long term effects of currency hedging

I'm concerned that distribution is likely to fall after present hedging lapses (assuming present A$/US$ exchange rate)

From RAT Half Year Results June 2007 …

FX hedging has significantly protected unitholders from the rapidly appreciating A$:
– 100% of expected foreign income hedged for 6-8 years at US$0.69
(This is what I want to know - what happens afterwards?
See my guess calculation below)
– 100% of foreign equity hedged against A$ rising above US$0.87 (versus current rate of US$0.86)(1); 96% of
foreign equity already fully hedged
– Estimated saving of A$28.9 million or 7.1 cents per unit assuming no capital hedging in place

(pg 6)


Q – What happens after the 6-8 year period? Would the distribution change according to the current exchange rate. Eg assuming present exchange rate of Aus$1 = US$0.87c is maintained, and hedged distribution would be 11.4c, would distribution after hedging become 11.4c * 69c/88c = 8.9c?
(still quite respectable given current at sp of 56.5c)

Anything else we should know about the currency hedging?