Securities Report 8/12

Toyota Motor Corporation 24 June 2004 FY2004 For the year ended March 31, 2004 20 Derivative financial instruments Toyota employs derivative financial instruments, including foreign exchange forward contracts, foreign currency options, interest rate swaps and interest rate currency swap agreements to manage its exposure to fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. Toyota does not use derivatives for speculation or trading. (1) Fair value hedges Toyota enters into interest rate swaps, and interest rate currency swap agreements mainly to convert its fixed-rate debt to variable-rate debt. Toyota uses interest rate swap agreements in managing its exposure to interest rate fluctuations. Interest rate swap agreements are executed as either an integral part of specific debt transactions or on a portfolio basis. Toyota uses interest rate currency swap agreements to entirely hedge exposure to exchange rate fluctuations on principal and interest payments for borrowings denominated in foreign currencies. Notes and loans payable issued in foreign currencies are hedged by concurrently executing interest rate currency swap agreements which involve the exchange of foreign currency principal and interest obligations for each functional currency obligations at agreed-upon currency exchange and interest rates. For the year ended March 31, 2004, Toyota reported gains of 10,413 million yen related to the ineffective portion of Toyota's fair value hedges which is included in cost of financing operations in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. For fair value hedging relationships, the components of each derivative's gain or loss are included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness. (2) Undesignated derivative financial instruments Toyota uses foreign exchange forward contracts, foreign currency options, interest rate swaps, interest rate currency swap agreements, and interest rate options, which manage its exposure to foreign currency exchange fluctuation and interest rate fluctuation from an economic perspective, and which Toyota is unable or has elected not to apply hedge accounting. Unrealized gains or losses on these derivative instruments are reported in cost of financing operations and foreign exchange gain, net in the accompanying consolidated statement of income together with realized gains or losses on those derivative instruments. 21 Other financial instruments Toyota has certain financial instruments, including financial assets and liabilities and off-balance sheet financial instruments which arose in the normal course of business. These financial instruments are executed with creditworthy financial institutions, and virtually all foreign currency contracts are denominated in U.S. dollars, euros and other currencies of major industrialized countries. Financial instruments involve, to varying degrees, market risk as instruments are subject to price fluctuations, and elements of credit risk in the event a counterparty should default. In the unlikely event the counterparties fail to meet the contractual terms of a foreign currency or an interest rate instrument, Toyota's risk is limited to the fair value of the instrument. Although Toyota may be exposed to losses in the event of non- performance by counterparties on financial instruments, it does not anticipate significant losses due to the nature of its counterparties. Counterparties to Toyota's financial instruments represent, in general, international financial institutions. Additionally, Toyota does not have a significant exposure to any individual counterparty. Based on the creditworthiness of these financial institutions, collateral is generally not required of the counterparties or of Toyota. Toyota believes that the overall credit risk related to its financial instruments is not significant. FY2004 March 31, 2004 The estimated fair values of Toyota's financial instruments, excluding marketable securities and other securities investments and affiliated companies, are summarized as follows: Yen in millions March 31, 2004 Asset (Liability) Carrying Estimated amount fair value Cash and cash equivalents 1,729,776 1,729,776 Time deposits 68,473 68,473 Total finance receivables, net 5,069,041 5,228,629 Other receivables 396,788 396,788 Short-term borrowings (2,189,024) (2,189,024) Long-term debt including the current portion (5,295,756) (5,387,028) Foreign exchange forward contracts 8,923 8,923 Interest rate and currency swap agreements 208,141 208,141 Option contracts purchased 8,841 8,841 Option contracts written (1,725) (1,725) Following are explanatory notes regarding the financial assets and liabilities other than derivative financial instruments. (1) Cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and other receivables In the normal course of business, substantially all cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and other receivables are highly liquid and are carried at amounts which approximate fair value. (2) Finance receivables, net The carrying value of variable rate finance receivables was assumed to approximate fair value as they were repriced at prevailing market rates at March 31, 2004. The fair value of fixed rate finance receivables was estimated by discounting expected cash flows using the rates at which loans of similar credit quality and maturity would be made as of March 31, 2004. (3) Short-term borrowings and long-term debt The fair values of short-term borrowings and total long-term debt including the current portion were estimated based on the discounted amounts of future cash flows using Toyota's current incremental borrowing rates for similar liabilities. FY2004 For the year ended March 31, 2004 22 Lease commitments Toyota leases certain assets under capital lease and operating lease arrangements. An analysis of leased assets under capital leases is as follows: Yen in millions Class of property March 31, 2004 Building 10,937 Machinery and equipment 161,446 Less : Accumulated depreciation (118,956) 53,427 Amortization expense under capital leases for the year ended March 31, 2004 was 12,908 million yen. Future minimum lease payments under capital leases together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments as of March 31, 2004 are as follows: Years ending March 31: Yen in millions 2005 15,662 2006 15,340 2007 14,753 2008 11,036 2009 5,371 Thereafter 24,328 Total minimum lease payments 86,490 Less: Amount representing interest (9,785) Present value of net minimum lease payments 76,705 Less: Current obligations (13,997) Long-term capital lease obligations 62,708 FY2004 For the year ended March 31, 2004 Rental expense under operating leases for the year ended March 31, 2004 was 81,912 million yen. The minimum rental payments required under operating leases relating primarily to land, buildings and equipment having initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year at March 31, 2004 are as follows: Years ending March 31: Yen in millions 2005 9,304 2006 7,470 2007 5,281 2008 3,680 2009 2,950 Thereafter 12,235 Total minimum future rentals 40,920 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange FIMFTMMJTBAI
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