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Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will experience difficulty in meeting obligations
associated with financial liabilities. The Company manages its liquidity risk by monitoring cash
flow generated from operations, available borrowing capacity, and by managing the maturity profiles
of its long term debt.
The Company’s undiscounted contractual maturities as at August 31, 2009 are as follows:
Trade and
other
payables
(1)
Long-term debt
repayable at
maturity
(2)
Other derivative
instruments
(3)
Interest
payments
(4)
Within one year 563,110 643,161 3,353 249,533
1 to 3 years – 833,877 – 352,211
3 to 5 years – 1,401,346 – 215,994
Over 5 years – 718,498 – 105,777
563,110 3,596,882 3,353 923,515
(1) Includes trade payables and accrued liabilities.
(2) US denominated long-term debt is reflected at the hedged rates for the principal repayments
(see notes 9 and 24).
(3) Includes foreign exchange forward contracts.
(4) Interest payments on long-term debt and the interest related portion of the cross-currency
interest exchange derivatives.
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Shaw Communications Inc.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
August 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
[all amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars except share and per share amounts]