2025 Corporate Report

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Section B: Notes to the Group financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025

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Financial risk management and derivatives (continued)

Market risk (continued) Interest rate risk (continued) Exposure The Group’s exposures to interest rate risk after hedging at the end of the reporting period follows:

2025

2024 $M $M

Floating interest rate borrowings

2,494

2,895

Floating interest rate exposures converted to fixed interest rates using interest rate swaps (notional principal amount) Fixed interest rate exposures converted to floating interest rates using cross currency interest rate swaps and interest rate swaps

(2,469)

(2,129)

2,148 2,173

1,614 2,380

Floating interest rate exposure 1

Fixed interest rate borrowings after hedging Less than 1 year

1,729 8,403 8,817

1,284 8,325 7,851 (113)

1-5 years

Over 5 years

Net capitalised borrowing costs and remeasurement adjustments

(50)

Total borrowings

21,072

19,727

1 Exposure to floating rate borrowings is offset by cash and cash equivalent balances held at variable rates. An analysis by maturities of the Group’s borrowings is provided in the liquidity risk section below. Sensitivity

Sensitivity analysis on the impacts to profit after tax from movements in benchmark interest rates on floating rate instruments after hedging is presented in the table below. A sensitivity range of plus and minus 100 basis points has been selected as a reasonably possible shift in interest rates. This is not a forecast or prediction of future market conditions. Movement in post-tax profit 2025 2024 $M $M Interest rates +100bps (4) (4) Interest rates –100bps 4 4 Hedge accounting relationships Financial instruments designated as hedging instruments of foreign currency and interest rate risk and the effects of the hedge accounting relationship are as follows: 2025 2024 $M $M Borrowings hedging net investment in foreign operations—USD and CAD USD CAD USD CAD

Net investment hedge USD borrowings

Net investment hedge CAD borrowings

Net investment hedge USD borrowings

Net investment hedge CAD borrowings

Hedge accounting relationship

Hedging instrument

500

370

500

Carrying amount of borrowings in underlying currency

370

1:1

1:1

1:1

Hedge ratio

1:1

February 2026

November 2028

February 2026

November 2028

Maturity dates

At 30 June Carrying amount of hedging instruments

764

414

754

407

During the year Change in value of hedging instrument used for calculating hedge effectiveness Change in value of hedged item used for calculating hedge effectiveness

(10)

(7)

14

41 —

6 1

(1)

(13)

Hedge ineffectiveness recognised in profit and loss

145

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