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SECTION 5<br />
FINANCIAL INFORMATION<br />
5.1 INTRODUCTION<br />
This Section contains financial information prepared on three different bases.The basis of preparation and the<br />
rationale for each is:<br />
5.1.1 AGAAP Financial Information<br />
The financial information prepared under AGAAP contained in Section 5.3 (AGAAP Financial Information)<br />
comprises:<br />
• AGAAP pro-forma historical statements of financial performance for the years ended 31 December 2001,<br />
2002 and 2003 at average actual $:US$ exchange rates for the relevant periods and pro-forma Forecasts of<br />
financial performance for the years ending 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005 at the forecast<br />
exchange rates outlined in Section 5.3.2.2<br />
• Pro-forma statements of cash flows for the years ended 31 December 2002 and 2003<br />
• A pro-forma statement of financial position as at 31 December 2003<br />
Babcock & Brown will report its results for the period from the date of the listing to 31 December 2004 on the<br />
basis of AGAAP.<br />
5.1.2 Australian IFRS Financial Information<br />
The financial information prepared under Australian IFRS contained in Section 5.4 (Australian IFRS Financial<br />
Information) comprises:<br />
• Pro-forma historical statement of financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2003 at average<br />
actual $:US$ exchange rates for the period and pro-forma Forecasts of financial performance for the<br />
years ending 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005 at the forecast exchange rates outlined in<br />
Section 5.3.2.2<br />
• Pro-forma statement of financial position as at 31 December 2003<br />
A summary of the key differences between the financial information prepared under AGAAP and the financial<br />
information prepared under Australian IFRS is included in Section 5.4.4.<br />
Babcock & Brown will report its results for the year ending 31 December 2005 and subsequent periods on the<br />
basis of Australian IFRS.<br />
5.1.3 Restated Financial Information<br />
The restated AGAAP financial information contained in Section 5.2 (Restated Financial Information) comprises:<br />
• AGAAP pro-forma historical statements of financial performance at a constant $:US$ exchange rate for the<br />
years ended 31 December 2001, 2002 and 2003<br />
• AGAAP pro-forma Forecasts of financial performance for the years ending 31 December 2004 and 2005<br />
using the forecast exchange rates for 2004 outlined in Section 5.3.2.2, including the constant $:US$<br />
exchange rate used to restate the AGAAP pro-forma historical statements of financial performance referred<br />
to above<br />
• AGAAP pro-forma statement of financial position as at 31 December 2003.<br />
The Restated Financial Information has been prepared by Babcock & Brown based on the pro-forma AGAAP<br />
Financial Information referred to above.The Restated Financial Information has been provided to more<br />
meaningfully reflect the underlying economic performance of Babcock & Brown over the historic and forecast<br />
periods.The Business Overview in Section 3 is based on the Restated Financial Information.The management<br />
discussion and analysis contained in Section 5.2.5 has also been prepared using the Restated Financial<br />
Information.<br />
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