borrowings are as follows:

All figures in £ millions Effective interest rate 2010 2009
Carrying amount Market value Carrying amount Market value
Bank loans and overdrafts n/a 534 534 419 419
7.0% Global Dollar Bonds 2011 7.16% 325 327 322 331
7.0% Sterling Bonds 2014 7.20% 256 282 254 276
4.625% US Dollar notes 2018 4.69% 208 192 191 176
1,323 1,335 1,186 1,202

The market values are based on clean market prices at the year end or, where these are not available, on the quoted market prices of comparable debt issued by other companies. The effective interest rates above relate to the underlying debt instruments.

The carrying amounts of the company’s borrowings are denominated in the following currencies:

All figures in £ millions 2010 2009
US dollar 579 523
Sterling 736 648
Euro 8 15
1,323 1,186