✨ Financial Statements and Contracts




GAS DIVISION

c) Interest rate swap contracts

Unless otherwise stated below, the Division enters into exchange the difference between contracted nominal principal amounts calculated on agreed forward principal amounts. Such notional amounts published include all amounts provided for discounting. The take delivery is made at fixed rates and floating rates are set on the relevant dates in accordance with the terms of each swap. The average interest rate is based on the outstanding balances at the end of the relevant weekly reset cycle of the monthly interest rate swap contracts put in place.

The following tables show contractual amounts and remaining terms of interest rate swap contracts outstanding as at reporting date:

30 June 2008 30 June 2009
NZD'000 NZD'000
Notional principal amount NZD3000 NZD3100
Average contracted fixed interest rate 7.32% 7.05%
Cash flow swaps
Less than 1 year - -
1 to 2 years - -
5 years+ 5,600 5,675
Total cash flow interest rate swaps 5,600 5,675
Fair value NZD000 (83)
65,575
(60,265)
30 June 2008 30 June 2009
NZD'000 NZD'000
Fair value interest rate swaps NZD3000 NZD3000
Average contracted fixed rate - 6.22%
8.50% 6.38%
7.50% 6.55%
- 7.64%
6.3% 8.3%
9.2%
(0.66) (0.92)
(8.92) (3.34)

| Forward foreign currency exchange contracts |

The Division has entered into a cross currency swap and interest rate swap arising from the US private placement notes:

Contract value 2008 2009
Dr/(Cr) Dr/(Cr)
NZD'000 NZD'000
(82,984) (83,082)
Fair value (407) (467)
Foreign currency 2008 2009
Dr/(Cr) Dr/(Cr)
(USD) USD
37,515 37,515

| Average exchange rate | 0.5947 | 0.5808 |

30 June 2008 30 June 2009
NZD'000 NZD'000
Forward foreign currency average cost contracts (74,124) (76,732)
Loss arising on designated fair value hedges relationship (13,659) (6,259)

No items have been recognised as measured at cost or amortised cost during the period.



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Online Sources for this page:

Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2009, No 179





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πŸ’° Gas Division Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009 (continued from previous page)

πŸ’° Finance & Revenue
Revenue, Expenditure, Taxation, Financial Statements, Powerco, Gas Division, Derivative Financial Instruments, Interest Rate Swaps, Cross Currency Swaps