✨ Financial Statements




THE LINES COMPANY LIMITED - LINES BUSINESS ACTIVITY

2007
$000's

2006
$000's

NOTE 17 : RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

a) The period covered in these statements are 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2007.

b) There are no outstanding balances and no related party debts have been written off.

c) There are two related parties to the Electricity Lines Business of The Lines Company Limited, being the contracting division and the revenue collection division. Details of transactions are given below.

Contracting division of The Lines Company Limited

Maintenance work is recorded on the basis of material at cost plus 15% and labour & plant at $75 per hour. Capital expenditure is recorded at ODV values.

Construction of the following types of assets were undertaken for the lines business.

2007 2006
Construction of subtransmission assets - 33
Construction of zone substations 374 332
Construction of distribution lines and cables 3,251 3,628
Construction of medium voltage switchgear 883 596
Construction of distribution substations 1,228 823
Construction of low voltage reticulation 184 186
Construction of other assets 185 97
Consumer connections & disconnections 22 24
Maintenance of distribution system 1,430 1,492
7,557 7,077

Revenue collection division of The Lines Company Limited

From 1 October 2005, billing and revenue collection is carried out for the Electricity Lines Business by the revenue collection division within The Lines Company Limited. Prior to this date revenue was collected on behalf of The Lines Company by energy retailers, who operated on the network.

For this function a flat monthly fee of $30,000 is charged to the Electricity Lines Business. This quantum of fee is based on commercial arms length basis, as evidenced by a tendering process for this function, which occurred prior to commencement of direct customer billing.

| Billing and collection charges | 360 | 180 |
| | | |

Interest and dividends paid to Waitomo Energy Services Customer Trust

During the year company paid interest (on subordinated debt) and dividends, of the following amounts to its controlling entity, the Waitomo Energy Services Customer Trust.

2007 2006
Interest paid 76 68
Dividends paid 99 197
175 266

Interest and dividends paid to King Country Electric Power Trust

King Country Electric Power Trust has significant influence over the Group. The following transactions occurred during the year.

2007 2006
Dividends paid 33 66


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2008, No 56


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2008, No 56





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πŸ’° Notes to the Financial Statements for The Lines Company Limited (continued from previous page)

πŸ’° Finance & Revenue
Financial Instruments, Interest Swap Contracts, Employee Entitlements, ODV Reconciliation, Share Capital, Related Party Transactions, Contracting Division, Revenue Collection Division, Interest and Dividends