✨ Financial Statements




2282 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 89

12. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENT

Counties Power Limited Line Business had no operating lease commitments (2000 Nil).

13. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Counties Power Limited Line Business had commitments for future capital expenditure at 31 March 2001 totalling $761,000 (2000: $1,139,000).

There were no material contingent liabilities at 31 March 2001.

14. EVENTS OCCURRING AFTER BALANCE DATE

A dividend of $1.0 million is proposed to be paid out of 31 March 2001 profits. Of this, $750,000 has been attributed to the Line Business. This has not been recorded as a liability, but shown in the Statement of Financial Position as a separate component of equity.

15. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

(A) Nature of activities and management policies with respect to financial instruments.

(i) The company incurs credit risk from transactions with trade debtors and financial institutions in the normal course of business. At balance date the company had a significant concentration of credit risk relating to the amount receivable from Electricity Retailers. The company has a programme to manage this risk concentration, including adhering to specific credit policy requirements, insurance arrangements and having the contractual ability to require security to be provided by these customers under certain circumstances.

The maximum estimated credit exposure in respect of trade debts is:

  • Total asset class - $2.2 million (2000 $2.0 million)
  • Debts subject to significant debt concentration risk - $1.6 million (2000 $2.0 million)

The company does not generally require collateral or security to support financial instruments other than as outlined above, due to the quality of the financial institutions dealt with.

(ii) The company does not generally undertake any transactions denominated in foreign currencies apart from the purchase of distribution system equipment and does not hold any long term borrowings.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

πŸ’° Operating Lease Commitments

πŸ’° Finance & Revenue
Operating Lease, Commitments, Nil

πŸ’° Capital Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

πŸ’° Finance & Revenue
Capital Commitments, Contingent Liabilities, Future Expenditure

πŸ’° Events Occurring After Balance Date

πŸ’° Finance & Revenue
Dividend, Financial Position, Equity

πŸ’° Financial Instruments

πŸ’° Finance & Revenue
Credit Risk, Financial Instruments, Debt Concentration, Credit Policy