Investor Presentaiton
Treasury policies
Category
Credit rating
Ausgrid will use reasonable endeavours to maintain a bbb/baa2 baseline credit assessment and not less than bbb-/baa3
Interest rate risk
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Liquidity risk
Funding
Refinancing risk
Foreign exchange risk
Counterparty credit risk at
inception
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Minimum of regulatory debt allowance (60% of RAB) to be hedged on trailing 10-year basis, with up to 100% of any residual
floating interest rate exposure to be hedged consistent with the five year regulatory reset framework
Cash and committed undrawn credit facilities to cover 1.2x its rolling three months look-forward financial obligations, defined
as working capital, finance costs and capital expenditure
Capex will be funded by drawdowns from committed, undrawn facilities, to a maximum of 75% of total capex in that period
If there is a planned concentration of capex spending within a 12 month period, the Board will consider whether to fund a
capex reserve prior to such period
Following the refinancing of the debt facilities put in place at the time of acquisition, no more than 20% of debt facilities to
mature in any 12 month period
The refinancing process for borrowing facilities to be commenced no later than 12 months prior to maturity date and a firm
commitment be in place no later than three months prior to maturity
Hedge all foreign exchange exposures in excess of A$5 million (equivalent) at inception of exposure
Hedge and deposit counterparties must be rated a minimum of A-/A3
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