Annual Report 2011 - Watercare
Annual Report 2011 - Watercare
Annual Report 2011 - Watercare
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<strong>Watercare</strong> Services Limited<br />
<strong>2011</strong> ANNUAL REPORT<br />
Notes to the financial statements (continued)<br />
for the year ended 30 June <strong>2011</strong><br />
20. Borrowings (continued)<br />
group and Company Company<br />
<strong>2011</strong> 2010<br />
% %<br />
Interest rates at balance date:<br />
Related party term loan<br />
Average 5.13 4.80<br />
Average including interest rate swaps 5.78 4.80<br />
Medium-term notes<br />
Average 6.23 6.51<br />
Average including interest rate swaps 5.98 7.89<br />
Term loan<br />
Average 3.51 3.76<br />
Average including interest rate swaps 6.85 6.78<br />
Bank loan<br />
Average 3.61 4.27<br />
Average including interest rate swaps 3.61 4.27<br />
Commercial paper<br />
Average 2.76 3.09<br />
Average including interest rate swaps 6.08 4.88<br />
Total debt<br />
Average 5.15 5.24<br />
Average including interest rate swaps 5.95 6.93<br />
Lenders under the bank loans and holders of medium-term notes and short-term commercial paper, receive the benefit of the negative pledge<br />
undertaking from the group. This undertaking limits the extent to which the group can give security to lenders and requires the group to ensure<br />
that the following financial ratios are achieved at all times;<br />
• Total liabilities do not exceed 60 per cent of total tangible assets<br />
• Total liabilities plus total contingent liabilities do not exceed 65 per cent of total tangible assets<br />
• Shareholders’ funds are not less than $500 million<br />
• Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation is greater than 1.75 times interest expense<br />
• Total tangible assets of the group are to be greater than 90 per cent of total tangible assets of the borrowing group<br />
The group complied with these financial covenant ratios during the years ended 30 June <strong>2011</strong> and 30 June 2010.<br />
The group has an agreement with Auckland Council under which Auckland Council guarantees repayment of certain of the group’s borrowings<br />
and obligations under interest rate swap agreements.<br />
The group has the following undrawn committed facilities available:<br />
group and Company Company<br />
<strong>2011</strong> 2010<br />
$000 $000<br />
Bank overdraft facilities, expires on cancellation 4,542 554<br />
Term loan facility, expires October 2016 50,000 -<br />
Revolving advances, expires May 2013 (2010: expires December <strong>2011</strong>) 63,500 8,500<br />
Commercial paper standby facility expires July 2012 (2010: expires December <strong>2011</strong>) 200,000 150,000<br />
<strong>2011</strong> Financial <strong>Report</strong><br />
PAGE 96<br />
Total undrawn committed facilities 318,042 159,054<br />
Commercial paper held by the group is represented by multiple issues that spread interest rate and maturity risk. As each issue matures the group<br />
replaces it with a new issue, if required. The provider of the commercial paper standby facility acts as a lender of last resort, should the group be<br />
unable to issue new commercial paper when it matures. The group’s treasury risk management policy requires standby facilities to be maintained<br />
to meet 50% of outstanding commercial paper and other uncommitted short-term debt repayable within 60 days (2010: the group’s treasury risk<br />
management policy required standby facilities to be maintained to meet 50% of commercial paper maturing within the next 60 days). The group<br />
complied with its treasury risk management policy during the years ended 30 June <strong>2011</strong> and 30 June 2010.<br />
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