Replacement Product Disclosure Statement for the

Replacement Product Disclosure Statement
for the
Product Disclosure Statement dated 26 March 2015
for an offer of call and term deposits by
New Zealand Baptist Savings and Development Society Inc.
This document gives you important information about this investment to help you decide whether
you want to invest. There is useful information about this offer on www.business.govt.nz/disclose.
New Zealand Baptist Savings and Development Society Inc. has prepared this document in
accordance with the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.
You can also seek advice from a financial adviser to help you to make an investment decision.
Dated 30 April 2015
Section 1 - Key Information Summary
What is this?
This is an offer of call and term deposits. Call and term deposits are debt securities issued by New
Zealand Baptist Savings and Development Society Inc. (Baptist Savings, we, our or us). You give
Baptist Savings money, and in return Baptist Savings promises to pay you interest and repay the
money at the end of the term. If Baptist Savings runs into financial trouble, you might lose some or
all of the money you invested.
About Baptist Savings
Baptist Savings is an incorporated society and a registered charity (CC24623). Our purpose is to lend
money raised from depositors to New Zealand Christian churches and other organisations, although
our current lending policy is to lend only to Christian churches and registered charities. This is to
enable the borrowers to acquire and/or develop property and buildings, necessary for their worship,
community outreach, recreation and Christian witness (including church services). The property and
buildings are also used for camping facilities, medical centres, offices, day care centres, aged care
facilities and schools.
In January 2015, we were licensed by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand as a non-bank deposit taker.
Key terms of the offer
Call deposits
Description of
call deposits
Term
The call deposits are secured debt securities.
Interest rates
The interest rate is available on our website and is subject to change without
notice. The interest rate will be confirmed to you by letter following deposit.
There is no fixed term as the call deposits are repayable on call.
We set the interest rates on the call deposits on a regular basis after considering
current market conditions. Our current policy is to set the interest rates by
reference to the deposit interest rates of the five largest New Zealand banks. This
is done by selecting the mid-point of the interest rates offered in the market by
the banks at the time the call deposits are issued.
Interest
payments
In arrears on 31 March and 30 September in each year (or where relevant, on the
next business day following these dates) of the call deposit, or on closure of the
call deposit.
Offer opening
and closing
dates
The offer opens on 7 April 2015.
This is a continuous offer. There is no closing date.
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Term deposits
Description of
term deposits
Term
The term deposits are secured debt securities.
Interest rates
The interest rates on the term deposits are set as described under “Interest rates”
above.
Term deposits are issued for terms of 30 days, three months, six months, nine
months, one year, 18 months, two years, three years and five years.
Once set, the interest rate for each term deposit is fixed until maturity.
Interest
payments
Interest payable in respect of a term of six months or less will be paid on maturity.
For terms of nine months, interest is payable quarterly in arrears. For all other
terms greater than nine months, interest is payable in arrears each six months
from the date of deposit and on maturity. Interest may be compounded or
credited to the nominated bank account, except in relation to monthly interest
payments which cannot be compounded.
Offer opening
and closing
dates
Early
withdrawal
The offer opens on 7 April 2015.
This is a continuous offer. There is no closing date.
Break fees may be charged at our discretion for early withdrawal. In those
circumstances, the break fee would be a 2% reduction in interest payable on the
relevant term deposit.
Who is responsible for repaying you?
Baptist Savings is responsible for repaying you, together with Baptist Savings Capital Limited and the
BSDS Strategic Trust, which are members of the Baptist Savings group, and guarantors in relation to
the call and term deposits. No other members of the Baptist Savings group are guarantors of the call
and term deposits.
How you can get your money out early
Depositors can apply to have all or a portion of their term deposits repaid prior to maturity by
submitting a request to us. However, the decision is made at our sole discretion. We do not
generally charge break fees when we agree to repay term deposits prior to maturity, but reserve the
right to do so as described above.
Baptist Savings does not intend to quote these call and term deposits on a market licensed in New
Zealand and there is no other established market for trading them. This means that you may not be
able to sell your call and term deposits before the end of their term.
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How call and term deposits rank for repayment
On a liquidation of Baptist Savings, your rights and claims under the call and term deposits would
rank:

after all creditors preferred by law (e.g. the Inland Revenue for unpaid PAYE and employees
for holiday pay) and any permitted prior security interests (at the date of this PDS there are
none);

equally with all other call and term deposit holders; and

ahead of any lesser ranking secured creditors (at the date of this PDS there are none), all
unsecured creditors and the distribution of surplus assets in accordance with the rules of
Baptist Savings.
Further information regarding how the call and term deposits rank on the liquidation of Baptist Savings
can be found in section 4 of this PDS (key features of call and term deposits) on page 17.
What assets are these call and term deposits secured against?
Under the trust deed, we, Baptist Savings Capital Limited and the BSDS Strategic Trust, have each
granted a security interest to Covenant Trustee Services Limited as supervisor, which secures our
payment obligations under the call and term deposits. The security interests are over all present
and after-acquired personal property, and over real property and property other than personal
property.
Further information regarding the security interests can be found in section 4 of this PDS (key
features of call and term deposits) on page 17.
Where you can find Baptist Savings’ financial information
The financial position and performance of Baptist Savings are essential to an assessment of Baptist
Savings’ ability to meet its obligations under the call and term deposits. You should also read section
5 of this PDS (Baptist Savings’ financial information) on page 19.
Key risks affecting this investment
Investments in debt securities have risks. A key risk is that Baptist Savings does not meet its
commitments to repay you or pay you interest (credit risk). Section 6 of the PDS (risks of investing)
discusses the main factors that give rise to the risk. You should consider if the credit risk of these
debt securities is suitable for you. The interest rates for these call and term deposits should also
reflect the degree of credit risk. In general, higher returns are demanded by investors from
businesses with higher risk of defaulting on their commitments. You need to decide whether the
offer is fair.
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Baptist Savings considers that the most significant risks factors are:
Loan default risk
If a number of borrowers defaulted on their loan obligations around the same time, there may be
insufficient funds to fully repay our depositors. As at the date of this PDS, our five biggest loans
represent approximately 23% of our loan portfolio. If all or a majority of the borrowers under these
loans defaulted around the same time, this could significantly increase the risk of default on our
payment obligations to depositors.
Interest rate margin risk
We make our income from the difference in the interest we pay to depositors and what we earn
from borrowers and our investments. We set the interest rates we pay by reference to the deposit
rates set by banks. In the event of a drop in interest rates, the interest rate we receive on surplus
funds we have invested with banks may be less than the amount we pay under the call and term
deposits and this could have a significant impact on the income we receive.
This summary does not cover all of the risks of investing in the call and term deposits. You should
also read section 6 of this PDS (risks of investing) on page 23.
What is Baptist Savings’ credit rating?
Baptist Savings’ credit rating is B+, Stable Outlook.
A credit rating is an independent opinion of the capability and willingness of an entity to repay its
debts (in other words, its creditworthiness). It is not a guarantee that the financial product being
offered is a safe investment. A credit rating should be considered alongside all other relevant
information when making an investment decision.
Baptist Savings has been rated by Fitch Ratings Inc. (Fitch). Fitch gives ratings from AAA through
to C.
Credit rating1
AAA
AA
A
BBB
BB
B
CCC
CC
C
RD
D
Description of the rating
Highest credit quality
Very high credit quality
High credit quality
Good credit quality
Speculative
Highly speculative
Substantial credit risk
Very high levels of credit risk
Exceptionally high levels of credit risk
Restricted default
Default
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The modifiers “+” or “-” may be added to the above ratings to indicate relative status within the major rating
categories.
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Table of contents
Section 1 Key Information Summary
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Section 2 Terms of the offer
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Section 3 Baptist Savings and what it does
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Section 4 Key features of call and term deposits
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Section 5 Baptist Savings’ financial information
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Section 6 Risks of investing
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Section 7 Tax
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Section 8 Who is involved?
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Section 9 How to complain
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Section 10 Where you can find more information
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Section 11 How to apply
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Section 12 Contact information
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Letter from the Chairman of the Baptist Savings Board
Baptist Savings was established in 1962 with the objective of helping Baptist Churches and their
members assist other Baptist Churches fund their building programmes. This objective remained
unchanged for the next five decades, while we continued to grow our deposits and lend
to churches in a lightly regulated environment as an exempted charity. That situation has changed
significantly in recent years, with a raft of new regulations in the wake of the global financial crisis of
2007.
Our recent growth along with lending opportunities led the board to start lending to churches
and Christian charities outside of the "Baptist family". This change gained further momentum in
2014 when we were asked to assimilate the loan portfolio of Presbyterian Savings and Development
Society of New Zealand Incorporated, a similar church financing organisation.
The removal of the exemptions enjoyed until now have been replaced by a more
robust regulatory regime, which means that we are now subject to:
•
•
•
•
•
Reserve Bank of New Zealand oversight as a licensed non-bank deposit taker
An independent supervisor monitoring us
The Financial Markets Conduct Act which requires us to issue this PDS and maintain the
associated Disclose register entry
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act
Having to obtain an independent credit rating
Our board aspires for Baptist Savings to provide the best level of service to our depositors as a nonbank deposit taker in New Zealand by embracing these changes. This PDS is just one of the steps
being taken to help ensure we comply with our obligations under the new regulatory regime in the
interests of our investors, while enabling our borrowing entities to achieve their missional goals in a
financially viable way.
Graham Shaw
Chairman
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Section 2 Terms of the offer
Terms of the offer
Call deposits
Description of
call deposits
Term
The call deposits are secured debt securities.
Interest rates
The interest rate is available on our website and is subject to change without
notice. The interest rate will be confirmed to you by letter following deposit.
There is no fixed term as the call deposits are repayable on call.
We set the interest rates on the call deposits on a regular basis after considering
current market conditions. Our current policy is to set the interest rates by
reference to the deposit interest rates of the five largest New Zealand banks. This
is done by selecting the mid-point of the interest rates offered in the market by
the banks at the time the call deposits are issued.
Interest
payments
In arrears on 31 March and 30 September in each year (or where relevant, on the
next business day following these dates) of the call deposit, or on closure of the
call deposit.
Offer opening
and closing
dates
Ranking of call
deposits on
liquidation
The offer opens on 7 April 2015.
This is a continuous offer. There is no closing date.
Minimum
investment
amount
$100, with minimum withdrawal amounts of $100.
On a liquidation of Baptist Savings, your rights and claims under the call deposits:
 would rank after all creditors preferred by law and any permitted prior
security interests (at the date of this PDS there are none);
 would rank equally with all other call and term deposit holders; and
 would rank ahead of any lesser ranking secured creditors (at the date of
this PDS there are none), all unsecured creditors and the distribution of
surplus assets in accordance with the rules of Baptist Savings.
Term deposits
Description of
term deposits
Term
The term deposits are secured debt securities.
Interest rates
The interest rates are available on our website and are subject to change without
notice. The interest rate will be confirmed to you by letter following deposit.
Term deposits are issued for terms of 30 days, three months, six months, nine
months, one year, 18 months, two years, three years and five years.
We set the interest rates on the term deposits on a regular basis after
considering current market conditions. Our current policy is to set the interest
rates by reference to the deposit interest rates of the five largest New Zealand
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banks. This is done by selecting the mid-point of the interest rates offered in the
market by the banks for the relevant term at the time the term deposits are
issued. Once set, the interest rate for each term deposit is fixed until maturity.
Interest
payments
Interest payable in respect of a term of six months or less will be paid on
maturity. For terms of nine months, interest is payable quarterly in arrears. For all
other terms greater than nine months, interest is payable in arrears each six
months from the date of deposit and on maturity. Interest may be compounded
or credited to the nominated bank account, except in relation to monthly interest
payments which cannot be compounded.
Offer opening
and closing
dates
Ranking of term
deposits on
liquidation
The offer opens on 7 April 2015.
This is a continuous offer. There is no closing date.
Minimum
investment
amount
Early
withdrawal
$500.
On a liquidation of Baptist Savings, your rights and claims under the term
deposits:
 would rank after all creditors preferred by law and any permitted prior
security interests (at the date of this PDS there are none);
 would rank equally with all other call and term deposit holders; and
 would rank ahead of any lesser ranking secured creditors (at the date of
this PDS there are none), all unsecured creditors and the distribution of
surplus assets in accordance with the rules of Baptist Savings.
Depositors can apply to have all or a portion of their term deposits repaid prior to
maturity by submitting a request to us. A request will be reviewed and a decision
made at the sole discretion of Baptist Savings. We do not generally charge break
fees when we agree to repay term deposits prior to maturity, but reserve the
right to do so. In those circumstances, the break fee would be a 2% reduction in
interest payable on the relevant term deposit.
Trust Deed
We entered into a trust deed with Covenant Trustee Services Limited, as supervisor, on 17
September 2014, which was amended on 26 March 2015 (trust deed), in relation to the call and
term deposits. A copy of the trust deed may be obtained from the Disclose register at
www.business.govt.nz/disclose.
Interest rate comparison
The diagram below demonstrates the interest rates payable on the call and term deposits for terms
ranging from on call up to five years. The interest rates are compared with the following in relation
to each of the terms noted in the diagram below:

the average interest rates of the five largest New Zealand retail banks by reference to which
we currently set the interest rates for our call and term deposits; and
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other than as noted below, the average interest rates of the three finance companies in New
Zealand having a credit rating between B and BB+.
Rates are as published at 12:00 noon on 24 March 2015 on www.interest.co.nz.
We are the only licensed non-bank deposit taker in New Zealand that is also a registered charity.
Because of this, our business is different to most other issuers of call and term deposits, in
particular, in the way we set the interest rates on our call and term deposits. Currently, we are the
only issuer of call and term deposits in the market which sets their interest rates in the way we do,
however, we have included the comparative data in the diagram below on the basis following.
The interest rates for the call and term deposits are determined by reference to the average deposit
rates of selected banks in New Zealand (as illustrated by the green bar in the diagram below), which
generally have a lower credit risk than us, in order to allow us to on-lend to our borrowers at
preferential rates. The five banks whose interest rates we currently use to set the interest rates on
the call and term deposits currently have credit ratings of between A- and AA-. Our credit rating is
currently B+.
The credit risk of the finance companies included in the diagram below is closer to our credit risk.
The three finance companies used to compile the data represented by the red bar in the diagram
below currently have credit ratings of between B and BB+. Our current credit rating of B+ sits within
this band. The difference between the interest rates on the call and term deposits (illustrated by the
blue bar) and the average interest rates of the finance companies used (illustrated by the red bar),
allows us to lend to our borrowers at lower interest rates.
The interest rates for the call and term deposits should reflect the degree of credit risk. However,
the interest rate you receive (as illustrated by the blue bar in the diagram below) may not reflect the
degree of credit risk in relation to our payment obligations under the call and term deposits. You
need to decide whether the offer is acceptable to you.
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6
5
Interest Rate
4
(%)
3
Baptist Savings
Banks
2
Finance Companies
1
0
Term
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* The interest rates indicated by the red bars above for each of on call and the 90 day, six month and nine
month terms represent the interest rate offered by a single finance company, as the other two finance
companies do not offer terms of less than one year.
Section 3 Baptist Savings and what it does
Overview of Baptist Savings
The Baptist Savings group
The Baptist Savings group (Group) comprises three entities. The key operational arm is Baptist
Savings, which is an incorporated society and a registered charity that has been lending to Christian
churches and charities since its creation by the Baptist Union in 1962. It is the trading arm of the
Group, receiving call and term deposits and making loans to Christian churches and charities
throughout New Zealand. Anyone can invest with us.
Baptist Savings was originally set up by the Baptist Union of New Zealand, to allow the Baptist
community to deposit money to be lent to other Baptist churches and associated trusts. The
Baptist Union is governed by the Assembly Council, who together with the existing directors of
Baptist Savings, appoint any new directors of Baptist Savings. In 2013, our rules were amended to
allow us to lend to other Christian churches and organisations, although our current lending policy
requires the borrower organisations to be registered charities.
In January 2015, we were licensed by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand as a non-bank deposit taker.
Baptist Savings is supported by the BSDS Strategic Trust, which is the investment arm of the Baptist
Savings Group. The BSDS Strategic Trust holds surplus funds of the Group and invests these funds
with banks and in the bond market in order to enable us to meet our obligations to depositors and
borrowers under the loans. The BSDS Strategic Trust is a registered charity. Seven directors of
Baptist Savings are also trustees of the BSDS Strategic Trust.
The third component is Baptist Savings Capital Limited, which is a registered charity. Baptist Savings
Capital Limited has issued shares to the Presbyterian Savings and Development Society of New
Zealand Incorporated, and also to some of our borrowers representing 5% of their loans (as
described in Note 3 on page 23 of this PDS).
Three directors of Baptist Savings Capital Limited are also directors or senior managers of Baptist
Savings.
The BSDS Strategic Trust and Baptist Savings Capital Limited are guarantors in relation to the call and
term deposits.
Our operations and activities
(a) Loan application and loan assessment policies
Typically Christian churches or charities approach us to discuss projects for which they need finance.
If that initial contact is positive they fill out an application form which gathers data from them and
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authorises us to gather data from others. You can find a copy of this on our website, see
www.baptistsavings.co.nz.
The key questions that we need to answer when assessing a loan application are:
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Does the project appear to be well conceived, given, who they are and what they are trying
to achieve in their particular context, and is it consistent with our purpose (see section 1
‘About Baptist Savings’)?
Do they have the income and means to make the payments to service the loan they are
seeking? We require copies of their financial statements as evidence of this.
Is there adequate security if something goes wrong?
Have they invested with us in the past?
If we don’t know them well, are there credible people who can speak for the applicant’s
integrity and whether they are a ‘good risk’ to lend to?
Are they a registered charity?
Our General Manager then writes a report for the relevant decision maker(s) (as noted below) to
consider, with a recommendation to grant or not grant the loan. The delegated authority levels for
granting loans as at the date of this PDS are as follows, if the loan is:



Less than $250,000, the General Manager decides.
$250,000 - $500,000, the Finance Committee of the board decides.
Over $500,000 or for any loan of any amount outside of normal policy settings, the full
board decides.
Our loan application and loan assessment policies may be changed by the board of Baptist Savings
without notice.
All loans granted are reported to the full board at the following board meeting. The board is also
advised of applications that are declined and the reasons for those decisions.
(b) Security
Before any funds are advanced to a borrower, we require the return of:


A completed loan agreement; and
A certificate confirming insurance is in place.
We also require confirmation that the mortgage has been registered on settlement.
(c) Engaging with borrowers who are struggling to meet their obligations to us
Since 2010, only three of our borrowers have got into the position where they have not been able to
make payments.
In these situations, we immediately make contact with the borrower, progressing to a face to face
meeting if problems continue. The board is notified as soon as a loan is technically in default, and
is involved in any decision on how to respond. We also engage with the relevant denominational
or other applicable leadership groups, and on two occasions in the past 10 years, have funded
advisors to assist struggling borrowers.
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(d) Our loan portfolio
The table below shows the pattern of who we lend to by borrower type as at 28 February 2015.
Type of borrower
Number of loans Percentage of total value of loan portfolio
Baptist & Presbyterian churches
104
62%
Other churches
27
20%
Christian charities
30
18%
Total
161
100%
Historically, due to the nature of our business and the Christian context in which we operate,
economic downtowns have not had a material effect on the level of deposits we receive or the
volume of loans made to our borrowers. We have a reinvestment rate of over 90% with our
depositors as at the date of this PDS.
The recessions experienced over the last 25 years as noted in the table below have not had a
material impact on our financial position. We have used the term recession not only in the narrow
sense of two quarters of negative economic growth, but also in the wider sense of a sustained
period of poor economic performance2. See the table below which lists years affected by recession
over the last 25 years and our performance during those periods:
Recession
Year
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Deposits
($m)
3.4
3.8
5.3
7.3
9.6
Capital3
($000’s)
231
284
305
408
549
Surplus4
($000’s)
2
42
42
100
126
1998
15.1
1113
99
2008
2009
33
49.7
4,726
5,377
354
571
Please note that the information above represents an historic trend and there is no guarantee that
this trend will continue in future. A recession or economic downturn may impact the ability of our
borrowers to make repayments under the loans, or the level of deposits we receive, either or both
of which may impact our profitability in future. Please note that past performance is not a guide to
future performance.
Most of the land and buildings that our loans are secured over are used as churches, so are either
purpose built for this or have been adapted to suit that purpose. Some of the land and buildings are
2
See the statistics at rbnz.govt.nz/statistics/key-graphs/graphdata.xls, and the discussion on page 4 of
http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/research_and_publications/discussion_papers/2014/dp14_02.pdf
3
Capital comprises retained earnings.
4
Surplus is the equivalent of net profit.
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set up as camping facilities, medical clinics, early childhood centres, aged care facilities, schools and
offices. The residential properties are zoned for that use and if not currently being used as such,
could be converted back to being purely private residences and sold.
The first table below breaks our loans down into commercial property loans, or mixed commercial
and residential property loans (where the property is predominantly commercial). The second table
below breaks our loans down into residential property loans, or mixed residential and commercial
property loans (where the property is predominantly residential). Our practice has been to take an
Auckland District Law Society form registered ‘all obligations’ first ranking mortgage security over all
advances, with two exceptions. The first is for loans less than $20,000 and the second is for loans
made from the Jubilee Fund, which is an historic fund that is for starting churches which was gifted
to us by the Baptist Union in 2014. As at the date of this PDS, there are two unsecured loans made
from the Jubilee Fund which are outstanding that are for sums greater than $20,000.
What is the loan to value ratio referred to in the tables below? This is the amount borrowed divided
by the value of the property the borrower is providing as security, e.g. $100,000 (loan) / $500,000
(value of security) = 20% loan to value ratio. This provides us with a degree of comfort that the
security provided by the borrower should be sufficient to cover the amount of the loan in the event
of a borrower default. Lower loan to value ratios provide greater comfort than higher ones. We
require a registered or government valuation as evidence of the loan to value ratio.
Loans over commercial and predominantly commercial property as at 28 February 2015
Loan to Value
Number of
Total value of
Percentage of loan
Ratio
loans
loans
portfolio
80%+
1*
$1.2m
2%
60-79%
4
$2.4m
4%
40-59%
21
$20.4m
34.4%
20-39%
31
$24.6m
41.4%
0-19%
64
$10.5m
18%
Unsecured
2
$0.089m
0.2%
Total
123
$59.3m
100%
* This loan was repaid on 24 March 2015.
Loans secured over residential and predominantly residential property as at 28 February
2015
Loan to Value
Number of
Total value of
Percentage of loan
Ratio
loans
loans
portfolio
80%+
0
0
0%
60-79%
6
$4.9m
39%
40-59%
6
$2.4m
19%
20-39%
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$4.3m
34%
0-19%
15
$0.9m
8%
Total
38
$12.5m
100%
Notes:
1. If the residential property market price level dropped by 20% then none of our borrowers (as at
28 February 2015) would be in a negative equity position (i.e. their loan would not be larger than the
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value of their property), as none have a loan to value ratio over 80% based on the current valuations
that we hold. The market would have to fall by 25% before the value of any property that we have a
loan over, would be less than the loan secured by it.
2. If the commercial property market price level dropped by 25% then only 1 out of 123 of our
borrowers (as at 28 February 2015) would be in a negative equity position. As noted above, this loan
was repaid on 24 March 2015.
3. If we enforced a mortgage and sold a building but there were insufficient proceeds to completely
repay the loan, we still have the right to sue the church or charity to recover any money owed. While
we reserve the right to do so in a particular case, depositors are best to assume that we would not
use aggressive recovery strategies such as these against a church community and its members. Thus,
if the proceeds of a mortgagee sale were insufficient to discharge a church’s debt, then we will likely
take a loss from our capital.
Purchase of Presbyterian Savings and Development Society of New Zealand Incorporated’s loan
portfolio and depositors’ funds
In 2013, our rules were amended so that we could lend to other Christian churches and
organisations, not just Baptist churches and organisations.
As a result of this, we were able to purchase the Presbyterian Savings and Development Society of
New Zealand Incorporated’s $14 million loan portfolio on 31 October 2014, including the transfer to
us of $32 million of their depositors’ funds for a payment of $60,000.
The effect of these two changes is that we now have over $19 million in non-Baptist lending, which is
over 25% of our total lending at the date of this PDS and we expect this to increase further.
One of the conditions of our contract with Presbyterian Savings and Development Society of New
Zealand Incorporated, is that we will pay them a retention bonus on 30 November 2015 of 0.5% of
the total value of their former deposits that are still lodged with us on 30 October 2015.
The industry in which we operate
For over 50 years, we have been offering call and term deposits to the public, and anyone can
invest with us. We are classified as a non-bank deposit taker and are licensed under the Nonbank Deposit Takers Act 2013. We are part of the financial services industry and operate
alongside banks and other non-bank deposit takers which issue call and term deposits.
However, we are the only licensed non-bank deposit taker in New Zealand that is also a registered
charity. We are also unique in that our current lending policy only allows us to lend to Christian
churches and other registered charities that have a Christian purpose.
Churches and charities typically rely heavily on donations from members and others, which by
their voluntary nature cannot be guaranteed. However, increasingly churches have other sources
of income and our loans are also serviced by the profits of early childhood centres, office rents
and aged care fees.
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Keys to generating income
The basic keys for us to generate income are:
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Interest Rate Margin: the preservation of the rate margin between what we pay our
depositors, and what we can lend those funds out for (the margin for which is typically 2%)
or alternatively, what we can invest any surplus funds with the banks for (the margin for
which is typically between 0.25% and 0.5%);
Investment Portfolio: growing our loan portfolio and having less invested with the banks as
a proportion is critical to our profitability, together with the effective management of our
investments;
Growing non-Baptist Lending: between 2013 and the date of this PDS, we have added 57
non-Baptist loans to our portfolio for a total of $22 million, and are working on raising our
profile in other Christian denominations and churches through advertising, seminars and
networking.
Board of directors and senior management
Directors
The chair of our board is Graham Shaw BCom who has been on the board since 2008, and is a member of
Wellington Central Baptist Church. He is a:
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Chartered Accountant of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants
Member of the Institute of Directors of New Zealand
Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management
Companion of the Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand
Non-executive director of Xero Limited
Non-executive director of Gentrack Group Limited
Non-executive director of Pushpay Holdings Limited
He is also involved in the governance of three other companies.
He was previously the:
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Chief Executive of the national law firm Kensington Swan from 2002 to 2004
Chief Executive of Works Infrastructure from 1997 to 2002
Chief Financial Officer of Works Civil Construction from 1989 to 1997
James Palmer BA LLB has been on the board since 2014. He has been a solicitor with Palmer &
Associates Law since 2011, practicing in general commercial law.
Gray Hughson BCA has been on the board since 2014, and is a member of Karori Baptist Church. He
is a consultant for Moore Stephens, Markham Wellington Limited, having previously been a principal
in various accounting firms since 1973. He holds a variety of directorships and is a member of the
Institute of Directors.
Elizabeth Johnstone DipPharm has been on the board since 2014, and is a member of Karori Baptist
Church. She is a New Zealand registered pharmacist, and since 2004 has been the National Manager
of the Professional Development programme for New Zealand pharmacists. Previously she was the
National Moderator, Pharmacy Industry Training Organisation from 2002 to 2007, and the
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Assessor/Moderator of New Zealand national pharmacist registration exams since 1998.
Alastair McLay BCom BD has been on the board since 1989, and is a member of Northcote Baptist
Church. He is currently the manager of Christians Against Poverty in Northcote, and was previously
the Director of Finance and Business Services for NZI from 1989 to 2003.
Rod Robson LLB BAppTheol (Carey) who has been on the board since 2011, is a member of Linwood
Baptist Church. He has been a pastor, a youth pastor, the chief legal advisor for Work and Income,
and is currently working as a consultant for us on compliance and regulatory issues.
Roger Nicholson has been a director since 2004, and is a member of Nelson Baptist Church. He is a
trustee of the City of Nelson Civic Trust and the Managing Trustee of the Nelson Christian Trust. He
was previously employed by Duncan Cotterill Asset Management from 1999-2011, and has a
background in small and medium sized business management.
Daniel Palmer DipBus has been an ex officio director since 2012, when he was appointed as the
National Administrator of the Baptist Union. He is a member of Manukau City Baptist Church. He
has a background in the financial management of companies and was the financial controller for DHL
NZ Limited and the financial manager of Air New Zealand.
Senior managers
Our General Manager is John Smeaton, who has held that position since 2009, and is a member of
Laingholm Baptist Church. Prior to that he was an accountant with BDO Spicers and worked for the
Bank of New Zealand as a Branch Manager and Agribusiness Manager.
Our Business Development Manager is Andrew L’Almont, who has held that position since 2011 (he
was previously a director). He is a registered financial advisor. He was the CEO/Director for
Mortgage Express Limited from 2000 to 2011 and the CEO/Director of Harcourts Financial Services
from 1998 to 2000.
Section 4 Key features of call and term deposits
Ranking and security
The call and term deposits are secured by a security interest which we have granted under the terms of
the trust deed over all of our assets to Covenant Trustee Services Limited, as supervisor. The security
interest secures all amounts payable by us on the call and term deposits and all other moneys payable
by us under the terms of the trust deed. As at 28 February 2015, the amount of the liability secured by
the security interest was $126,571,714 and the total value of the assets subject to the security interest
was $135,741, 862. 5 In the event of our liquidation, the call and term deposits would rank equally
with all other call and term deposits and behind all preferred claimants and any permitted prior security
interests (at the date of this PDS there are none).
We may incur further liabilities which rank equally with, or in priority to, the call and term deposits on
our liquidation, including by issuing further call and term deposits. This could also include fees payable
5
These amounts are estimated based on unaudited financial information as at 28 February 2015.
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to our supervisor, Covenant Trustee Services Limited, under the trust deed, any fees payable to a
receiver appointed in respect of our assets, statutory based claims such as employee entitlements,
outstanding interest payments and amounts owing to trade creditors.
We are also permitted under the trust deed to create security interests over our assets which rank in
priority to the security interests granted in favour of Covenant Trustee Services Limited under the trust
deed to secure any borrowing or money owed in purchasing or acquiring assets, provided that the
amount secured by all prior ranking security interests does not exceed 1% of our total tangible assets.
Except as set out above, the trust deed prevents us from creating any security interest over our
property which ranks in priority to, or equally with, the security interest granted to Covenant Trustee
Services Limited under the trust deed in relation to the call and term deposits.
As at the date of this PDS, we have not granted any security interests which rank in priority to, or
equally with, Covenant Trustee Services Limited’s security interest.
The diagram below illustrates the ranking of the call and term deposits on our liquidation6 and is based
on $91,523,721 of call and term deposits being in issue, being the number of call and term deposits
issued by Baptist Savings as at 31 August 2014.
Ranking on liquidation of
Baptist Savings
Examples
Indicative amount as at
31.08.14
Liabilities that rank in priority to
the call and term deposits
Creditors preferred by law
(including IRD for unpaid tax)
and any permitted prior ranking
security interests
$50,318
Liabilities that rank equally with
the call and term deposits
Call and term deposits,
including the accrued interest
$92,459,521
Liabilities that rank below the
call and term deposits
Lesser ranking secured creditors
and unsecured creditors
$22,674
Equity
Distribution of surplus assets
$8,675,485
Higher ranking/earlier priority
Lower ranking/later priority
Guarantees
Both the BSDS Strategic Trust and Baptist Savings Capital Limited are part of the Group, and have
given unlimited and unconditional guarantees in relation to our obligations under the call and term
6
The financial information in this table is stated as at 31 August 2014, however, we granted the security
interest to Covenant Trustee Services Limited under the trust deed on 17 September 2014. The information in
this table has therefore been adjusted to reflect the position had the security interest been in place on 31
August 2014.
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deposits by executing guarantor accession deeds in favour of Covenant Trustee Services Limited, as
supervisor, and for the benefit of our depositors. These guarantees are secured by a security interest
over all present and after-acquired personal property, and over real property and property other
than personal property.
The security interest is insufficient to repay the liability of the guarantee.
Covenant Trustee Services Limited does not guarantee our obligations under the call and term
deposits.
Transfer
Baptist Savings does not intend to quote these call and term deposits on a market licensed in
New Zealand and there is no other established market for trading them. This means that you may
not be able to sell the call and term deposits before the end of their term.
The trust deed permits Baptist Savings to delay a transfer of the call and term deposits to undertake
customer due diligence on the transferee to its satisfaction in accordance with the requirements of
the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 and may charge a fee to
you for conducting the customer due diligence.
Section 5 Baptist Savings’ financial information
Baptist Savings is required by law and its trust deed to meet certain financial requirements. This
table shows how Baptist Savings is currently meeting those requirements. These are minimum
requirements. Meeting them does not mean that Baptist Savings is safe. The section on specific
risks relating to Baptist Savings’ creditworthiness sets out risk factors that could cause its financial
position to deteriorate. The offer register provides a breakdown of how the figures in this table are
calculated, as well as full financial statements.
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Key Ratios
Capital Ratio7 8
31.8.14
31.8.13
31.8.12
Capital ratio
Minimum capital
ratio as per the
trust deed
10.5%
8% with a credit rating,
10% without a credit
rating
10.7%
Not applicable. The trust
deed was entered into on
17 September 2014
10.0%
Not applicable. The
trust deed was entered
into on 17 September
2014
Minimum capital
ratio that must
be set out in the
trust deed under
the Deposit
Takers (Credit
Ratings, Capital
Ratios, and
Related Party
Exposures)
Regulations 2010
8% with a credit rating,
10% without a credit
rating
8% with a credit rating,
10% without a credit
rating
8% with a credit rating,
10% without a credit
rating
The capital ratio is a measure of the extent to which Baptist Savings is able to absorb losses without
becoming insolvent. The lower the capital ratio, the fewer financial assets Baptist Savings has to
absorb unexpected losses arising out of its business activities.
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We are exempt from the requirements under sections 34 and 35 of the Non-bank Deposit Takers Act 2013 to
include a capital ratio within the trust deed and to maintain our capital ratio in accordance with the amount
included in the trust deed until 30 November 2016 by virtue of the Deposit Takers (Charities) Exemption Notice
2014. The trust deed requires us to maintain the capital ratio as referred to in the third row in the table
above.
We are also exempt from the requirements under sections 23 and 25 of the Non-bank Deposit Takers Act 2013
to have a current credit rating and in relation to governance until 1 May 2015 by virtue of the Deposit Takers
(Charities) Exemption Notice 2014. However, as noted above, we have obtained a credit rating.
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The capital used to calculate the capital ratio noted above includes fully paid up perpetual non-cumulative
preference shares issued by Baptist Savings Capital Limited to certain churches and charities who have
borrowed from us. The shares that have been issued to the churches and charities represent 5% of the loans
made to them by Baptist Savings and were funded by those loans. The purpose of the shares is to raise capital
for Baptist Savings to meet our capital requirements under the non-bank deposit taker regime supervised by
the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. These shares may count for up to 25% of our total capital. The Reserve
Bank of New Zealand is currently considering whether in future, shares which have been funded in this manner
may be counted as capital. The board of Baptist Savings is currently reviewing its capital policy to ensure that
whatever decision the Reserve Bank of New Zealand reaches, Baptist Savings continues to meet the capital
requirements.
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Related Party
Exposures9
31.8.14
31.8.13
31.8.12
Aggregate
exposure to
related parties as
calculated under
the Deposit
Takers (Credit
Ratings, Capital
Ratios, and
Related Party
Exposures)
Regulations
201010
105%
111%
121%
Maximum limit
on aggregate
exposures to
related parties
under trust deed
15% of capital with effect
from 1 November 2016.
Not applicable. The trust
deed was entered into on
17 September 2014
Not applicable. The
trust deed was entered
into on 17 September
2014
Maximum limit
on aggregate
exposures to
related parties
under trust deed
that must be
included under
the Deposit
Takers (Credit
Ratings, Capital
Ratios, and
Related Party
Exposures)
Regulations 2010
15%
15%
15%
Related party exposures are financial exposures that Baptist Savings has to related parties. A related
party is an entity that is related to Baptist Savings through common control or some other
connection that may give the party influence over Baptist Savings (or Baptist Savings over the
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We are exempt from the requirements under sections 37 and 38 of the Non-bank Deposit Takers Act 2013 to
include a maximum limit on related party exposures within the trust deed and to not exceed the maximum
limit on related party exposures until 30 November 2016 by virtue of the Deposit Takers (Charities) Exemption
Notice 2014.
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We have applied for a specific exemption from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to the effect that the
Baptist Union will not be considered a related party for the purposes of our related party exposure calculations
which we will be required to comply with from 30 November 2016. That application is still being considered as
at the date of this PDS. For the purposes of the calculations set out above, we have assumed that the Baptist
Union is not a related party.
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related party). These related parties include, for example, the BSDS Strategic Trust and Baptist
Savings Capital Limited as well as churches we lend to that our directors or their children attend or
trusts of which our senior managers or their spouses are trustees.
Liquidity Ratio11
31.8.14
31.8.13
31.8.12
Liquidity
calculated in
accordance with
the trust deed
20%
16%
22%
Minimum
liquidity
requirements
under the trust
deed
15%
Not applicable. The trust
deed was entered into on
17 September 2014
Not applicable. The
trust deed was entered
into on 17 September
2014
Liquidity requirements help to ensure that Baptist Savings has sufficient realisable assets on hand to
pay its debts as they become due in the ordinary course of business. Failure to comply with liquidity
requirements may mean that Baptist Savings is unable to repay investors on time, and may indicate
other financial problems in its business.
Selected financial information
Year to
31.8.2014
Total assets
$101.2m
Total liabilities
$92.5m
Net profit after tax
$0.3m
Net cash flows from operating $0.7m
activities
Cash and cash equivalents
$2.5m
Year to
31.8.2013
$93.5m
$85.6m
$0.4m
$0.7m
Year to
31.8.2012
$81.3m
$74m
$0.6m
$0.5m
$3.9m
$4.1m
Capital
$7.9m
$7.3m
$8.7m
Notes:
1. Total assets have increased strongly since 2012 because of a sustained marketing programme to
increase our deposit base, and more recently the transfer to us of $32 million in deposits previously
invested with the Presbyterian Savings and Development Society of New Zealand Incorporated.
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We are exempt from the requirements under sections 40 and 41 of the Non-bank Deposit Takers Act 2013 to
ensure the trust deed contains liquidity requirements and to comply with the liquidity requirements set out in
the trust deed until 30 November 2016 by virtue of the Deposit Takers (Charities) Exemption Notice 2014.
We are required to manage our liquidity in accordance with requirements set out in the trust deed.
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2. Net profits have reduced since 31 August 2014 because of the write down of a loss made on an
investment, and the recent high costs of regulatory compliance e.g. obtaining a credit rating,
supervisor costs, increased legal advice, etc.
3. Capital is made up of retained earnings and fully paid up perpetual non-cumulative preference
shares issued by Baptist Savings Capital Limited to churches and charities who have borrowed from
us. The shares that have been issued to the churches and charities represent 5% of the loans made
to them by Baptist Savings and were funded by those loans. The purpose of the shares is to raise
capital for Baptist Savings to meet our capital requirements under the non-bank deposit taker
regime supervised by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. These shares may count for up to 25% of
our total capital. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is currently considering whether in future,
shares which have been funded in this manner may be counted as capital. The board of Baptist
Savings is currently reviewing its capital policy to ensure that whatever decision the Reserve Bank of
New Zealand reaches, Baptist Savings continues to meet the capital requirements.
4. Baptist Savings is exempt from income tax due to its charitable status. Revenues, expenses and
other assets are recognised inclusive of the amount of GST as Baptist Savings is a provider of
financial services.
Financial covenants
The trust deed with Covenant Trustee Services Limited requires that:
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The maximum amount owing by any one borrower or a related group of borrowers (such as
organisations or charities which are related through common membership or control)
cannot exceed the greater of 35% of our capital, or $5 million. However, the supervisor has
the power to waive this requirement in an appropriate case, as it has done once previously
in order to allow one of our borrowers to purchase the loan of another which was in default.
We may only borrow on the security of a security interest that ranks in priority to that
granted to Covenant Trustee Services Limited under the trust deed up to the value of 1% of
our total tangible assets.
Section 6 Risks of investing
General risks
Your investment is subject to the general risk that we become insolvent and are not able to meet
our obligations to you to pay interest and to repay the principal when due under the call and term
deposits.
In the event we experience significant losses through banks or companies whose bonds that we have
invested in becoming insolvent, and/or we experience significant losses through our lending, we may
not have the funds to meet our obligations to our investors under the terms of any call or term
deposit.
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Specific risks relating to Baptist Savings’ creditworthiness
Loan default risk
Baptist Savings provides loans. If a number of borrowers defaulted on their loan obligations at or
around the same time, there may be insufficient funds to fully repay our depositors.
As at the date of this PDS, our five biggest loans represent approximately 23% of our loan portfolio.
If all or a majority of the borrowers under these loans defaulted at or around the same time, this
could significantly increase the risk of default on our payment obligations to depositors.
In these situations, we immediately make contact with the borrower, progressing to a face-to-face
meeting if problems continue. The board is notified as soon as a loan is technically in default, and is
involved in any decision on how to respond. We also engage with the relevant denominational or
other applicable leadership groups, and on two occasions in the past 10 years, have funded advisors
to assist struggling borrowers.
While a registered first mortgage provides additional security for us in the event of a default by a
borrower, it does not provide immediate recovery of any funds still outstanding. As it could be a
significant period of time before a property could be sold, there would be a delay between a
borrower defaulting and when we could recover some or all of the loan from the sale of a property.
From 2010 to the date of this PDS, three of our borrowers have defaulted under their loans.
Interest rate margin risk
We are unique in relation to other non-bank deposit takers in that we set the interest rates on the
call and term deposits by reference to the deposit rates set by the five largest New Zealand banks.
For us, this means that a drop in interest rates would affect the interest rate we receive on surplus
funds we have invested with banks and we may receive less than the amount we pay under the call
and term deposits. This could have a significant impact on the income we receive. Should this
situation occur, we would have the option to raise the interest rates payable by borrowers under
some of the loans, however, there are naturally limits on our ability to do this as significant interest
rate increases may cause our borrowers to default or have to refinance or repay their loans.
This could significantly increase the risk of default on our payment obligations under the call and
term deposits.
Operational risk
Unlike banks or other large non-bank deposit takers which may have internal IT specialists, due to
our size, we do not have internal IT personnel but rely on external third parties to effectively manage
our business including administering loans and making repayments to our depositors. We also rely
on a financial software programme from an external provider which is not designed specifically for
Baptist Savings. In the event of a system failure or degradation, the fact that we do not have internal
IT personnel may result in the loss of information or there may be significant delays in recovering
payments from our borrowers or meeting our payment obligations to depositors. This may increase
the risk of default on our payment obligations under the call and term deposits.
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This risk is managed by a disaster recovery plan which has business and client information regularly
and reliably backed up onto an external computer system, which includes a backup stored on a
computer system outside Auckland in case of a natural disaster which affects the Auckland region.
Another operational risk is staff mistake or fraud. We are currently small and our staff are often
responsible for a number of areas within the business (which may increase the likelihood of errors).
We do not have as many levels of supervision, monitoring and oversight as may be the case in
relation to banks or other large non-bank deposit takers (which may increase the likelihood of
fraud). We maintain insurance in relation to these risks (as detailed below), but the insurance may
not be sufficient to cover all losses or liabilities in the event of staff mistake or fraud. Should this
occur, the losses or liabilities we incur may increase the risk of default on our payment obligations
under the call and term deposits.
To mitigate this risk, we apply internal control procedures such as requiring two signatories to
approve payments, and our auditors audit staff and directors’ accounts. Our accounts are subject to
an annual audit, and the auditors are contracted to make up to three random unannounced visits
per year. Also, we maintain a $2,000,000 per event fidelity insurance policy up to a maximum of
$10,000,000 in any one year, which includes cover for negligence and embezzlement.
Legal and regulatory risk
We are subject to increasingly stringent regulatory requirements, including in relation to capital, risk
management programmes and having a credit rating. Due to our current size, these regulatory
requirements represent a significant cost to us as a proportion of our overall operating expenses. In
the six months to 28 February 2015, we have incurred costs of approximately $200,000 in relation to
regulatory compliance, whilst our costs for regulatory compliance for the financial years to 31
August 2014 and 31 August 2013 were $84,000 and $4,000 respectively.
In the event that our capital ratio dropped below the required threshold under the trust deed for
any reason, this would allow Covenant Trustee Services Limited, as supervisor, to exercise its rights
under the trust deed which may include enforcing the security interest granted to it under the trust
deed.
The regulatory requirements also require additional human resources to ensure that we comply.
Due to our current size and staff levels, there may be an increased risk that we do not comply fully
with all of the regulatory requirements which apply to us. This might result in us being fined or
sanctioned by either the Reserve Bank of New Zealand or the Financial Markets Authority, and
suffering damage to our reputation as a result. This could impact our profitability and the level of
deposits we hold.
These factors may significantly increase the risk of default on our obligations under the call and term
deposits.
To mitigate these risks we have an internal compliance committee and risk management policies and
procedures. We have also engaged in-house advisors and make use of external legal specialists,
including Minter Ellison Rudd Watts.
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Liquidity risk
Our ability to meet our payment obligations to depositors is linked to our lending activities and the
repayment by borrowers of amounts outstanding under the loans we provide to them. The amounts
received from depositors are held for a short term (from 30 days to five years), while the amounts
we lend to borrowers are lent for significantly longer terms. At the date of this PDS, our maximum
loan term is 20 years, although because we do not charge penalties for early repayment, loans are
often repaid prior to maturity. Depositors may also withdraw their deposits prior to the expiry of the
term in certain circumstances. Because of this, there is a risk that at any one time there might not be
enough cash to fully meet our obligations to our depositors.
We mitigate this risk by maintaining at least 15% of the funds we have invested with banks in liquid
short term cash investments to cover the possibility that a lot of deposits are not renewed on
maturity. At the date of this PDS, we have over 40% of the funds we have invested with banks in
such short term cash investments and we have a reinvestment rate of over 90% with our depositors.
All loans made to borrowers are subject to being called up at any time.
Concentration risk
We only lend to Christian churches and other Christian charities in New Zealand. Churches and
charities typically rely heavily on donations from members and others, which by their voluntary
nature cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, the income received by our borrowers may not be
consistent and this may impact their ability to make payments to us under the loans. However,
increasingly churches have other sources of income and our loans are also serviced by the profits of
early childhood centres, office rents and aged care fees.
Due to the nature of Christian churches (many being unincorporated societies), enforcing any
security provided in relation to a loan may be more difficult and costly than would be the case for
individual or corporate borrowers. This may affect the amount we recover under a loan. Similarly,
because our purpose is to provide financing to Christian churches and charities, in the event of a
default under a loan, we are unlikely to use aggressive recovery strategies which would involve us
suing a church, charity or its members. Thus, if the proceeds of a mortgagee sale were insufficient
to discharge a borrower’s debt, then we will likely take a loss in relation to the loan.
These factors may significantly increase the risk of default on our payment obligations to depositors.
We mitigate this risk through our conservative lending policies, of generally only lending up to a 60%
loan to value ratio for commercial property (including church buildings) and 80% for residential
property.
Section 7 Tax
New Zealand residents will have resident withholding tax deducted from their interest payments,
and there may be other tax consequences from acquiring or disposing of the call and term deposits.
The resident withholding tax rates at the date of this PDS are 28% for companies (other than
corporate trustees) and 10.5%, 17.5%, 30% and 33% for all other investors. If you do not provide us
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with your IRD number, you will automatically have resident withholding tax deducted at the
maximum rate (33% at the date of this PDS). If you do not provide us with your resident withholding
tax rate, you will automatically have resident withholding tax deducted at the maximum rate (33% at
the date of this PDS), unless you are a company, in which case it will be deducted at 28%.
If you have queries relating to the tax consequences of your investment then you should seek
independent financial and tax advice which is specific to your circumstances before deciding to
invest.
Section 8 Who is involved?
Who is involved?
Name
New Zealand Baptist Savings
and Development Society Inc.
Role
Issuer of the call and term
deposits.
Supervisor
Covenant Trustee Services
Limited
Provides independent
oversight of us in relation to
the call and term deposits.
Guarantors
BSDS Strategic Trust and
Baptist Savings Capital Limited
Guarantee Baptist Savings’
obligations under the call and
term deposits.
Solicitor to the issuer
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Lawyers
Legal adviser to the issuer.
Issuer
Section 9 How to complain
We endeavour to maintain a very good relationship with all of our investors. If you are unhappy
with the service you receive from us, please contact our General Manager, John Smeaton:
General Manager
477 Great South Road
Penrose
Auckland 1642
Telephone: 0800 SAVINGS (0800 728 4647)
Email: john@baptistsavings.co.nz.
If after talking to the General Manager you are not satisfied, you have the right to ask him to refer
the matter to the Chairman, Graham Shaw, who can be contacted at the address and phone number
set out above.
Complaints may also be made to Covenant Trustee Services Limited at:
Covenant Trustee Services Limited
Level 18, 48 Emily Place
Auckland 1010
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Telephone: (09) 302 0638
Baptist Savings is a member of a dispute resolution scheme, Financial Services Complaints Limited
(FSCL). If Baptist Savings cannot agree on how to resolve your issue, you can refer the matter to
FSCL:
Financial Services Complaints Limited
Level 12, 45 Johnston Street
Wellington
Telephone: 0800 347 257
Email: info@fscl.org.nz
Financial Services Complaints Limited will not charge you a fee for investigating or resolving a
complaint.
Complaints can also be made to the Financial Markets Authority through its website
www.fma.govt.nz.
Section 10 Where you can find more information
Further information regarding Baptist Savings and the call and term deposits is available on the offer
register at www.business.govt.nz/disclose and can be obtained by request from the Registrar of
Financial Service Providers.
Section 11 How to apply
To apply for the call or term deposits, you need to complete an application form and submit it to us.
An application form is attached to this PDS and an online version can be found at
www.baptistsavings.co.nz.
Section 12 Contact information
Baptist Savings
477 Great South Road
Penrose
Auckland 1642
P O Box 12738
Toll free phone 0508 7245 464 (SAVINGS)
www.baptistsavings.co.nz
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Deposit Application Form
Surname/Church/Organisation/Trust
Mr
Mrs
Miss
Ms
First Names/Trustees/Authorised Officers
Postal address and post code
/
/
Date of birth (Optional)
Telephone (home)
Email
(business)
(mobile)
 (tick if happy to receive communication by email)
Church (optional)
 (please tick)
DEPOSIT DETAILS
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS –
DIRECT CREDIT DETAIL
Amount to be invested $ ………………………………….
Regular amount to be saved $ ………….
Regular Savings
 Call Account
Direct Credit must be made to NZ Baptist
Savings & Development Society Inc. at BNZ,
Dominion Road. Account number 02 0264
0225481 000 with payee particulars
Fixed Investment
Other Term
(term / maturity date)
 30 days
 3 months
 6 months
 9 months
 1 year
 18 months
 2 years
 3 years
 5 years
MATURITY INSTRUCTIONS
INTEREST INSTRUCTIONS
(Baptist Savings will contact investors prior to
maturity of all term investments)
 Add interest to principal
 Pay by cheque
 Reinvest principal  Repay principal
 I wish to accept a lower rate of interest …….. % pa (state)
 Direct credit bank account
 I wish to forgo interest
Investor’s bank account details: (new investors please provide copy of bank deposit slip)
Investor’s IRD number:
For joint account (second IRD number required):
Please state which Resident Withholding Tax rate applies:
 10.5%  17.5%  30%  33%  28% (Company default rate)
 Exempt (IRD certificate required)
NEW INVESTOR IDENTIFICATION
Under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009, Baptist Savings is required to verify your identity and
address.
Personal Investors
We require certified copies of the following documents:
1.
To verify your identity:
A.
a certified copy of your Passport; or alternatively
B.
certified copies of both your Driver’s License and Birth Certificate.
2.
To verify your address:
A.
a copy of your bank statement; or alternatively
B.
a copy of an invoice from a utility company, addressed to you at your current residential address.
All photocopies to be certified as a “certified correct copy of original” by a Justice of the Peace, Solicitor, Chartered Accountant or your
pastor. Any person certifying a document must not be related to you, your spouse or partner, a person who lives at your address, or a
fellow trustee.
Churches, trusts, and other unincorporated bodies
All trustees and/or senior officers must provide identity and address verification as specified for personal investors above
Corporate entities
All directors and/or senior officers* must provide identity and address verification as specified for personal investors above
YOUR PRIVACY
Personal information gathered on this form will be held securely by Baptist Savings. The information will be used to administer your
investments with us and to offer other investment opportunities with us. Certain information will be released to Inland Revenue to comply
with tax requirements. You have the right to access your personal information that we hold at any time and to correct it.
DECLARATION
I/We have read and understood the PDS dated 30 April 2015 and agree to be bound by the terms of the trust deed (including any
amendments to it). I/We agree to the terms outlined above in relation to document certification and the Privacy Act 1993 and the use of
personal information. I/We hereby declare that all information I/We have submitted in this application form is true and correct.
SIGNED …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
P O Box 12738, Penrose, Auckland 1642
Phone (09) 582 0037 Ι Fax (09) 525 1170
Freephone (0508) 728 464 (SAVINGS)
Email office@baptistsavings.co.nz
Website www.baptistsavings.co.nz
NZ BAPTIST SAVINGS & DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY INC.