9 Financial assets available for sale

(€ million)

December 31, 2012

December 31, 2013

Securities held for operating purposes

 

 

Quoted bonds issued by sovereign states

174

165

Quoted securities issued by financial institutions

22

37

Non-quoted securities

5

 

 

201

202

Securities held for non-operating purposes

 

 

Quoted bonds issued by sovereign states

13

 

Quoted securities issued by financial institutions

21

7

Quoted securities

 

26

 

34

33

Total

235

235

The breakdown by currency is provided below:

(€ million)

December 31, 2012

December 31, 2013

Euro

179

173

US Dollar

38

58

Indian Rupee

18

4

 

235

235

At December 31, 2013, bonds issued by sovereign states amounted to €165 million (€187 million at December 31, 2012). A breakdown by Country is presented below:

 

Nominal value (€ million)

Fair value (€ million)

Nominal rate of return
(%)

Maturity date

Rating - Moody’s

Rating - S&P

Sovereign states

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed rate bonds

 

 

 

 

 

Belgium

27

30

from 2.88 to 4.25

from 2014 to 2021

Aa3

AA

Portugal

22

22

from 3.35 to 4.75

from 2015 to 2019

Ba3

BB

Italy

15

15

from 2.50 to 4.25

2015

Baa2

BBB

Slovakia

14

15

from 3.50 to 4.90

from 2014 to 2017

A2

A

Spain

14

14

from 3.15 to 4.10

from 2014 to 2018

Baa3

BBB-

Ireland

13

14

from 4.40 to 4.50

from 2019 to 2020

Baa3

BBB+

Austria

12

13

from 3.40 to 3.50

from 2014 to 2015

Aaa

AA+

United States of America

11

11

from 1.75 to 3.13

from 2014 to 2019

Aaa

AA+

Germany

10

10

from 3.25 to 4.25

from 2014 to 2015

Aaa

AAA

Netherlands

6

7

4.00

from 2016 to 2018

Aaa

AA+

France

5

5

4.00

2014

Aa1

AA

Slovenija

5

5

4.38

2014

Ba1

A-

Finland

4

4

from 1.13 to 1.25

from 2015 to 2017

Aaa

AAA

Total

158

165

 

 

 

 

Securities amounting to €44 million were issued by financial institutions with a rating ranging from Aaa to B2 (Moody’s) and from AAA to BB- (S&P); other quoted securities amounted to €26 million with a rating of B1 (Moody’s) and B- (S&P).

Securities held for operating purposes of €202 million (€201 million at December 31, 2012) were designated to hedge the loss provisions of the Group’s insurance company Eni Insurance Ltd (€196 million at December 31, 2012).

The effects of fair value evaluation of securities are set out below:

(€ million)

Carrying amount at December 31, 2012

Changes recognized in equity

Carrying amount at December 31, 2013

Fair value

7

(1)

6

Deferred tax liabilities

(1)

 

(1)

Other reserves of shareholders’ equity

6

(1)

5

The fair value was estimated on the basis of market quotations for quoted securities and on the basis of appropriate financial valuation methods commonly used for non-quoted securities.