Financial Statement




15 SEPTEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2879

  1. OPERATING SURPLUS BEFORE TAX

Operating surplus before tax includes the following items:

| | 1999
$000’s | 1998
$000’s
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Amortised goodwill | - | - |
| Asset maintenance services | | |
| - related parties | 4,605 | 4,896 |
| - non-related parties | 4,174 | 3,883 |
| Audit fees - parent company auditor | 55 | 45 |
| Avoided transmission charges | - | - |
| Other fees - parent company auditor | 5 | - |
| Bad debts written off | 39 | 50 |
| Consultancy and legal expenses | 938 | 2,268 |
| Consumer-based load control | 6 | 2 |
| Corporate and administration | 569 | 555 |
| Customer billing/information services | 2,352 | 2,600 |
| Depreciation - capital works under
construction | - | - |
| Depreciation - system fixed assets | 15,034 | 14,642 |
| Depreciation - other assets | 1,719 | 1,755 |
| Directors’ fees | 196 | 196 |
| Disconnection/reconnection services | - | - |
| Donations | 13 | 15 |
| Earnings before interest and tax | 57,420 | 43,220 |
| Human resources | 587 | 612 |
| Interest expense - MCN’s | 5,910 | 6,101 |
| Loss on sale of fixed assets | 11 | - |
| Leasing and rental | 58 | 57 |
| Marketing and advertising | 185 | 127 |
| Merger and acquisition expenses | - | - |
| Meter data | | |
| - related parties | 12 | 5 |
| - non-related parties | 10 | 4 |
| Research and development | - | 25 |
| Salaries and redundancies | 6,282 | 6,475 |
| Takeover defence expenses | - | - |
| Total depreciation | 16,753 | 16,397 |
| Total expenditure | 85,713 | 99,466 |
| Transmission charges | 43,087 | 39,454 |



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