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4374 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 173
TRANSPOWER NEW ZEALAND LIMITED LINES BUSINESS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2002
20. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
(a) Financial risks
The Transpower Lines business is subject to a number of financial risks which arise as a result of its debt portfolio which is denominated in both New Zealand dollars and foreign currency, making purchases from foreign suppliers and having contractual agreements with customers. These financial risks comprise:
Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk of adverse impact on the present and future finance costs of the Company arising from the interaction of interest rate movements with Transpower’s debt portfolio.
Currency risk
Currency risk is the risk of adverse impact of exchange rate movements, which determine the New Zealand dollar cost of foreign denominated expenditures and the New Zealand dollar value of debt issued in foreign currencies.
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of adverse impact on Transpower through the failure of a third party bank, financial institution or customer to meet its financial obligations. Financial instruments which subject Transpower to credit risk include bank balances, receivables, investments, interest rate swaps, cross currency interest rate swaps, interest rate options, forward rate agreements, foreign exchange forward contracts, and foreign currency options.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk of adverse impact on Transpower arising from the Company’s inability to meet its monetary obligations in an orderly manner. This might result from the Company not maintaining adequate funding facilities or being unable to renew or replace existing facilities when they mature.
To manage and limit the effect of these financial risks the Transpower Board of Directors has approved policy guidelines and authorised the use of various financial instruments. The policy adopted by the Board prohibits the use of financial instruments for speculative purposes. All off balance sheet financial instruments must be directly related to underlying physical debt or firm capital commitments on Board approved projects.
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