notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2001 Related entities of the Responsible Entity held nil stapled  securities as at 30 June 2001. Aggregate amounts that were charged to the statement of financial performance that resulted from transactions with  other related parties were as follows: Other Related Parties Interest Rate Swap Contracts 19. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS DISCLOSURE 2001 2000 $’000 $’000 Fees to Trust Manager/Investment Manager  356 472 Fees to Trustee/Responsible Entity  485 336 Aggregate amounts payable to and receivable from other related  parties at balance date: Current liabilities  431 403 The Trust’s policy is to protect funds exposure to variations in interest rate fluctuations.  Additional swaps have been entered into that hedge interest paid on funds borrowed to lend to the Company for the construction of Exhibition Street Extension. The Trust in its own right and on behalf of the Company is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risks in the normal course of business in order to hedge exposure to interest rate fluctuations. These instruments are not included in the assets or liabilities (as the case may be) of the Trust, except to the extent detailed hereunder. 2001 2000 $’000 $’000 The Trust has variable interest rate facilities in place to fund operations. Interest rate swap agreements are in place to hedge the borrowing of such  funds. Under these swap agreements the Trust is obliged to pay interest at  fixed rates in the range 1.65 per cent to 9.54 per cent per annum and has the  right to receive interest at variable rates. At 30 June 2001, the notional  principal amounts and periods of expiry of the interest rate swap contracts are: Less than a year  41,080 23,484  1 - 2 years  54,317  41,080 2 - 3 years 64,021  54,317 3 - 4 years 36,001  64,021 4 - 5 years 46,787  36,001 5 - 10 years 471,362  385,451 10 -  16  years  196,450  329,148 910,018  933,502 18