✨ Financial Statements
Vector Limited
Electricity Lines Business
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 March 2006
20. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
A comprehensive treasury policy approved by the board of directors is used to manage financial instruments risks. The policy outlines the objectives and approach that the Vector group will adopt in its treasury management processes. The policy covers, among other things, management of credit risk, interest rate risk, funding risk, liquidity risk, currency risk and operational risk.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate exposures are actively managed in accordance with treasury policy. In this respect, at least forty percent of all debt must be at fixed interest rates or effectively fixed using interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, options and other derivative instruments.
The weighted average rates of borrowings are as follows.
| 2006 | 2006 | 2005 | 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted average | ||||
| interest rate | Face value | |||
| $'000 | Weighted average | |||
| interest rate | Face value | |||
| $'000 | ||||
| Bank loans | 7.86% | 200,367 | 7.22% | 200,367 |
| Working capital loan | 7.45% | 22,744 | 6.90% | 25,046 |
| Medium term notes - fixed rate NZ$ | 6.51% | 166,211 | 6.50% | 166,497 |
| Medium term notes - floating rate A$ | 6.13% | 475,053 | 5.92% | 475,053 |
| Capital bonds | 8.25% | 256,474 | 9.75% | 258,474 |
| Private placement senior notes | 5.65% | 349,236 | 5.65% | 349,236 |
| NZ floating rate notes | 7.97% | 377,046 | - | - |
| Total | 1,847,131 | 1,472,673 |
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2006, No 155
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2006, No 155
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