Ethane Pipeline Income Fund : Distribution for quarter ending 30 June 2012

June 15, 2012 at 05:54 am

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Dear Sir or Madam

Company Announcement

I attach the following announcement for release to the market:
• Distribution for quarter ending June 2012.
Yours sincerely

Mark Knapman

Company Secretary
APA Ethane Limited
ASX RELEASE
15 June 2012

DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 30 JUNE 2012

APA Ethane Limited announces the final distribution for the quarter ended 30 June 2012, at a rate of 4.15 cents per security. The components for this distribution are listed below.
Ex Date: Record Date: Payable Date:
Total Distribution Rate:
25 June 2012
29 June 2012
13 July 2012
4.15 cents per security
Components - Australian Sourced Income
Interest income
Tax deferred
1.23 cents per unit
2.92 cents per unit
There is no foreign conduit income to be declared in respect of the distribution for the quarter ended 30 June 2012.
Both Ethane Pipeline Income Trust and Ethane Pipeline Income Financing Trust, the two
trusts that comprise the Fund, declare
that they
are managed investment trusts
for the
purposes of Subdivision 12-H of the income year ending 30 June 2012.
Taxation Administration Act 1953 in respect of the
The distribution for the current quarter ending 30 June 2012 continues to be impacted by the repayment of the financing facility held with Investec. The Fund has sufficient funds to repay the Investec facility and is in discussions with Investec with the intention of repaying the
remaining facility
balance on 29 June
2012. This repayment amountt will principally be
funded
through the release of funds quarantined from use in day-to-day operations after
making prudent allowance for forecast expenditure on major projects scheduled to occur in the next 12 months.
The board expects to provide guidance with respect to FY2013 distributions at the time the Fund's full year results are announced in August this year. The distributions will be impacted by the changes to the tax consolidation legislation referred to in the Fund's interim FY2012 financial report, if that legislation is enacted.
There
is no change to the
ongoing Fund distribution policy
of paying distributions from
available net cash flows.