Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A

Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. Auditor’s Report Consolidated Annual Accounts and Directors’ Report for the Period ended July 31, 2005

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF JULY 31, 2005 AND DECEMBER 31, 2004 (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)

See the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

ASSETS 2005 2004 Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 22) 192,467 104,669 Accounts receivable, net (Note 5) 300,567 245,228 Accounts receivable – affiliates, net (Notes 5 and 15) 73,341 58,921 Loans receivable and advances – affiliates (Note 15) - 1,190 Taxes receivable (Note 20) 57,489 41,611 Prepayments and other current assets (Note 6 ) 73,957 77,456

Total current assets 697,821 529,075 Tangible assets (Note 7)

Land and buildings 129,451 130,142 Data processing hardware and software 508,518 465,097 Other tangible assets 145,527 138,616

783,496 733,855 Less accumulated depreciation 472,080 446,321

Net tangible assets 311,416 287,534 Intangible assets (Note 8)

Patents, trademarks and licenses 101,422 79,903 Purchased technology 83,459 72,282 Software dev elopment projects 415,923 371,859 Purchased contracts 325,153 274,748 Goodwill 450,413 453,383 Other intangible assets 2,476 9,137

1,378,846 1,261,312 Less accumulated amortization 513,283 604,103

Net intangible assets 865,563 657,209 D eferred income taxes (Note 20) 107,410 108,779 Loans receivable – affiliates (Note 15) 1,955 1,015 Investments in associates (Note 9) 17,726 27,588 Other long-term investments, net (Note 9) 58,171 63,839

Total other non-current assets 185,262 201,221

Total non-current assets 1,362,241 1,145,964 Total assets 2,060,062 1,675,039

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF JULY 31, 2005 AND DECEMBER 31, 2004 (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 2005 2004 Current liabilities

Accounts payable, net (Note 5) 427,877 316,768 Accounts payable – affi liates, net (Note 5 and 15) 43,121 27,032 Dividends payable 43 34 Debt payable within one year (Note 11) 13,483 8,562 Current obligations under finance leases (Note 12) 24,196 9,996 Income taxes payable (Note 20) 38,752 32,651 Other current liabilities (Note 6 ) 134,996 127,863

Total current liabilities 682,468 522,906 Long-term liabilities

Long-term debt (Note 11) 2,304 2,538 Obligations under finance leases (Note 12) 101,840 96,003 Deferred income taxes payable (Note 20) 87,464 74,528 Other long-term liabilities (Note 13) 46,359 37,303

Total long-term liabilities 237,967 210,372 Shareholders’ equity (Note 14)

Share capital 23,044 23,044 Additional paid-in capital 380,358 365,219 Treasury shares and other similar equity instruments (107,923) (109,499) Retained earnings and other reserves 846,905 681,517 Cumulative translation adjustments (20,518) (28,557)

Subtotal shareholders’ equity 1,121,866 931,724

Minority interest 17,761 10,037

Total shareholders’ equity 1,139,627 941,761 Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity 2,060,062 1,675,039

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME FOR THE 7 MONTH PERIOD ENDED AS OF JULY 31, 2005 AND FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004 (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)


2005 2004

Revenue (Note 16) 1,406,285 2,056,680 Cost of sales 1,104,382 1,620,379

Gross profit 301,903 436,301 Selling, general and administrative expenses 59,349 92,887

Operating income 242,554 343,414 Other income (expense)

Interest expense, net (Note 18) (3,354) (6,045) Exchange gains (losses), net 1,901 (4,109) Other income (expense), net 1,691 397

Income before income taxes 242,792 333,657 Income tax (Note 20) 90,317 129,018

Income after taxes 152,475 204,639 Equity in income (losses) from associates 12,562 (8,279) Minority interests 7,359 11,672 Net income 172,396 208,032 Basic earnings per class “A” share, in EURs (Note 21) 0.30 0.36

Basic earnings per class “B” share, in EURs (Note 21) - - Diluted earnings per class “A” share, in EURs (Note 21) 0.30 0.36 Diluted earnings per class “B” share, in EURs (Note 21) - -

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED JULY 31, 2005 AND DECEMBER 31, 2004 (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)


2005 2004

Cash flows from operating activities Operating income 242,554 343,414 Adjustments for:

Depreciation and amortization 130,542 205,991 Employee stock compensation expense 13,575 - Operating income before changes in working capital net of amounts acquired 386,671 549,405

Accounts receivable (34,032) 4,334 Taxes receivable (23,906) (5,810) Other current assets 7,883 8,053 Accounts payable 73,840 (24,855) Other current liabilities (2,052) (10,397) Other long-term liabilities 2,368 (5,127)

Cash provided from operating activities 410,772 515,603 Taxes paid (69,838) (105,621)

Net cash provided from operating activities 340,934 409,982 Cash flows from investing activities

Additions to tangible assets (50,403) (77,011) Additions to intangible assets (54,586) (73,830) Investment in subsidiaries and associates, net of cash acquired (146,106) (55,884) Proceeds from sales of investment in associates 2,506 - Interest received 3,022 4,631 Sundry investments and deposits (4,315) (4,257) Loans to third parties (795) (4,367) Loans to affiliates - (585) Cash proceeds collected/(paid) - derivative agreements (7,703) 3,889 Disposals of sundry investments 9,048 3,663 Dividends received 2,838 7,828 Proceeds obtained from disposal of fixed assets 2,722 3,598

Net cash used in investing activities (243,772) (192,325) Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from borrowings 60,647 32,864 Repayments of borrowings (56,204) (106,076) Interest paid (6,674) (12,533) Redemption of Class “B” shares - (485) Acquisition of Treasury shares (29) (63,086) Disposals of Treasury shares 1,604 39,215 Dividends paid - (35,000) Payments of finance lease liabilities (9,651) (10,419)

Net cash used in financing activities (10,307) (155,520) Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 943 431 Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 87,798 62,568 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 104,669 42,101

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period (Note 22) 192,467 104,669

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)

See the accompanying no tes to the consolidated financial statements

Share capital

Additional paid-in capital

Treasury shares and

other similar equity

instruments

Retained earnings

and other reserves

Cumulative translation

adjustments

Minority Interest

Total Balance as of December 31, 2003 27,898 379,358 (126,899) 502,879 (25,523) 1,029 758,742 Changes in accounting policy

Fair value approach employee stockoptions - 757 - (757) -

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Restated balance as of December

31, 2003 27,898 380,115 (126,899) 502,122 (25,523) 1,029

758,742 Available for sale financial assets (2,373) - (2,373)

Tax impact - - - 828 - - 828 - - - Hedging instruments (4,131) 2,155 - (1,976)

Tax impact - - - 1,444 (755) - 689 Other gains (losses) - - - (632) (4,434) - (5,066) Gains (losses) not recognized in the

statement of income - (4,864) (3,034)

(7,898) (Acquisitions) / disposals of

Treasury shares, net - (19,286) 17,400 11,248 -

9,362 Employee Share Options - 4,390 - (4,390) - - - Dividends - - (35,000) - (35,000) Redemption of Class “B” shares (4,854) 4,369 - (485) Business Combinations - - - - - 20,681 20,681

Net income for the period - - - 208,032 - (11,673)

196,359 Balance as of December 31, 2004 23,044 365,219 (109,499) 681,517 (28,557) (10,037) 941,761 Available for sale financial assets - - - 828 - - 828

Tax impact - - - (281) - - (281) Hedging instruments - - - (21,375) - - (21,375)

Tax impact - - - 7,481 - - 7,481 Other gains (losses) - - - - 8,039 - 8,039 Gains (losses) not recognized in the

statement of income - - - (13,347) 8,039 -

5,308 (Acquisitions) / disposals of

Treasury shares, net - 1,564 1,576 (1,576) - -

1,564 Employee Share Options - 13,575 - - - - 13,575 Business Combinations - - - 7,915 - 15,083 22,998 Net income for the period - - - 172,396 - (7,359) 165,037 Balance as of July 31, 2005 23,044 380,358 (107,923) 846,905 (20,518) 17,761 1,139,627

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT AS OF JULY 31, 2005, AND DECEMBER 31, 2004 (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)

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1. ACTIVITY The consolidated financial statements include Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A., (“the Company”) domiciled in Spain and its consolidated subsidiaries (“the Group”). The Group is leader in information technology, serving the marketing, sales and distribution needs of the global travel and tourism industry. Its worldwide data network and database of travel information are used by travel agencies and airline sales offices. Today, travel agencies and airline offices can make bookings with airlines, hotel chains, car rental companies, and groups of providers such as ferry, rail, cruise, insurance and tour operators. The Group provides the above -mentioned services through a computerised reservation system (“CRS”) and through its e-commerce channel of distribution. Additionally, the Group provides information technology (“IT”) services and solutions to the airline industry, which includes inventory management and passenger departure control. The Company’s share and ownership structure are described in Note 14. Due to the Group’s activity, it does not have any responsibilities, expenses, assets, contingencies or liabilities of environmental nature which may have a significant impact in the net equity, finance position or net income of the Group. As a result, the Group does not present any type of breakdown with regards to environmental issues in the notes to the financial statements.


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Below is a summary of the consolidated Group companies as of July 31, 2005 , and December 31, 2004:

Percentage of participation (2) (8)

Company Country of

incorporation 2005 2004

Fully consolidated companies Airline Automation, Inc. (1) U.S.A. 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus América, S.A. Argentina 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Americas, Inc. U.S.A. 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Argentina, S.A. Argentina 80.00% 80.00% Amadeus Asia, Ltd. Thailand 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Austria Marketing GmbH Austria 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Benelux, N.V./S.A. Belgium 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Bolivia SRL Bolivia 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Brasil, Ltda. Brazil 76.00% 76.00% Amadeus Bulgaria EOOD Bulgaria 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Central and West Africa, S.A. Ivory Coast 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Data Processing GmbH Germany 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Denmark A/S (5) Denmark 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Egypt Computerized Reservation Services S.A.E. Egypt 100.00% - Amadeus France, S.N.C. France 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus France Services S.A. (11) France 90.55% 70.55% Amadeus GDS LLP Kazakhstan 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus GDS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus GDS Singapore Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Germany GmbH Germany 100.00% 100.00% AMADEUSGLOBAL Ecuador, S.A. Ecuador 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, (Malta) Limited Malta 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. Spain N/A N/A Amadeus Global Travel Israel Ltd. Israel 90.00% 90.00% Amadeus GTD Australia Pty. Ltd. Australia 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus GTD Inc. (1) U.S.A. 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus GTD Ltd. Kenya 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus GTD Southern Africa Pty. Ltd. South Africa 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Hellas, S.A. Greece 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Honduras, S.A.(1) Honduras 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Hong Kong, Ltd. Hong Kong 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Japan, K.K. Japan 100.00% - Amadeus Magyaroszag Kft (Ltd.) Hungary 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Marketing (Ghana), Ltd. Ghana 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Marketing Ireland, Ltd. Ireland 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Marketing Italia, S.P.A. Italy 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Marketing Nigeria, Ltd. Nigeria 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Marketing Phils, Inc. Philippines 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Marketing Romania, S.R.L. Romania 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Marketing Schweiz, A.G. Switzerland 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Marketing (U.K.), Ltd. U.K. 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus México S.A. de C.V. (1) Mexico 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus North America LLC. (1) U.S.A. 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Norway, A.S. (5) Norway 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Paraguay, S.R.L. Paraguay 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Perú, S.A. Peru 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Polska, Sp.zo.o. Poland 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Receptionsservice AB (5) (14) Sweden 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Rezervasyon Dagitim Sistemleri, A.S. Turkey 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus sas France 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Saudi Arabia Limited (12) Saudi Arabia 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Scandinavia AB Sweden 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Services, Ltd. U.K. 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Services Asia-Pacific, Pty. Ltd. Australia 100.00% 100.00% Amadeus Sweden AB (5) Sweden 78.25% 78.25% Amadeus Technology Center Nordic AB Sweden 100.00% 100.00% Americs AB (5) (14) Sweden 100.00% 100.00% CRS Amadeus América, S.A. Uruguay 100.00% 100.00% Enterprise Amadeus Ukraine (14) Ukraine 100.00% - Eviaggi.com, S.P.A. (3) Italy 74.02% 100.00%


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Company Country of

incorporation 2005 2004 Hotel Data System Inc.(10) U.S.A. 100.00% 96.10% Hogatex Allemagne (10) Germany 100.00% 96.10% Hogatex Austria (10) Austria 100.00% 96.10% Hogatex Finland (10) Finland 100.00% 96.10% ICSA-T Australia, Pty. Ltd. (4) (13) Australia 100.00% 100.00% ICSA-T France, S.A.R.L. (4) (13) France 100.00% 100.00% ICSA-T N.V. (13) Belgium 100.00% 100.00% ICSA-T Travel Software GmbH (4) (13) Switzerland 100.00% 100.00% ICSA-T UK, Ltd. (4) (13) U.K. 100.00% 100.00% Karavel S.A. (3) France 74.02% - Moneydirect Limited NZ (9) New Zealand 100.00% 100.00% Moneydirect Pty. Ltd. (9) Australia 100.00% 100.00% NMC Eastern European CRS, B.V. The Netherlands 100.00% 100.00% Opodo GmbH (3) Germany 74.02% 55.40% Opodo Limited U.K. 74.02% 55.40% Opodo S.A.R.L. (3) France 74.02% 55.40% Optims Asia (10) Singapore 100.00% 96.10% Optims S.A. France 100.00% 96.10% Optims Italia (10) Italy 100.00% 96.10% Optims U.K. (10) U.K. 100.00% 96.10% Otedis (10) France 100.00% 96.10% Prologest (10) Spain 100.00% 96.10% Quest Travel Limited (3) U.K. 74.02% - SARL Promovacances (3) (15) France 74.02% - SIA Amadeus Latvija Latvia 100.00% 100.00% Sistemas Automatizados de Agencias de Viajes, S.A. (SAVIA)

Spain

100.00% 34.00%

Sistemas de Reservaciones CRS de Venezuela, C.A. Venezuela 100.00% 100.00% Travellink AB (3) Sweden 74.02% 85.10% UAB Amadeus Lietuva Lithuania 100.00% 100.00% Vacation.com, Inc. (1) U.S.A. 100.00% 100.00% Vacation.com Canada, Inc. (1) Canada 100.00% 100.00% Vivacances S.A. (3) France 74.02% 67.50%


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Company Country of

incorporation 2005 2004

Investments carried under the equity method

1Travel.com, Inc. (1) (16) U.S.A - 38.90% AlphaNet BVBA (4) (13) Belgium 28.00% 28.00% Amadeus Algerie, S.A.R.L. Algeria 40.00% 40.00%

Amadeus Gulf LLC United Arabian Emirates 49.00% 49.00%

Amadeus Kuwait Company W.L.L. Kuwait 35.00% 35.00% Amadeus Marketing CSA, s.r.o. Czech Rep. 35.00% 35.00% Amadeus Maroc, S.A.S. Morocco 30.00% 30.00% Amadeus Qatar W.L.L. Qatar 40.00% 40.00% Amadeus Sudani, Co. Ltd. Sudan 40.00% 40.00% Amadeus Tunisie, S.A. Tunisia 30.00% 30.00% Atinera LLC (1) (7) (13) (15) U.S.A. 50.00% 50.00% Comtec (Europe) Limited U.K. 20.00% 20.00% ITA (Internet Travel Agent) Inc. (1) U.S.A. 22.87% 22.27% Jordanian National Touristic Marketing Private Shareholding Company Jordan 50.00% 50.00% PT Amadeus Indonesia Indonesia 50.00% 50.00% Qivive GmbH (6) (13) Germany 33.30% 33.30% Red Universal de Marketing y Booking On Line, S.A. (“RUMBO”) Spain 50.00% 50.00% Sociedad Amadeus-Avianca de Reservaciones de Servicios Turísticos Savia Ltda. Colombia 50.00% 50.00% Topas Co. Ltd. South Korea 32.00% 32.00% Travel.com.au Ltd. Australia 14.89% 14.89% Traventec Limited (6) Ireland 45.00% 45.00%

(1) The participation in these Group companies is held through Amadeus Americas, Inc. (2) In certain cases companies are considered to be wholly - owned subsidiaries, even though due to local statutory obligations they are

required to have more than one shareholder or a specific percentage of the capital stock owned by citizens and/or legal entities of the country concerned. These shareholders are not entitled to any economic rights.

(3) The participation in these companies is held through Opodo Limited. (4) The participation in these companies is held through ICSA-T N.V. Business activity performed by ICSA- T N.V. and its subsidiaries is carried

out by other Group Companies. No relevant impact has been recorded in 2005, related to the liquidation process of ICSA- T N.V. and its subsidiaries.

(5) The participation in these companies is held through Amadeus Scandinavia AB. (6) The participation in these companies is held through Amadeus Germany GmbH. (7) This company ceased operations in 2002. (8) The percentage of participation as of December 31, 2004 has been presented for comparative purposes. The applicable accounting method

applies based on the voting rights in each period. (9) The participation in this company is held through Amadeus GTD Australia Pty. Ltd. (10) The participation in these companies is held through Optims S.A. (11) The participation in this company is held through Amadeus France, S.N.C. (12) The indirect participation in this company is held through NMC Eastern European CRS, B.V. (13) These companies are under liquidation process. (14) This company is inactive. (15) Theses companies are filed for bankruptcy. (16) This participation has been sold in 2005.


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2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND COMPARABILITY OF THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS a) Basis of presentation

i) General Information

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). These financial statements have been authorized for issue by the Board of Directors of the Company on October 28, 2005. Following changes in financial legislation, the Company has adopted as its legal consolidated accounts those prepared under IFRS. However Amadeus Group cannot be considered as first-time adopter as its consolidated financial statements under IFRS have been reported to the Stock Market since the IPO in 1999.

The main differences between IFRS consolidated financial statements as those prepared under Spanish GAAP are due to the difference in accounting methods used in the acquisition in 1997 of Amadeus Data Processing and Co. KG (“Amadeus Operations KG”), the (no) amortization of goodwill and the accounting for Treasury shares,and equity related instruments and accounting for financial instruments.

ii) On April 8, 2005 WAM Acquisition S.A. requested an authorization for launching a takeover bid to the Spanish Stock Exchange Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores) over 100% of the shares of the Company, at the price of 7.35 euros each share . The offer was formally launched on 25 May. The Spanish Stock Exchange Commission informed on July 4, 2005 that the takeover bid made by WAM over 550,598,411 Class “A” Shares of the Company had achieved a positive result as it had been accepted by 94.73% of the shares the Offer was addressed to. (See note 14).

iii) Use of estimates

Use of estimates and assumptions, as determined by management, is required in the preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions and differences would be accounted for prospectively, following IAS 8, in the consolidated statement of income.

b) Comparison of information

In accordance with July 21, 2005 Extraordinary General Assembly each financial year will be ended on July 31. Likewise, financial year 2005 exceptionally has duration of seven months. This fact has to be noted on comparisons made with last financial year ended on December 31, 2004 with duration of twelve months.


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c) Changes in the consolidation scope

Note 1 presents the main changes in the companies which were consolidated or carried under the equity method by the Group during 2005 and 2004, as well as the accounting method used in each case.

3. PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLDING COMPANY´S RESULTS

The proposed distribution of the period ended July 31, 2005 earnings that the Boards of Directors of the Company will submit to the General Shareholders Meeting for approval, and the approved distribution for 2004, are as follows (in KEURs):

2005 2004 Amount to be distributed Profit for the year 84,813 207,868 Distribution: - to other reserves 84,813 207,868 84,813 207,868


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4. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES

The main accounting principles used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements are as follows: a) Principles of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include all companies over which the Group has control. Control refers to the power to govern the financial and operating policies so as to obtain the benefits from its activities. Intercompany balances and transactions between Group companies have been eliminated. Associates (investees in which the Group has significant influence but does not exercise management control) and joint-ventures have been accounted for using the equity method. Subsidiaries are not consolidated when control is temporary, this is the case when a subsidiary is acquired with the intention of disposing of it in the following twelve months, instead they are accounted according to IFRS 5, at carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.

b) Foreign currency transactions

Foreign currency transactions are accounted for at the exchange rates prevailing at the date of the transactions. Gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognized in the statement of income.

c) Currency translation

The financial statements of the individual Group companies are denominated in each company’s local currency. For consolidation purposes, the assets and liabilities are translated into EURs at year-end rates; components of the statement of income are translated at average exchange rates for the year; and share capital, additional paid-in capital, and reserves are translated at historical rates. Any exchange differences arising as a result of this translation, for majority interests in subsidiaries and interests in associates, are shown together as a separate component of shareholders’ equity in the “Cumulative translation adjustments” caption. In the case of translation differences related to minority interests, these are included in the minority interests caption within Equity.

d) Related parties

The Group considers the following as its related parties: its significant shareholder, subsidiaries, affiliates, associates, post employment benefit plans, joint ventures. Also key management personnel and members of the Board of Directors as well as their close family members.

e) Cash equivalents

Cash equivalents generally consist of certificates of deposit, time deposits, commercial paper, short-term government obligations and other money market instruments with maturity of three months or less. Such investments are stated at cost, which approximates fair value.


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f) Tangible assets

Tangible assets are recorded at the lower of cost or recoverable value and are depreciated applying the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets:

Years

Buildings 50 Data processing hardware and software 2 - 5 Other tangible assets 3 - 20

Repairs and renewals are charged to income when the expenditure is incurred.

Leased tangible assets where the Group assumes substantially all the risks and benefits of ownership, are capitalized and the present value of the related lease payments is recorded as a liability. Each lease payment is allocated between the liability and interest expense based on a constant rate of interest on the principal outstanding. The capitalized leased assets are depreciated applying the straight-line method over the above-mentioned useful lives.

Operating lease payments are charged to the statement of income as incurred over the term of the lease.

g) Intangible assets

Intangible assets are recorded at cost and reviewed periodically and adjusted for any diminution in value as noted in paragraph h). These assets include the following:

• Patents, trademarks and licenses - These include the cost of acquiring licences for

CRS and IT services software developed outside the Group as well as acquired trademarks. These assets are being amortized applying the straight-line method over 3 -10 years.

• Purchased technology - This represents the acquisition cost of capability obtained by

the practical application of knowledge, processes, methods, tools and systems to serve the market need more efficiently. These assets are being amortized applying the straight-line method over 3 – 15 years, based on the expected service life.

• Software development projects – These include software applications developed by

the Group which are capitalized once technical feasibility is established, it is reasonably anticipated that the costs will be recovered through future activities or benefit future periods and the cost of the assets can be measured reliably. These projects are being amortized applying the straight-line method over 3 - 10 years. Software maintenance costs are charged to expense as incurred.

• Purchased contracts - These represent the acquisition costs of contracts that give the

Group the right to bill for future services as well as capitalizable costs related to travel agency incentives. These costs are being amortized applying the straight-line method, based on the expected service life of the contract, over 3 -10 years.


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• Goodwill and negative goodwill represent the excess or deficit when comparing the

purchase price with the fair value of the net assets acquired. The excess/default of purchase price corresponding to investments in associates is included in long -term investments. When settlement of purchase consideration is deferred, the cost of the acquisition includes the net present value of this deferred consideration. In cases where the exact amount of deferred consideration is contingent on future events, the amount of the deferred consideration is estimated at the acquisition date and recorded as liability. Any subsequent adjustment to the estimated amount of deferred consideration is applied as a cumulative adjustment to goodwill in the period of the change in estimate and recorded as liability.

• Other intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over 3 - 5 years.

Amortization expenses related to intangible assets are included in the cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expense captions of the statement of income.

Goodwill and intangibles assets with indefinite use ful lives that result from business combinations for which the agreement date is on or after March 31, 2004 are not amortized and are tested annually for impairment. Negative goodwill on these business combinations is not recognised but charged to the statement of income once the fair value of net assets acquired is reassessed. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful life for business combinations effected prior to March 31, 2004 are not longer amortised but tested annually for impairment. The carrying amount of goodwill at January 1, 2005 is presented in the balance sheet net of accumulated amortization. Negative goodwill related to these business combinations are adjusted against the opening balance of retained earnings.

h) Impairment of non-current assets

The Group periodically evaluates the carrying value of non-current assets for potential impairment. As a result of this evaluation, an impairment loss is recognized whenever the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount by reducing the carrying amount of the asset to its recoverable amount with the corresponding charge to the statement of income in the “Cost of sales” caption. The recoverable amount is the greater of the net selling price and the value in use. In assessin g the value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using an appropriate risk adjusted discount rate. Additionally to the impairment analysis required by IFRS, the Group performs periodical impairment tests over the ma jority of its intangible assets.

i) Pension and other post-retirement obligations

The Group operates a number of defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. Liabilities of the Group arising from defined benefit obligations are determined usin g the projected unit credit method. Independent actuarial valuations are carried out annually for the largest plans and on a regular basis for other plans. The actuarial assumptions used to calculate the benefit obligations vary according to the economic conditions of the country in which the plan is located. Such plans are either externally funded, with the assets of the schemes held separately from those of the Group, or unfunded with the related liabilities carried in the balance sheet.


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For the funded d efined benefit plans, the deficit or excess of the fair value of plan assets over the present value of the defined benefit obligation is recognised as a liability or an asset in the balance sheet, taking into account any unrecognised actuarial gains or losses and past service cost. However, an excess of assets is recognised only to the extent that it represents a future economic benefit which is available to the Group, for example in the form of refunds from the plan or reductions in future contributions. Actuarial gains and losses arise mainly from changes in actuarial assumptions and differences between actuarial assumptions and what has actually occurred. They are recognised in the income statement, over the remaining working lives of employees, only to the extent that their net cumulative amount exceeds 10% of the greater of present value of the obligation or of the fair value of plan assets. For defined benefit plans the actuarial cost charged to the statement of income consists of current service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets and past service cost as well as actuarial gains or losses to the extent that they are recognised. Contributions made to defined contribution plans are charged to the statement of income as incurred.

j) Capital issuance costs

Expenses incurred in connection with the increases in capital are applied as a reduction to the proceeds received in the additional paid-in capital caption of the balance sheet, net of any related income tax benefit.

k) Treasury shares

Treasury shares held by the Group are reported as a reduction in shareholders’ equity. The gain or loss on disposal of these shares is recorded in the “Additional paid-in capital” caption.

l) Revenue recognition

The Group receives fees from travel providers for providing electronic travel and reservation services through its CRS. The fee amount is dependent upon the usage and the level of functionality at which the provider participates. Revenue from airline reservations is recognized based on the number of bookings, net of cancellations made and an allowance for future cancellations, or the number of CRS transactions depending on the option contractually selected on an annual basis by the applicable airlines.

Revenue from airline IT services and bookings of car rentals and hotel rooms is recognized at the time the reservation is used by the end costumer. Revenue for other services to travel agencies, airlines and others is recognized in the month of service.


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m) Stock incentive plans

The Group accounts for its obligations under stock incentive plans as follows:

• Employee stock options, starting January 1, 2005 of IFRS-2 “Share based payments” has been applied to the Group equity settled employee stock option plans. Under the new accounting policy, emp loyee compensation expense is recognised based on the grant date fair value measurement of the employee stock option plans within the scope of the standard.

• Compensation expense relating to stock grants (i.e. their fair market value at the

grant date) is recognized over the vesting period of these rights. n) Research and development

Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred, except for significant software projects that have reached development stage (see note in paragraph g). The research and development costs expensed for the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 were KEURs 68,835 and KEURs 97,646, respectively.

o) Financial instruments

i) Currency and interest rate related derivatives

The Group uses derivative financial instruments to hedge certain currency and interest rate exposures. All of these derivatives, whether designated as hedges or not, are recorded at fair value, being the market value for listed instruments or valuation based on option pricing models and discounted cash flow calculations for unlisted instruments. For accounting recognition purposes, the following policy has been applied.

• Cash flow hedges: Effective gains or losses resulting from remeasurement to fair

value are included, net of tax, directly in retained earnings until the committed or forecasted transaction occurs, at which point they will be reclassified to the statement of income. Ineffective gains or losses are recorded directly in the statement of income.

• Hedges of net investment in a foreign entity: Effective gains or losses obtained

from remeasurement to fair value are included, net of tax, in cumulative translation adjustments. Ineffective gains or losses are recorded directly in the statement of income.

• No hedge accounting: Gains or losses from derivatives not designated nor

qualified for hedging treatment are accounted for directly in the statement of income.


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ii) Equity related instruments

The Group has issued warrants (call options sold) of its class “A” shares as part of the consideration for acquiring certain IT contracts and certain corporate acquisitions. The fair value of these warrants is measured by using an option pricing model and is recorded as additional consideration for the underlying assets acquired. Warrants issued by the Group where the holder has the right to request settlement in cash are considered as a financial liability and recorded in the “Other liabilities” caption and are consequently remeasured to fair value with unrealized gains or losses recorded in the statement of income. Warrants issued by the Group, where the holder does not have the right to request settlement in cash, are considered to be equity instruments and are stated at fair value being recorded as additional paid-in capital, with no subsequent recognition of movements in fair value.

Equity swap agreements (contracts to buy shares of the Company in future periods), entered into in order to manage the exposure to a rise in the Group’s share price with respect to warrants issued as described above, are treated as:

• Derivative financial instruments, when they include interim cash settlement

features that are in substance similar to a form of collateral, and therefore do not qualify as an equity instrument: In such cases, unrealized gains or losses arising from remeasurement to fair value are recorded in the statement of income. Fair value is measured by using an option pricing model.

• Equity instruments, when there is no interim cash settlement feature, the equity

swap agreements qualify as equity instruments and the underlying shares are treated similar to Treasury shares and are presented as a reduction in shareholders’ equity.

As a component of certain commercial agreements, the Group receives warrants, options on shares or convertible notes of other companies. Warrants or options received on shares of other companies are recorded as derivative financial assets and measured initially at cost, which is the fair value as of the day of the transaction of the consideration given. Subsequent remeasurement of these financial assets is performed at their fair values with unrealized gains or losses recorded in the statement of income. Fair value is measured by using an option pricing model. When fair value cannot be reliably determined, these derivative financial assets are reflected in the balance sheet at amortized cost. Additionally, investments in companies over which the Group does not have significant influence or control are recorded as available for sale financial assets and measured at their fair values by reference to the market value for the listed instrument or by using techniques such as market value for similar instruments, discounted cash flow analysis and option pricing models for unlisted instruments. Unrealized gains or losses are included in the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, net of tax, with realized gains or losses being recognized in the statement of income. Foreign exchange gains and losses related to these items are included in the statement of income. When fair value cannot be reliably determined, these investments are reflected in the balance sheet at amortized cost.


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p) Income taxes

The current income tax is recognised in the statement of income, except to the extent that it relates to items directly taken to equity, in which case it is recognised in equity.

Deferred taxes are determined under the liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using tax rates that are expected to apply when the assets or liabilities are realized based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. Deferred taxes arising from movements in equity are charged or credited directly to equity. Deferred tax assets are recognized when the probability of realization is reasonably assured and are adjusted only to the extent that it is no longer probable that a benefit will be realized in the future. Deferred tax assets and liabilities related to the same tax jurisdiction are presented net in the balance sheet.

Tax credits for investments in subsidiaries and associates are applied to reduce the amount of the investment when there is an increase in the percentage of ownership. In the case of capital increases that do not represent an increase in the percentage of ownership or for newly created companies, tax credits are recognized at the moment of the capital contribution.

q) Earnings per share

The Group calculates basic earnings per share using the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. The calculation of diluted earnings per share also includes the dilutive effect of the weighted average warrants, stock grants and stock options outstanding during the period.


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5. ALLOWANCES – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE/PAYABLE The Group provided an allowance against accounts receivable for estimated cancellations of airline bookings as of July 31, 2005 of KEURs 76,996; and the Group provision for the related reduction in accounts payable for distribution fees as of July 31, 2005 was KEURs 23,003. As of December 31, 2004 the related allowances amounted to KEURs 72,290 against accounts receivable and KEURs 25,986 as a reduction in accounts payable. The Group’s provision for potentially uncollectible accounts receivable as of July 31, 2005 was KEURs 75,508; and as of December 31, 2004 was KEURs 64,414.

6. PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

The breakdown of the “Prepayments and other current assets” caption as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, is as follows: 2005 2004 Prepaid expenses 34,580 28,751 Short-term deposits 16,812 9,232 Derivative assets (Note 19) 2,438 22,354 Other 20,127 17,119

Total 73,957 77,456

The breakdown of the “Other current liabilities” caption as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is as follows:

2005 2004 Taxes payable – non income tax (Note 20) 27,592 19,435 Employee related accrual 61,844 73,585 Derivative liabilities (Note 19) 1,015 4,323 Deferred purchase consideration 8,418 8,767 Deferred Income 11,845 6,427 Other 24,282 15,326

Total 134,996 127,863

The “Deferred purchase consideration” caption includes the part of the deferred payment derived from certain corporate acquisitions in 2004 and 2003 that will vest in the following period. The “Taxes payable-non income tax” caption includes VAT Payable and Other taxes payable (see Note 20). The “Employee related accrual” caption mainly includes the variable compensation vested during the seven months period ended on July 31, 2005 and 2004, but paid in the following year and holidays accrued but not taken. The “Other” caption includes other public institutions payable and other sundry creditors.


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7. TANGIBLE ASSETS

Balances and movements for the periods ended July 31, 2005, and December 31, 2004 , of the items included under tangible assets are as follows:

Cost

Land &

buildings

Data

processing hardware &

software

Other tangible assets

Total

Balance as of December 31, 2003 129,213 425,707 128,503 683,423 Additions - 67,096 11,631 78,727 Additions due to acquisitions of subsidiaries 929 11,020 4,835 16,784 Retirements and disposals - (35,896) (3,925) (39,821) Transfers - 989 (1,234) (245) Exchange rate adjustments - (3,819) (1,194) (5,013) Balance as of December 31, 2004 130,142 465,097 138,616 733,855 Additions - 44,447 7,265 51,712 Additions due to acquisitions of subsidiaries - 17,610 262 17,872 Retirements and disposals (1) (29,059) (1,491) (30,551) Transfers (690) 1,765 (1,733) (658) Exchange rate adjustments - 8,658 2,608 11,266 Balance as of July 31, 2005 129,451 508,518 145,527 783,496 Accumulated depreciation Balance as of December 31, 2003 29,223 311,298 70,423 410,944 Additions 2,452 60,237 11,680 74,369 Additions due to impairment - 346 - 346 Retirements and disposals - (31,908) (3,214) (35,122) Transfers - (35) 48 13 Exchange rate adjustments - (3,321) (908) (4,229) Balance as of December 31, 2004 31,675 336,617 78,029 446,321 Additions 1,479 39,447 7,343 48,269 Additions due to impairment - - - - Retirements and disposals - (28,046) (1,108) (29,154) Transfers - (22) 330 308 Exchange rate adjustments (42) 4,853 1,525 6,336 Balance as of July 31, 2005 33,112 352,849 86,119 472,080

Net book value as of December 31, 2003 99,990 114,409 58,080 272,479

Net book value as of December 31, 2004 98,467 128,480 60,587 287,534

Net book value as of July 31, 2005 96,339 155,669 59,408 311,416


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The “Other tangible assets” caption includes building installations, furniture and fittings, and miscellaneous. As of July 31, 2005, fully depreciated items amount to KEURs 250,930 (KEURs 260,361 at December 31, 2004). Leased assets included in the aforementioned numbers are as follows: 2005 2004 Land & buildings

Cost 126,396 126,396 Less accumulated depreciation 32,746 31,351

Net book value 93,650 95,045

Data processing hardware & software



Other



Total

Cost 176,304 159,796 Less accumulated depreciation 60,308 54,886 Net book value 115,996 104,910

The depreciation related to assets acquired under finance leases, for the periods ended on July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, was KEURs 5,318 and KEURs 5,651, respectively. The acquisitions of tangible assets under finance leases were KEURs 16,436 of which KEURs 15,125 have been incorporated through the business combination of SAVIA S.A. for the period ended on July 31, 2005 and KEURs 1,716 for the year ended on December 31, 2004. As of July 31, 2005 assets under construction of KEURs 338 were included in “Other tangible assets”. As of December 31, 2004 assets under construction of KEURs 1,170 were included in “Data processing hardware & software” and in “Other tangible assets”.


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8. INTANGIBLE ASSETS Balances and movements for the periods ended July 31, 2005, and December 31, 2004, of the items included under intangible assets are as follows:

Patents, trademarks & licenses

Purchased technology

Software development

projects Purchased contracts Goodwill

Other intangible

assets Total

Cost

Balance as of December 31, 2003 88,673 41,688 324,957 272,093 310,961 5,486 1,043,858

Additions 1,461 - 55,562 16,207 109,027 601 182,858

Additions due to acquisitions of subsidiaries 724 24,572 4,617 3,620 2,639 2,945 39,117

Retirements and disposals (8,253) - (14,839) (15,037) 43 (8) (38,094)

Transfers (2,406) 6,022 3,118 168 38,023 136 45,061

Exchange rate adjustments (296) - (1,556) (2,303) (7,310) (23) (11,488)

Balance as of December 31, 2004 79,903 72,282 371,859 274,748 453,383 9,137 1,261,312

Additions 2,310 - 37,441 17,233 181,997 309 239,290

Additions due to acquisitions of subsidiaries 20,376 - 11 - - - 20,387

Retirements and disposals (397) - (1,048) (14,869) (369) (4,244) (20,927)

Transfers (1,273) 10,416 5,135 43,303 (186,200) (3,064) (131,683)

Exchange rate adjustments 503 761 2,525 4,738 1,602 338 10,467

Balance as of July 31, 2005 101,422 83,459 415,923 325,153 450,413 2,476 1,378,846

Accumulated amortization

Balance as of December 31, 2003 59,369 4,011 145,889 160,332 114,067 4,138 487,806

Additions 9,911 8,463 38,052 38,863 25,881 1,000 122,170

Additions due to impairment 397 - 7,252 - 3,002 - 10,651

Retirements and disposals (8,253) - (14,603) (14,521) - - (37,377)

Transfers 8 464 (485) - 29,079 - 29,066

Exchange rate adjustments (294) - (1,393) (1,680) (4,866) 20 (8,213)

Balance as of December 31, 2004 61,138 12,938 174,712 182,994 167,163 5,158 604,103

Additions 10,853 8,683 26,571 36,169 - 601 82,877

Additions due to impairment - - 672 - - - 672

Retirements and disposals (397) - (878) (6,331) - (3,513) (11,119)

Transfers (783) 196 1 892 (167,163) (571) (167,428) Exchange rate adjustments (32) 76 1,035 2,991 - 108 4,178

Balance as of July 31, 2005 70,779 21,893 202,113 216,715 - 1,783 513,283

Net book value as of December 31, 2003 29,304 37,677 179,068 111,761 196,894 1,348 556,052

Net book value as of December 31, 2004 18,765 59,344 197,147 91,754 286,220 3,979 657,209

Net book value as of July 31, 2005 30,643 61,566 213,810 108,438 450,413 693 865,563

The increase in patents, trademarks and licences during the period ended July 31, 2005 is mainly due to the acquisition of the remaining 66% of the SAVIA’s trademark by KEURs 20,327 under a lease agreement, which expires on February 28, 2007.


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The increase in software development projects during the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is mainly due to capitalization of software for IT services, as well as ongoing investments in the traditional and e-commerce areas. The transfers of technology during the period ended July 31, 2005 are due to the allocation of the cost of the business combination of Optims, S.A. The increase in purchased technology during the year 2004 was mainly due to the acquisition of the 55.36% share interest in Opodo Limited (UK). The increase in purchased contracts during the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 are primarily due to signing bonuses paid to travel agencies. The transfers during the period 2005 are due to the allocation of the cost of the business combinations of Amadeus France S.N.C. and SAVIA. The increase in goodwill during the period ended July 31, 2005 is mainly due to the acquisition of an additional participation in the share capital of Opodo Limited (U.K.) and the acquisitions of SAVIA, Karavel S.A. and Quest Travel Limited, and during the year 2004 was mainly due to the acquisitions of the subsidiaries Amadeus France S.N.C., Optims S.A. and Opodo Limited (UK). As of July 31, 2005 fully amortized items amount to KEURs 268,710 (KEURs 119,862 at December 31, 2004). As of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 an impairment loss amounting KEURs 672 and 7,252, respectively, has been recognised in the statement of income mainly related to software developments in the leisure area. These write downs were necessary on account of the change in Management’s expectations on the recoverable value, on the basis of discounted future cash -flow compared to the book value. As of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 assets under construction of KEURs 4,943 and KEURs 1,910 respectively, were included in “Licenses”.


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9. INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES AND OTHER LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS Balances and movements for the periods ended July 31, 2005, and December 31, 2004 , of the items included under investments in associates and long-term investments are as follows:

Investments In associates

Other long-term investments

Total

Balance at December 31, 2003 63,273 104,757 168,030 Additions 3,441 19,685 23,126 Additions due to acquisitions - 19,048 19,048 Decreases - (7,758) (7,758) Share of associates’ results (7,566) - (7,566) Dividends received (8,126) - (8,126) Transfers (23,521) (68,332) (91,853) Remeasurement to fair value of investments - (2,876) (2,876) Exchange rate adjustments 87 (685) (598) Balance at December 31, 2004 27,588 63,839 91,427 Additions 576 8,954 9,530 Decreases - (13,598) (13,598) Share of associates’ results 12,561 - 12,561 Dividends received (3,994) - (3,994) Transfers (20,742) (4,684) (25,426) Remeasurement to fair value of investments - 1,853 1,853 Exchange rate adjustments 1,737 1,807 3,544 Balance at July 31, 2005 17,726 58,171 75,897

The “Share of associates’ results” caption excludes the impact of taxes payable at the respective shareholder level. This caption includes as of July 31, 2005 the sale of our minority interest in 1Travel.com, Inc. The “Transfers” caption for investments in associates includes the impact of acquiring controlling interests in associates. The increase in the “Other long-term investments” caption during year 2004 was mainly due to Long-Term deposits of Opodo Limited (UK). As of December 31, 2004, the transfers out of the “Other long–term investment” caption included the impact of considering the convertible loan, given to Opodo Limited (UK) in 2003, as an intercompany loan upon the acquisition by the Group of 55.36% interest in this company. The terms of the convertible loan contract have been revised and the option to convert has been cancelled.


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10. NEW INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES AND ASSOCIATES a) During the period ended July 31, 2005, the Group made the following investments in

subsidiaries and associates:

i) Acquisitions:

• 100% interest in Karavel S.A. and its fully owned subsidiary SARL Promovacances through Opodo Limited (UK).

• 100% interest in Quest Travel Limited through Opodo Limited (UK). • 18.66% additional interest in Opodo Limited (UK) (total interest 74.02%). • 32.50% additional interest in Vivacances S.A. (total interest 100%). • 15% additional interest in Travellink AB (total interest 100%). • 3.88% additional interest in Optims S.A. (total interest 100%). • 20% additional interest in Amadeus France Services S.A. through Amadeus

France, S.N.C. (total interest 90.55%). • 66% additional interest in Sistemas Automatizados de Agencias de Viajes, S.A.

(SAVIA) (total interest 100%). The investments in Eviaggi.com S.P.A., Vivacances S.A. and Travellink AB have been transferred to Opodo Limited (UK) (total indirect interest 74.02%).

ii) Newly created companies:

• 100% interest in Enterprise Amadeus Ukraine . • 100% interest in Amadeus Japan, K.K. • 100% interest in Amadeus Egypt Computerized Reservation Services S.A.E.

iii) Capital increases:

• Amadeus Marketing (Ghana) Ltd. • Travellink AB. • ITA (Internet Travel Agent) Inc.

The main balance sheet impacts of these transactions are summarized below: Cash paid for current transactions 204,782 Deferred consideration 9,071 Tax benefit on investments (4,695)

Equity in net assets acquired (37,056) Excess purchase price 172,102 Allocation of fair value to net assets acquired (10,597) Goodwill 161,505


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The reconciliation between the net cash paid for current acquisitions and the net cash invested in subsidiaries and associates is as follows:

Cash paid for current transactions 204,782 Cash acquired as a resu lt of current acquisition (38,682) Cash acquired related to the pre-existing ownership in SAVIA (3,966) Cash acquired related to minority interests in Opodo (16,028)

Net cash invested in subsidiaries and associates 146,106

On March11, 2005 Opodo Limited acquired a 100% controlling stake, in Karavel, S.A. and its fully owned subsidiary SARL Promovacances. Karavel S.A. is a leading French online tour operator. The cost of the combination is EURs 79 million in cash and EURs 7 million of deferred consideration contingent on future events. The revenues and net profit for the Group from acquisition date are KEURs 17,716 and KEURs 934 respectively. The accounting for the combination of Karavel S.A. has been determined provisionally, and is within the provisional accounting period. On January 13, 2005 Opodo Limited purchased the entire issued share capital of Quest Travel Limited. The cost of the combination paid in cash for this online tour operator was GBPs 1.2 million (EURs 1.7 million). The revenues and net losses for the Group from acquisition date are KEURs 1,680 and KEURs 855 respectively. On March 2, 2005, the Group has acquired an equity participation of 66% on Sistemas Automatizados Agencias de Viajes, S.A. (SAVIA) in exchange of a total cash consideration of EURs 87 million. The Group already held a previously acquired participation of 34%. SAVIA is the fourth largest National Marketing Company by bookings volume that operates in the Spanish market. The revenues and net losses for the Group from acquisition date are KEURs 6,495 and KEURs 235 respectively. The purchase consideration paid for the above acquisitions and the goodwill acquired is as follows: KARAVEL QUEST SAVIA

Purchase consideration Cash invested 85,802 1,688 87,012 Total purchase consideration 85,802 1,688 87,012 Net assets acquired 13,715 - 21,270

Goodwill 72,087 1,688 65,742

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The fair value of assets, liabilities and contingent liability amounts recognised at the acquisition date is as follows:

Fair values recognised

at acquisition

KARAVEL

QUEST

SAVIA

Assets Current assets 45,178 4,832 27,288 Tangible assets 732 164 15,923 Intangible assets

Purchased contracts - - 18,600 Other intangible assets 6,627 - 1,726

Other non current assets 4,369 2,484 589 Liabilites

Deferred Tax Liablities - - 9,360 Other liabilities 43,191 7,480 26,478

Contingent liabilites - - -

Net assets 13,715 - 28,288 Net assets acquired - - 18,670

Other intangible assets allocated to Group - - 2,600

Net assets acquired 13,715 - 21,270

Information on carrying amounts of the above items immediately before the acquisition was effected is not disclosed since the information is currently not available. Following the 66% acquisition of Sistemas Automatizados de Agencias de Viajes, S.A. (SAVIA), the following fair values were identified with respect to the net assets acquired:

Purchased contracts 18,600 Deferred income taxes payable (6,510) Other liabilities (Defined Benefit Plan) 26

100% allocation of fair value to the net assets acquired 12,116 66% allocation of fair value to net assets acquired 7,997 Other intangible assets allocated to Group 2,600

10,597

Purchased contracts are the lead intangible assets of SAVIA’s business; therefore, they significantly contribute, or will contribute, to the generation of their corresponding revenues in the future. Among these contracts, we can differentiate between contractual relationships with travel agencies (contracts signed with each customer for all types of services rendered) and contractual relationships with local travel operators (by virtue of these contracts, SAVIA provides their travel agencies with access to the reservation platform of local providers; likewise, local providers pay fees to SAVIA per booking processed by travel agencies and per data unit processed). These contracts are being


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amortized applying the straight-line method, based on the expected service life of the contract. The main allocation performed during the period ended July 31, 2005 in relation to the acquisitions determined provisionally in the year 2004 corresponds to Amadeus France S.N.C., which is as follows: Purchased contracts 12,000 Data processing hardware 5,900 Deferred income taxes payable (6,355) Minority interests (1,120)

100% allocation of fair value to the net assets acquired 10,425 66% allocation of fair value to net assets acquired 6,880 Other intangible assets allocated to Group 6,450

13,330

The purchase contracts identified in Amadeus France S.N.C. are of the same nature as those identified in SAVIA. These contracts are amortized applying the straight-line method, based on the expected life of the contract. Data processing hardware corresponds to fully depreciated ticket printers owned by Amadeus France Services S.A. which are still operational at the Travel Agencies and which are directly accruing revenues. These assets have been stepped -up to their fair value and are being depreciated over an estimated useful life of 8 years. During the period ended July 31, 2005, this allocation has produced a decrease in the Goodwill balance by KEURs 13,330.

b) During the period ended December 31, 2004, the Group made the following investments in subsidiaries and associates:

i) Acquisitions:

• 42% interest in Amadeus Brasil Ltda (total interest 76%). • 50% interest in Travellink AB (total interest 85 .1%). • 20% interest in Comtec (Europe) Limited. • 51% interest in Amadeus Bulgaria EOOD (total interest 100%). • 55.36% interest in Opodo Limited (UK). • 66.12% interest in Optims S.A. (total interest 96.12%). • 66% interest in Amadeus France SNC (total interest 100%).

ii) Newly created companies:

• 100% interest in the NMC Amadeus Global Travel Distribution (Malta) Limited. • 100% interest in the NMC Amadeus Saudi Arabia Limited. • 50% Interest in Jordanian National Touristic Marketing Private Shareholding

Company.


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iii) Capital increases:

• Amadeus Hong Kong Ltd. • Amadeus Marketing (Ghana) Ltd. • Amadeus Austria Marketing, GmbH. • Eviaggi.com S.P.A. • Amadeus Marketing Philippines Inc. • Amadeus Central and West Africa S.A. • Sistema de Reservaciones CRS de Venezuela C.A.

The main balance sheet impacts of these transactions are summarized below:

Cash paid for current transactions 131,063 Conversion of debt to equity 2,772

Deferred consideration 42,652 Tax benefit on investments (28,728)

Equity in net assets acquired (29,146) Excess purchase price 118,613 Allocation of fair value to net assets acquired (8,487) Goodwill 110,126

The reconciliation between the net cash paid for current acquisitions and the net cash invested in subsidiaries and associates was as follows:

Cash paid for current transactions 131,063 Cash acquired as a result of current acquisition (42,409) Cash acquired related to the pre-existing ownership in Amadeus Brazil, Travellink, Bulgaria, Optims and Amadeus France (5,579) Cash acquired related to minority interests (27,191)

Net cash invested in subsidiaries and associates 55,884

Of the business combinations performed during the year 2004, the acquisition of Opodo Limited, Optims S.A. and Amadeus France S.N.C. have been effected from March 31 onwards being, therefore, subject to the application of the IFRS 3 “Business Combinations”. The accounting for these acquisitions has been determined provisionally and is within the provisional accounting period. The purchase price and goodwill amounts recognised for Optims S.A. and Amadeus France S.N.C. are included in the purchase price and goodwill aggregates for the year 2004 presented above. On July 1, 2004 we acquired a 55.36% controlling stake, via capital increase, in Opodo Ltd, a leading pan-European online travel portal for EURs 62 million in cash, being EURs 20 million paid upon acquisition, and the remaining EURs 42 million deferred in two installments before year end. The revenues and net profit for the Group from acquisition date is KEURs 24,110 and KEURs (14,015) respectively.


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Opodo is managed under Amadeus’ umbrella and operates as a separate entity with its own board. Opodo's nine pre -existing airline owners remain as shareholders in the portal. Amadeus was already the technology provider of Opodo and had presence on its board since April 2003, by means of a Convertible Loan amounting to approximately EURs 52 million. Upon completion of the 55.36% acquisition, the conversion rights attached to the loan have terminated, and remain as a financial loan. The purchase consideration paid for the above acquisition and the goodwill acquired was as follows: Purchase consideration

Cash invested 62,000 Tax benefit on investment (10,059)

Total purchase consideration 51,941 Fair value of net assets acquired 18,952

Goodwill 32,989

The goodwill amount recognised is attributed to the economic benefits to be obtained at central level and to the tax losses carry-forward not recognised at acquisition date. The fair value of assets, liabilities and contingent liability amounts recognised at the acquisition date was as follows:

Fair values recognised

at acquisition

Assets

Curent assets 115,228 Tangible assets 4,358 Intangible assets

Purchased technology 21,900 Other non current assets 16,483

Liabilites

Deferred Tax Liablities 6,570 Other liabilities 117,165

Contingent liabilites -

Net assets 34,234 Minority interest (15,282)

Net assets acquired 18,952

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Following the 55.36% acquisition of Opodo Limited (UK), the following fair values were identified with respect to the net assets a cquired:

Purchased technology 21,900 Deferred income taxes payable (6,570)

100% allocation of fair value to the net assets acquired 15,330 55.36% allocation of fair value to net assets acquired 8,487

Purchased technology is the capability obtained by the practical application of knowledge, processes, methods, tools and systems to serve the market need more efficiently. In the case of Opodo, it relates to its capability to operate the online travel web-site providing a wide range of travel agency services. The recoverable amount of Opodo was determined as of December 31, 2004 on the basis of a value in use calculation, which resulted in no impairment. Cash flow projections were based on a five year period financial budget approved by management. Estimated cash flows beyond this period were extrapolated using the estimated growth rate for the business in which Opodo operates.


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11. CURRENT AND LONG TERM DEBT The breakdown of amounts owed to financial institutions, by maturity, is as follows as of July 31, 2005, and December 31, 2004:

2005 2004

Other credit facilities 13,483 8,562 Total short -term debt 13,483 8,562 Other 2,304 2,538 Total long-term debt 2,304 2,538

Total debt 15,787 11,100

The Group has cance lled during July 2005 the two variable interest rate syndicated loans under KEURs 200,000 and KEURs 300,000 dual currency revolving credit facility agreements, denominated in EUR and USD. As of December 31, 2004, the total unused amounts available under these facilities were KEURs 500,000. The interest rates for the drawdowns on these loans ranged from 2.61% to 2.63% for the period ended July 31, 2005 and from 2.37% to 2.58% for the year December 31, 2004. These loans have commitment fees that ranged from 0.25% to 0.26% of the unused portion. Under the terms of these loan agreements, the Group was obliged to meet certain covenants, the most important of which were that the ratio of debt to total EBITDA (Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) should not exceed 3:1 and that the ratio of EBITDA to total financial charges should be or should exceed 4:1. The repayment and maturity schedule for these two facilities as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is as follows:

2005 2004

Date of maturity Amount of

facilities maturing

Repayment schedule for outstanding

amount Amount of facilities

maturing

Repayment schedule for outstanding

Amount

April 24, 2005 - - 100,000 - April 24, 2006 - - 100,000 - December 20, 2006 - - 150,000 - December 20, 2007 - - 150,000 - - - 500,000 -

The Group has a loan with IBM Deutschland GmbH for the acquisition of equipment amounting to KEURs 8,715 with an interest rate 0,90% and maturity date as of May 1, 2006. Short term credit facilities have accrued interest at rates between 2.38% and 9.89% during 2005 and between 2.31% and 6.21% in 2004.


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In addition to the syndicated loans mentioned above, various financial institutions have made available lines of credit and credit facilities, which require no commitment fees. As of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the unused portion of these credit facilities is KEURs 145,809 and KEURs 96,089, respectively.

12. COMMITMENTS a) Leases

The Group leases certain facilities and equipment under operating and finance leases.

The most significant asset acquired under finance lease is the CRS data processing center in Erding. The original cost (in 1988) of this facility was KEURs 106,558, which was increased due to new construction by KEURs 10,942 during the year 2000. These expenditures have been financed via lease agreements with similar terms and recorded as tangible assets under a finance lease (see Note 7). These leases expire on December 31, 2019, although the Group has an option to terminate the main lease on June 30, 2011. At the end of years 2009 and 2019 the Group has the option to purchase the land and the buildings for the residual value of KEURs 70,235 and KEURs 21,097, respectively. Quarterly payments consisted of principal plus interest at an average of 4.98% during 2005 and 2004.

The future minimum lease payments for finance leases as of July 31, 2005 and December 31 2004, is as follows:

Year(s) due 2005 2004

Gross Net present

value Gross Net present

value 0 – 1 31,170 28,864 15,089 13,979 1 – 2 20,076 18,325 12,727 11,650 2 – 3 12,417 11,240 10,965 9,741 3 – 4 10,416 9,113 10,542 9,170 4 – 5 7,421 5,946 8,976 7,469 5 – 10 35,952 24,751 35,924 24,725 10 – 15 32,279 17,547 35,865 19,266 15 – 20 21,097 10,250 21,097 9,999

Total minimum lease payments 170,828 126,036 151,185 105,999 Less amount representing interest 44,792 - 45,186 -

Obligations under finance leases 126,036 126,036 105,999 105,999

Current portion 24,196 9,996 Long-term portion 101,840 96,003

126,036 105,999

For the seven months period ended July 2005 and the year ended December 31, 2004 the rental expense for operating leases were KEURs 25,584 and KEURs 51,089, respectively.


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The future minimum lease payments for operating leases as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is as follows:

Year(s) due 2005 2004 0 – 1 41,437 38,972 1 – 2 34,010 33,524 2 – 3 28,804 26,687 3 – 4 25,038 21,875 4 – 5 18,848 21,117 5 – 10 58,910 49,428 10 – 15 7,241 6,482 15 – 20 550 -

Total payments 214,838 198,085

b) Other commitments

As of July 29, 2005 the Company proceeded to grant in public document of a promise to constitute a trade mark and pledge chattel mortgage as a guarantee of the obligations assumed by the Company, under the Financing Senior Phase One and the obligations assumed by WAM Acquisition, S.A. and their subsidiaries derived exclusively from the Main Term Facilities and in particular from the Refinancing Debt and the Debt Push Down, acquisition Facility and Revolving A Facility.

Equally, as of July 29, 2005, the Company proceeded to grant in public document of a pledge over the rights in accounts receivable from customers (basically airlines companies) and current accounts entitled by the Company as a guarantee of the obligations assumed by the Company, WAM Acquisition, S.A. and their subsidiaries under the Financing Senior Phase One and the obligations assumed by WAM Acquisition, S.A. and their subsidiaries derived exclusively from the Main Term Facilities and in particular from the Refinancing Debt and the Debt Push Down, acquisition Facility and Revolving A Facility, and as a guarantee of th e interest rate hedge contracts fulfillments derived from the financing taken.

On the same date and in public document, the Company proceeded to the grant of a pledge over all Amadeus sas shares and other financial instruments issued by the above mentioned entity as a guarantee of the Company´s fulfillment of the assumed obligations according to the Financing Senior Phase One Contract financing agreements mentioned as follows (1) and as a guarantee of the assumed obligations fulfillment by the Company, WAM Acquisition and their subsidiaries under the same Financing Senior Contract in relation to the limits described as follows (2):


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Financial Agreement

Principal Maximum Limit

(KEURs)

Acquisition Facility (1) (2) 200.000 Revolving A Facility (1) (2 ) 150.000 Ancillary Facilities (1) (2) 80.000 Term A Facility (2) 800.000 Term B Facility (2) 950.000 Term C Facility (2) 950.000

Total 3.130.000

(1) Through the limit of KEURs 350.000 (2) Through the limit of KEURs 3.050.000

At the same time in public document, it is set up a pledge over all the present and future shares of Amadeus Data Processing GmbH, as a guarantee of the obligations assumed by the Company according to the Financing Senior Phase One and the obligations assumed by WAM Acquisition, S.A. and their subsidiaries derived exclusively from the Main Term Facilities and in particular from the Refinancing Debt and the Debt Push Down, acquisition Facility and Revolving A Facility (excluding any guarantee subject to be considered financial assistance). As of July 31 2005 and December 31, 2004, the Group had short-term commitments to acquire tangible assets for KEURs 1,874 and KEURs 8,142, respectively. Additionally, the Group has entered into various software license agreements, which could entail future payments. The likelihood that the Group will make these payments is subject to the compliance by the counterparty with certain contractual obligations. The maximum amount committed under these agreements, at July 2005, is KEURs 608 and KEURs 496 for the short and the long-term, respectively (at December 31, 2004, KEURs 7,761 and KEURs 660 for the short and the long -term, respectively).


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13. OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

The breakdown of this caption as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is as follows:

2005 2004 Deferred purchase consideration 27,282 24,173 Defined benefit plans 5,657 3,355 Derivative liabilities (Note 19) 602 2,448 Others 12,818 7,327 46,359 37,303

a) Deferred purchase consideration

The amount of this liability is contingent on the evolution of the respective businesses acquired.

b) Pension and Post-retirement benefits

The Group operates funded and unfunded defined benefit plans.

The amounts related to defined benefit plans recognized in the balance sheet for the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 are as follows: 2005 2004 Present value of wholly unfunded obligations 11,561 9,045 Present value of partially or wholly funded obligations 47,104 38,819 Present value of defined benefit obligations 58,665 47,864 Fair value of plan assets (36,849) (33,728) Funded Status of the Plan 21,816 14,136 Past service cost (1,546) (1,596) Unrecognized actuarial gains/(losses) (14,613) (9,185)

Net (asset)/liability in balance sheet 5,657 3,355


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The defined benefit plan amounts recognized in the statement of income for the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 are as follows:

2005 2004 Net Current service cost 1,662 2,408 Interest cost 1,589 2,405 Expected return on plan assets (1,369) (2,281) Amortization of unrecognized actuarial (gains)/losses 220 236 Effect of curtailments or settlements - 242 Past service cost 50 219

Total net periodic pensio n cost 2,152 3,229

Balances and movements for the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 of the items included under defined benefit plan liability are as follows:

2005 2004

Balance at the beginning of the period 3,355 3,711 Company contributions (887) (3,087) Net periodic pension cost for the year 2,152 2,987 Benefits paid directly by the company in the period (157) (298) Adjustments relating to acquisitions/divestures/business combinations 805 - Adjustments relating to settlements/curtailments/terminations - 242 Exchange rates differences 389 (161) Reclassification from other net liabilities - (39)

Balance at the end of the period 5,657 3,355

A summary of the major actuarial assumptions used to calculate the most significant portion of the defined benefit obligation as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is as follows:

2005 2004 Discount rate for Obligations 4.25% - 5.50% 5.18% - 6.00% Discount rate for Expense 5.00% - 6.00% 5.55% - 6.25% Long – Term Rate of Return on Plan Assets 6.36% - 8.00% 5.68% - 8.30% Rate of Future Compensation Increases 3.00% - 4.00% 3.30% - 3.75% Rate of Pension Increases 0.88% – 2.00% 1.82% Medical rate and ultimate rate 10.5% / 5.25% 10.5% / 5.25%

For the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 the expense for defined contribution plans is KEURs 10,099 and KEURs 15,660, respectively.


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14. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Balances and movements of class “A” and class “B” shares for the periods ended July 31, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively are as follows:

Class “A” shares (Par value 0.01 Euros)

Issued shares

Treasury shares

Outstanding shares

Class “B” shares (Par value 0.10 Euros)

As of December 31, 2003 590,000,000 15,502,843 574,497,157 219,983,100

Additions - 10,311,563 (10,311,563) - Disposals - (6,708,736) 6,708,736 (48,539,400)

As of December 31, 2004 590,000,000 19,105,670 570,894,330 171,443,700

Additions - 3,791 (3,791) - Disposals - (307,999) 307,999 - As of July 31, 2005 590,000,000 18,801,462 571,198,538 171,443,700

The shares included above represent the authorized share capital of the Company. All shares are fully subscribed and paid. The Treasury shares have been acquired primarily in order to cover obligations under the Stock Incentive Plan described in Note 17 and warrants issued as described in Note 19. Disposals include shares and options granted to employees in connection with the different Stock Incentive Plans and portfolio adjustments made in order to match with the current obligations of the Group. Each class “A” share carries the right to one vote, whilst each class “B” share carries the right to 10 votes. Economic rights are greater for class “A” shares in respect of any future distribution of dividends. The right to receive a dividend for class “B” shares is calculated as the lesser of 1% of total dividends or 1% of the par value of class “B” shares. In the event of liquidation of the assets of the Group, class “A” shares have greater economic rights than class “B” shares, as the Group would pay out the par value of class “A” shares and in the case of any outstanding amounts they would be distributed among class “B” shares for their par value; further remaining amounts would be distributed among class “A” shares.


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As of December 31, 2004 the Company’s shares are held as follows:

Shareholder

Class “A”

shares Class “B”

shares

% of Class “A”

Shares % of total

voting rights

Société Air France 137,847,654 85,782,614 23.36% 43.21% Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. 107,826,173 67,100,243 18.28% 33.80% Lufthansa Commercial Holding, GmbH 29,826,173 18,560,843 5.05% 9.34% Other (1) 314,500,000 - 53.31% 13.65%

Total 590,000,000 171,443,700 100% 100%

(1) Includes the Treasury shares and the public shares.

On April 8, 2005 WAM Acquisition S.A. presented a takeover bid to the Spanish Stock Exchange Commission over 100% of the shares of the Company (590,000,000 shares), at the price of 7.35 euros each share. At that time following shares were blocked:

(i) 171,443,700 class B Shares, each with a nominal value of 0.1 euros, that Iberia,

Lufthansa and Air France had undertaken to contribute to the Offeror in case of a successful outcome of the Offer and in consideration for ordinary shares of the Offeror.

(ii) 24,298,558 class A Shares, each with a nominal value of 0.01 euros, that Air France and Iberia had undertaken to contribute to the Offeror if and once the Offer is successful in consideration for ordinary shares and preferred shares in the Offeror.

(iii) 15,103,031 class A shares held by Amadeus in treasury which are not required in the case of the exercise of stock options held by the Company.

The Offer was authorised by May 23, 2005 and made public on May 25, 2005. The acceptance period was of one month following the publication date. The Offeror expressed the firm intention to promote the delisting of the shares o f the Company from all the Spanish Stock Exchanges, from the Paris Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The Spanish Stock Exchange Commission informed on July 4, 2005 that the takeover bid made by the Offeror over 550,598,411 class A shares of the Company has achieved a positive result as it has been accepted by 94.73% of the shares the Offer was addressed to, which represent 22.63% of the Company´s share capital. The total number of acquired class “A” shares as of July 31, 2005 amounts to 55 8,580,139. As of July 31, 2005 the Company’s shares are held as follows:

Shareholder

Class “A”

shares Class “B”

shares

% of Class “A”

Shares % of total

voting rights

WAM Acquisition, S.A. 558,580,139 171,443,700 94.67 % 98.64 % Other (1) 31,419,861 - 5.33 % 1.36 %

Total 590,000,000 171,443,700 100.00 % 100.00 %



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WAM Acquisition, S.A. has pledged its shares of Amadeus as a guarantee of the fulfillment of the obligations arising from the financing agreements (see note 12.b). Additionally, WAM Acquisition, S.A. has granted to the financial entities a call option over its shares of Amadeus that may be exercised in the event of a major default of certain obligations of the financing agreements. Included in retained earnings are reserves of KEURs 116,133 and KEURs 117,683 as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, which cannot be distributed as dividends according to statutory regulations applicable to various Group companies. Within these restricted reserves there is an allocation for the total amount of Treasury shares acquired which is charged to additional paid-in capital. The Company has fully established the required legal reserve. This reserve can only be used to compensate for prior year losses up to a value of 20% of share capital, in the event that no other reserves are available. Or, part of the reserve may be used to increase the Company´s share capital, but the value remaining in the reserve must be no lower that 10% of the increased share capital The Company owns 18,801,462 treasury shares with an acquisition cost of KEURs107,923 as of July 31, 2005 and 19,105,670 treasury shares with an acquisition cost of KEURs 109,499 as of December 31, 2004.

15. RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS Below is a summary of significant balances and transactions with affiliates. All transactions with affiliates are carried out on an arm’s length basis. a) Accounts receivables - affiliates

The receivables are primarily for revenues earned from worldwide bookings made through the Amadeus CRS for flights on the shareholder airlines. Total revenues earned by the Group from affiliates for the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 are KEURs 324,768 and KEURs 498,452, respectively.

b) Loans receivable and advances - affiliates

Total interest earned by the Group from affiliates is KEURs zero and 146 for the periods ended as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. Interest rates for these loans denominated in United States Dollars (USD) and EURs ranged from 3.67% to 7.48% for the period ended July 31 , 2005 and from 3.29% to 6.15% for the year ended December 31, 2004.

c) Accounts payable - affiliates

The payables arise primarily from distribution fees due for bookings made through the shareholder airlines. Total operating expenses incurred by the Amadeus Group with its affiliates are KEURs 124,934 and KEURs 266,701 for the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.


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d) Board of Directors remuneration

Total remuneration of all kinds to the members of the Board of Directors of the Company amounts to KEURs 281 as of July 2005 (KEURs 426 in 2004). No loans, advances or stock options have been granted to the members of the Board of Directors.

Detail of significant interests in, and transactions, on their own behalf or on behalf of a third party, regarding, companies with activities similar to those of the Company on behalf of directors. In accordance with article 127, section 4 of the Spanish Corporation Law, introduced by Law 26/2003 on 17 July, which modifies the Stock Market legislation, Law 24/1988, of 28 July, and the text in reference to Bankruptcy of the Spanish Corporation Law, with the express purpose of enforcing the transparency of public listed companies, we report that no members of the Board of Directors have maintained financial interests in companies engaged activities that are the same, analogous or complementary to the principle activities of the Company.

Similarly, and in accordance with the aforementioned text, any transactions performed by members of Board of Directors, on their own behalf or one behalf of a third party, in companies engaged in activities which are the same, analogous or complementary to those of the Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. are outlined below:

Name

Transaction realized on agent’s own behalf or on

behalf for third party

Name of third party on behalf of which the transaction was realized, if

appropriate (2)

Role or function of the agent in the third party

Christian Boireau Third party Amadeus France S.N.C. Board Member Manuel López Colmenarejo

Third party

Sistemas Automatizados Agencias de Viaje, S.A.

Board Member (*)

* Mr. Manuel López Colmenarejo resigned as Amadeus Board Member on July 21, 2005.

e) Key Management Compensation

The compensation received by Top Executive Managers other than Managing Directors during the periods ended July 31, 2005, and December 31, 2004 were as follows:

2005 2004 - cash compensation 2,162 2,845 - compensation in kind 26 39 - contributions to Pension Plan and Collective Life Insurance Policies 97 287 Total 2,285 3,171


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16. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Group operates in the travel industry and, accordingly, events that significantly affect the industry could also affect the Group’s operations and financial position. The following geographical distribution of revenues is based primarily on the country where bookings were made and, with respect to bookings made through the Group’s CRS directly with airlines, based upon the home country of the airline: 2005 2004

Europe 927,758 1,371,988

United States 105,418 169,717

Rest of the world 373,109 514,975

Total 1,406,285 2,056,680

The following geographical distribution of assets is based on the country where the assets were located or relate to. The split of assets as of July 31, 2005, is as follows:

Europe US Rest of the

world

Assets used for general enterprise purposes Total

Tangible assets 288,630 6,003 16,783 - 311,416

Intangible assets 563,219 59,933 15,854 226,557 865,563

Investments in associates 3,967 4,616 9,143 - 17,726

Total 855,816 70,552 41,780 226,557 1,194,705

The split of assets as of December 31, 2004, is as follows:

Europe US Rest of the

world

Assets used for general enterprise purposes Total

Tangible assets 266,220 6,929 14,385 - 287,534 Intangible assets 367,637 60,279 14,034 215,259 657,209 Investments in associates 16,382 2,664 8,542 - 27,588

Total 650,239 69,872 36,961 215,259 972,331

Because of the interrelationships between the Group’s geographical activities, it is not meaningful to segment global results for purposes of IAS 14, “Segment Reporting”.


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17. STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS

Beginning with the International Global Offering of 1999, the Group adopted a stock based Employee Incentive Plan (the Plan) to retain and motivate senior management and employees starting Octo ber 19, 1999. The plan provides for the award of common stock in the form of stock options and stock grants as follows: i) The Group granted to its employees a one-time grant of shares, depending on salary

level and seniority, which would vest over a three-year period in three equal annual instalments.

ii) The Group granted to senior management a one-time grant of shares, which would vest

at the end of a three to four year period. iii) The Group also granted to executive employees (including non -senior members from the

management team), in each of the years 1999 to 2004, options to purchase shares of the Group´s Common Stock at the market price on the date of the grant until the year 2003, and at the average market price for the year 2004. Thus no compensation expense has been recorded for plans prior to 2004 and KEURs 415 compensation expense have been recognised in the year 2004 related to the 2004 Plan. The aforementioned options vest in equal instalments over a four-year period measured from the date of the grant except for options granted to Amadeus sas employees which vest after a four year term in the case of the grant in 1999 and five year terms in the grants from years 2000 to 2004. All plans have a ten-year term from grant date. The provisions state that in the event of a change in control all stock options outstanding become immediately vested and have a remaining term of six months.

As of periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 end, the detail of these plans is as follows:

2005 2004

Number

of options Value

at exercise price Number

of options Value

at exercise price

Outstanding at 1st January 14,412,248 78,977 12,056,290 66,559

Of which vested 6,476,974 37,696 4,983,719 29,549

New rights - - 3,630,120 19,203

Rights exercised (*) (305,460) (1,570) (889,071) (4,576)

Rights expired (152,357) (774) (217,042) (1,238)

Plan 2003 adjustment - - (168,049) (971)

Outstanding at 31st July 13,954,431 76,633 14,412,248 78,977

Of which vested (**) 13,954,431 76,633 6,476,974 37,696

(*) The average price for the rights exercised has been 5.14EURs during 2005 and 5.15 EURs during 2004. (**) As per the Stock Options plan rules, upon change in control, all Amadeus Stock Options plans become immediately vested and have a remaining term of 6 months


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The maturity dates of options prior to the change in control are as follows:

2005 2004

Number Exercise

price

Number Exercise

Price

Five years 1,459,528 5.75 1,596,212 5.75 Six years 1,094,670 8.89 1,122,956 8.89 Seven years 2,004,506 5.42 2,106,936 5.42 Eight years 2,646,498 3.88 2,754,393 3.88 Nine years 3,124,679 5.78 3,201,631 5.78 Ten years 3,624,550 5.29 3,630,120 5.29

Total 13,954,431 14,412,248

The Group has applied IFRS 2 “Share–based payments” to its stock option plans. The standard requires that employee services received in exchange for the stock options granted are charged to profit and loss based on the stock options fair value at grant date. The Group plans are equity settled, thus the standard has been applied retrospectively starting January 1, 2005 to the plans granted in 2003 and 2004 which has resulted in a before tax compensation expense charge in profit and loss amounting to KEURs 13,575.

The fair value of stock options has been estimated at the grant date of each plan using the Black & Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions for plans from 1999 to 2004: risk-free interest rate of 5.15% to 4.57%; a dividend yield of 1.7%; a expected volatility factor of our class “A” shares of 29.4% to 53.05% which is based on historical volatility were appropriate ; and an expected life of the options granted of 10 years. Taking into account that employee stock options have features that are different from traded options and assumptions used in the valuation model are subjective, the estimated fair value obtained from the option pricing model does not necessarily provide a single reliable measure of the fair value of the employee stock options. The weighted average grant date fair value of the 2003 and 2004 plans is 2.77 Euros and 2.80 Euros for all plans granted.

iv) During 2002, the Group implemented an Employee Stock Purcha se Program. The

general conditions of the program allow employees to purchase Company shares every three months up to an established percentage of the employee’s annual salary. If the purchased shares are maintained over a period of 30 days, the Company will grant shares for 15% of the amount the employee contributes to the program. The cost for the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 was KEURs 13 and KEURs 86, respectively. This stock purchase program has been terminated as a result of the requirements established prior to the execution of the change in control.


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18. ADDITIONAL INCOME STATEMENT DATA AND RELATED DISCLOSURES

The Group’s personnel expense and number of employees were as follows: 2005 2004 Gross personnel costs 291,227 402,111 Less amount capitalized 17,624 25,144 Net charge to income 273,603 376,967 Average number of employees 6,715 5,760

The Group’s net interest expense was as follows: 2005 2004

Interest expense 6,517 12,266 Less interest income 3,163 6,221

Net interest expense 3,354 6,045


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19. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

a) Objectives and significant terms and conditions

The Group uses the following financial instruments as part of its commercial operations and to manage the risks arising from fluctuations in currency exchange rates, interest rates and share market prices:

i) Currency derivatives

The Group has risks associated with fluctuations in currency exchange rates and uses currency derivatives to hedge future cash flows, net investments in foreign entities and certain monetary assets and liabilities. The Group is party to a variety of foreign currency forward and option contracts for the management of these exchange rate exposures. As of July 31, 2005, the details of open foreign currency options and open forward contracts is as follows:

Derivative Assets:

Fair value (KEURs)

Type

Financial Instrument Currency Maturity

Notional amount

(KEURs) (***)

OCI (**)

P&L

Total

< 1 year (45,735) 1,575 622 2,197 Cash Flow

hedge

Forward Others

> 1 year (31,022) 1,159 - 1,159 > 2 years (8,604) 281 - 281 Options USD < 1 year - - (58) (58) > 1 year - - (122) (122) Others (*) Forward Others < 1 year (13,084) - 241 241

Premium paid - - - 180

Total 3,015 683 3,878 Total short term

(Note 6)

1,575 805 2,438

Total long term

1,440 (122) 1,440

(*) “Others” includes derivative instruments, which do not qualify for hedge accounting and are used by the Company to protect itself from changes in

value of foreign- currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities. (**) Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) included within “retained earnings and other reserves” caption. (***) Notional amounts for Options are presented based on year - end exchange rates.


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Derivative Liabilities

Fair value (KEURs)

Type Financial

Instrument Currency Maturity

Notional amount

(KEURs) (***)

OCI (**) P&L Total

Cash Flow

Hedge

Forward Others

< 1 year

(42,689) 352 207 559 > 1 year (29,606) 402 - 402 > 2 years (9,306) 200 - 200 Others (*) Forward Others < 1 year (4,240) - 456 456

Total 954 663 1,617 Total short term (Note 6)

352 663 1,015

Total long term (Note 13)

602 - 602



During the year 2004, the Group entered into certain derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedge for which the underlying transaction is expected to occur in 2005. These hedge designations have been cancelled in 2004. The cumulative gain on these hedging instruments at the time of cancellation was KEURs 2,201, and is included in equity as of December 31, 2004 until the forecasted transaction occurs. Part of the balance amount of KEURs 2,142 related to derivative instruments cancelled in 2003 that remained in equity as of December 31, 2003 has been reclassified to the statement of income in 2004 at the time the underlying transaction occurred. Additionally, of the total outstanding derivative instruments in equity as of December 31, 2004, a net gain of KEURs 5,950 has been reclassified to the statement of income in July 31, 2005. Of the outstanding derivative instruments in equity as of December 31, 2003, a net gain of KEURs 13,704 was reclassified to the statement of income during the year 2004.


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As of December 31, 2004 the details of open foreign currency options and open forward contracts is as follows:

Derivative Assets:

Fair value (KEURs)

Type


Notional amount

(KEURs) (***)

OCI (**) CTA P&L Total

2005 68,748 7,264 - 4,143 11,407

USD 2006 12,587 1,644 - - 1,644

2005 (39,668) 1,949 - 468 2,417

Cash flow hedge

Forward

Others 2006 (28,292) 723 - - 723

Options USD 2005 55,062 7,158 - (1,696) 5,462 2006 66,808 5,481 - (1,468) 4,013 2007 40,378 2,693 - (947) 1,746

USD 2005 5,284 - 154 - 154 Net equity

investments

Forward

Others 2005 19,049 - 112 - 112

USD 2005 23,758 - - 888 888 Others (*)

Forward

Others 2005 11,606 - - 144 144

IRS EUR 2009 8,474 - - 28 28

Premium paid 4,473

Total 26,912 266 1,560 33,211 Total short term

(Note 6)

16,371 266 3,947 22,354

Total long term

10,541 - (2,387) 10,857




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Fair value (KEURs)

Type


Notional amount

(KEURs) (***)

OCI (**) CTA P&L Total

USD 2005 (13,571) 781 - 412 1,193

Cash flow hedge

Forward

Others 2005 (49,145) 1,383 - 372 1,755 2006 (41,303) 1,192 - - 1,192 2007 (19,349) 263 - - 263 Options USD 2005 40,378 - - 373 373 2006 28,632 - - 506 506 2007 38,176 - - 487 487

USD 2005 (5,222) - 93 - 93

Net equity investments

Forward

Others 2005 (19,014) - 79 - 79

Others (*) Forward Others 2005 (13,357) - - 830 830

Total 3,619 172 2,980 6,771 Total short term (Note 6)

2,164 172 1,987 4,323

Total long term (Note 13)

1,455 - 993 2,448



In the second half of July 2005 most of the outstanding EUR/USD hedges were cancelled. The amounts accounted in OCI corresponding to the cash flow hedges that were hedging USD denominated forecast revenues will be released into de income statement according to the calendar of generation of the hedged forecast revenues, that is, KEURs 2,124 in the remaining of 2005 and KEURs 1,120 in 2006.

ii) Interest rate derivatives In June 2003 the Group entered into an interest rate swap agreement ending June 5, 2009. The principal amounted to KEURs 10,799 and was reduced to KEURs 8,474 as of December 31, 2004.This agreement entitles the Group to receive interest at EURIBOR 6 month term floating rates and pay at a fixed rate of 2.6775%. The agreement has been cancelled in June 2005. The Group has registered KEURs 31 financial expense due to this cancellation.


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iii) Equity related instruments

• Warrants issued

The initial fair value of the 1,818,000 warrants, vested in 2001, which were considered to be equity instruments, amounting to KEURs 8,617, was credited directly to equity during the year ended December 31, 2000, in the “Additional paid-in capital” caption.

The warrants mentioned above are classified as follows at July 31, 2005 , and December 31, 2004:

Number of warrants as of

Cash settlement option

July 31, 2005

December 31, 2004

Yes - No 1,818,000 1,818,000

1,818,000 1,818,000

• Investments in securities

As of July 31, 2005, the Group had investments in companies over which it does not have significant influence or control. As of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the Group recorded in the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity an unrealized gain of KEURs 546 and an unrealized loss of KEURs 1,545, net of tax, respectively, resulting from changes in fair values of these assets. The fair values of these securities as of July 31, 2005 and 2004 was KEURs 8,690 and KEURs 6,818, respectively, and are recorded in the “Other long-term investments” caption. Also since April 2005, the Group holds a convertible note as part of the consideration received in the sale of its equity interest in one of the Group companies. The terms of the note provides the option to convert into shares of the acquirer at a fixed price or receive the principal amoun t in cash at maturity date. On initial recognition, the note was classified as a financial asset at fair value through profit and loss. The fair value at inception amounted to KEURs 4,614. The cumulative change in fair value as of July 31, 2005 is an income/expense charge of KEURs 420.

b) Credit risk

The Group has no significant concentrations of credit risk. Derivative financial instruments are entered into with financial institutions with high credit ratings. The credit exposure of derivative financial instruments is represented by the net fair values of the contracts, as disclosed above.


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c) Fair values

The fair values of loans receivable, accounts receivable, cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable approximate to their carrying amounts due to the short-term maturities of these assets and liabilities. The fair value of short and long-term debt is estimated to approximate the carrying amount, as the interest rates applicable are primarily variable. The fair value of obligations under finance leases is estimated using the expected future payments discounted at market interest rates and as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 was approximately KEURs 132,887 and KEURs 109,314, respectively.

d) SITA INC NV depository certificates

As of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 the Group holds 3,214,200 depository certificates of SITA INC NV issued by Stiching “the SITA Information Networking Computing Foundation” (“the Foundation”), representing 3,214,200 shares of SITA INC NV, at a cost of KEURs 3,557, which is included in the “Long-term investments” caption.

The convertibility and saleability of these depository certificates are subject to restrictions imposed by the Foundation under shareholders’ agreements and under the Terms of Administration of the Foundation. Accordingly, the Group believes that it is not practicable to determine with sufficient reliability a fair value of the depository certificates.


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20. TAXATION

The companies that make up the Group are all individually responsible for their own ta x assessments and hence do not file a consolidated tax return. The majority of these companies are open to tax inspection according to local tax laws in each case. Income tax returns cannot be considered definitive until its expiration or acceptance by the Tax Authorities and, independently that fiscal legislation is susceptible to different interpretations, it is estimated that whatever additional fiscal liability may arise as a consequence of an eventual tax inspection will not have a significant effect on the consolidated financial statements considered as a whole. In this regard , in December 2003, the French Tax Authorities issued a tax assessment on Amadeus s.a.s. for the fiscal years 2000 and 2001. Irrespective of the final outcome of the administrative / legal process initiated then by the company, in case that the final tax assessment materialises, it will not have a significant effect on the consolidated financial statements as of July 2005 due to the bilateral tax adjustment to be applied at group level. Beside this, Amadeus has initiated the Arbitration Convention and Mutual Agreement procedures, which means the suspension of payment of the tax assessments until the end of the procedures, which should occur in a three to five years time. Additionally, the general tax audit initiated by the Spanish tax authorities over the Company in July 2004 is still in progress. The taxes and fiscal years under review are the Corporate Income Tax for the years 1999 and 2002 and remaining taxes (VAT, Withholding taxes, etc.) for the years 2000 to 2002. On July 21, 2005, the Extraordinary General Assembly approved the application for the Special Tax Consolidation Regime in accordance with the Article 70 of the Corporate Income Tax Law, approved by Legislative Royal Decree 4/2004, of 5 March, for the fiscal years starting 1st of August onwards as dependent company of WAM Acquisition, S.A., directly controlled by the latter as at least in 75% and complying with the remaining requirements set forth in Article 67 of the said Tax Law, authorizing the dominant entity to inform the Tax Administration on the application, with the legal scope and effects set forth in the legislation in force, whenever the resignation to the application does not take place or one of the necessary requirements to take part of the fiscal group is not complied. The Tax consolidation group will be composed by the following companies:

Dominant entity: WAM Acquisition, S.A. Dependent entities: Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A. Sistemas Automatizados de Agencias de Viajes, S.A


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Income tax expense was as follows: 2005 2004 Current 92,116 122,866 Deferred (1,799) 6,152 Total 90,317 129,018

The reconciliation between the statutory income tax rate in Spain and the effective income tax rate applicable to the Group as of July 31 st 2005 and December 31 st 2004, is as follows: 2005 2004 % % Statutory income tax rate in Spain 35.0 35.0 Effect of different tax rates in other countries 0.7 0.9 Permanent differences due to goodwill amortization 0.1 2.5 Other permanent differences 0.3 (2.2) Losses with no tax benefit recognition 1.2 2.4 Other (0.1) 0.1 Effective income tax rate 37.2 38.7

A detail of tax receivables and payables as of July 31 st 2005 and December 31st 2004 is as follows: 2005 2004 Tax receivable Income tax receivable 16,000 15,103 VAT 36,297 22,134 Others receivable 5,192 4,374

Total 57,489 41,611

Tax payable Income tax payable 38,752 32,651 VAT 7,972 8,089 Other tax payable 19,620 11,346 Total 66,344 52,086


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The Group’s deferred tax balances as of December 31 st 2004 and July 31 st 2005, are as follows:

2005 2004 Assets

Amadeus Operations KG – acquisition 69,257 74,706 Unused tax losses 13,691 12,591 Unused investment tax credits 22,687 32,261 Finance leases 2,551 2,571 Net cancellation reserve 18,898 16,207 Depreciation and amortization 26,560 24,214 Bad debt provision 4,313 9,623 Hedge accounting 194 978 Employees benefits 8,960 7,202 ICSA - T Liquidation 3,843 3,907 Dividends tax credits 4,165 4,165 Other 7,810 10,716 182,929 199,141 Netting (75,519) (90,362)

107,410 108,779

Liabilities

Unrealized gain s - foreign currency and financial instruments 7,298 16,668 Provision for decline in value of investments 60,875 68,873 Depreciation and amortization 47,320 40,201 Capitalization of IT related costs 8,390 9,388 Purchased Intangible Assets 30,549 18,922 Other 8,551 10,838 162,983 164,890 Netting (75,519) (90,362) 87,464 74,528

Acquisitions of new subsidiaries generated KEURs 240 and KEURs 1,222 of acquired deferred tax assets in 2005 and 2004 respectively as well as KEURs 28,728 of investment tax credits during 2004. The European Commission has asked the Spanish Government for the necessary information to analyze the export activity deduction (Investment tax credit) in order to determine whether it constitutes a state grant. The European Commission has not concluded its analysis yet, so the scope of the claim is still not known. With the situation as it stands, it is not possible to objectively determine the impact it may have on the Amadeus Group once the claim is resolved. In these consolidated financial statements, the Group has not recorded any provision for this concept as the Group estimates that the probable outcome will be the cancellation of the rebate in the short-term without the need to pay back rebates already received.


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Deferred tax assets charged to equity during 2005 were KEURs 7,003 while deferred tax income payable charged to equity during 2004 was KEURs 1,563, mainly relating to cash flow and net equity investment hedges. The following table shows the expiration date of unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset was recognized in the financial statements mainly due to the uncertainty of their recoverability as of July 31st 2005 and December 31st 2004: 2005 2004 Year(s) of expiration 0-1 1,509 - 1-2 356 346 2-3 - 2.760 3-4 1,103 1,710 4-5 9,154 12,728 Unlimited 272,915 241.101 Total 285,037 258,645

The main increase in 2005 relates to the losses generated by Opodo Limited (UK) .


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21. EARNINGS PER SHARE The reconciliation of the weighted average number of shares and diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is as follows:

Class “A” shares

as of July 31, 2005

Class “A” shares as of

December 31, 2004

Weighted average number of class “A” shares as of July 31,

2005

Weighted average number of class “A”

shares as of December 31, 2004

Total shares issued 590,000,000 590,000,000 590,000,000 590,000,000

Treasury shares and other

similar equity instruments

(18,801,462) (19,105,670) (18,918,795) (19,791,050)

Total shares outstanding 571,198,538 570,894,330 571,081,205 570,208,950

Dilutive effect of warrants,

stock options and stock grants

3,685,901 2,902,973 3,729,531 2,470,576

Total number of diluted shares 574,884,439 573,797,303 574,810,736 572,679,526

Class “B” shares as of

July 31, 2005

Class “B” shares as of

December 31, 2004

Weighted average number of class “B” shares as of July 31,

2005

Weighted average

number of class “B” shares as of

December 31, 2004 Total shares issued 171,443,700 219,983,100 171,443,700 219,983,100

Total shares outstanding 171,443,700 171,443,700 171,443,700 210,275,220 Total number of diluted shares 171,443,700 171,443,700 171,443,700 210,275,220

For the purposes of allocating earnings between the class “A” and class “B” shares, the assumption is made that the maximum economic rights attributable to the class “B” shares would be according to the dividend calculation described in Note 14. Additionally, the assumption is made that 100% of the profits are paid out as dividends and the respective portion is allocated to the class “B” shares first and the remainder to the class “A” shares.


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The calculation of basic earnings per share (rounded to two digits) for the periods ended as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is as follows: 2005 2004 Net income in KEURs 172,396 208,032 Weighted average number of class “A” shares outstanding 571,081,205 570,208,950 Weighted average number of class “B” shares outstanding 171,443,700 210,275,220 Basic earnings per class “A” share, in EURs 0.30 0.36

Basic earnings per class “B” share, in EURs - -

The calculation of diluted earnings per share (rounded to two significant digits) for the periods ended as of July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is as follows: 2005 2004 Net income in KEURs 172,396 208,032 Weighted average number of diluted class “A” shares outstanding 574,810,736 572,679,526 Weighted average number of diluted class “B” shares outstanding 171,443,700 210,275,220 Diluted earnings per class “A” share, in EURs 0.30 0.36

Diluted earnings per class “B” share, in EURs - -

22. ADDITIONAL STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS RELATED DISCLOSURE The components of cash and cash equivalents as of July 31, 2005 and as of December 31, 2004, are as follows: 2005 2004

Cash on hand and balances with banks 46,242 39,342 Short -term investments 146,225 65,327

192,467 104,669


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23. AUDITING SERVICES

Professional fees for auditing services performed in the Company and its subsidiaries by its auditor Deloitte and related member firms amount to KEURs 1,307 and KEURs 1,404 for the periods ended July 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. Additionally, fees for audit related services, such as due diligence and purchase audits, and other professional services delivered to the Company and its subsidiaries by its auditor Deloitte and related member firms amount to KEURs 739 and KEURs 256 for the period ended July 31, 2005 and KEURs 393 and KEURs 505 for the year ended December 31, 2004, respectively.

24. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS On August 14, 2005 Amadeus has increased its shareholding in the pan-european on-line portal Opodo from 74.02 % to 75.43%, for EUR 11 million. On September 15, 2005, Amadeus Board of Directors approved the sale of its subsidiary Amadeus Data Processing GmbH to HALDE 145, a subsidiary of the WAM Acquisition Group, for a price no lower than EUR 735 million according to an arm's length valuation. This transaction is expected to take place during the month of October and it is subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions of the financial agreements (see note 12.b). On September 23, 2005 the Board of Directors of WAM Portfolio, S.A. (WAM Acquisition fully owned Spanish subsidiary) agreed to submit to its General Assembly of Shareholders, the necessary agreements in order to carry out a capital increase consisting in the contribution by WAM Acquisition S,A up to a maximum of 554,779,917 Amadeus class “A” shares (valued at 7.35 euros per share) and up to a maximum of 85,661,086 Amadeus class “B” shares (valued at 0.10 euros per share) of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A..

As part of such agreement, it is also foreseen the contribution of 1 share of Halde 144 (WAM Acquisition fully owned German subsidiary) valued in 60,000 euros, which represent 100% of the share capital of the company.

The planned exchange ratio is as follows:

7.35 WAM Portfolio shares by 1 Amadeus class “A” share 0.1 WAM Portfolio share by 1 Amadeus class “B” share 60,000 WAM Portfolio shares by 1 Halde 144 share.

Nominal value of WAM Portfolio shares will be 0.01 euros plus share premium of 0.99 euros per share. Thus, capital increase will be up to a maximum of 40,862,584.27 euros, with a total share premium up to a maximum of 4,045,395,212.03 euros.

Transaction is expected to be executed during October 2005.


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An Extraordinary General Assembly of Shareholders has taken place in Madrid on October 4, 2005 and the Company has submitted to the consideration and resolution the following items;

- Delisting of all shares representing the Company share capital from public trading and official quoting of the Stock Markets in which the Company is currently listed (Madrid Barcelona, Paris and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges).To initiate and draw up, if so required a standing purchase order, for the acquisition of Treasury Shares. Authorization to the Board of Directors to proceed with the acquisition of Treasury Shares by the Company itself.

- Agree the cancellation and settlement of the fully vested stock options of Amadeus

Stock Options Plans 1999 – 2004. The amount would be the estimated fair value of the stock options granted measured at the settlement date. Also, the delegation of faculties to the Board of Directors for the implementation of any possible alternative compensation scheme for certain Amadeus employees, consisting of Stock or equivalent rights to Stock in WAM Acquisition, S.A.

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CONSOLIDATED DIRECTORS' REPORT OF AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A.

The objective of this report is to present the performance and the situation of all the companies included in the Consolidated Statements in accordance with article 49 o f the Commerce Code. As mentioned in the explanatory notes of the Consolidated Financial Statements, due to the Company changing its financial year end to July 31, the financial year 2005 has a duration of seven months. In order to provide relevant information, the comparative information in the Consolidated Director’s Report relates to the seven month period starting January 1, 2004 and ending on July 31, 2004, and not to the period ended on December 31, 2004 presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

INTRODUCTION

The profile of the Amadeus consolidated group keeps evolving through the new acquisitions:

• In the hospitality area, Amadeus announced at the end of January the successful completion of the acquisition process to reach 100% of Optims S.A., the leading European supplier of IT services to the hospitality industry. In joining their expertise and building a Hotel Distribution Platform, Amadeus and Optims will offer Hotel companies the possibility to operate a new generation, integrated, Central Reservation System, Customer Retention Management and Revenue/Yield Management systems to improve their operational efficiency and service.

• Continuing the strategy of consolidating its global distribution network, Amadeus has

increased its shareholding in SAVIA Amadeus from 34 to 100 per cent. SAVIA Amadeus is the Spanish national marketing and distribution company (NMC) for Amadeus. The company has over 93 per cent market share in Spain, which is one of Amadeus' largest markets worldwide in terms of bookings, generating nearly 32 million bookings in 2004.

Nevertheless and even after the fully consolidations of OPODO since the beginning of the year, the three basic lines remain the same.

Travel Distribution

During the first seven months of 2005, Amadeus keeps increasing the number of airlines and the information shown in its system:

• Fifty leading airlines join American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, British Airways and Continental Airlines, in agreeing to distribute their web fares through Amadeus, which has guaranteed web fares from the world's largest airlines.

• Also 25 low-cost carriers are now bookable in the system, including Brazil’s low cost, low fare airline GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA.

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IT Services

On the IT Services side , Amadeus continues to increase the number and range of its products.

• During May, TACA and TAROM outsourced its sales & reservation system to Amadeus reaching 150 airlines.

• After the successful completion of Qantas, in June British Airways started to manage its complete inventory and route network on Altéa Plan.

• As part of a major new focus targeting low-cost carriers, Amadeus has teamed up with Results Reservation Technologies Ltd. to offer a customer management system, scaled specifically for the needs of small to medium sized low-cost carriers.

Amadeus has further consolidated e-ticketing leadership in 112 countries, the latest being Bahrain, Morocco, Tanzania, Uganda and United Arab Emirates. Malév Hungarian Airlines has been the last successful implementation of Amadeus Electronic Ticket Server.

E-commerce

During August, Amadeus e-Travel announced record -breaking revenues and passenger bookings figures through e-Travel Planitgo, the most widely adopted e-commerce self-service solution.

In the first half of 2005, airlines' e-commerce passenger bookings processed by e-Travel have increased by 67% over the same period last year. This growth has been fuelled by the accelerated adoption of self-service through the websites of existing and new Amadeus e-Travel airlines customers worldwide . New e-Travel features to enhance end-users' experiences, such as pre -sales merchandising or post-sales servicing on-line have also fostered conversion and retention rates respectively.

Other important achievements for the January-July 2005 period have been:

• In January, e-Travel communicated the extension of a global reseller agreement with TQ3 Travel Solution. The 3.5 year extension of this agreement follows the adoption of e -Travel® Aergo and SAP Travel Management powered by e-Travel, by several of TQ3's multinational customers including Agfa , Boehringer Ingelheim and Commerzbank .

• In February, e-Travel announced the restructuring of its senior management line-up.

Jérôme Destors and Denis Lacroix were charged with joint responsibility for driving the continued growth of the business unit. Ian Wheeler, Vice President of Marketing at Amadeus, who has led the e-Travel team since its formation in 2002, continues as the Amadeus executive responsible for the division.

• In June, American Airlines launched their Japanese website, powered by Internet Self-

Service engine e -Travel® Planitgo.

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OPODO

Opodo, the pan -European on-line travel agency pursues its goal of becoming one of the top three European on-line travel agencies. The acquisition strategy put in place has bloomed on the following acquisitions until the 31 st of July:

• Quest Travel, one of the UK’s leading independent long haul travel specialists with extensive knowledge of Australia, New Zealand, The South Pacific and Asia.

• Travellink, the leading Nordic Internet travel agency, and that it has acquired 100% of E-viaggi – one of the major on-line players in the Italian travel market.

• Vivacances , key player in the French on-line travel market that enjoys a special relationship with Galerie Lafayette’s S’Miles loyalty programme whereby eleven million French households can “earn and burn” points as they shop on-line. The travel portal offers the full range of travel products including flights, hotels, car hire, trains and package holidays.

ECONOMIC RESULTS

Operating Revenues

Amadeus Group revenues come mainly from the invoicing of:

a) Air bookings made through terminals installed both in travel agencies and the airlines’ direct sales offices, or via web pages connected to the Amadeus data proce ssing center.

b) Non air bookings: Mainly hotel rooms, car rentals, train tickets as well as other travel services.

c) Information Technology services provided to British Airways and Qantas.

d) Other non -booking revenues mainly include the issuing fees of air tickets (both paper tickets and electronic ticketing), the sale of statistical information on airline bookings, fare quote services, interlink charges and subscriber fees, as well as the consolidated revenues from Vacation.com.

Total revenues as of July 31, 2005 were 1,406 .3 million Euros. The amount registered as of July 31, 2004 was 1,212.9 million Euros. The increase in this caption is 15.9%.

Revenues from air and non-air bookings were 997.8 million Euros as of July 31, 2005 whereas in July, 2004 were 918.2 million Euros. The increase of 8.7 % related to the previous period is due to the growth in booking volume and increases in booking fees

Other revenues grew 113.8 million Euros between July 31, 2004 and July 31, 2005. This increase is mainly explained by the integration of Opodo Group, which contributes with 55.0 million Euros, whilst last year’s contribution was 3.2 million Euros. Opodo Group was consolidated in Amadeus Group starting on July 1, 2004 . Also, the full integration of Optims during this year has increased consolidated revenues by 18.1 million Euros.

The total number of bookings net of cancellations registered as at July 31, 2005, excluding potential future cancellations from the open booking inventory, was 284.1 million, whereas the number of bookings as of July 31, 2004 was 272.9 million, which represents an increase of 4.1%.

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The air bookings increase was 5.7%, or 13.1 million bookings. The solid bookings growth has been negatively impacted by the terrorist attacks of July 7, 2005, as they impacted travelling to major tourist destinations (UK, Turkey and Egypt).

Therefore, the number of air bookings in Europe has increased 6% as of July 31, 2005 which represents 8.7 million bookings more than the same period in 2004. Additionally, in the rest of the world (excluding North America) the increase was 9.2% which represents 5.7 million bookings. In the North American market, the number of bookings has dropped 5.8% which means 1.3 million bookings less than in July, 2004.

Operating Expenses

Operatin g expenses for the seven months ended July 31, 2005 amounted to 1,163.7 million Euros, which represents an increase of 20.4% compared to the 966.5 million Euros registered as of July 31, 2004. This variation is mainly due to:

• The increase in variable distribution cost because of the aforementioned increase in bookings.

• The above mentioned effect of the consolidation of Opodo, Optims, Amadeus France and Savia during the full seven months in 2005, compared to one month in the ca se of Opodo and none for the three latter in 2004.

The most significant operating expense is the distribution fee paid to third parties (i.e., companies that are not consolidated by the purchase method). This includes mainly National Marketing Companies (NMCs) and system users for bookings made in Travel Agencies and certain Airlines ticketing offices (ATOs/CTOs). Total expenses corresponding to distribution fees during 2005 were 434.8 million Euros, representing an increase of 9.0% compared to the previous year, where total distribution fees were 398.9 million Euros.

Operating expenses, other than distribution fees, include mainly the following concepts:

• Salaries and social charges, which as of July 31, 2005 have increased by 28.2%.The average number of employees of the Amadeus Group fo r the period ended as of July is 6,715 while the average number for the same period in 2004 was 5,432 employees.

• Amortization expenses, which were 130.3 million Euros as of July 31, 2005 compared to the same expenses as of July 31, 2004 , 112.4 millions, have increased by 15.9%.

• External services expenses, which include among others general and administrative expenses; operating expenses relating to the development and maintenance of pricing and reservation system software and Travel Agencies software, which is mainly developed to facilitate access to the system; central activities of publicity, public relations and conventions; and support activities to the NMCs relating to documentation, training and technical solutions to access the system. External services expenses increased by 29.6% during 2005 (344.2 million as of July 31, 2005) compared to 2004 (265.6 million Euros as of July 31, 2004).

Operating Profits and Net Results

Operating profit (Income from Operations) was 242.6 million Euros as of July 31, 2005, representing a reduction of 1.5% from July 31, 2004 results.

The decrease in the Net loss from financial activity reported as of July 31, 2005 and 2004, amounting to 1.5 million Euros and 3.5 million Euros respectively is mainly due to the increase of 1.3 millions in non operating exchange gains.

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The share in result from associate companies under the equity method have improved from the period ended 31 July 2004 losses of 5.0 million Euros to the period ended 31 July 2005, earnings of 12.6 million Euros. This increase is mainly due to the net effect of the following reasons:

• Excess purchase price related to these acquistions is not being amortized during 2005 in compliance with IFRS 3. Amortization charge as of July 31, 2004 amounted to 7.2 million Euros. .

• During 2005, the associate 1Travel.com has been sold. The gain resulting from the disposal has amounted to 6.2 million Euros.

• The profit increase in companies like Red Universal de Marketing y Booking On-Line (Rumbo), S.A., ITA (Internet Travel Agent), Inc. and Topas Co. Ltd . as a result of the increase in the level of sales and the reduction in the fixed costs.

The Net extraordinary income is 1.7 million Euros during 2005, while 2004 extraordinary income was 0.4 million Euros.

Net results for the period ended July 31, 2005, has amounted to 165.0 million Euros, which represents an increase of 15.7% compared to 142.6 million Euros for the same period in 2004.

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

Amadeus’ main financial risk is consequence of its foreign exchange exposures.

According to the Amadeus Risk Management Policy there are three different categories of FX exposures: operating exposures, transactional exposures and exposures in net equity investments in foreign subsidiaries. For each of these categories, Amadeus FX Risk Management Policy set a different approach

After the acquisition of Amadeus by WAM Acquisition in July 2005, the hedging strategy for these three categories has changed. Up to July Amadeus’ strategy has been as follows:

• Operating exposures: the Group put in place an active mid-term (3 year horizon) hedging approach for operating exposures (the target operating exposures were defined in the form of EBITDA flows).

The goals of the Foreign Exchange Risk Management Policy for this risk category were twofold: reducing the volatility of Amadeus’ operating result due to movements in the foreign exchange rates, and additionally, adding some economic value through an active hedging strategy.

• Transactional exposures: In accordance with the Foreign Exchange Risk Management Policy, Amadeus followed a passive hedging approach for this risk category, aiming to minimize the foreign exchange gains or losses in the Group statement of income.

• Exposures in net equity investments in foreign subsidiaries: Our target in the hedging of these assets was to protect, in the long term, the EUR value of the foreign currency denominated equity investments through an active hedging strategy.

After the acquisition of Amadeus by WAM Acquisition, the focus of Amadeus’ hedging has changed to cash flow. For this reason, the hedging of transactional and net equity exposures has been discontinued.

The strategy for the main operating exposures in other currencies different from the USD has not changed after the LBO as a natural hedge strategy is not possible for these currencies.

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

The research and development policy (R&D) for the Amadeus Group is a relevant tool to obtain competitive advantage, to increase efficiency and to improve the Amadeus System functionality as well as to reduce the maintenance and operating costs.

The constant process of modernization that the Group performs to its systems requires that the R&D center located in Nice continuously develops products using the latest state-of-the-art technology available.

During 2005, Amadeus has expensed 68.8 million Euros for R&D activities and capitalized 37.8 million Euros in software development projects.

Amadeus keeps on investing to improve administrative products targeting multinational Travel Agencies. These products have as their main objective the automation of the transmission of booking data during the billing process and the management of customer accounts and its consolidation at a branch or central level.

Amadeus, continuing with 2004 activity, has dedicated part of the resources for R&D to the development and implementation of a common platform for the information technology services (“New Generation Platform”) as the basis to market the offering of its information technology services line of business to airlines.

TREASURY SHARES

As of July 31, 2005, the Treasury shares portfolio is composed of 18,801,462 Class “A” shares, equivalent to 0.81% of the share capital of the Company with a nominal value of Euro 188,014.62. The accounting value of these Treasury shares at closing, having deducted the provision for the decline in value, amounts to Euro 84,358,982. A number of 14,690,587 of the Treasury shares portfolio is assigned to a specific purpose, i.e. the hedging of commitments incurred by the Company in connection with the remuneration systems consisting of stock option plans for employees and senior executives or hedging of stock options granted by the Company in partial consideration of commercial transactions carried out by the Company (warrants). The Ordinary General Assembly celebrated on June 29, 2005, authorized the Board of Directors to proceed, in one or more acts, with the acquisitions of Treasury shares by the Company itself and by companies of its group, both dire ctly as well as indirectly, as the case might be, in accordance with Article 75 of the Spanish Corporations Law. The maximum number of shares to be acquired cannot exceed 5% of the total Class A shares, provided that the total par value of the shares to be acquired from the date of the General Assembly of Shareholders’ meeting together with the total par value of the existing Treasury shares prior to this date does not exceed 5% of the share capital of the Company. The maximum and minimum price to be paid is 125% and 75% respectively of the Stock Market value at the acquisition date. The Board of Directors may use the Treasury shares in consideration of business and corporate transactions, stock loans, hedging of financial risk derived from commercial transactions, as well as disposal and application of current remuneration systems consisting of the stock grant and stock option plans for employees and senior executives. The authorization is valid for 18 months from the date of celebration of the Ordinary Gene ral Assembly, leaving without effect the previous authorization conferred by the Ordinary General Assembly celebrated on June 14, 2004. The Company purchased 3,791 Class “A” shares with a nominal value of Euro 37.91 and disposed of 307,999 Class “A” shares with a nominal value of Euro 3,079.99 during the financial year 2005, representing 0.013% of the share capital of the Company, in order to fulfil its obligations related to the stock incentive plans for employees and/or senior executives.

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RELEVANT FACTS OCCURRED AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE YEAR

On August 14, 2005 Amadeus has increased its shareholding in the pan-european on-line portal Opodo from 74.02 % to 75.43%, for EUR 11 million.

On September 15, 2005, Amadeus Board of Directors approved the sale of its subsidiary Amadeus Data Processing GmbH to HALDE 145, a subsidiary of the WAM Acquisition Group, for a price no lower than EUR 735 million according to an arm's length valuation. This transaction is expected to take place during the month of October and it is subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions of the financial agreements (see note 12.b).

On September 23, 2005 the Board of Directors of WAM Portfolio, S.A. (WAM Acquisition fully owned Spanish subsidiary) agreed to submit to its General Assembly of Shareholders, the necessary agreements in order to carry out a capital increase consisting in the contribution by WAM Acquisition S,A up to a maximum of 554,779,917 Amadeus class “A” shares (valued at 7.35 euros per share) and up to a maximum of 85,661,086 Amadeus class “B” shares (valued at 0.10 euros per share) of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.. As part of such agreement, it is also foreseen the contribution of 1 share of Halde 144 (WAM Acquisition fully owned German subsidiary) valued in 60,000 euros, which represent 100% of the share capital of the company. The planned exchange ratio is as follows: 7.35 WAM Portfolio shares by 1 Amadeus class “A” share 0.1 WAM Portfolio share by 1 Amadeus class “B” share 60,000 WAM Portfolio shares by 1 Halde 144 share. Nominal value of WAM Portfolio shares will be 0.01 euros plus share premium of 0.99 euros per share. Thus, capital increase will be up to a maximum of 40,862,584.27 euros, with a total share premium up to a maximum of 4,045,395,212.03 euros. Transaction is expected to be executed during October 2005.

An Extraordinary General Assembly of Shareholders has taken place in Madrid on October 4, 2005 and the Company has submitted to the consideration and resolution the following items;

- De-listing of all shares representing the Company share capital from public trading

and official quoting of the Stock Markets in which the Company is currently listed (Madrid Barcelona, Paris and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges).To initiate and draw up, if so required a standing purchase order, for the acquisition of Treasury Shares. Authorization to the Board of Directors to proceed with the acquisition of Treasury Shares by the Company itself.

- Agree the cancellation and settlement of the fully vested stock options of Amadeus

Stock Options Plans 1999 – 2004. The amount would be the estimated fair value of the stock options granted measured at the settlement date. Also, the delegation of faculties to the Board of Directors for the implementation of any possible alternative compensation scheme for certain Amadeus employees, consisting of Stock or equivalent rights to Stock in WAM Acquisition, S.A.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE

Annual Report as of July 31, 2005 of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.

According to article 44.2 c) of the Regulations of the Board of Directors of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A., the Board of Directors' Audit Committee must draw up an annual report on the Committee's activities for inclusion in the Directors' Report, which must be drawn up by the Company's Board of Directors and approved by the General Shareholders’ Meeting, as appropriate. Due to the change of the fiscal year of the Company and the corresponding closing on July 31, 2005, the present annual Report refers to the period 1 January 2005 - 31 July 2005 (financial/fiscal year). In order to meet this obligation, the Board of Directors' Audit Committee drew up the Audit Committee’s Annual Report 31 st July 2005 to be submitted to the Company’s Board of Directors, in the Meeting held on October 20, 2005, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Friedrich Fröschl and attended by all of its Members. Introduction The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. was set up on September 21, 2000, by virtue of a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors in a Meeting held on such date, within the framework of Corporate Governance' practices and the recommendations of the Olivencia Code. The Committee's duties and operating regulations are set out in article 25 of the Company's By-laws and developed in the Regulations of the Board of Directors (Article 43 et seq.), current version of which was approved by the Board on June 20, 2003, following the Report by the Special Commission to Foster Transparency and Security in the Markets and Listed Companies, dated January 8, 2003 (the Aldama Report), registered with the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission on July 4, 2003, with registration number 2003069515 and filed with the Commercial Registry on July 21, 2004. The full contents of the regulations are available on the Company’s website (www.amadeus.com) in the INVESTORS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE section. Competence and duties of the Audit Committee

The basic duty of the Audit Committee is to support the Board of Directors in its supervisory tasks, by means of regular review of the process for drawing up the economic-financial information, its internal controls and the independence of the external Auditors. The Committee is obliged to report to the General Shareholders' Meeting on the issues that the shareholders may raise therein concerning the issues for which the Commission is competent, as well as to supervise the internal audit services. The Audit Committee is responsible for drawing up the proposal for a resolution by the Board of Directors on the appointment of the External Auditors of the Company, extending the term of office and dismissal thereof and on the terms and conditions of their contract.

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It is also responsible for receiving information on any issues that could jeopardize the independence of the external Auditors and any others related to the process of the development of the accounting audit, as well as any other notifications set forth in accounts audit law and the technical audit rules. In particular, the Audit Committee is responsible for studying, reporting and reviewing the following issues or questions:

a. Audit issues

- The financial state ments regularly submitted to the Board of Directors Meeting. - The regular information submitted to the Securities Exchanges in which the

securities issued by the Company are traded. - The annual accounts and the Management Report submitted to the Board of

Directors Meeting to be drawn up pursuant to law. - The Accounts Audit Report, with special attention to that set forth in Article

210.2 of the Spanish Corporations Law. - The replies of the management bodies of the Company to the

recommendations made by the Accounts Auditors regarding the audit of the financial year.

- Specific investment transactions or of any other kind not included in the annual budget, when the importance thereof makes it advisable.

- The prospectus for issuing securities and, in general, any financial public information of the Company.

b. Control issues

- Knowledge of the financial information process and policies and internal control policies and procedures of the Company regarding expenditure, investment, etc.

- Codes of Conduct of the Senior Management staff of the Company. - Internal Code of Conduct for matters related to the Securities Markets. - Internal control systems, proposing, when appropriate, the relevant

modifications. - Accounting practices and principles used to draw up the annual accounts of

the Company. - Supervision of the internal audit services.

c. Fulfillment issues

- The policies and procedures implemented to ensure the due fulfillment of the Rules in the different scopes of action of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates Companies.

- Receive information and, when appropriate, issue a report on the disciplinary measures related to members of the senior executive team of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates Companies.

- Inform the General Shareholders Meeting of the issues proposed by the shareholders within its competence.

- Drawing up an annual report on the activities of the Audit Committee to be included in the Management Report.

- Drawing up the required reports so that the Board may issue the Annual Corporate Governance Report.

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Additionally, the Audit Committee studies any other matter that is submitted by the Board of Directors’ Meeting or by the Chairman. Members of the Audit Committee The Audit Committee is made up of four members, two of which must be independent directors. On July 31, 2005, the members were as follows:

Director Kind of Director Position Dr. Friedrich Fröschl External independent Chairman Mr. José Caparrós External independent Member Mr. Enrique Dupuy de Lôme External owner's representative Member

At year end, there was a vacancy in the Committee due to Mr. Philippe Calavia's resignation. This vacancy was covered by Mr. John Downing Burgess, external owner's representative. Appointments are made for two-year periods, although the Chairman, who must be an Independent Director, may hold the position for up to four years and may be reelected once one year has elapsed after he/she has left the position. The dates of appointment and respective expiry dates for each of the members of the Audit Committee are as follows:

Appointment Expiry Dr. Friedrich Fröschl 27 Sep 2002 27 Sep 2006 Mr. José Caparrós 14 Nov 2003 27 Sep. 2006 Mr. Enrique Dupuy de Lôme 27 Sep 2002 27 Sep 2006 Mr. John Burgess 15 Sep 2005 15 Sep 2007

The Audit Committee resolved, in the meeting held on December 3, 2004, to renew Dr. Fröschl' appointment as Chairman of the Audit Committee for an additional two years term. Whe n this two years term expires, Dr. Fröschl will have completed the maximum period for which he can be appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee.

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Operating procedures The Audit Committee meets regularly after being called by the Chairman. In order to do this, the Secretary of the Board draws up an Agenda for the approval of the Chairman of the Committee. This is sent to all the participating Members before the Meeting, together with the relevant documents for each of the items on the Agenda. During the financial year and immediately before drawing up the 2004 Annual Accounts by the Board of Directors, the Committee held one Meeting on March 11, 2005. As well as the Committee Members, the following executives of Amadeus' Management team regularly attend the Meetings:

- Mr. José Antonio Tazón, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Mr. Luis Maroto, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Mr. Agustín Rodríguez, Director of Internal Audit - Mr. Tomás López Fernebrand, Secretary of the Board of Directors, who acts

as Secretary of the Committee - Mr. Jacinto Esclapés, Vice -Secretary of the Board

plus the external auditors, Deloitte, represented by the members responsible for auditing the Company’s annual accounts. The Committee Secretary draws up Minutes of the conclusions reached in each Meeting. These are included as an item on the Agenda for the next Board of Directors Meeting, in which the Chairman of the Committee informs the Board of the most relevant points covered and, when appropriate, the recommendations made. Matters dealt with by the Audit Committee 1 January – 31 July 2005 The Agenda for each of the Audit Committee Meetings has three regular sections and others that may be included in the Agenda for discussion, analysis and recommendations, as applicable, depending on the matter in question. The three regular sections are the External Audit, the Internal Audit and Corporate Governance. The main issues covered in the financial year are detailed below.

External Audit: In this section, the External Auditors inform the Audit Committee of the most relevant aspects of the work in progress on the audit and regular quarterly information, as well as important accounting aspects, including the application of accounting standards. Whenever there are any, they point out any discrepancies between the Company management and the Auditors regarding specific points. The matters dealt within the financial year included the following: - The Company's financial statements for the financial year 2004 (using Spanish

accounting principles and International Financial Reporting Standards) to be drawn up by the Board of Directors.

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- Reconciliation of the financial statements in line with Spanish Accounting Principles and International Financial Reporting Standards.

- The Auditors’ opinion. - Results of the impairment analysis. - Significant acquisitions. - Cancellation provision analysis. - Accounting policies (derivatives accounting treatment). - Application of International Financial Reporting Standards and analysis of the

impact of the Standards under review. - Group tax inspections in progress.

Internal Audit : In this section, the Director of Internal Audit reports to the Audit Committee on the status of the internal audits carried out on the Group Companies, as well as the status of the recommendations made by the Internal Auditor, and the extent to which they have been implemented and performed. The general scope of audits covers the suitability and effectiveness of the internal control systems (SECS), unless an audit has a more specific scope. For this purpose, the Director of Internal Audit presents the Audit Committee with an Audit Plan for that year. This serves as a basis to monitor the audits. The Director of Internal Audit regularly submits the results of the audits carried out on the Group Companies. Internal audits were issued on the following Group Companies in the financial year ended as of July 31, 2005: Company Scope - e-Travel Business Unit SECS - Amadeus Scandinavia AB SECS - AMADEUSGLOBAL Ecuador, S.A. SECS - Amadeus Bolivia, SRL SECS - Amadeus Marketing Italia, S.P.A. SECS - Amadeus Services Asia-Pacific Pty. Ltd. SECS - Amadeus GTD Australia Pty, Ltd. SECS - Amadeus Brasil, Ltda. SECS - Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. (follow-up of corporate governance

practices) No material consequence arose in the internal audits that required the intervention of the Audit Committee.

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Corporate Governance

This section, which is a regular section in all of the Audit Committee Meetings, is the result of the efforts made regarding the transparency necessary in financial markets and the Company's and the Board's commitment to the shareholders, not only regarding the transparency of quantitative information (economic information), but also qualitative information and, more specifically, with regards to Corporate Governance practices in the companies.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Composition refers to the date of drawing –up the Annual Accounts and Directors’ Report.

CHAIRMAN

John Downing Burgess

DIRECTORS

Pierre-Henri Gourgeon Enrique Dupuy de Lôme

Karl-Ludwig Kley José Caparrós

Friedrich Fröschl Christian Boireau

Marcus James Wood Hugh McGillivray Langmuir Stuart Anderson McAlpine Benjamin Clark Johnson

Francesco Loredan Lucien-Charles Nicolet

Michael Andrew Twinning

SECRETARY (non Director)

Tomás López Fernebrand

VICE-SECRETARY (non Director)

Jacinto Esclapés Díaz

Madrid, 28 th of October of 2005

Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. Annual Accounts and Directors’ Report for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2005, together with Auditors’ Report

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. BALANCE SHEETS AS OF JULY 31, 2005 AND DECEMBER 31, 2004 (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)

See the accompanying notes to the annual accounts

ASSETS 2005 2004 Fixed assets 1,316,912 1,199,814 Intangible fixed assets (Note 5) 53,464 58,670

Research and development expenses 594 537 Patents, licenses and trademarks 26,547 21,577 Intangible rights 104,503 106,469 Software 9,666 10,584 Accumulated amortization (87,846) (80,497)

Tangible fixed assets (Note 6) 5,320 6,651

Furniture and office equipment 1,395 1,102 Other tangible fixed assets 24,147 25,576 Accumulated depreciation (20,222) (20,027)

Investments (Note 7) 1,173,769 1,049,776

Investments in Group companies 1,368,253 1,188,009 Loans to Group companies 73,270 79,231 Investments in related companies 32,038 53,991 Loans to related companies 4,005 3,977 Long-term securities portfolio 10,123 10,123 Other long-term loans 2,203 6,855 Other long-term assets 12,319 9,492 Long-term tax receivable (Note 20.3) 107,903 107,454 Provisions (436,345) (409,356)

Treasury shares (Note 12) 84,359 84,717 Deferred expenses (Note 8) 5,258 6,541 Current assets 509,119 415,640 Receivables 354,961 302,964

Trade accounts receivable (Note 9) 335,324 272,831 Accounts receivable - Group companies 27,334 20,237 Accounts receivable - related companies 1,594 4,641 Other accounts receivable (Note 10) 2,651 9,955 Employee advances 421 326 Tax (Note 20.3) 46,823 47,197 Provisions for doubtful accounts (59,186) (52,223)

Short-term financial investments 150,318 110,518

Loans to Group companies 13,496 8,667 Dividends from Group companies 5,965 50,004 Loans to related companies 8 1,228 Short term portfolio (Note 11) 127,103 48,300 Other loans 1,330 409 Deposits 9,016 8,510 Provisions (6,600) (6,600)

Cash 1,132 1,207 Prepaid expenses 2,708 951 Total 1,831,289 1,621,995

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. BALANCE SHEETS AS OF JULY 31, 2005 AND DECEMBER 31, 2004 (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 2005 2004

Shareholders' equity (Note 12) 1,092,172 1,006,663

Share capital 23,044 23,044

Additional paid-in capital 427,426 425,850

Legal reserve 7,468 7,468

Treasury shares reserve 107,923 109,499 Other reserves 441,498 232,934

Net income for the year 84,813 207,868

Deferred income 81,390 86,154

Unrealized exchange gains 8,193 12,615

Other deferred income 73,197 73,539

Provisions for liabilities 2,350 6,989

Other provisions (Note 7) 2,350 6,989

Long-term liabilities 28,721 27,638

Other long-term liabilities (Note 14) 28,721 27,638

Short-term liabilities 626,656 494,551

Short-term debts with financial institutions (Note 13) 22 696

Accounts payable - Group and related companies 432,421 340,536

Accounts payable - Group companies 425,658 332,172

Accounts payable - related companies 6,763 8,364

Trade creditors 167,503 133,399

Trade accounts payable (Note 9.2) 167,503 133,399

Non-trade creditors 25,620 18,506

Tax (Note 20.3) 13,691 1,432

Other accounts payable (Note 10) 8,821 12,233

Personnel related 3,108 4,841

Accruals 1,090 1,414

Total 1,831,289 1,621,995

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE PERIODS ENDED JULY 31, 2005 AND DECEMBER 31, 2004 (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)


DEBIT 2005 2004

Expenses

Personnel expenses Salaries 14,982 24,455 Social benefits 6,186 6,265 Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets 13,138 26,195 Net change in short -term provisions 9,395 11,842 Other operating expenses External services 12,586 27,139 Local taxes 125 184 Other operating expenses (Note 16.3) 1,103,617 1,658,942 Total operating expenses 1,160,029 1,755,022

Operating income 122,836 151,028

Financial expenses For debts with Group and related companies 1,499 2,173 Other financial expenses with third parties 2,888 4,785 Financial Investments losses 35 - Exchange losses - 37 Total expenses from financial activity 4,422 6,995

Net income from financial activity 15,106 128,519

Income before extraordinary items 137,942 279,547

Provisions for long-term investments (Note 7.6) 27,193 96,414 Losses on disposal of fixed assets 2,690 17 Losses related to treasury shares 53 12,850 Extraordinary losses 2 601 Total extraordinary expenses (Note 19) 29,938 109,882

Net income before tax 113,938 239,945

Corporate income tax (Note 20.2) 29,125 32,077

Net income for the year 84,813 207,868

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE PERIODS ENDED JULY 31, 2005 AND DECEMBER 31, 2004 (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)


CREDIT 2005 2004

Revenues Trade revenues (Notes 16.1 and 16.2) 1,281,927 1,903,303 Other operating income 938 2,747

Total operating revenue 1,282,865 1,906,050

Income from long-term investments

Dividends from Group companies 12,219 120,591 Dividends from related companies 3,544 8,130 Dividends from third parties 273 1,680

Financial and related income

Group companies 1,733 2,688 Related companies 27 146 Other financial income 1,264 2,279 Exchange gains 468 -

Total income from financial activity 19,528 135,514

Profit on disposal of fixed assets 86 970 Profit related to treasury shares 640 15,935 Extraordinary income 5,208 53,375

Total extraordinary income (Note 19) 5,934 70,280

Net extraordinary expenses 24,004 39,602

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. NOTES TO THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JULY 31, 2005 (EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS - KEURs)

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1. ACTIVITY

Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. ("the Company") was created in Madrid on July 14, 1988. The Company is the holding company of the Amadeus Group (“the Group”). The Group is a leader in information technology, serving the marketing, sales and distribution needs of the global travel and tourism industry. Its worldwide data network and database of travel information are used by travel agencies and airline sales offices. Today, travel agencies and airline offices can make bookings with airlines, hotel chains, car rental companies, and groups of providers such as ferry, rail, cruise, insurance and tour operators. The Group provides the above -mentioned services through a computerized reservation system (“CRS”), and through its e-commerce channel of distribution. Additionally, the Company provides information technology (“IT”) services and solutions to the airline industry which includes inventory management and passenger departure control. The Company's share and ownership structure are described in Note 1 2. Due to the Company’s activity, it does not have any responsibilities, expenses, assets, contingencies or liabilities of environmental nature which may have a significant impact in the net equity, finance position or net income of the Company. As a result, the Company does not present any type of breakdown with regards to environmental issues in the notes to the annual accounts.


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The companies consolidated within the Group are:

Name Type of company Country Activity

Direct participation

% (3) Indirect

participation % Date of acquisition

or creation (2)

Fully Consolidated Companies

Airline Automation, Inc. (1) Inc. U.S.A. I.T. - 100% 07.11.03

Amadeus América, S.A.

Sociedad Anónima

Argentina

Regional Support 100%

-

28.04.00

Amadeus Americas, Inc.

Inc.

U.S.A.


-

17.04.95

Amadeus Argentina, S.A.

Sociedad Anónima

Argentina

Distribution 80%

-

06.10.97

Amadeus Asia, Ltd.

Limited

Thailand


-

24.11.95

Amadeus Austria Marketing GmbH

GmbH

Austria

Distribution 100%

-

13.02.88

Amadeus Benelux, N.V./S.A.

N.V./S.A.

Belgium

Distribution 100%

-

11.07.89

Amadeus Bolivia SRL SRL Bolivia Distribution 100%

-

14.03.02

Amadeus Brasil, Ltda. Limited Brazil Distribution 76%

-

30.06.99

Amadeus Bulgaria EOOD Limited Bulgary Distribution 100%

-

17.11.98

Amadeus Central and West Africa, S.A. S. A. Ivory Coast Distribution 100%

-

03.10.01

Amadeus Data Processing GmbH

GmbH

Germany

Data Processing 100%

-

01.04.88

Amadeus Denmark A/S (6) A/S Denmark

Distribution - 100% 31.08.02

Amadeus Egypt Computerized Reservation Services S.A.E. S.A.E. Egypt Distribution 100% - 18.03.05

Amadeus France, S.N.C. SNC France Distribution 100%

-

27.04.98

Amadeus France Services S.A. (8) S.A. France Distribution - 90.55%

27.04.98

Amadeus GDS LLP

LLP

Kazakhstan

Distribution 100%

-

08.01.02

Amadeus GDS (Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd.

Sdn. Bhd.

Mal aysia

Distribution 100%

-

02.10.98

Amadeus GDS Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Pte. Limited

Singapore

Distribution 100%

-

28.02.98

Amadeus Germany GmbH GmbH Germany Distribution 100% - 07.08.99

AMADEUSGLOBAL Ecuador, S.A.

Sociedad Anónima

Ecuador

Distribution 100%

-

12.01.96

Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, (Malta) Limited Limited Malta Distribution 100% - 17.02.04

Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A.

Sociedad Anónima

Spain

Group management N/A

N/A

14.07.88

Amadeus Global Travel Israel Ltd.

Limited

Israel

Distribution 90%

-

23.03.00

Amadeus GTD Australia Pty. Ltd.

Pty. Limited

Australia

Distribution 100%

-

18.11.97

Amadeus GTD Inc. (1) Inc. U.S.A. Distribution - 100% 28.04.95

Amadeus GTD Ltd. Limited Kenya Distribution 100% - 03.07.03


3



% (3) Indirect


or creation (2)

Amadeus GTD Southern Africa Pty. Ltd. Pty. Limited South África Distribution 100% - 01.01.03

Amadeus Hellas, S.A.

S.A.

Greece

Distribution 100%

-

30.12.92

Amadeus Honduras, S.A. (1) Sociedad Anónima Honduras Distribution - 100% 17.03.98

Amadeus Hong Kong, Ltd. Limited Hong Kong Distribution 100% - 21.08.03

Amadeus Japan, K.K. K.K. Japan Distribution 100% - 01.01.05

Amadeus Magyaroszag Kft (Ltd)

Korlatolf Felelossegu Tarsasag

Hungary

Distribution 100%

-

13.10.93

Amadeus Marketing ( Ghana) , Ltd.

Limited

Ghana

Distribution 100%

-

14.11.00

Amadeus Marketing Ireland, Ltd. Limited Ireland Distribution 100%

-

20.06.01

Amadeus Marketing Italia, S.P.A.

Societá per Azioni

Ital y

Distribution 100%

-

18.12.92

Amadeus Marketing Nigeria, Ltd. Limited Nigeria Distribution 100%

-

18.05.01

Amadeus Marketing Phils, Inc.

Inc.

Philippines

Distribution 100%

-

09.06.97

Amadeus Marketing Romania, S.R.L. S.R.L.

Romani a Distribution 100% - 22.01.03

Amadeus Marketing Schweiz, A.G.

A.G.

Switzerland

Distribution 100%

-

09.06.94

Amadeus Marketing (U.K.), Ltd.

Limited

U.K.

Distribution 100%

-

13.07.88

Amadeus México S.A. de C.V. (1) S.A. Mexico Distribution - 100% 13.02.95

Amadeus North America LLC. (1)

Limited Liability Company

U.S.A.

Distribution -

100%

28.04.95

Amadeus Norway, A.S. (6) AS Nor way


Amadeus Paraguay, S.R.L.

S.R.L.

Paraguay

Distribution 100%

- 13.03.95

Amadeus Perú, S.A.

Sociedad Anónima

Per u

Distribution 100%

- 12.10.95

Amadeus Polska, Sp.zo.o.

Sp.zo.o.

Pol and

Distribution 100%

-

17.12.92

Amadeus Receptionsservice AB (12) (6) AB Sweden


Amadeus Rezervasyon Dagitim Sistemleri, A.S.

Anonim Sirketi

Turkey

Distribution 100%

-

11.05.94

Amadeus sas

Société par Actions Simplifiée

France

Software development and software definition 100%

-

02.05.88

Amadeus Saudi Arabia Limited (14) Limited Saudi Arabia Distribution 95% 5% 06.05.04

Amadeus Scandinavia AB

Limited

Sweden

Distribution 100%

-

31.08.02

Amadeus Services, Ltd.

Limited

U.K.

Software development 100%

-

20.07.00

Amadeus Services Asia-Pacific, Pty. Ltd. Pty. Limited Australia Software development 100%

- 12.12.00

Amadeus Sweden AB (6) AB Sweden

Distribution

- 78.25% 31.08.02

Amadeus Technology Center Nordic AB (9) Limited Sweden

Software development 100% - 30.11.02

Americs AB (6) AB Sweden Distribution - 100% 31.08.02

CRS Amadeus América, S.A.

Sociedad Anónima

Uruguay


-

22.07.93


4



% (3) Indirect


or creation (2)

Enterprise Amadeus Ukraine S.A. Ukraine Distribution 100% - 22.10.04

Eviaggi.com, S.P.A. (11) (9) Societá per Azioni Italy E- Commerce - 74.02% 01.10.01

Hogatex Allemagne (10) GmbH Germany Software development - 100% 10.09.03

Hogatex Austria (10) GmbH Austria Software development - 100% 10.09.03

Hogatex Finland (10) Oy Finland Software development - 100% 10.09.03

Hotel Data System Inc. (10) Inc. U.S.A. Software development - 100% 10.09.03

ICSA-T Australia, Pty. Ltd. ( 5) (12) Pty. Ltd.

Australia Software development - 100% 30.11.02

ICSA-T France, S.A.R.L. (5) (12) S.A.R.L. France Software development - 100%

30.11.02

ICSA-T N.V. (12) N.V.

Belgium Software development 100% - 07.08.98

ICSA-T Travel Software GmbH (5) (12) GmbH Switzerland Software development - 100% 30.11.02

ICSA-T UK, Ltd. (5) (12) Limited U.K. Software development - 100% 30.11.02

Karavel S.A.(11) S.A. France E- Commerce - 74.02% 11.03.05

Moneydirect Limited NZ (13) Limited New Zealand Software development - 100% 03.12.97

Moneydirect Pty. Ltd. (13) Limited Australia Software development - 100% 03.12.97

NMC Eastern European CRS, B.V. B.V.

The Netherlands Distribution 100%

- 30.06.98

Opodo GmbH (11) GmbH Germany E- Commerce - 74.02% 01.07.04

Opodo Limited Limited U.K. E- Commerce 74.02% - 01.07.04

Opodo S.A.R.L. (11) S.A.R.L. France E- Commerce - 74.02% 01.07.04

Optims Asia (10) Ltd. Singapore Software development - 100% 10.09.03

Optims Italia (10) S.R.L. Italy Software development - 100% 10.09.03

Optims S.A. Société Anonyme France Software development 100% - 10.09.03

Optims U.K. (10) Ltd. U.K. Software development - 100% 10.09.03

Otedis (10) Société par Actions Simplifiée France Software development - 100% 10.09.03

Prologest (10) S.A. Spain Software development - 100% 10.09.03

Quest Travel Limited (11) Limited U.K. E- Commerce - 74.02% 13.01.05

SARL Promovacances(15)

S.A.R.L. France E- Commerce

- 74.02% 11.03.05

SIA Amadeus Latvija SIA Latvia Distribution 100% - 31.08.02

Sistemas Automatizados de Agencias de Viajes, S.A. (SAVIA) Sociedad Anónima Spain Distribution 100%

- 23.09.98

Sistemas de Reservaciones CRS de Venezuela, C.A. C.A.

Venezuela Distribution 100% - 14.11.95

Travellink AB (9) (11)

AB Sweden E- Commerce - 74.02%

09.04.01

UAB Amadeus Lietuva UAB Lithuania Distribution 100% - 31.08.02


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% (3) Indirect


or creation (2)

Vacation.com, Inc. (1) Inc.

U.S.A. Distribution - 100% 15.11.00

Vacation.com Canada, Inc. (1) Inc. Canada Distribution - 100% 15.11.00

Vivacances S.A. (11) (9) Société Anonyme Francia E- Commerce - 74.02%

09.08.02

Companies consolidated under the equity of method

AlphaNet BVBA (5) (12) BVBA Belgium E- Commerce -

28%

30.11.02

Amadeus Algerie, S.A.R.L. S.A.R.L. Argelia Distribution 40%

-

27.08.02

Amadeus Gulf LLC Limited Liability Company United Arabian Emirates Distribution 49% - 27.12.03

Amadeus Kuwait Com pany W.L.L. W.L.L. Kuwait Distribution 35% - 06.08.03

Amadeus Marketing CSA, s.r.o. s.r.o. Czech Rep. Distribution 35%

-

19.09.97

Amadeus Maroc, S.A.S. S.A.S. Morocco Distribution 30%

-

30.06.98

Amadeus Qatar W.L.L. W.L.L. Qatar Distribution 40%

-

03.07.01

Amadeus Sudani, Co.Ltd. Limited Sudan Distribution 40%

-

21.09.02

Amadeus Tunisie, S.A. Société Anonyme Tunisia Distribution 30%

-

06.09.99

Atinera LLC (1) (4) (12)(15) Limited Liability Company

U.S.A. Software Development - 50% 06.12.00

Comtec (Europe) Limited Limited U.K. I.T. 20% - 05.02.04

ITA (Internet Travel Agent) Inc. (1) Inc. U.S.A. Software Development -

22.87%

23.08.98

Jordanian National Touristic Marketing Private Shareholding Company Limited Jordan Distribution 50% - 19.05.04

PT Amadeus Indonesia Foreign Investment Co. Indonesia Distribution 50% - 10.10.03

Qivive GmbH (7)(12) GmbH Germany I.T. - 33.3% 26.02.03

Red Universal de Marketing y Booking On Line, S.A. (“RUMBO”) Sociedad Anónima Spain E- Commerce 50% - 09.03.00 S Sociedad Amadeus- Avianca de Reservaciones de Serv icios

Turísticos Savia Ltda. Limitada Colombia Distribution 50%

- 25.07.02

Topas Co. Ltd. Limited South Korea Regional CRS 32%

-

07.11.03

Travel.com.au Ltd. Limited Australia E- Commerce 14.89%

-

28.04.00

Traventec Limited (7) Limited Ireland I.T. -

45% 07.08.99

(1) The participation in these companies is held through Amadeus Americas. (2) In case of various investments or capital increases, the date of acquisition or creation refers to the first one. (3) In cer tain cases companies are considered to be wholly owned subsidiaries, even though due to local statutory obligations they are required to have more than one shareholder or a specific percentage of the capital stock

owned by citizens and/or legal entities of the country concerned. These shareholders are not entitled to any economic rights.


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(4) This Company ceased operations in year 2002. (5) The participation in these companies is held through ICSA-T N.V. Business activity performed by ICSA-T N.V. and its subsidiaries is carried out by other Group companies. (6) The participation in these companies is held through Amadeus Scandinavia AB. (7) The participation in these companies is held through Amadeus Germany GmbH (8) The participation in this company is held through Amadeus France S.N.C. (9) These companies were held directly through the company and are held indirectly by Opodo Limited on 2005. (10) The participation in these companies is held through Optims S.A. (11) The participation in these companies is held through Opodo Limited. (12) These companies are under liquidation. (13) The participation in these companies is held through Amadeus GTD Australia Pty. Ltd. (14) The indirect participation in this Company is held through NMC Eastern European CRS, B.V. (15) These companies are filed for bankruptcy.


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2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND COMPARABILITY OF THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS a) General information

The annual accounts have been obtained from the accounting records of the Company and prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Spain (Spanish GAAP), applied on a consistent basis with the prior year. Certain amounts for the prior period have been reclassified to conform with 2005 presentation. In accordance with July 21, 2005 Extraordinary General Assembly the fiscal year will be ended on July 31, of each year, modifying article 33 of its By-law. Likewise, financial year 2005 exceptionally has duration of seven months. This fact has to be noted on comparisons made with last fiscal year ended on December 31, 2004 with duration of twelve months.

As of July 31, 2005 the annual accounts include, using the global integration method, the amounts corresponding to the assets and liabilities as well as the profits and losses of the Company's branch offices (Japan and Ukraine). In accordance with Spanish Law, this document only refers to the individual annual accounts of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A. and does not represent the consolidated annual accounts of the Amadeus Group. The Group considers that due to its structure, the consolidated annual accounts are more representative of the Group's activities than the individual annual accounts. Examples of the components of the individual annual accounts that do not affect the consolidated Group are the provisions for the decline in value of long -term investments in Group and related companies, intercompany transactions and dividends earned from Group and related companies.

b) Use of estimates

Use of estimates and assumptions, as determined by management, is required in the preparation of annual accounts in conformity with Spanish GAAP. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions.

c) Merger

During 1999 the Company merged with Amadeus Marketing, S.A., Sociedad Unipersonal and Amadeus Shares, S.L., Sociedad Unipersonal (acquired companies). The valuation of the individual components of the shareholders´ equity of the acquired companies, as they were wholly owned, has been incorporated using consolidation criteria. For accounting purposes, this type of merger is known as a merger of wholly owned entities. All the information required by Spanish law was included in the Company’s notes to the annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 1999.


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3. PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION OF RESULTS FOR YEAR 2005 The proposed distribution of the period ended July 31, 2005 earnings that the Board of Directors will submit to the General Shareholders’ Meeting for approval is as follows (in EUR): Profits for the year 84,813,120.76

Distribution to:

- Other reserves 84,813,120.76 84,813,120.76

4. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES

The main accounting principles used in the preparation of the annual accounts are as follows: a) Foreign currency transactions Foreign currency transactions are accounted for at the exchange rates prevailing at the

date of the transactions. Gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and losses from the translation at year-end of monetary assets and liabilities deno minated in foreign currencies are recognized in the statement of income. In the majority of the cases, unrealized exchange gains are not credited to the income of the period, but are accounted for as a liability in the “Unrealized exchange gains” caption.

b) Related companies The Company considers companies over which it exercises a significant influence as

related companies.

c) Intangible fixed assets Intangible assets are recorded at cost and reviewed periodically and adjusted for any

diminution in value as noted in paragraph g ). These assets include the following:

• Patents, licenses and trademarks - These include the costs of acquiring licenses for CRS and IT services software developed outside the Company as well as acquired trademarks. These assets are being amortized applying the straight-line method over 5 - 10 years.

• Intangible rights - These represent the acquisition cost of contracts that give the

Company the right to bill for future services, as well as capitalizable costs related to travel agency incentives. These costs are being amortized applying the straight-line method, based on the expected service life of the contract, over 3 - 10 years.

• Software - The value of these assets includes amounts incurred to obtain the

ownership or rights to use software, as well as amounts incurred by the Company to develop software applications. These amounts are capitalized once technical


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feasibility is established, where it is reasonably anticipated that the cost will be recovered through future activities or benefit future periods and the cost of the assets can be measured reliably. Software is amortized applying the straight-line method over 3 - 5 years. Software maintenance costs are charged to expense as incurred.

d) Tangible fixed assets Tangible fixed assets are recorded at the lower of cost or recoverable value and are

depreciated applying the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets:

Furniture and office equipment 10 -15 years Other tangible fixed assets 3 -15 years

Repairs and renewals are charged to income when the expenditure is incurred.

e) Investments Investments in marketable short and long-term fixed income and equity securities are

recorded at the lower of cost or market.

For shares in companies that are not listed in the stock market, Group and related companies, the market value is considered to be their net book value, adjusted for any unrecognized gains existing at the acquisition date which remain at the closing date. When settlement of purchase consideration is deferred, the cost of the acquisition includes the net present value of this deferred consideration. In cases where the exact amount of deferred consideration is contingent on future events, the amount of the deferred consideration is estimated at the acquisition date and recorded as a liability. Accumulated unrealized gains from any subsequent remeasurement of the deferred consideration are recorded as deferred income, while accumulated unrealized losses are recorded in the statement of income.

f) Treasury shares Treasury shares, designated to cover specific commitments, are stated at the lower of

cost (which includes the total amount paid upon acquisition plus expenses related to the transaction), market value or exercise price.

Treasury shares not designated to cover specific commitments are recorded at the lower of cost, market or net book value. The difference between cost and the market value is accounted for in the statement of income, while the difference between the market and the net book value is recorded against reserves. In accordance with Article 79.3 of the Spanish Companies Act, an allocation has been made to the corresponding restricted reserve for the cost of Treasury shares, before any required provisions.


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g) Impairment of non-current assets The Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of non-current assets for

potential impairment. As a result of this evaluation, the corresponding provision is recognized whenever the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount by reducing the carrying amount of the asset to its recoverable amount with the corresponding charge to the statement of income.

h) Deferred expenses Deferred expenses are valued as the difference between the settlement amount and the

present value of the liability. These deferred expenses are charged to income based on financial criteria.

i) Pension and other post-retirement obligations The Company has pension commitments with its employees which are being fulfilled

through a defined contribution Employment System Pension Plan for all employees and defined benefit/contribution Collective Life Insurance Contracts for a selective group of executive (senior management included) employees (internal funds externalized in January 2001). The contributions to these plans are charged to the statement of income in the period to which they relate.

j) Other provisions and contingencies Risks in connection with claims, trials, indemnities and contingencies considered

probable are accrued in accordance with a reasonable estimate of their amount. k) Revenue recognition The Company receives fees from travel providers for providing electronic travel and

reservation services through its CRS. The fee amount is dependent upon the usage and the level of functionality at which the provider participates. Revenue from airline reservations is recognized based on the number of bookings, net of cancellations made and an allowance for future cancellations, or the number of CRS transactions, depending on the option contractually selected on an annual basis by the applicable airlines.

Revenue from airline IT services and bookings of car rentals and hotel rooms is recognized at the time the reservation is used by the end customer. Revenue for other services to travel agencies, airlines and others is recognized in the month of service.


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l) Stock incentive plans The Company accounts for its obligations under stock incentive plans as follows:

• Compensation expense is recognized for stock options, if the fair market value of the underlying stock at the date of the grant is above the exercise price. In this case, the expense is accrued over the vesting period of these rights (currently four years).

• Compensation expense relating to stock grants (i.e. their fair market value at the

grant date) is recognized over the vesting period of these rights. m) Financial instruments

i) Currency and interest rate related derivatives

The Company uses derivative financial instruments to hedge certain currency and interest rate exposures. The fair value of these derivatives is the market value for listed instruments or valuation based on option pricing models and discounted cash flow calculations for unlisted instruments. For accounting recognition purposes, the following policy has been applied:

• Cash flow hedges: No remeasurement to fair value is performed until the

committed or forecasted transaction occurs (except for monetary assets or liabilities which are designated as hedges of future cash flows, in which case effective gains and losses resulting from remeasurement are deferred until the future forecasted transaction occurs). When the underlying transaction occurs, unrealized gains and losses obtained from remeasurement to fair value are accounted for in the statement of income to the extent that the revaluation of the underlying asset or liability is also included in the statement of income. Ineffective unrealized gains are deferred on the balance sheet and ineffective unrealized losses are recognized directly in the statement of income.

• Hedges of net investments in foreign entities: Effective losses obtained from

remeasurement to fair value are included in the statement of income while effective gains are deferred. However, effective gains are included in the statement of income to the extent that a foreign currency translation loss has been recorded in the provision for decline in portfolio with respect to the underlying investment. Ineffective unrealized gains are deferred on the balance sheet and ineffective unrealized losses are included in the statement of income.

• Hedges of monetary assets and liabilities: For consistency purposes with respect

to the valuation of the underlying assets and liabilities, unrealized losses obtained from remeasurement to fair value are deferred and unrealized gains are recorded in the statement of income.

• No hedge accounting: Unrealized losses from derivatives not designated nor

qualified for hedging treatment are accounted for directly in the statement of income, whereas unrealized gains are recorded as deferred income on the balance sheet in the “Other deferred income” caption.


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ii) Equity related instruments

The Company has issued warrants (call options sold) of its class “A” shares as part of the consideration for acquiring certain IT contracts and certain corporate acquisitions. The fair value of these warrants is measured by using an option pricing model and is recorded as additional consideration for the underlying assets acquired. These warrants have been considered as a financial liability and recorded in the “Other liabilities” caption and are consequently remeasured to fair value for which accumulated unrealized losses have been included in the statement of income and accumulated unrealized gains have been recorded in the “Other deferred income” caption until the maturity of the contracts. In order to manage the exposure to a rise in its share price with respect to part of the warrants mentioned above, the Company has acquired Treasury shares. In the event that the warrants covered by Treasury shares were not exercisable, the difference in value arising from the comparison between fair value and net book value of these Treasury shares would be compensated by the balance included in the “Other deferred income” caption. Equity swap agreements (contracts to buy shares of the Company in future periods), entered into in order to manage the exposure to a rise in the Company’s share price with respect to some of the warrants issued as described above, are treated as:

• Derivative financial instruments, when they include interim cash settlement

features that are in substance similar to a form of collateral, and therefore do not qualify as an equity instrument. In such cases, accumulated unrealized gains arising from remeasurement to fair value are recorded as deferred income and accumulated unrealized losses are recorded under Net income/loss from financial activity in the statement of income. Fair value is measured by using an option pricing model.

• Instruments similar to a deferred purchase of Treasury shares, when there is no

interim cash settlement feature, are recorded as an asset. This asset is classified under the “Long-term securities portfolio” caption, as opposed to the “Treasury shares” caption, since the underlying shares are not physically held by the Company. These instruments are valued following the criteria for Investments.

As a component of certain commercial agreements, the Company receives warrants or options on shares of other companies. Warrants or options received on shares of other companies are recorded as derivative financial assets, and measured initially at cost, which is the fair value as of the date of the transaction. Subsequent remeasurement of these financial assets is performed at their fair values of the consideration given, with unrealized losses recorded in the statement of income and unrealized gains recorded as deferred income. Fair value is measured by using an option pricing model. When fair value cannot be reliably determined, these derivative financial assets are reflected in the balance sheet at cost.


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n) Income taxes

The current income tax is recognized in the statement of income. Income tax expense includes the income tax for related companies that are subject to tax at shareholder level. Deferred taxes are determined under the liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using tax rates that are expected to apply when the assets or liabilities are realized, based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. Deferred tax assets are recognized when the probability of realization is reasonably assured, and are adjusted only to the extent that it is no longer probable that a benefit will be realized in the future. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are included in the captions of tax receivable and payable and are classified as short or long-term based on the underlying assets and liabilities Tax credits for investments in subsidiaries and associates, when there is an increase in the percentage of ownership are deferred, reducing income tax expense on a straight-line basis over the period during which the unrecognized gains at the time of the acquisition should be amortized. This deferred tax credit is included in the “Other deferred income” caption. In the case of capital increases that do not represent an increase in the percentage of ownership or for newly created companies, tax credits are recognized at the moment of the capital contribution.


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5. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Balances and movements for the period ended July 31, 2005 of the items included under intangible fixed assets are as follows:

Cost Balance at 31/12/04 Additions

Retirements and disposals

Transfers

Balance at 31/07/05

Research and development expenses

537 - -

57 594 Patents, licenses and trademarks 21,577 4,991 (21) - 26,547 Intangible rights 106,469 8,832 (10,798) - 104,503 Software 10,584 37 (898) (57) 9,666

Total 139,167 13,860 (11,717) - 141,310

Accumulated amortization

Research and development expenses

517 23 -

- 540 Patents, licenses and trademarks 14,263 2,859 (6) - 17,116 Intangible rights 57,454 7,780 (3,598) - 61,636 Software 8,263 470 (179) - 8,554

Total 80,497 11,132 (3,783) - 87,846 Total net intangible fixed assets 58,670 2,728 (7,934) - 53,464

At July 31, 2005 fully amortized items amount to KEURs 26,206. The net book value of the items included under intangible fixed assets as of July 31, 2005 and as of December 31, 2004 are as follows: 2005 2004

Research and development expenses 54 20 Patents, licenses and trademarks 9,431 7,314 Intangible rights 42,867 49,015 Software 1,112 2,321

Total 53,464 58,670


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6. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Balances and movements for the period ended July 31, 2005 of the items included under tangible fixed assets are as follows:

Cost Balance at

31/12/04 Additions Retirements and

disposals Balance at 31/07/05

Furniture and office equipment 1,102 300 (7) 1,395 Other tangible fixed assets 25,576 1,070 (2,499) 24,147

Total 26,678 1,370 (2,506) 25,542 Accumulated depreciation Furniture and office equipment 790 67 (5) 852 Other tangible fixed assets 19,237 1,939 (1,806) 19,370

Total 20,027 2,006 (1,811) 20,222 Total net tangible fixed assets 6,651 (636) (695) 5,320

At July 31, 2005 fully depreciated items amount to KEURs 13,039. Likewise, at July 31, 2005 the total amount of tangible fixed assets outside Spain is KEURs 19,457 with an accumulated depreciation of KEURs 16,429. The net book value of the items included under tangible fixed assets as of July 31, 2005 and as of December 31, 2004 are as follows:

2005 2004

Furniture and office equipment 543 312

Other tangible fixed assets 4,777 6,339

Total 5,320 6,651


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7. LONG TERM INVESTMENTS 7.1. Balances and movements for the period ended July 31, 2005 of the items included under this caption are as follows:

Balance at 31/12/04 Additions Decreases Transfers

Transfer to short-term

Exchange rate

difference Balance at 31/07/05

Investments in Group companies 1,188,009 170,236 (11,945) 21,953 - - 1,368,253 Loans to Group companies 79,231 12,076 - - (19,492) 1,455 73,270 Investments in related companies 53,991 - - (21,953) - - 32,038 Loans to related companies 3,977 - - - - 28 4,005 Long-term securities portfolio 10,123 - - - - - 10,123 Other long-term loans 6,855 - (3,651) - (999) (2) 2,203 Other long-term assets 9,492 3,447 (935) - (762) 1,077 12,319 Long-term tax receivable 107,454 18,097 (4,344) - (13,304) - 107,903 Provisions (409,356) (27,193) 204 - - - (436,345)

Total 1,049,776 176,663 (20,671) - (34,557) 2,558 1,173,769


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7.2. Investments in Group companies correspond to the direct shareholding of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. in the following companies:

Company Direct

ownership (%) Local

currency Cost of direct Investment (1)

Total paid-in capital (2)

Reserves and retained earnings

(losses) (2) Result for

the period (2)

Equity (deficit) as of 31/07/05 (2)

Equity (deficit) as of 31/07/05 (5) Provision (3)

Amadeus América, S.A. 100 ARS 435 - 2 - 2 516 - Amadeus Americas, Inc.(4) 100 USD 215,991 35 54 7 96 79,858 136,133

Amadeus Argentina, S.A. 80 ARS 10,701 1 6 1 8 1,926 9,159 Amadeus Asia, Ltd. 100 BATH 1,031 37 3 23 63 1,242 -

Amadeus Austria Marketing GmbH 100 EUR 3,001 3 (2) - 1 416 2,585 Amadeus Benelux, N.V./S.A. 100 EUR 2,143 - 4 (1) 3 3,268 -

Amadeus Bolivia SRL 100 BOB 252 2 1 - 3 232 19 Amadeus Brasil, Ltda. 76 BRL 18,597 83 (68) 7 22 7,538 12,868 Amadeus Bulgaria EOOD 100 BGN 735 - - - - 198 537 Amadeus Central and West Africa, S.A. 100 XOF 1,617 1,060 214 136 1,410 2,157 -

Amadeus Data Processing GmbH 100 EUR 275,484 - - 218 218 218,428 - Amadeus Egypt Computerized Reservation Services S.A.E. 100 EGP 250 2 - - 2 299 - Amadeus France, S.N.C. (4) 100 EUR 133,809 - 7 5 12 12,018 29,483 Amadeus GDS LLP 100 KZT 171 26 15 - 41 255 - Amadeus GDS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. 100 MYR 122 1 2 - 3 708 -

Amadeus GDS Singapore Pte. Ltd. 100 SGD 205 - 1 - 1 999 -

Amadeus Germany GmbH (4) 100 EUR 205,585 9 29 3 41 41,484 65,206 AMADEUSGLOBAL Ecuador, S.A. 100 USD 49 - 1 - 1 1,081 - Amadeus Global Travel Distri bution, (Malta) Limited 100 MTL 90 - - - - 105 -

Amadeus Global Travel Israel Ltd. 90 ILS 1,912 10 (6) 2 6 1,114 909 Amadeus GTD Australia Pty. Ltd. (4) 100 AUD 18,842 50 (35) - 15 9,515 9,328 Amadeus GTD Ltd. 100 KES 195 16 3 1 20 228 -

Amadeus GTD Southern Africa Pty. Ltd. 100 ZAR 593 6 - 1 7 810 -

Amadeus Hellas, S.A. 100 EUR 4,124 3 (1) - 2 2,096 2,027 Amadeus Hong Kong, Ltd. 100 HKD 462 4 - 1 5 667 - Amadeus Japan, K.K. 100 JPY 2,489 339 - 31 370 2,723 - Amadeus Magyaroszag Kft, ( Ltd.) 100 HUF 480 10 167 3 180 738 -

Amadeus Marketing (Ghana), Ltd. 100 GHC 279 600 1,529 111 2,240 205 75

Amadeus Marketing Ireland, Ltd. 100 EUR 400 - - - - 479 - Amadeus Marketing Italia, S.P.A. 100 EUR 3,714 2 - - 2 1,582 2,133 Amadeus Marketing Nigeria, Ltd. 100 NGN 266 26 (15) 4 15 92 174


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Company Direct

ownership (%) Local

currency Cost of direct Investment (1)

Total paid-in capital (2)

Reserves and retained earnings

(losses) (2) Result for

the period (2)

Equity (deficit) as of 31/07/05 (2)

Equity (deficit) as of 31/07/05 (5) Provision (3)

Amadeus Marketing Phi l s, Inc. 100 PHP 1,879 132 (5) 4 131 1,929 165

Amadeus Marketing Romania, S.R.L. 100 ROL 470 16,645 3,002 (2,222) 17,425 496 - Amadeus Marketing Schweiz, A.G. 100 CHF 58 - 1 - 1 763 - Amadeus Marketing (U.K.), Ltd. 100 GBP 5,517 1 - 1 2 2,873 2,644

Amadeus Paraguay, S.R.L. 100 PYG 103 117 1,253 (53) 1,317 182 -

Amadeus Perú, S.A. 100 PEN 534 2 2 1 5 991 - Amadeus Polska, Sp.zo.o. 100 PLN 5,507 24 (19) 1 6 1,565 3,942 Amadeus Rezervasyon Dagitim Sistemleri, A.S. 100 TRL 2,110 1 - - 1 796 1,314 Amadeus sas 100 EU R 7,748 23 158 54 235 235,741 -

Amadeus Saudi Arabia Limited 95 SAR 420 2 - - 2 443 16

Amadeus Scandinavia AB (4) 100 SEK 132,171 20 121 16 157 16,687 37,507 Amadeus Services, Ltd. 100 GBP 82 - 5 1 6 8,488 - Amadeus Services Asia- Pacific, Pty. Ltd. 100 AUD 55 - 2 - 2 1,413 - Amadeus Technology Center Nordic AB 100 SEK 1,143 1 1 1 3 271 710

CRS Amadeus América, S.A. 100 USD 802 1 - - 1 688 114

ICSA- T N.V. (4) 100 EUR 14,466 3 (3) - - (176) 14,466 NMC Eastern European CRS, B.V. 100 USD 18 - - - - 569 - Opodo Limited (4) 74.02 EUR 150,100 239 (175) (27) 37 36,790 57,368

Optims S.A. (4) 100 EUR 29,031 8 - - 8 8,527 5,608 SIA Amadeus Latvija 100 LVL 906 - - - - 70 171

Sistemas Automatizados de Agencias de Viajes, S.A. (SAVIA) 100 EUR 108,965 - 12 5 17 16,438 15,140

Sistemas de Reservaciones CRS de Venezuela, C.A. 100 VEB 879 1,580 (426) 231 1,385 533 346

U AB Amadeus Lietuva 100 LTL 1,265 - - - - 59 259

1,368,253 410,406

(1) The cost of direct investment (in KEURs) does not include provisions for the decline in value of long- term financial investments. (2) Total paid-in capital, reserves, retained earnings/(losses), result for the year and net equity (deficit) are expressed in millions of the corresponding local currency and are derived from the respective local statutory

accounts. (3) Any differences between the provision (in KEURs) and the difference between the investment value and the net equity of the Company are due to unrecognized gains existing at the acquisition date which remain at

the closing date, or negative equity accrued in the “Other provisions” caption. (4) Consolidated figures. (5) Net equity (deficit), from the corresponding local statutory accounts, expressed in KEURs at July 31, 2005 exchange rates.


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7.3. The breakdown of loans to Group companies, is as follows:

Currency Amount Average interest rate First Maturity

date Last maturity

date

EUR 1,400 2.69% 15.02.06 18.11.06 EUR 200 2.74% 24.04.06 21.04.08 EUR 52,795 4.54% 29.06.06 01.07.10 EUR 300 2.76% 10.12.05 09.12.08 EUR 3,335 (*) (*) (*) USD 1,489 3.42% 20.09.05 29.05.08 USD 179 8.22% 20.02.06 15.02.09 EUR 150 2.66% 05.04.06 11.02.09 USD 256 3.27% 11.11.05 11.11.08 USD 3,638 6.00% 24.11.05 19.11.07 USD 414 3.43% 26.11.05 26.11.07 USD 7,618 3.58% 31.12.06 31.12.06 USD 248 4.03% 21.01.06 21.01.08 EUR 925 2.72% 12.01.06 20.06.08 USD 323 3.91% 22.02.06 17.02.08

73,270

(*) See Note 7.6

The interest accrued as of July 31, 2005 for these loans amounts to KEURs 2,974 and is included in short-term financial investments. 7.4. Investments in related companies correspond to:

Company Direct

ownership Cost of direct investment (1)

Amadeus Algerie, S.A.R.L. 40% 90 Amadeus Gulf LLC 49% 84 Amadeus Kuwait Company W.L.L. 35% 309 Amadeus Marketing CSA s.r.o. 35% 6 Amadeus Maroc, S.A.S. 30% 201 Amadeus Qatar W.L.L. 40% 145 Amadeus Sudani Co. Ltd. 40% 62 Amadeus Tunisie, S.A. 30% 115 Comtec (Europe) Limited

20% 2,968

Jordanian National Touristic Marketing Private Shareholding Company 50% 178 PT Amadeus Indonesia 50% 109 Red Universal de Marketing y Booking on line S.A. (“RUMBO”) 50% 7,500 Sociedad Amadeus – Avianca de Reservaciones de Servicios Turisticos Savia Ltda. 50% 1,753 Topas Co. Ltd. 32% 13,128 Travel.com.au. Ltd. 14.89% 5,390 32,038

(1) The cost of direct investment does not include provisions for the decline in value of long-term financial investments.


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Due to the Group’s business structure, most of the related companies represent a specific geographical market, while the majority of the revenues from these markets flow through the Company. Additionally, since these companies are not publicly traded (except Travel.com.au. Ltd) nor under the control of the Company, the financial data related to these companies is not always in the public domain. Therefore, the Company considers that it is not appropriate to provide a breakdown of the provision for decline in value of long-term investment and dividends paid for each related company, and that if it were to do so, the Company would bear a significant strategic and commercial risk.

7.5. The breakdown of “Long-term securities portfolio” caption is as follows

Other investments less than 20% 6,566 Deposit certificates (Note 18.3) 3,557 10,123

7.6. The breakdown of the provision for decline in value of long-term financial investments as of July 31, 2005 is as follows:

Investments in Group companies 410,406 Investments in related companies 22,531 Long term provision for doubtful debts with Group companies 3,335 Other provisions 73 436,345

The Company has accounted for a provision for the decline in value of long -term financial investments included in the statement of income as extraordinary expenses and amounting to KEURs 27,193 (see Note 19). Likewise, extraordinary income amounting to KEURs 4,639 (see Note 19) has been recorded with a debit to the “Other provisions” caption in order to reflect the impact of the company’s equity of those investments with negative net book value as of July 31, 2005.

In general terms, these provisions have been calculated based on the financial statements of each company, adjusted, where necessary, to Spanish GAAP. These accounting standards may not coincide in some cases with those used by each company in the financial statements of their respective countries.


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8. DEFERRED EXPENSES

Balances and movement for the period ended July 31, 2005 of the items included under deferred expenses are as follows: Balance at

31/12/04 Increase

(Decrease) Amortization Balance at 31/07/05

Loan arrangement expenses 942 - (942) - Others 5,599 552 (893) 5,258

6,541 552 (1,835) 5,258

Due to the early cancellation of the outstanding debts mentioned in Note 13, all outstanding loan arrangement expenses have been amortized and recorded as financial expenses during fiscal year ended as of July 31, 2005.

9. TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND PAYABLE

9.1. The breakdown of the “Trade accounts receivable” caption as of July 31, 2005 is as

follows:

Companies belonging to the Group’s significant shareholders 68,807 Other customers 266,517 Total 335,324

Amounts of trade accounts receivable and accounts receivable, Group and related companies, included in the balance sheet of the Company are mainly denominated in EURs and USD. 9.2. The breakdown of the “Trade accounts payable” caption as of July 31, 2005 is as follows:

Companies belonging to the Group’s significant shareholders 32,275 Other creditors 135,228

Total 167,503


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Out of the total amount of accounts payable as of July 31, 2005, KEURs 76,569 is denominated in foreign currencies, as follows:

Amount (thousand of

foreign currency) Amount (KEURs)

Accounts payable - Group and related companies USD 26,213 21,677 GBP 2,001 2,903 DKK 2,988 401 NOK 6,939 880 SEK 157,561 16,753

Trade creditors

USD 27,437 22,688 GBP 1,486 2,156 NOK 2,398 304 SEK 40 4 INR 461,819 8,788 SGD 31 15

Total 76,569


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10. OTHER ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND PAYABLE

10.1 The breakdown of the “Other accounts receivable” caption as of July 31, 2005 is as

follows:

Advances to vendors 1,711

Derivative assets (Note 18.1) 863

Other 77

Total 2,651

10.2. The breakdown of the “Other accounts payable” caption as of July 31, 2005 is as

follows:

Derivative liabilities (Note 18.1) 664

Deferred purchase consideration 8,146

Other 11

Total 8,821

The “Deferred purchase consideration” caption includes the part of the deferred payment derived from certain corporate acquisitions in 2003 and 2002 that will vest in the following year.

11. SHORT TERM PORTFOLIO

As of July 31, 2005 the Company maintained short term money market investments with an average yield rate of 2.09% for EUR investments and 3.35% for USD investments.


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12. SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

12.1. Balances and movements for the period ended July 31, 2005 of the items included under Shareholders' equity are as follows:

Balance at 31/12/04

Distribution of year 2004 net income

Disposal of treasury shares

Increase of treasury shares

Treasury Shares

Provision CTA

movements Net income for the year

Balance at 31/07/05

Share capital 23,044 - - - - - - 23,044 Additional paid -in capital 425,850 - 1,604 (28) - - - 427,426 Legal reserve 7,468 - - - - - - 7,468 Treasury shares reserve 109,499 - (1,604) 28 - - - 107,923 Other reserves 232,934 207,868 - - 616 80 - 441,498 Net income for the year 207,868 (207,868) - - - - 84,813 84,813 1,006,663 - - - 616 80 84,813 1,092,172


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12.2 Balances and movements of class “A” and class “B” shares for the period 2005 are as follows:

Class “A” shares (Par value 0.01 Euros)

Issued shares Treasury shares Class “B” shares

(Par value 0.10 Euros)

As of December 31, 2004 590,000,000 19,105,670 171,443,700

Additions - 3,791 - Disposals - (307,999) - As of July 31, 2005 590,000,000 18,801,462 171,443,700

The shares included above represent the authorized share capital of the Company. All shares are fully subscribed and paid.

The Treasury shares have been acquired primarily in order to cover obligations under the Stock Incentive Plan described in Note 17, and warrants issued described in Note 18.3. Disposals include shares and options granted to employees in connection with the different Stock Incentive Plans and portfolio adjustments made in order to match with the current obligations of the Group. The acquisition cost of the Treasury shares mentioned above as of July 31, 2005 is KEURS 107,923. As of July 31, 2005 the Company has recorded in the balance sheet a provision for decline in value of treasury shares amounting to KEURs 23,564. During 2005 a reversion of KEURs 602 (see Note 19) has been included in the statement of income, and a positive impact of KEURs 616 in the “Other reserves” caption. Treasury shares disposals during fiscal year 2005 have resulted on a net loss of KEURs 15 that has been recognized in the “Extraordinary expense” caption by KEURs 53 (see Note 19) and in the “Extraordinary income” caption by KEURs 38 (see Note 19). 12.3. Each class “A” share carries the right to one vote, whilst each class “B” share carries the right to 10 votes. Economic rights are greater for class “A” shares in respect of any future distribution of dividends. The right to receive a dividend for class “B” shares is calculated as the lesser of 1% of total dividends or 1% of the par value of class “B” shares. In the event of liquidation of the assets of the Company, class “A” shares have greater economic rights than class “B” shares, as the Company would pay out the par value of class “A” shares and in case of any outstanding amounts they would be distributed among class “B” shares for their par value; further remaining amounts would be distributed among class “A” shares.


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12.4. As of December 31, 2004 the Company's shares were held as follows:

Shareholders Class "A"

shares Class "B"

shares % of class “A” shares

% of total voting rights

Société Air France 137,847,654 85,782,614 23.36% 43.21% Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. 107,826,173 67,100,243 18.28% 33.80% Lufthansa Commercial Holding, GmbH 29,826,173 18,560,843 5.05% 9.34% Others (1) 314,500,000 - 53.31% 13.65% Total 590,000,000 171,443,700 100% 100%


On April 8, 2005 WAM Acquisition S.A. presented a takeover bid to the Spanish Stock Exchange Commission over 100% of the class “A” shares of the Company (590,000,000 shares), at the price of 7.35 euros each share. At that time following shares were blocked:

(i) 171,443,700 class “B” shares, each with a nominal value of 0.1 euros, that Iberia, Lufthansa and Air France had undertaken to contribute to the Offeror in case of a successful outcome of the Offer and in consideration for ordinary shares of the Offeror.

(ii) 24,298,558 class “A” shares, each with a nominal value of 0.01 euros, that Air France and Iberia had undertaken to contribute to the Offeror if and once the Offer is successful in consideration for ordinary shares and preferred shares in the Offeror.

(iii) 15,103,031 class “A” treasury shares held by the Company.

The Offer was authorised by May 23, 2005 and made public on May 25, 2005. The acceptance period was of one month following the publication date. The Offeror had the firm intention to promote the delisting of the shares of the Company from all the Spanish Stock Exchanges, from the Paris Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The Spanish Stock Exchange Commission informed on July 4, 2005 that the takeover bid made by the Offeror over 550,598,411 class “A” shares of the Company had achieved a positive result as it had been accepted by 94.73% of the shares the Offer was addressed to, which represent 22.63% of the Company´s share capital. The total number of acquired class “A” shares as of July 31, 2005 amounts to 558,580,139. Thus, as of July 31, 2005 the Company's shares are held as follows:

Shareholders Class "A"

shares Class "B"

shares % of class “A” shares

% of total voting rights

WAM Acquisition S.A. 558,580,139 171,443,700 94.67 % 98.64 % Others (1) 31,419,861 - 5.33 % 1.36 % Total 590,000,000 171,443,700 100% 100%

(1) Including the Treasury shares and the public shares.


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WAM Acquisition, S.A. has pledged its shares of Amadeus as a guarantee of the fulfillment of the obligations arising from financing agreements (see note 15). Additionally, WAM Acquisition, S.A. has granted to the financial entities a call option over its shares of Amadeus that may be exercised in the event of a major default of certain obligations of the financing agreements. 12.5. The Company has fully established the required legal reserve. This reserve can only be used to compensate for prior year losses up to a value of 20% of share capital, in the event that no other reserves are available. Or, part of the reserve may be used to increase the Company´s share capital, but the value remaining in the reserve must be no lower that 10% of the increased share capital.

13. DEBTS WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

The Company has cancelled during July 2005 the two variable interest rate syndicated loans under KEURs 200,000 and KEURs 300,000 dual currency revolving credit facility agreements, denominated in EUR and USD. The interest rates for the drawdowns on these loans ranged from 2.61% to 2.63% for the period ended July 31, 2005. These loans had commitment fees that ranged from 0.25% to 0.26% of the unused portion. Under the terms of these loan agreements, the Company was obliged to meet certain covenants, based on its Consolidated IFRS Financial Statements, the most important of which were that the ratio of debt to total EBITDA (Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) should not exceed 3:1 and that the ratio of EBITDA to total financial charges should be or should exceed 4:1.

14. OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

The breakdown of this caption as of July 31, 20 05 is as follows:

2005

Deferred purchase consideration 22,014 Others 6,707 Total 28,721

The deferred purchase consideration (payable over a period of up to 10 years from the acquisition date) is derived from certain corporate acquisitions during 2002 and 2003. The amount of this liability is contingent on the evolution of the respective businesses acquired.


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15. COMMITMENTS WITH THIRD PARTIES

As of July 31, 2005, the Company has issued guarantees to cover certain lease obligations entered into by Group and related companies, as per the following detail: Description Data processing equipment 838 Office buildings 74,487 Credit cards 627 IATA and Civil Aviation Authorities 29,013 104,965

As of July 31, 2005, the comfort letters sum the amount of KEURs 2,708. As of July 29, 2005 the Company proceeded to grant in public document of a promise to constitute a trade mark and pledge chattel mortgage as a guarantee of the obligations assumed by the Company, under the Financing Senior Phase One and the obligations assumed by WAM Acquisition, S.A. and their subsidiaries derived exclusively from the Main Term Facilities and in particular from the Refinancing Debt and the Debt Push Down, acquisition Facility and Revolving A Facility. Equally, as of July 29, 2005, the Company proceeded to grant in public document of a pledge over the rights in accounts receivable from customers (basically airlines companies) and current accounts entitled by the Company as a guarantee of the obligations assumed by the Company, WAM Acquisition, S.A. and their subsidiaries under the Financing Senior Phase One and the obligations assumed by WAM Acquisition, S.A. and their subsidiaries derived exclusively from the Main Term Facilities and in particular from the Refinancing Debt and the Debt Push Down, acquisition Facility and Revolving A Facility, and as a guarantee of the interest rate hedge contracts fulfillments derived from the financing taken. On the same date and in public document, the Company proceeded to the grant of a pledge over all Amadeus sas shares and other financial instruments issued by the above mentioned entity as a guarantee of the Company´s fulfillment of the assumed obligations according to the Financing Senior Phase One Contract financing agreements mentioned as follows (1) and as a guarantee of the assumed obligations fulfillment by the Company, WAM Acquisition and their subsidiaries under the same Financing Senior Contract in relation to the limits described as follows (2):


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Financial Agreement

Principal Maximum

Limit (KEURs)

Acquisition Facility (1) (2) 200.000 Revolving A Facility (1) (2) 150.000 Ancillary Facilities (1) (2) 80.000 Term A Facility (2) 800.000 Term B Facility (2) 950.000 Term C Facility (2) 950.000 Total 3.130.000

(1) Through the limit of KEURs 350.000 (2) Through the limit of KEURs 3.050.000 At the same time in public document, it is set up a pledge over all the present and future shares of Amadeus Data Processing GmbH, as a guarantee of the obligations assumed by the Company according to the Financing Senior Phase One and the obligations assumed by WAM Acquisition, S.A. and their subsidiaries derived exclusively from the Main Term Facilities and in particular from the Refinancing Debt and the Debt Push Down, acquisition Facility and Revolving A Facility (excluding any guarantee subject to be considered financial assistance).

16. REVENUES, EXPENSES AND WORKFORCE

16.1 The Company operates in the travel industry and, accordingly, events that significantly affect the industry could also affect the Company’s operations and financial position. The following geographical distribution of revenues is based primarily on the country where bookings were made and, with respect to bookings made through the Company’s CRS directly with airlines, based upon the home country of the airline:

Geographical market Europe 845,715 United States 96,097 Rest of the world 340,115 1,281,927


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16.2 A breakdown of the trade revenues denominated mainly in EUR and USD, by type of customer, is as follows:

Companies belonging to the Group 44,688 Companies belonging to Group's significant shareholders and the Group's related companies

322,654

Others 914,585

1,281,927

16.3 Likewise, a breakdown of the other operating expenses denominated mainly in EUR and USD, by type of supplier, is as follows:

Companies belonging to the Group 762,352 Companies belonging to Group's significant shareholders and Group's related companies

124,595

Others 216,670 1,103,617

16.4 The average number of employees of the company for the period ended as of July 31, 2005 was 397.

17. STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS Beginning with the International Global offering of 1999, the Group adopted a stock based Employee Incentive Plan (the Plan) to retain and motivate senior management and employees starting October 19, 1999. The plan provides for the award of common stock in the form of stock options and stock grants as follows: i) The Group granted to its employees a one-time grant of shares, depending on salary

level and seniority, which would vest over a three-year period in three equal annual instalments.

ii) The Group granted to senior management a one-time grant of shares which would vest

between three and four years. iii) The Group also granted to executive employees (including non -senior members from the

management team) in each of the years 1999 to 2004, options to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock at the market price on the date of the grant until year 2003 and at average market price for year 2004. Thus, no compensation expenses has been recorded for Plans prior to 2004, and KEURs 441 compensation expense has been recognized in the statement of income related to 2004 Plan. The aforementioned options vest in equal instalments over a four-year period measured from the date of the grant and have a ten-year term from the grant date.


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As of July 31, 2005 the detail of these plans is as follows:

2005

Number

of options Value at

exercise price Outstanding at 1st January 14,412,248 78,977

Of which vested 6,476,974 37,696 Rights exercised (*) (305,460) (1,570) Rights expired (152,357) (774) Outstanding at 31st July 13,954,431 76,633

Of which vested (**) 13,954,431 76,633

(*) The average price for the rights exercised was 5.14 EURs (**) As per the Stock Option Plan rules, upon change of control, all Amadeus Stock Options plans become immediately vested and have a remaining term of six months. Although it is probable that 2002 Stock Incentive Plans will not be exercised due to the exercise price being higher than current share market price, the company considers Treasury shares covering th is plan until the completion of the delisting process or the expiration of the six month term whichever takes place earlier.

iv) During 2002, the Company implemented an Employee Stock Purchase Program. The

general conditions of the program allow employees to purchase Company shares every three months up to an established percentage of the employee’s annual salary. If the purchased shares are maintained over a period of 30 days, the Company will grant shares for 15% of the amount the employee contributes to the program. The cost for the period ended July 31, 2005 was KEURs 2. This Stock Purchase Program has been terminated as a result of the requirements established prior to the execution of the change in control.

18. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company uses the following financial instruments as part of its commercial operations and to manage the risks arising from fluctuations in currency exchange rates, interest rates and share market prices: 18.1. Currency derivatives

The Company has risks associated with fluctuations in currency exchange rates and uses currency derivatives to hedge future cash flows and certain monetary assets and liabilities. The Company is party to a variety of foreign currency forward and option contracts for the management of these exchange rate exposures. As of July 31, 2005 the details of the open currency options and open forward contracts are as follows:


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Derivative Assets

Type Financial

Instrument Currency Maturity Notional (**)

Fair value (KEURs)

(KEURs)

P/L Balance Premium

Paid

(KEURs)

Others

< 1 year

(8,961) 622 - - 622 Forward

< 1 year - - (58) 58 -

Cash Flow

Options

USD > 1 year - - (122) 122 -

Others (*) Forward Others < 1 year (14,385) 241 - - 241 Total 863 (180) 180 863

Total short-term (Note 10.1) 863 (58) 58 863 Total long-term - (122) 122 -

(*) Others include derivative instruments, which not qualify for hedge accounting, that are used by the Company

to protect itself from changes in value of foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities. (**)Notional amounts for options are presented based on year-end exchange rates.


Type Financial

Instrument Currency Maturity Notional (**)

Fair value (KEURs) (KEURs) P/L Balance Total

Cash Flow Hedge

Forward

Others

< 1 year

(7,886) 207 - 207

Others (*) Forward Others < 1 year (4,240) 457 - 457

Total 664 - 664

Total short -term (Note 10.1) 664 - 664

Total long-term - - -

(*) Others include derivative instruments, which not qualify for hedge accounting, that are used by the Company to protect itself from changes in value of foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities. (**) Notional amounts for options are presented based on year-end exchange rates

During July 2005 most of the outstanding USD cash flow hedges were cancelled . The company has registered a net positive impact in the statement of income of KEURs 5,624 due to this cancellation.


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18.2. Interest rate derivatives In June 2005 an interest swap rate with a notional KEURs 8,474 was cancelled. According to the conditions of this derivative contract the company received the EURIBOR rate for a 6 months term and paid a fixed interest rate of 2.6775%. The maturity date of this contract was June 2009 . The company has registered a KEURs 31 financial expense due to this cancellation.

18.3. Equity related instruments

a) Warrants issued

As a result of certain corporate acquisitions, the company issued during the year 2000, warrants to purchase 1.818.000 of its class “A” shares at exercise price of euros 9,09. Expiration date for these warrants is November 2005. As of July, 2005 these warrants are fully vested.

The fair values of the outstanding warrants are estimated based on quoted market prices of the underlying Amadeus class “A” shares at the balance sheet date and applying an appropriate valuation methodology. This methodology uses certain estimates, including the volatility of the Company’s share price. The cumulative unrealized gains resulting from the remeasurement of these warrants as of July 31, 2005 included in the “Other deferred income” caption amounts to KEURs 8,563.

b) SITA Inc N.V. depository certificates As of July 31, 2005 the Company holds 3,214,200 depository certificates of SITA Inc N.V. issued by Stitching, “the SITA Information Networking Computing Foundation” (“the Foundation”), representing 3,214,200 shares of SITA Inc N.V., at a cost of KEURs 3,557 which is included in the “Long-term securities portfolio” caption.


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19. EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSE AND INCOME The breakdown of extraordinary expense and income as of July 31 is as follows:

Extraordinary expense Provisions for long-term investments and equity instruments (see Note 7.6) 27,193 Losses on sales of subsidiaries 2,690 Losses related to sales of treasury shares (see Note 12.2) 53 Others 2 Total 29,938 Extraordinary income Reversal of treasury shares provision (see Note 12.2) 602 Reversal of long -term investments provision (see Note 7.6) 4,639 Gain on sale of treasury shares (see Note 12.2) 38 Gain on disposals of fixed assets 86 Others 569 Total 5,934

20. TAXATION

20.1. All taxes corresponding to the years 2000 to 2005 as well as Corporate Income Tax

related to 1999 are still open to tax inspection.

A general tax audit initiated by the Spanish tax authorities over the Company in July 2004 is still in progress. The taxes and fiscal years under review are the Corporate Income Tax for the years 1999 to 2002 and remaining taxes (VAT, withholding taxes, etc.) for the years 2000 to 2002. On July 21, 2005, the Extraordinary General Assembly approved the application for the Special Tax Consolidation Regime in accordance with the Article 70 of the Corporate Income Tax Law, approved by Legislative Royal Decree 4/2004, of 5 March , for the fiscal years starting 1st of August 2005 onwards as dependent company of WAM Acquisition, S.A., directly controlled by the latter as at least in 75% and complying with the remaining requirements set forth in Article 67 of the said Tax Law, authorizing the dominant entity to inform the Tax Administration on the application, with the legal scope and effects set forth in the legislation in force, whenever the resignation to the application does not take place or one of the necessary requirements to take part of the fiscal group is not complied.

The Tax consolidation group will be composed by the following companies:

Dominant entity: WAM Acquisition, S.A. Dependent entities: Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.

Sistemas Automatizados de Agencias de Viajes, S.A.


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20.2. The reconciliation of the difference between the net accounting result for year 2005 and the estimated taxable income is as follows:

Net accounting result before tax 113,938 Increases Decreases Permanent differences 767 (11,912) (11,145) Temporary differences arising in current year 105,242 (28) 105,214 Temporary differences with origin in prior years 4,918 (79,000) (74,082) Tax result for the year - 133,925

Total temporary differences due to deferred taxes from year 2005 31,132

The reconciliation between the tax calculated at the tax rate applicable in Spain and the Corporate Income Tax expense for fiscal year ended July 31, 2005 is as follows:

Income before tax 113,938 Tax calculated at Statutory rate in Spain 39,879 Permanent differences (437) Tax credits (10,411) Partnership taxed at Parent company level 822 Other (728)

Income tax expense 29,125

The most significant temporary differences correspond to movements in the provision for decline in value of long -term financial investments, depreciation/amortization rates, bad debtors and cancellations. As of July 31, 2005 there are tax credits mainly due to export activities, and to international double tax treaties, amounting to KEURs 19,476 that have been credited to income tax in 2005. An additional amount of KEURs 22,687 (Note 20.3) will be applied in subsequent periods. Deferred tax credits for investments in subsidiaries and related companies as of July 31, 2005 amount to KEURs 64,634 and are included in the “Other deferred income” caption. The European Commission asked in 2004 to the Spanish Government for the necessary information to analyze the export activity deduction to determine whether it constitutes being termed a state grant. The European Commission has not concluded its analysis yet, so the scope of the claim is still not known. With the situation as it stands, it is not possible to objectively determine any final impact on the Company once the claim is resolved. The Company has not registered any provision for this concept as Amadeus estimates that the probable outcome will be the cancellation of the rebate in the short-term without the need to pay back rebates already received.


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20.3. As of July 31, 2005, details of tax receivables and payables are as follows:

Receivable Payable

VAT 4,108 428

Tax receivable short term 3,468 10

Deferred tax assets short-term 25,370 113

Income Tax 13,780 11,644

Others 97 1,496

Total short-term 46,823 13,691

Long term deferred tax assets 85,216 - Tax receivable long-term 22,687 -

Total long-term 107,903 -

Tax receivable long-term includes tax credits as a result of the increase in export activities derived from new corporate acquisitions, to be applied in 2005 and subsequent years.

20.4. The Company’s deferred tax balances as of July 31, 2005 are as follows:

Deferred tax assets short-term:

Group Companies bad debt 3,477 Bad Debt provision 2,205 Cancellations provision 18,898 Other 790 25,370

Deferred tax assets long-term:

Depreciation of assets 3,779 Investment provision 66,285 Treasury shares provision 2,259 Other 12,893

85,216


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21. OTHER INFORMATION Total remuneration of all kinds to the members of the Board of Directors of the Company amounts to KEURs 281 as of 2005. No loans, advances or stock options have been granted to the members of the Board of Directors. Detail of significant interests in, and transactions, on their own behalf or on behalf of a third party, regarding, companies with activities similar to those of the Company on behalf of directors. In accordance with article 127, section 4 of the Spanish Corporation Law, introduced by Law 26/2003 on 17 July, which modifies the Stock Market legislation, Law 24/1988, of 28 July, and the text in reference to Bankruptcy of the Spanish Corporation Law, with the express purpose of enforcing the transparency of public listed companies, we report that no members of the Board of Directors have maintained financial interests in companies engaged activities that are the same, analogous or complementary to the principle activities of the Company.

Similarly, and in accordance with the aforementioned text, any transactions performed by members of Board of Directors, on their own behalf or one behalf of a third party, in companies engaged in activities which are the same, analogous or complementary to those of the Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. are outlined below:

Name Transaction realized on agent’s own

behalf or on behalf for third party Name of third party on behalf of which the transaction was realized, if appropriate (2)

Role or function of the agent in the third party

Christian Boireau

Third party Amadeus France SNC Board Member

M anuel López Colmenarejo

Third party Sistemas Automatizados Agencias de Viaje, S.A.

Board Member (*)

* Mr. Manuel López Colmenarejo resigned as Amadeus Board Member on July 21, 2005. Professional fees for auditing services performed in the Company and its subsidiaries by its auditor Deloitte and their related member firms amount to KEURs 1,307 out of which KEURs 980 correspond to the Company for the year ended July 31, 2005. Additionally, fees for audit related services, such as due diligence and purchase audits, and other professional services delivered to the Company and its subsidiaries by its auditor Deloitte and their related member firms amount to KEURs 739 and KEURs 256 respectively for the year ended July 31, 2005, out of which KEURs 371 and KEURs 26 correspond to the Company, also respectively.


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22. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On August 14, 2005 Amadeus has increased its shareholding in the pan-european on-line portal Opodo from 74.02 % to 75.43%, for EUR 11 million. On September 15, 2005, Amadeus Board of Directors approved the sale of its subsidiary Amadeus Data Processing GmbH to HALDE 145, a subsidiary of the WAM Acquisition Group, for a price no lower than EUR 735 million according to an arm's length valuation. On September 23, 2005 the Board of Directors of WAM Portfolio, S.A. (WAM Acquisition fully owned Spanish subsidiary) agreed to submit to its General Assembly of Shareholders, the necessary agreements in order to carry out a capital increase consisting in the contribution by WAM Acquisition S,A up to a maximum of 554,779,917 Amadeus class “A” shares (valued at 7.35 euros per share) and up to a maximum of 85,661,086 Amadeus class “B” shares (valued at 0.10 euros per share) of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.. This transaction is expected to take place during the month of October and it is subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions of the financial agreements (see note 15). As part of such agreement, it is also foreseen the contribution of 1 share of Halde 144 (WAM Acquisition fully owned German subsidiary) valued in 60,000 euros, which represent 100% of the share capital of the company. The planned exchange ratio is as follows: 7.35 WAM Portfolio shares by 1 Amadeus class “A” share 0.1 WAM Portfolio share by 1 Amadeus class “B” share 60,000 WAM Portfolio shares by 1 Halde 144 share. Nominal value of WAM Portfolio shares will be 0.01 euros plus share premium of 0.99 euros per share. Thus, capital increase will be up to a maximum of 40,862,584.27 euros, with a total share premium up to a maximum of 4,045,395,212.03 euros. Transaction is expected to be executed during October 2005. An Extraordinary General Assembly of Shareholders has taken place in Madrid on October 4, 2005, taking the following resolutions:

- Delisting of all shares representing the Company share capital from public trading and official quoting of the Stock Markets in which the Company is currently listed (Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges). To initiate and draw up, if so required a standing purchase order, for the acquisition of Treasury Shares. Authorization to the Board of Directors to proceed with the acquisition of Treasury Shares by the Company itself. - Agree the cancellation and settlement of the fully vested stock options of Amadeus Stock Options Plans 1999 – 2004. The amount would be the estimated fair value of the stock options granted measured at the settlement date. Also, the delegation of faculties to the Board of Directors for the implementation of any possible alternative compensation scheme for certain Amadeus employees, consisting of Stock or equivalent rights to Stock in WAM Acquisition, S.A.


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23. STATEMENT OF SOURCE AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS

Applications 2005 2004

Purchases of fixed assets

Intangible fixed assets (13,860) (6,460) Tangible fixed assets (1,370) (3,509) Investments (206,414) (263,293)

Transfer to long-term from financial investments - (2,779) Treasury shares (28) (63,085) Capital redemption, class “B” shares - (485) Deferred expenses (552) (431) Dividend - (35,000) Reduction of long-term debt (4,718) (33,545) Currency translation adjustments - (72) Total applications (226,942) (408,659)

Sources Increase of long-term debt 5,801 145 Funds provided by operations 109,570 274,820 Sale of fixed assets

Intangible assets 7,934 85 Tangible assets 781 171 Long-term investments 28,004 104,982

Sale of Treasury shares 1,589 39,322 Transfer to short -term from long-term investments 34,557 19,225 Currency translation adjustments 80 - Total sources 188,316 438,750

Excess of sources (applications) over applications (sources) Increase/(decrease) in working capital (38,626) 30,091


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2005 2004 Variation in working capital Increase Decrease Increase Decrease Receivables 51,997 - 17,851 - Short-term liabilities - 132,105 14,212 - Short-term financial investments 39,800 - 1,095 - Cash - 75 - 2,951 Prepaid expenses 1,757 - - 116 Total 93,554 132,180 33,158 3,067

Variation in working capital (38,626) - 30,091 -

Funds provided by / (applied to) operations 2005 2004

Net income for the year 84,813 207,868 Net variation of depreciation of start -up expenses - 3,864 Net variation of depreciation of tangible fixed assets 2,006 3,560 Net variation of amortization of intangible fixed assets 11,132 18,771 Net variation of provisions for long-term investments 27,193 90,018 Net variation of provisions for treasury shares (602) (15,868) Provision for long-term liabilities (4,639) (10,125) Amortization of deferred expenses 1,835 2,426 Deferred income (4,764) (24,957) Results on sale of fixed assets 2,604 (953) Losses from Treasury shares 15 12,783 Long-term deferred tax assets (10,023) (12,567)

Total funds provided by / (applied to) operations 109,570 274,820

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DIRECTORS's REPORT OF AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. INTRODUCTION

The profile of the Amadeus consolidated group keeps evolving through the new acquisitions:

• In the hospitality area, Amadeus announced at the end of January the successful completion of the acquisition process to reach 100% of Optims , the leading European supplier of IT services to the hospitality industry. In joining their expertise and building a Hotel Distribution Platform, Amadeus and Optims will offer Hotel companies the possibility to operate a new generation, integrated, Central Reservation System, Customer Retention Management and Revenue/Yield Management systems to improve their operational efficiency and service.

• Continuing the strategy of consolidating its global distribution network, Amadeus has

increased its shareholding in SAVIA Amadeus from 34 to 100 per cent. SAVIA Amadeus is the Spanish national marketing and distribution company (NMC) for Amadeus. The company has over 93 per cent market share in Spain, which is one of Amadeus' largest markets worldwide in terms of bookings, generating nearly 32 million bookings in 2004.

Nevertheless and even after the fully consolidations of OPODO since the beginning of the year, the three basic lines remain the same.

Travel Distribution

During the first seven months of 2005, Amadeus keeps increasing the number of airlines and the information shown in its system:

• Fifty leading airlines join American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, British Airways and Continental Airlines, in agreeing to distribute their web fares through Amadeus, which has guaranteed web fares from the world's largest airlines.

• Also 25 low-cost carriers are now bookable in the system, including Brazil’s low cost, low fare airline GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA.

IT Services

On the IT Services side Amadeus continues to increase th e number and range of its products.

• During May, TACA and TAROM outsourced its sales & reservation system to Amadeus reaching 150 airlines.

• After the successful completion of Qantas, in June British Airways started to manage its complete inventory and ro ute network on Altea Plan.

• As part of a major new focus targeting low-cost carriers, Amadeus has teamed up with Results Reservation Technologies Ltd. to offer a customer management system, scaled specifically for the needs of small to medium sized low-cost carriers.

Amadeus has further consolidated e-ticketing leadership in 112 countries, the latest being Bahrain, Morocco, Tanzania, Uganda and United Arab Emirates. Malév Hungarian Airlines has been the last successful implementation of Amadeus Electronic Ticket Server.

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E-commerce

During August, Amadeus e-Travel announced record -breaking revenues and passenger bookings figures through e-Travel Planitgo, the most widely adopted e-commerce self-service solution.

In the first half of 2005, airlines' e-commerce passenger bookings processed by e-Travel have increased by 67% over the same period last year. This growth has been fuelled by the accelerated adoption of self-service through the websites of existing and new Amadeus e-Travel airlines customers worldwide . New e-Travel features to enhance end-users' experiences, such as pre -sales merchandising or post-sales servicing online have also fostered conversion and retention rates respectively.

Other important achievements for the January-July 2005 period have been:

• In January, e-Travel communicated the extension of a global reseller agreement with TQ3 Travel Solution. The 3.5 year extension of this agreement follows the adoption of e -Travel® Aergo and SAP Travel Management powered by e-Travel, by several of TQ3's multinational customers including Agfa , Boehringer Ingelheim and Commerzbank .

• In February, e-Travel announced the restructuring of its senior management line-up. Jérôme Destors and Denis Lacroix were charged with joint responsibility for driving the continued growth of the business unit. Ian Wheeler, Vice President of Marketing at Amadeus, who has led the e-Travel team since its formation in 2002, continues as the Amadeus executive responsible for the division.

• In June, American Airlines launched their Japanese website, powered by Internet Self-Service engine e -Travel® Planitgo.

OPODO

Opodo, the pan -European on-line travel agency pursues its goal of becoming one of the top three European on-line travel agencies. The acquisition strategy put in place has bloomed on the following acquisitions until the 31 st of July:

• Quest Travel, one of the UK’s leading independent long haul travel specialists with extensive knowledge of Australia, New Zealand, The South Pacific and Asia.

• Travellink, the leading Nordic Internet travel agency, and that it has acquired 100% of e-Viaggi – one of the major online players in the Italian travel market.

• Vivacances , key player in the French online travel market that enjoys a special relationship with Galerie Lafayette’s S’Miles loyalty programme whereby eleven million French households can “earn and burn” points as they shop online. The travel portal offers the full range of travel products including flights, hotels, car hire, trains and package holidays.

ECONOMIC RESULTS Introduction Given the structure and operative processes of the Group, the Management of Amadeus believes that the consolidated annual accounts show a more adequate image of the Group activity than the individual annual accounts. Some of the components of the individual annual

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accounts not included in the consolidated annual accounts are the provision for the decline in value of long -term financial investments in Group and related companies, inter-company transactions and dividends from Group and related companies. Operating revenues Trade revenues for the period of seven months ended as of July 31, 2005 were EUR 1,281.9 million, while for the year ended December 31, 2004 (twelve months) were 1,903.3. Amadeus’ revenues come mainly from the invoicing of: a) Air bookings made through terminals installed both in travel agencies and in the airlines’

direct sales offices, or via web pages connected to the Amadeus data processing center. b) Non air bookings: Mainly hotel rooms, car rentals, train tickets as well as othe r travel

services. c) Information technology services provided to British Airways and Qantas. d) Other non booking revenues mainly include the issuing fees of air tickets (both paper tickets

and electronic ticketing), the sale of statistical information on airline bookings, fare quote services, interlink charges and subscriber fees.

Revenues from air and non-air bookings were EUR 984.9 million for the seven months ended as of July 31, 2005 which represents a 77% of trade revenues, similar that in the year 2004. In the year ended December 31, 2004 this kind of revenues amounted to EUR 1,474.7 million. Other revenue related to services rendered were EUR 297 million for the seven months fiscal year ended as of July 31, 2005, while in the year ended as of December 31, 2004 (twelve months) amounted to EUR 428.6 million. These kinds of revenues include mainly traditional products like ticketing, marketing and information systems and interlinks, and the on-line solutions for airlines like the Planitgo products. The total number of million bookings net of cancellations registered in the seven months ended in July 31, 2005 were 261.1 versus 411.2 registered in 2004 (twelve months). The air bookings for the period of seven months ended as of July 31, 2005 were 242.7 million, while the non-air bookings were 18.4 million. Operating Expenses Operating expenses for the seven months ended as of July 31, 2005 amounted to EUR 1,160 million, while in the twelve months fiscal year ended December 31, were EUR 1,755 million. The most significant operating expense is the distribution fee paid to National Marketing Companies (NMCs) and system users for bookings made in Travel Agencies and certain Airlines´ ticketing offices (ATOs/CTOs). Total expenses corresponding to distribution fees during the period of seven months ended July 31, 2005 were EUR 651.0 million, while in the previous fiscal year (twelve months) amounted to EUR 962.5 million. Operating expenses, other than distribution fees, include mainly the following concepts: § Data processing fees, that during the seven months ended July 31, 2005 amounted to EUR

200.4 while in 2004 (twelve months) were EUR 318.8 millions.

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§ Personnel expenses, that during the seven months ended July 31, 2005 amounted to EUR 21.2 while in 2004 (twelve months) were EUR 30.7 millions.

§ Amortization expenses, that during the seven months fiscal year ended as of July 31, 2005

amounted EUR 13.1 while in 2004 (twelve months) were EUR 26.2 millions. § External services expenses, which include among others general and administrative

expenses, central activities of publicity, public relations and conventions, as well as consultancy services. External services during the seven months fiscal year ended as of July 31, 2005 amounted to EUR 12.6 while in 2004 (twelve months) were EUR 27.1 millions.

Operating profits and net results Operating profit was EUR 122.8 million for the seven months fiscal year ended as of July 31, 2005, while in the twelve months fiscal year ended in December 31, 2004 amounting EUR 151.0 million. Net income was EUR 84.8 million for the seven months fiscal year ended as of July 31, 2005, while in the twelve months fiscal year ended in December 31, 2004 amounted EUR 207.9 million. The differences between Net extraordinary expenses reported for the seven months fiscal year ended as of July 31, 2005, amounting to EUR 24.0 million and Net extraordinary expenses, EUR 39.6 million reported in the twelve months fiscal year ended in December 31, 2004 are mainly due to the provision for the long-term investments in 2004. FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

Amadeus’ main financial risk is consequence of its foreign exchange exposures.

According to the Amadeus Risk Management Policy there are three different categories of FX exposures: operating exposures, transactional exposures and exposures in net equity investments in foreign subsidiaries. For each of these categories, Amadeus FX Risk Management Policy set a different approach

After the acquisition of Amadeus by WAM Acquisition in July 2005, the hedg ing strategy for these three categories has changed. Up to July Amadeus’ strategy has been as follows:

• Operating exposures: the Group put in place an active mid-term (3 year horizon) hedging approach for operating exposures (the targe t operating exposures were defined in the form of EBITDA flows).

The goals of the Foreign Exchange Risk Management Policy for this risk category were twofold: reducing the volatility of Amadeus’ operating result due to movements in the foreign exchange rates, and additionally, adding some economic value through an active hedging strategy.

• Transactional exposures: In accordance with the Foreign Exchange Risk Management Policy, Amadeus followed a passive hedging approach for this risk category, aiming to minimize the foreign exchange gains or losses in the Group statement of income.

• Exposures in net equity investments in foreign subsidiaries: Our target in the hedging of these assets was to protect, in the long term, the EUR value of the foreign currency denominated equity investments through an active hedging strategy.

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After the acquisition of Amadeus by WAM Acquisition, the focus of Amadeus’ hedging has changed to cash flow. For this reason, the hedging of transactional and net equity exposures has been discontinued.

The strategy for the main operating exposures in other currencies different from the USD has not changed after the LBO as a natural hedge strategy is not possible for these currencies. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES The Company does not perform Research and Development activities by itself. These responsibilities are performed by other subsidiaries of its Group, so the information included in the Consolidated Directors’ Report is more representative. TREASURY SHARES As of July 31, 2005, the Treasury shares portfolio is composed of 18,801,462 class “A” shares, equivalent to 0.81% of the share capital of the Company with a nominal value of euro 188,014.62. The accounting value of these Treasury shares at closing, having deducted the provision for the decline in value, amounts to euro 84,358,982. A number of 14,690,587 of the Treasury shares portfolio is assigned to a specific purpose, i.e. the hedging of commitments incurred by the Company in connection with the remuneration systems consisting of stock option plans for employees and senior executives or hedging of stock options granted by the Company in partial consideration of corporate acquisitions carried out by the Company (warrants). The Ordinary General Assembly celebrated on June 29, 2005, authorized the Board of Directors to proceed, in one or more acts, with the acquisitions of Treasury shares by the Company itself and by companies of its group, both directly as well as indirectly, as the case might be, in accordance with Article 75 of the Spanish Corporations Law. The maximum number of shares to be acquired cannot exceed 5% of the total class A shares, provided that the total par value of the shares to be acquired from the date of the General Assembly of Shareholders’ meeting together with the total par value of the existing Treasury shares prior to this date does not exceed 5% of the share capital of the Company. The maximum and minimum price to be paid is 125% and 75% respectively of the Stock Market value at the acquisition date. The Board of Directors may use the Treasury shares in consideration of business and corporate transactions, stock loans, hedging of financial risk derived from commercial transactions, as well as disposal and application of current remuneration systems consisting of the stock grant and stock option plans for employees and senior executives. The authorization is valid for 18 months from the date of celebration of the Ordinary General Assembly, leaving without effect the previous authorization conferred by the Ordinary General Assembly celebrated on June 14, 2004. The Company purchased 3,791 class “A” shares with a nominal value of Euro 37.91 and disposed of 307,999 class “A” shares with a nominal value of Euro 3,079.99 during the financial year 2005, representing 0.013% of the share capital of the Company, in order to fulfil its obligations related to the stock incentive plans for employees and/or senior executives.

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RELEVANT FACTS OCCURRED AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE YEAR

On August 14, 2005 Amadeus has increased its shareholding in the pan-european on-line portal Opodo from 74.02 % to 75.43%, for EUR 11 million.

On September 15, 2005, Amadeus Board of Directors approved the sale of its subsidiary Amadeus Data Processing GmbH to HALDE 145, a subsidiary of the WAM Acquisition Group , for a price no lower than EUR 735 million according to an arm's length valuation. On September 23, 2005 the Board of Directors of WAM Portfolio, S.A. (WAM Acquisition fully owned Spanish subsidiary) agreed to submit to its General Assembly of Shareholders, the necessary agreements in order to carry out a capital increase consisting in the contribution by WAM Acquisition, S.A. up to a maximum of 554,779,917 Amadeus class “A” shares (valued at 7.35 euros per share) and up to a maximum of 85,661,086 Amadeus class “B” shares (valued at 0.10 euros per share) of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.. This transaction is expected to take place during the month of October and it is subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions of the financial agreements (see note 12.b). As part of such agreement, it is also foreseen the contribution of 1 share of Halde 144 (WAM Acquisition fully owned German subsidiary) valued in 60,000 euros, which represent 100% of the share capital of the company. The planned exchange ratio is as follows: 7.35 WAM Portfolio shares by 1 Amadeus class “A” share 0.1 WAM Portfolio share by 1 Amadeus class “B” share 60,000 WAM Portfolio shares by 1 Halde 144 share. Nominal value of WAM Portfolio shares will be 0.01 euros plus share premium of 0.99 euros per share. Thus, capital increase will be up to a maximum of 40,862,584.27 euros, with a total share premium up to a maximum of 4,045,395,212.03 euros. Transaction is expected to be executed during October 2005. An Extraordinary General Assembly of Shareholders has taken place in Madrid on October 4, 2005, taking the following resolutions:

- Delisting of all shares representing the Company share capital from public trading and official quoting of the Stock Markets in which the Company is currently listed (Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges). To initiate and draw up, if so required a standing purchase order, for the acquisition of Treasury Shares. Authorization to the Board of Directors to proceed with the acquisition of Treasury Shares by the Company itself. - Agree the cancellation and settlement of the fully vested stock options of Amadeus Stock Options Plans 1999 – 2004. The amount would be the estimated fair value of the stock options granted measured at the settlement date. Also, the delegation of faculties to the Board of Directors for the implementation of any possible alternative compensation scheme for certain Amadeus employees, consisting of Stock or equivalent rights to Stock in WAM Acquisition, S.A.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE

Annual Report as of July 31, 2005 of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.

According to article 44.2 c) of the Regulations of the Board of Directors of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A., the Board of Directors' Audit Committee must draw up an annual report on the Committee's activities for inclusion in the Directors´ Report, which must be drawn up by the Company's Board of Directors and approved by the General Shareholders’ Meeting, as appropriate. Due to the change of the fiscal year of the Company and the corresponding closing on July 31, 2005, the present annual Report refers to the period 1 January 2005 - 31 July 2005 (financial/fiscal year). In order to meet this obligation, the Board of Directors' Audit Committee drew up the Audit Committee’s Annual Report 31 st July 2005 to be submitted to the Company’s Board of Directors, in the Meeting held on October 20, 2005, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Friedrich Fröschl and attended by all of its Members. Introduction The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. was set up on September 21, 2000, by virtue of a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors in a Meeting held on such date, within the framework of Corporate Governance practices and the recommendations of the Olivencia Code. The Committee's duties and operating regulations are set out in article 25 of the Company's By-laws and developed in the Regulations of the Board of Directors (Article 43 et seq.), current version of which was approved by the Board on June 20, 2003, following the Report by the Special Commission to Foster Transparency and Security in the Markets and Listed Companies, dated January 8, 2003 (the Aldama Report), registered with the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission on July 4, 2003, with registration number 2003069515 and filed with the Commercial Registry on July 21, 2004. The full contents of the regulations are available on the Company’s website (www.amadeus.com) in the INVESTORS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE section. Competence and duties of the Audit Committee

The basic duty of the Audit Committee is to support the Board of Directors in its supervisory tasks, by means of regular review of the process for drawing up the economic-financial information, its internal controls and the independence of the external Auditors. The Committee is obliged to report to the General Shareholders' Meeting on the issues that the shareholders may raise therein concerning the issues for which the Commission is competent, as well as to supervise the internal audit services. The Audit Committee is responsible for drawing up the proposal for a resolution by the Board of Directors on the appointment of the External Auditors of the Company, extending the term of office and dismissal thereof and on the terms and conditions of their contract.

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It is also responsible for receiving information on any issues that could jeopardize the independence of the external Auditors and any others related to the process of the development of the accounting audit, as well as any other notifications set forth in accounts audit law and the technical audit rules. In particular, the Audit Committee is responsible for studying, reporting and reviewing the following issues or questions:

a. Audit issues

- The financial statements regularly submitted to the Board of Directors Meeting. - The regular information submitted to the Securities Exchanges in which the

securities issued by the Company are traded. - The annual accounts and the Management Report submitted to the Board of

Directors Meeting to be drawn up pursuant to law. - The Accounts Audit Report, with special attention to that set forth in Article

210.2 of the Spanish Corporations Law. - The replies of the management bodies of the Company to the

recommendations made by the Accounts Auditors regarding the audit of the financial year.

- Specific investment transactions or of any other kind not included in the annual budget, when the importance thereof makes it advisable.

- The prospectus for issuing securities and, in general, any financial public information of the Company.

b. Control issues

- Knowledge of the financial information process and policies and internal control policies and procedures of the Company regarding expenditure, investment, etc.

- Codes of Conduct of the Senior Management staff of the Company. - Internal Code of Conduct for matters related to the Securities Markets. - Internal control systems, proposing, when appropriate, the relevant

modifications. - Accounting practices and principles used to draw up the annual accounts of

the Company. - Supervision of the internal audit services.

c. Fulfillment issues

- The policies and procedures implemented to ensure the due fulfillment of the Rules in the different scopes of action of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates Companies.

- Receive information and, when appropriate, issue a report on the disciplinary measures related to members of the senior executive team of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates Companies.

- Inform the General Shareholders Meeting of the issues proposed by the shareholders within its competence.

- Drawing up an annual report on the activities of the Audit Committee to be included in the Management Report.

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- Drawing up the required reports so that the Board may issue the Annual Corporate Governance Report.

Additionally, the Audit Committee studies any other matter that is submitted by the Board of Directors’ Mee ting or by the Chairman. Members of the Audit Committee The Audit Committee is made up of four members, two of which must be independent directors. On July 31, 2005, the members were as follows:

Director Kind of Director Position Dr. Friedrich Fröschl External independent Chairman Mr. José Caparrós External independent Member Mr. Enrique Dupuy de Lôme External owner's representative Member

At year end, there was a vacancy in the Committee due to Mr. Philippe Calavia´s resignation. This vacancy was covered by Mr. John Downing Burgess, external owner´s representative. Appointments are made for two-year periods, although the Chairman, who must be an Independent Director, may hold the position for up to four years and may be reelected once one year has elapsed after he/she has left the position. The dates of appointment and respective expiry dates for each of the members of the Audit Committee are as follows:

Appointment Expiry Dr. Friedrich Fröschl 27 Sep 2002 27 Sep 2006 Mr. José Caparrós 14 Nov 2003 27 Sep 2006 Mr. Enrique Dupuy de Lôme 27 Sep 2002 27 Sep 2006 Mr. John Burgess 15 Sep 2005 15 Sep 2007

The Audit Committee resolved, in the meeting held on December 3, 2004, to renew Dr. Fröschl´ appointment as Chairman of the Audit Committee for an additional two year term. When this two year term expire, Dr. Fröschl will have completed the maximum period for which he can be appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Operating procedures The Audit Committee meets regularly after being called by the Chairman. In order to do this, the Secretary of the Board draws up an Agenda for the approval of the Chairman of the Committee. This is sent to all the participating Members before the Meeting, together with the relevant docu ments for each of the items on the Agenda. During the financial year and immediately before drawing up the Annual Accounts by the Board of Directors, the Committee held one Meeting on March 11, 2005. As well as the Committee Members, the following executives of Amadeus’ Management team regularly attend the Meetings:

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- Mr. José Antonio Tazón, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Mr. Luis Maroto, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Mr. Agustín Rodríguez, Director of Internal Audit - Mr. Tomás López Fernebrand, Secretary of the Board of Directors, who acts

as Secretary of the Committee - Mr. Jacinto Esclapés, Vice -Secretary of the Board

plus the external auditors, Deloitte, represented by the members responsible for auditing the Company’s annual accounts. The Committee Secretary draws up Minutes of the conclusions reached in each Meeting. These are included as an item on the Agenda for the next Board of Directors Meeting, in which the Chairman of the Committee informs the Board of the most relevant points covered and, when appropriate, the recommendations made. Matters dealt with by the Audit Committee 1 January – 31 July 2005 The Agenda for each of the Audit Committee Meetings has three regular sections and others that may be included in the Agenda for discussion, analysis and recommendations, as applicable, depending on the matter in question. The three regular sections are the External Audit, the Internal Audit and Corporate Governance. The main issues covered in the financial year are detailed below. External Audit: In this section, the External Auditors inform the Audit Committee of the most relevant aspects of the work in progress on the audit and regular quarterly information, as well as important accounting aspects, including the application of accounting standards. Whenever there are any, they point out any discrepancies between the Company management and the Auditors regarding specific points. The matters dealt within the financial year included the following: - The Company's financial statements for the financial year 2004 (using Spanish

accounting principles and International Financial Reporting Standards) to be drawn up by the Board of Directors.

- Reconciliation of the financial statements in line with Spanish Accounting Principles and

International Financial Reporting Standards. - The Auditors’ opinion. - Results of the impairment analysis. - Significant acquisitions. - Cancellation provision analysis. - Accounting policies (derivatives accounting treatment). - Application of International Financial Reporting Standards and analysis of the impact of

the Standards under review.

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- Group tax inspections in progress.

Internal Audit: In this section, the Director of Internal Audit reports to the Audit Committee on the status of the internal audits carried out on the Group Companies, as well as the status of the recommendations made by the Internal Auditor, and the extent to which they have been implemented and performed. The general scope of audits covers the suitability and effectiveness of the internal control systems (SECS), unless an audit has a more specific scope. For this purpose, the Director of Internal Audit presents the Audit Committee with an Audit Plan for that year. This serves as a basis to monitor the audits. The Director of Internal Audit regularly submits the results of the audits carried out on the Group Companies. Internal audits were issued on the following Group Companies in the financial year ended as of July 31, 2005: Company Scope - e-Travel Business Unit SECS - Amadeus Scandinavia, AB SECS - AMADEUS GLOBAL Ecuador, S.A. SECS - Amadeus Bolivia, SRL SECS - Amadeus Marketing Italia, S.P.A. SECS - Amadeus Services Asia-Pacific, Pty. Ltd. SECS - Amadeus GTD Australia Pty. Ltd. SECS - Amadeus Brasil, Ltda. SECS - Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. (follow-up of corporate governance

practices) No material consequence arisen in the internal audits that required the intervention of the Audit Committee. Corporate Governance This section, which is a regular section in all of the Audit Committee Meetings, is the result of the efforts made regarding the transparency necessary in financial markets and the Company's and the Board's commitment to the shareholders, not only regarding the transparency of quantitative information (economic information), but also qualitative information and, more specifically, with regards to Corporate Governance practices in the companies.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Composition refers to the date of drawing –up the Annual Accounts and Directors’ Report.

CHAIRMAN

John Downing Burgess

DIRECTORS

Pierre-Henri Gourgeon Enrique Dupuy de Lôme

Karl-Ludwig Kley José Caparrós

Friedrich Fröschl Christian Boireau

Marcus James Wood Hugh McGillivray Langmuir Stuart Anderson McAlpine Benjamin Clark Johnson

Francesco Loredan Lucien-Charles Nicolet

Michael Andrew Twinning

SECRETARY (non Director)

Tomás López Fernebrand

VICE-SECRETARY (non Director)

Jacinto Esclapés Díaz

Madrid, 28 th of October of 2005

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