AUL FY21 Investor Presentation
FY2021 Operational review
Advancing strategic ambitions
180 Australian
YEARS
Unity
Real Wellbeing
Further progressed strategy of building a commercially sustainable portfolio of businesses that provides member, customer and
community value and fosters personal and community wellbeing
Delivered a sound financial result despite COVID-19 adverse impacts and challenges
Continued positive impact of improvements in the Home Care Services business; developing improved and sustainable patient and outcome-
focused healthcare services; ongoing advancement of the social infrastructure agenda, including the major milestone of practical
completion and commercial acceptance of the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) public hospital at the $1.1 billion
Herston Quarter health precinct in Brisbane
Undertook Australia's first Mutual Capital Instrument (MCI) issue, raising $120 million
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The Board has determined a final fully franked dividend of $2.5068 per mutual capital instrument to be paid on 15 October 2021¹
Retired remaining $71.3 million of Series B Australian Unity Bonds when they matured in December 2020
COVID-19
Continued impact of COVID-19 included the implementation of extraordinary measures to seek to protect aged care residents, home care
customers and the employees who support them; the provision of hardship relief for health insurance and banking customers; and the
effect of tightened economic circumstances
Responded by maintaining, and where possible improving, levels of service and responsiveness to the needs of members and customers,
while pursuing efficiency measures to mitigate risks and curtail expenditures. Also focused on the welfare and impact on employees. In line
with claims savings due to the impact of the pandemic, further premium relief of approximately $6 million will be delivered in the 2022
financial year
Group's overall results affected—with impacts including the deferment of private health insurance premium increases; client cancellations
and interruptions to regular home care, disability, dental and health care servicing; some additional government funding receipts; reduced
lending and property services activity fees; increased cost of additional personal protective equipment (PPE) and related consumables and
cost containment undertaken in response to these pandemic effects
AUL FY21 Investor presentation
1The financial effect of this dividend has not been brought to account in the financial statements for the full year ended
30 June 2021 and will be recognised in subsequent financial reports.
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