EXHIBIT 99.5
Contractual Cash Obligations
Due in | ||||||||||||||||||||
Less Than | Due in | Due in | ||||||||||||||||||
As at December 31, 2008 | 1 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 5 | Due After | ||||||||||||||||
(Cdn$ millions) | Total | Year | Years | Years | 5 Yrs | |||||||||||||||
Long-term debt | 1,042 | — | 442 | 302 | 298 | |||||||||||||||
BPLP capital lease1 | 181 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 115 | |||||||||||||||
Interest on long-term debt | 142 | 33 | 46 | 35 | 28 | |||||||||||||||
Interest on BPLP capital lease1 | 81 | 13 | 24 | 20 | 24 | |||||||||||||||
Provision for reclamation | 556 | 13 | 35 | 23 | 485 | |||||||||||||||
Other liabilities | 216 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 199 | |||||||||||||||
Unconditional product purchase obligations2, 3 | 1,158 | 176 | 354 | 536 | 92 | |||||||||||||||
Total contractual cash obligations | 3,376 | 260 | 927 | 948 | 1,241 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Represents Cameco Corporation’s proportionate share of Bruce Power Limited Partnership’s (“BPLP”) capital lease obligation. | |
2 | Denominated in US dollars, converted to Canadian dollars at the December 31, 2008 rate of Cdn$1.2246. | |
3 | Virtually all of Cameco Corporation’s product purchase obligations are under long-term, fixed-price arrangements. |
Commercial Commitments
As at December 31, 2008 | ||||
(Cdn$ millions) | Total amounts committed | |||
Standby letters of credit1 | 429 | |||
BPLP guarantees2 | 82 | |||
Total commercial commitments | 511 | |||
1 | The standby letters of credit maturing in 2009 were issued with a one-year term and will be automatically renewed on a year-by-year basis until the underlying obligations are resolved. These obligations are primarily the decommissioning and reclamation of Cameco Corporation’s mining and conversion facilities. As such, the letters of credit are expected to remain outstanding well into the future. | |
2 | At December 31, 2008, Cameco Corporation’s total commitment for financial assurances given on behalf of BPLP was estimated to be Cdn$82 million. Refer to note 24 in the 2008 consolidated audited financial statements. |