Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2012 BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Notes To Financial Statements - Note 19 Derivative Financial Instruments

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2012

Note 19 Derivative Financial Instruments

The fair value balances and notional amounts of the State’s derivative instruments outstanding at June 30, 2012, classified by type, and the changes in fair value of such derivative instruments for the year then ended are as follows (amounts in thousands; debit(credit)):

Changes in Fair Value Fair Value at Year End
Classification Amount Classification Amount Notional
Governmental activities
Cash flow hedges: Non-current
Pay-fixed interest Other Non-current portion of LT
rate swap Assets $2,359 Obligations $(24,956) $335,620
Business-type activities
Cash flow hedges:
Bradley Airport: Non-current
Pay-fixed interest Other Non-current portion of LT
rate swap Assets $(12,083) Obligations $(30,017) $152,380


Objective and Terms of Hedging Derivative Instruments
The following table displays the objective and the terms of the States’ governmental activities hedging derivative instruments outstanding at June 30, 2012, along with the credit rating of the associated counterparty (amounts in thousands).

Notional
Amounts Effective Maturity Counterparty
Type Objective (000's) Date Date Terms Credit Rating
Pay-fixed interest rate swap Hedge of changes in cash flows of the 2005 GO bonds $140,000 3/24/2005 3/1/2023 Pay 3.392% receive 60% of LIBOR+30bp Aa1/AAA
Pay-fixed interest rate swap Hedge of changes in cash flows of the 2005 GO bonds 140,000 3/24/2005 3/1/2023 Pay 3.401% receive 60% of LIBOR+30bp A3/A
Pay-fixed interest rate swap Hedge of changes in cash flows of the 2005 GO bonds 15,620 4/27/2005 6/1/2016 Pay 3.99% receive CPI plus .65% Baa1/A-
Pay-fixed interest rate swap Hedge of changes in cash flows of the 2005 GO bonds 20,000 4/27/2005 6/1/2017 Pay 5.07% receive CPI plus 1.73% Baa1/A-
Pay-fixed interest rate swap Hedge of changes in cash flows of the 2005 GO bonds 20,000 6/1/2020 Pay 5.2% receive CPI plus 1.79% Aa3/A
Total Notional Amount $335,620

The fair values of interest rate swaps were4/27/2005 estimated using the zero-coupon method. This method calculates the future net settlement payment required under the swaps, assuming that the current forward rates implied by the yield curve correctly anticipate future spot interest rates. These payments are then discounted using the spot rates implied by the current yield curve for hypothetical zero-coupon bonds due on the date each future net settlement on the swaps.

Credit Risk
As of June 30, 2012, the State had no credit risk exposure on any of the swaps because the swaps had negative fair value. However, should interest rates change and the fair values of
the swaps become positive, the State would be exposed to credit risk in the amount of the swaps’ fair value.

Interest Rate Risk
The State is exposed to interest rate risk on its interest rate swaps. As the LIBOR or CPI swap index rate decreases, the State’s net payment on the swap increases.

Basis Risk
The State’s variable-rate bond interest payments are based on the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap (SIFMA) index rate, or the CPI floating rate. The State is exposed to basis risk on those swaps for which the State receives variable-rate payments that are based on the LIBOR swap index rate. As of June 30, 2012, the SIFMA rate was 0.18 percent, whereas 60 percent of LIBOR plus 30bp was 0.447 percent. The State recognizes this basis risk by including an amount for basis risk in its debt service budget. For fiscal year 2012, the budgeted amount for basis risk was $1,500,000.

Termination Risk
The State or the counterparty may terminate any of the swaps if the other party fails to perform under the terms of the contract. If any swap is terminated, the associated variable-rate bonds would no longer carry synthetic interest rates. Also, if at the time of termination the swap has a negative fair value, the State would be liable to the counterparty for a payment equal to the swap’s fair value. Under the 2005 swap agreements, the State has up to 270 days to fund any required termination payment.

Rollover Risk
Because all of the swap agreements terminate when the associated debt is fully paid, the State is only exposed to rollover risk if an early termination occurs. Upon an early termination, the State will not realize the synthetic rate offered by the swaps on the underlying debt issues.

Hedging Derivative Instrument Payments and Hedged Debt
As rates vary, variable-rate bond interest payments and net swap payments will vary. Using rates as of June 30, 2012, debt service requirements of the State’s outstanding variable-rate bonds and net swap payments are as follows (amounts in thousands):

Fiscal Year   Variable-Rate Bonds   Interest Rate    
Ending June 30,    Principal    Interest    SWAP, Net    Total
2013    $-    $3,461    $7,979    $11,440
2014    -    3,461    7,979    11,440
2015    -    3,461    7,979    11,440
2016    50,620    3,453    7,713    61,786
2017    55,000    2,676    6,771    64,447
2018-2022    220,000    4,388    15,944    240,332
2023-2027    10,000    14    221    10,235
Total    $335,620    $20,914    $54,586    $411,120

As of June 30, 2012, Bradley airport has entered into interest rate swap agreements for $147.3 million of its variable rate bonds. Details on these agreements are disclosed under the separately issued audited financial statements of the fund.