Note 6 Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets as at year-end 2015 comprises investments in a debt instrument issued by a large financial institution which serves to cover obligations arising from two cross-border lease contracts (2014: €200 million). The carrying amount of the related lease obligations was €162 million at year-end 2015 (2014: €144 million).

The current portion of the available-for-sale assets as at year-end 2014 (€159 million) was settled on maturity on 22 June 2015 and the relevant amounts were received by Alliander from the banks concerned.