Recently completed transactions

Domestic and European football tournaments

• Winterflood hedged £1.3m of bonuses payable by a multi-national corporation to a Premier League club for winning events over the 2007-2011 term of a sponsorship deal.
• Winterflood hedged €4.5m of bonuses payable by four shirt sponsors to Premier League and major European football clubs based on their performance in 2007/08.
• Winterflood has hedged €1m of bonuses related to the 2008/09 season on behalf of two shirt sponsors.

Rugby World Cup and 6 Nations

• Winterflood hedged bonuses totalling $20m payable by six national rugby unions to their players, coaches and management based upon winning and reaching the final, semi finals and quarter finals of the 2007 World Cup.
• Winterflood hedged bonuses totalling £1m on behalf of a sponsor and a national union based upon the performance of their respective teams in the 2008 6 Nations.

Golf Majors and tour events

• Winterflood hedged $10 million of bonuses payable to various golfers, including five of the world’s top ten, based on their performance in Majors and tour events through 2007 and 2008.
• Clients include club manufacturers, clothing suppliers, luxury goods companies and tournament promoters.

Money back promotions

• Winterflood hedged the risk of refunding customers on behalf of a major retailer that had run money back promotions in various of its European subsidiaries linked to the performance of those subsidiaries' national teams in Euro 2008, ranging in size from €2.5m to €12m.
• Winterflood hedged the risk of repayment to customers in the event that a particular golfer won The Open on behalf of a major sports goods manufacturer making a money back offer.

Prompt and efficient settlement

• Winterflood has paid a total of over $5m to six clients since July 2007, in connection with nine separate Hedging Agreements. In each case Winterflood made full settlement within two weeks of the respective payments being triggered.