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e r 2 - Umgeni Water

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Chapter| DebtManagementandd Fundingg RequirementsChapter 16.DebtRequiremmentsManagement andFundingg16. 116.1.1Long Termm Cash FloFow andOutstandingDebtt ProjectionsIntroductionBasedonn thedebt maturity profileandd cumulativedebtcurve,thefollowing key k issueshavebeenidentifiedd andare takeninto account inn termss off creatingthee short, mediumm and long-termfundingstrategy::1.Capital structureeA keyprinciple to t managingthe outstandingdebt is too target the optimum capitalstructureof70 % fixedd and30 % floatingg interestrate so as too minimise volatility of o bothh the tarifff andincomee statement.2. Asset/liabilitymatcmchingA furtherkeyprinciplee to managingg Umggeni <strong>Water</strong>’s debt is to matchh the matumuritydatess andquantum of debtt outstandingin anyy year too the freecash generated by operationss after servicinginterest and operational expenditure.Therestill existss a mismatchbetweenliabilitiesandd freecash. Thiss needss to be pro-actively managed on an on-gogoing basis.Figure16. 1: Asseet-Liabilityy Matching1 5001 00 00500Asset LiabilityMatching(Based on BalanceSheet ValuVues)R'm--500'08'09'10'11' 12'13'14' 15'16-1 00 00-1 500-2 00 00-2 500LiabiitiesAsset3.Optimal DebtLevellThekey driver in determining theoptimal level off debtfor <strong>Umgeni</strong> <strong>Water</strong>wass the abiliaity toservicee debtgiven thecash flows generatedafter capitalexpenditure.. A best-casescenarioisthat for every R1 R of debttoo bee repaid, there is R1.4R40 of operational cashflow after capitalexpenditure to fundd thee repayment.Pagee 122<strong>Umgeni</strong> WateWer Five-Year Business Plann | 201121/2012to 2015/2016

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