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Mirvac Group 
Annual Report 2019

Our purpose to 
reimagine urban life 
inspires us to be
a force for good.

MIRVAC GROUP 

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Mirvac is a leading, diversified, Australian  
property group, with an integrated development  
and asset management capability. Recognising  
the contribution we make to Australia’s major  
cities, our purpose, to Reimagine Urban Life,  
inspires us to be a force for good.

CONTENTS

Reporting suite

01  About this report
01 
04  Financial and operational highlights
06  Letters to securityholders
10 

Forces of change
Our business:
> Office & Industrial
> Retail
> Residential
> Build-to-rent

12 
20 
24 
29 
30  Our people
36  Risk management
38 
Sustainability
43  Governance
74 
Financial report
122  Directors’ declaration
123 
130  Securityholder information
132  Glossary
133  Directory & upcoming events

Independent auditor’s report

Mirvac Group comprises Mirvac Limited ABN 92 003 280 699 
and its controlled entities (including Mirvac Property Trust 
ARSN 086 780 645 and its controlled entities).

 
ABOUT THIS REPORT
The FY19 Annual Report is a consolidated summary of Mirvac Group’s 
operations, performance and financial position for the year ended 30 June 
2019. In this report, unless otherwise stated, references to ‘Mirvac’, ‘the Group’, 
‘company’, ‘parent entity’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ refer to Mirvac Limited and its 
controlled entities as a whole. Mirvac Limited also includes Mirvac Property 
Trust and its controlled entities. References in this report to a ‘year’ relate 
to the financial year ended 30 June 2019. All dollar figures are expressed in 
Australian dollars (AUD) unless otherwise stated. The consolidated financial 
statements included in this report were authorised for issue by the Directors 
on 8 August 2019. The Directors have the power to amend and reissue the 
financial statements. Mirvac’s full-year financial statements can be viewed on,  
or downloaded from, Mirvac’s website www.mirvac.com

01

REPORTING SUITE
Mirvac’s reporting suite sets out the Group’s financial and 
operational performance for the year ended 30 June 2019  
across the following documents:

MGR FY19 Results Presentation
An in-depth overview of Mirvac’s financial, operational  
and sustainability performance for the financial year.

MGR FY19 Additional Information
Information supporting Mirvac’s FY19 Results Presentation.

MGR FY19 Annual Report
An in-depth overview of Mirvac’s financial, operational  
and sustainability performance for the 2019 financial year,  
along with the Group’s corporate governance statement,  
its remuneration report and its detailed financial statements.

MGR FY19 Property Compendium
A detailed summary of Mirvac’s investment portfolio,  
other investments, and its commercial and residential  
development pipeline as at 30 June 2019.

MPT FY19 Annual Report
An overview of the Mirvac Property Trust for the financial year.

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ABOUT MIRVAC

Mirvac is an Australian Securities Exchange 
(ASX) top 50 company and one of Australia’s 
leading and most innovative property groups. 
Since 1972 Mirvac has played a vital role in the 
evolution of our cities, reimagine urban life and 
creating places that enrich the lives of many 
thousands of Australians.

Our reputation as a leader in Australia’s 
property industry has been built by delivering 
innovative and exceptional workplace precincts, 
retail destinations, high-quality homes and 
connected communities for our customers, 
while driving long-term value for our stapled 
securityholders. We own and manage assets 
across the office, industrial and retail sectors 
in our investment portfolio, and we currently 
hold approximately $22 billion of assets 
under management. 

Our integrated approach gives us  
a competitive advantage across the lifecycle  
of a project. From site acquisition, urban 
planning and design, through to construction 
and development, leasing, sales and marketing, 
property management and long-term ownership,  
we exercise control over the entire process.  
Our integrated model also ensures stable 
income and growth through a balance of 
passive and active capital, enabling us to 
respond to fluctuations in the property cycle. 

Our goal is to add value to Australia’s 
cities through innovative, visionary design, 
development, asset management and 
construction. Our team is committed to 
operating in a way that is economically,  
socially and environmentally sustainable  
in order to leave behind a lasting, positive  
legacy in everything that we do.

OUR PURPOSE
As our company grows and we take on  
more challenging projects in different  
sectors, it is more important than ever  
to be united behind a single purpose.

WHAT WE DO
We’re a creator, owner and manager of some 
of Australia’s most renowned and recognisable 
projects, with a strategy to be focused, 
diversified and integrated. This means:

At Mirvac, we are in business to reimagine 
urban life. This purpose drives all employees 
at Mirvac to look beyond profit. It inspires us  
to be a force for good and leave a positive 
legacy in everything we do.

Whether it be breathing life into underutilised 
spaces, lovingly restoring and adapting heritage 
buildings, creating dynamic new workplaces 
or bringing to life connected communities 
where families can grow and thrive, we are 
committed to enriching the lives of our 
customers and communities.

We know that to reimagine urban life is  
a great challenge, and it comes with much 
responsibility. Our passionate, highly engaged 
workforce has embraced the challenge to  
think differently, to act conscientiously and 
apply their experience, passion and energy 
every day in the pursuit of an enhanced  
urban environment for us all to enjoy.

WE ARE FOCUSED
deploying capital with discipline and  
delivering on our promises, with a strong  
focus on our customers.

WE ARE DIVERSIFIED
maintaining an appropriate balance of passive 
and active invested capital through cycles,  
and retaining capability across the office, 
industrial, retail and residential sectors.

WE ARE INTEGRATED
leveraging our integrated model to create,  
own and manage quality Australian assets.

Underpinning this strategy is a commitment 
to our people, our customers, innovation, 
technology, sustainability and safety. We’re 
passionate about creating long-term value  
for our securityholders and having a positive 
impact on the communities in which  
we operate.

Both our strategy and our purpose to  
reimagine urban life continue to produce  
strong results across the business.

ASX TOP 50

One of Australia’s  
leading & most innovative 
property groups

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MIRVAC GROUP 
MIRVAC GROUP 

ANNUAL REPORT 2019
ANNUAL REPORT 2019

FINANCIAL AND 
OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

the future is bright

WITH A STRONG SET OF FINANCIAL METRICS FOR FY19, 
MIRVAC HAS MAINTAINED THE IMPRESSIVE GROWTH 
TRAJECTORY OF RECENT YEARS.

STATUTORY PROFIT

05

$1.02bn
$631m $2.50 11.6 cpss

NET TANGIBLE ASSETS   
PER STAPLED SECURITY 1 OF

DISTRIBUTION INCREASED 5% TO

OPERATING PROFIT

up from $2.31 at June 2018

up 4% representing 17.1cpss

STRONG   
OPERATING CASH FLOW

GEARING OF 

ACHIEVED A ROIC OF

SECURED

DELIVERED RESIDENTIAL  
GROSS MARGINS OF

$518m

20.5%

10.1%

for the Group

$1.7bn

of residential pre-sales

27%

MAINTAINED A 5.0 STAR

LEASED APPROXIMATELY

ACHIEVED

NABERS Energy rating average
across the office portfolio

250,000sqm

of office, industrial & retail space

2,611

residential lot settlements, 
default rate <2%

$3.1bn

active commercial 
development pipeline 

more than tripled 
community investment

3 years
ahead of target

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1.  NTA per stapled security, based on ordinary securities including Employee Incentive Scheme securities.

06

LETTERS TO SECURITYHOLDERS 

FY19 was another outstanding year for Mirvac. Our strong performance, which has 
characterised recent years, continued throughout the year. The sustained growth can  
be attributed to the success of our urban asset creation strategy, the strength and  
resilience of our diversified model and our team’s unwavering commitment to  
our purpose to reimagine urban life. 

CHAIRMAN’S LETTER

Mirvac is in exceptional shape, with a high-performing investment portfolio that will generate steadily growing income, all in the safe hands  
of a highly engaged and passionate workforce. In an era when many Australians have lost faith in some of our largest institutions, we continue 
to focus on earning our stakeholders’ trust every day, being a force for good and leaving a positive legacy in everything we do.

John Mulcahy, 
Chairman

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
FY19 saw the Group deliver yet another strong 
set of financial metrics. With a statutory profit 
of $1.02 billion, I’m pleased to report that we 
have successfully delivered at the top end 
of guidance and maintained the impressive 
growth trajectory of recent years.

$1.02bn

FY19 Statutory profit

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz,  
CEO & Managing Director

Our performance was anchored by the 
significant gains of our Office & Industrial 
business and its high-quality investment 
portfolio which, together with our award-winning 
asset creation capability, continue to generate 
significant value. These gains, coupled with the 
quality and location of our residential product 
and focus on our domestic owner-occupier 
customer base, as well as the urban expertise 
of our retail team, has safeguarded the Group 
against the challenging market conditions in 
some of the sectors in which we operate in FY19. 

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019At an operating level, our profit was up 
4 per cent to $631 million, representing 
17.1 cents per stapled security. We achieved  
a strong operating cash flow of $518 million  
and we paid distributions of 11.6 cents 
per stapled security, up 5 per cent.

After a period of challenging residential market 
conditions, we are seeing early indications of 
a housing market recovery. At the same time, 
we are reaching the end of the capitalisation 
rate compression cycle and entering a period 
where income will drive superior investment 
performance. As a result, we are maintaining 
our disciplined approach to investing capital. 
With 87 per cent of our capital allocated to our 
investment portfolio and 13 per cent to our active 
development pipeline, we are confident that 
Mirvac can continue to create long-term value 
and grow distributions to our securityholders. 

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Mirvac’s disciplined approach to capital 
allocation has resulted in a robust balance 
sheet which, together with our integrated 
model, enables the business to operate 
through market cycles and respond quickly 
to investment opportunities, as and when 
they arise. 

During the financial year, Mirvac successfully 
completed a fully underwritten institutional 
placement and Security Purchase Plan (SPP)  
to position the business for future growth.  
The placement was strongly supported by both 
existing and new investors, raising $796.2 million, 
including approximately $46.2 million raised 
under the SPP, to support the delivery of 
the next generation of value accretive office, 
industrial, residential and mixed-use projects 
and provide additional funding impetus for 
continued investment through the cycle. We 
were heartened by the support we received  
from our investors during this process.

During the first half of the financial year,  
Mirvac received an A- rating with a stable 
outlook from Fitch Ratings and maintained 
the A3 rating from Moody’s Investor Service 
(equivalent to A-), recognising our healthy 
balance sheet and strong capital position. 
Gearing also remained within our range of 
between 20 to 30 per cent at 20.5 per cent. 

Our overall earnings profile remains solid, 
supported by a $3.1 billion active commercial 
development pipeline and a high performing, 
strategically-located investment portfolio. 
We have noted that our active development 
earnings will continue to flex with the economic 
cycle. However, the increasing quality and 
strength of our passive earnings underpin  
our confidence that we will continue to  
deliver for our securityholders.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Against a backdrop of challenging housing 
markets, a sustained period of political 
uncertainty and the further erosion of trust 
in some of Australia’s largest and best-known 
institutions, it is more important than ever 
before that companies like ours act fairly, 
responsibly and transparently. 

At Mirvac, we believe we have a duty not  
only to our securityholders, our employees  
and our customers, but also to the communities 
in which we operate and the cities and towns  
in which we live.

On behalf of the Board and the leadership team 
at Mirvac, I want to emphasise our commitment 
to creating and promoting a strong culture 
where people are driven to look beyond  
profit to genuinely being a force for good.

We have a highly engaged workforce that  
never loses sight of a purpose that is bigger 
than profit. Our team is driven to meet 
milestones and targets but also to care  
about making a difference to people’s lives.

We are proud of the high standards of 
corporate governance to which we adhere. 
Systems, procedures and practices are 
regularly reviewed, benchmarked against  
best practice and updated. 

Additionally, the Board is actively involved in 
the business and meets regularly to discuss 
matters such as Mirvac’s strategy, the Group’s 
activities and operations, outlook, risks and 
remuneration. To capitalise on the strong 
position of the Group, the Board will increase  
its focus on customer satisfaction, technology 
and the company’s long-term strategy in FY20.

REMUNERATION 
Every year, our remuneration outcomes are 
reported openly and transparently. Following 
last year’s review of our performance and 
reward framework, we are pleased to report the 
new performance management structure has 
been enthusiastically welcomed and adopted 
by employees. Under the new framework, 
changes were made to performance ratings, 
our long-term incentives, and we increased 
the mandatory minimum securityholdings 
for both Non-Executive Directors and key 
management personnel.

The strong, sustained performance – both 
financial and non-financial – has translated  
into full vesting of the long-term incentives  
and above target short-term incentive 
outcomes. Combined with a 44 per cent 
security price increase during FY19, this  
has resulted in increased actual earnings for 
our CEO & MD and other key management 
personnel. The Mirvac Board very strongly 
believes in aligning pay to performance and 
we believe the remuneration outcomes reflect 
this strong performance, outperforming the 
stretching targets that the Board sets for 
management each year.

The full remuneration report for FY19 can be 
viewed on page 52.

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DIVERSITY & INCLUSION 
We remain committed to fostering a respectful, 
diverse and inclusive environment, where 
different backgrounds, opinions and ideas  
are accepted, encouraged and celebrated. We 
believe this has a positive impact on the health, 
wellbeing and happiness of our workforce  
as well as driving engagement, productivity  
and ultimately better business outcomes. 

To this end, we have a Diversity & Inclusion 
strategy in place with a focus on gender 
balance, and we’ve worked hard to improve 
gender parity at Mirvac over recent years. 
As well as maintaining a 50 per cent gender 
representation on our Board, we continue to 
seek a 50/50 gender balance on shortlists for 
senior appointments. We have successfully 
maintained a like-for-like gender pay gap of 
zero per cent for three consecutive years 
thanks to our gender pay parity reviews, and 
43 per cent of our senior management roles  
are now held by women, in line with our target. 

Thanks to the efforts of the team in 
implementing this strategy, these achievements 
are now considered to be ‘business as usual’  
at Mirvac. In recognition of our commitment  
to gender equality, Mirvac was awarded  
Workplace Gender Equality Agency Employer  
of Choice for the fifth consecutive year.

OUTLOOK 
The hard work of the team to transform the 
business means we are now well positioned 
to mitigate adverse market cycles and use 
them to our advantage by capitalising on the 
opportunities they present. Our high-quality 
investment portfolio continues to provide 
secure and growing income to the Group,  
while our development pipeline and asset 
creation skillset provide significant potential  
for future growth. 

Mirvac’s strong financial performance and 
robust corporate governance framework have 
ensured the business remains in excellent 
shape and will continue to provide value  
to our securityholders and customers, while 
making a real difference to people’s lives  
in the communities in which we operate.

I would like to thank my Board colleagues, 
our senior leaders and our team for their 
commitment and hard work over the past 
12 months. I would like to thank you, our 
securityholders, for your support of Mirvac.  
We look forward to another year of growth  
and success ahead.

John Mulcahy  
Chairman

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MIRVAC GROUP 

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR’S LETTER

In a year that was marked by uncertainty and 
a challenging operating market, our reputation 
for quality and operational excellence and our 
unwavering commitment to our urban strategy, 
have stood us in good stead. 

The strength and resilience of our business  
were evident throughout the year. The  
housing market and the political and economic 
uncertainty caused by consecutive State and 
Federal elections presented challenges within  
our operating environment. Our business  
stood up to the test on all fronts.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE 
In FY19, the Office & Industrial business  
continued to deliver. We are now Australia’s 
second largest office manager, with approximately 
$15 billion of office and industrial assets under 
management and we have successfully created 
one of Australia’s youngest and lowest capital 
expenditure portfolios. 

Our award-winning asset creation capability 
was showcased once again during the year  
with the delivery of Axle, Commonwealth Bank’s 
new state-of-the-art office building at our 
reimagined South Eveleigh precinct. It features 
next generation design, smart technology, 
pioneering placemaking and sustainability 
principles, and sets new benchmarks in 
commercial property and workplace design.

Our ability to deliver award-winning buildings 
continually improves the quality of our portfolio 
and drives increasing passive earnings for  
the Group. This proven capability, combined  
with the number and calibre of projects in  
our development pipeline, gives us confidence 
that we can continue to generate strong 
future returns.

Over the past 12 months, we have added  
a number of new development opportunities 
to our Industrial pipeline including at Badgerys 
Creek, Kemps Creek (both in Western Sydney) 
and Auburn (in Sydney). This is in line with  
our strategy to grow our Industrial portfolio 
while maintaining a 100 per cent weighting  
to Sydney. We see significant earnings  
potential for these future industrial estates. 

Our Retail business delivered another solid 
result, which is pleasing given the highly 
competitive and rapidly evolving retail sector. 
We have successfully created a portfolio of 
thriving retail centres that offers the right  
retail in the right urban locations – densely 
populated with low unemployment, high 
incomes and strong population growth.

As a result, despite divesting over $700 million 
since 2013, the retail portfolio has doubled 
in value in the past six years. The enhanced 
services, partnerships and experiences Mirvac 
is creating, has seen specialty productivity grow 
by 36 per cent across the portfolio during that 
timeframe and occupancy has been maintained 
above 99 per cent. This success is testament to 
the team’s energy and passion for reimagining 
our retail offering, and our commitment to 
constantly curating retail mixes and creating 
unique experiences that respond to the  
ever changing needs of our customers. 

For our Residential business, while recent 
months have seen some potential signs of 
recovery, there is no doubt the housing market 
deteriorated throughout the financial year  
with average dwelling prices down by between  
9 and 10 per cent in Sydney and Melbourne 
during that time. Investor activity reduced 
significantly, while tightening credit made 
it more difficult for home buyers to secure 
finance, which impacted the industry  
as a whole. 

However, averages mask the significant  
variations between sub-markets. They also  
ignore the superior quality of the Mirvac 
offering. Our long standing reputation for 
quality continues to attract owner-occupiers 
who now, more than ever, seek a product  
and a brand they can trust. 

It is this quality that has seen our residential 
team win a number of prestigious awards this 
financial year. You can read more about these 
awards on page 25.

Consequently, we have seen sustained demand 
for, and sales of, our projects throughout the year 
with over 1,700 lots exchanged. We exceeded our 
target of over 2,500 residential lot settlements 
during the financial year settling 2,611 lots, and 
our defaults have remained under 2 per cent. 
This too is a testament to our focus on quality – 
in this case, ensuring that our customers are well 
placed and supported to settle their purchases 
in a timely fashion. Our residential gross margin 
of 27 per cent reflects the capital efficiency of 
our development structures, and we have started 
to carefully restock in the changing market, with 
a number of new development opportunities in 
established Mirvac sub-markets including Henley 
Brook, WA and Wantirna South, VIC, putting us 
in a strong position to take advantage of the 
anticipated upswing. 

REIMAGINING RENTING
The build-to-rent (BTR) sector remains in its 
infancy in Australia, but we believe it has potential 
for significant growth and can deliver much more 
than financial rewards. International experiences 
suggest that revolutionising the rental sector in 
Australia can provide significant social benefits 
for hundreds of thousands of renters as they 
move along their housing journey, giving them 
access to high-quality, well maintained rental 
property, with secure tenures, and a sense of 
stability, as well as excellent customer service. 

Mirvac is firmly at the forefront of this  
new sector in Australia, having founded the 
Australian Build-to-Rent Club with a 30 per cent 
investment from the Clean Energy Finance 
Corporation in July 2018 and subsequently 
launching our first purpose-built BTR asset,  
at Pavilions, Sydney Olympic Park. This project 
is under construction, on time and on budget 
and we look forward to welcoming our first 
customers at Pavilions in June 2020.

In FY19, we confirmed plans for a second  
BTR project, close to Queen Victoria Market 
in Melbourne. As interest in the new sector 
grows, along with appetite for BTR projects 
from all fronts, we remain focused on further 
extending our BTR development pipeline 
throughout FY20.

A PASSIONATE, ENGAGED WORKFORCE
Of all the factors that have influenced Mirvac’s 
success and strong performance, the most 
important has been the genuine recognition 
that our best asset is our people. A team of 
curious and passionate people, aligned with 
a clear vision, has created a workplace where 
individuals are committed to our overall 
purpose and to leaving a positive legacy.

In FY19, we maintained our employee 
engagement score of 90 per cent for the 
second consecutive year, as measured by 
Willis Towers Watson. These results show that 
our team continues to believe in our purpose 
and strategy and is proud of the projects and 
services we’re delivering for our customers. 

We recognise that we need to continue  
to work hard to maintain this high standard.  
The survey also gives us the opportunity to 
listen to feedback from our people on areas 
that are still in need of improvement. We have 
taken these comments on board and we are 
focused on ensuring Mirvac continues to  
be a great place to work. 

PRIORITISING SAFETY
At Mirvac, we prioritise safety above all else.  
We pursue safety excellence which means looking 
beyond merely preventing harm to improving 
the overall wellbeing of our employees, suppliers, 
communities and the environment. This requires 
a thorough and proactive approach to safety. 

Two years ago, we launched a new health and 
safety strategy, Thrive, which has been successful 
in reinforcing and strengthening the safety 
practices, behaviours and cultures across our 
business, with another year of positive results in 
FY19. This year we broadened our safety metrics 
to include a critical incident frequency rate 
(CIFR). This enables us to identify and examine 
incidents and near misses so we can work 
towards preventing them rather than reacting  
to them. In FY19, we achieved a CIFR of 0.91 and  
we reduced our lost time injury frequency rate to 
1.02, another record low. You can read more about  
our initiatives under the strategy on page 32.

A FLEXIBLE & INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE
Championing gender diversity, innovative thinking, 
workplace flexibility and inclusive leadership are 
all vital parts of Mirvac’s DNA. We continue to 
encourage all of our employees to adopt some 
form of flexibility into their working week, day or 
month through our My Simple Thing initiative, 
and we recently relaunched Mirvac Stars, which 
celebrates the achievements of people going 
above and beyond in their roles.

We believe that empowering women to  
become future leaders must start at an early 
age, and we have partnered with the GWS 
Giants football club on a leadership program for 
year 9 girls called ‘Giant Goals’ to demonstrate 
what a career in the property industry could 
look like and to encourage girls to consider 
studying STEM subjects for their NSW HSC. 
We are also committed to the Property Council 
of Australia’s successful ‘Girls in Property’ 
programme, working with girls in year 10  
to demonstrate the types of careers that  
can be pursued in the property industry.

A FORCE FOR GOOD
One of the goals set out in our 2014 This 
Changes Everything sustainability strategy 
was to become net positive carbon by 2030, 
and this year we released Planet Positive: 
which is our plan setting out how we intend to 
get there. It includes continuing to maximise 
energy efficiency and developing all-electric 
buildings powered by 100 per cent renewable 
energy. This work will mean that from 2030 and 
each year afterwards, Mirvac will be avoiding 
emissions equivalent to planting over 1.4 million 
trees and taking 22,300 cars off the road.

Targeting and then exceeding net zero  
carbon are not just the right things to do,  
they make good business sense. Transitioning  
to a lower carbon portfolio will allow us to 
increase energy price certainty and create 
greater value for our stakeholders. They also 
have the added benefit of helping us to retain 
premium tenants and minimise vacancy rates, 
and with low carbon building policy reforms  
on the horizon, we aim to be ahead of the  
curve when it comes to compliance.

We also recognise that it is important to be 
transparent about our understanding of the 
potential financial impacts of climate change to 
our business and what we are doing in response, 
and last year we made a commitment to report 
under the Task Force on Climate-related 
Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Our first TCFD 
report is now available on our website and we 
expect that the depth and quantification of our 
risks will develop over the next several years. 

Our sustainability strategy is now firmly 
embedded across the business and has 
resulted in a variety of new, pioneering 
initiatives and achievements during the 
financial year including: working with social 
enterprise, Homes for Homes, to address the 
need for more social and affordable housing in 
Victoria; partnering with the Property Industry 
Foundation to build a six-bedroom house in 
Toongabbie, Sydney, where five homeless 
youths will live and receive care, mentoring and 
support from Marist180; and donating a parcel 
of land to DVConnect where, with the help 
of Halcyon, we have built Queensland’s first 
purpose-built bridging accommodation facility  
to support victims of domestic violence. 

In order to contribute to a world that is  
free of forced labour, modern slavery, human 
trafficking and child labour, we have been 
working on the first stage of a modern slavery 
risk assessment so that we can start to identify 
and eradicate modern slavery within our supply 
chain, starting with our construction business, 
and we expect to release this shortly.

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As a result of our ongoing commitment to 
community investment throughout FY19, 
particularly through the provision of upfront 
amenity at our masterplanned communities,  
we increased our community contributions by 
more than 800 per cent from a FY17 baseline, 
three years ahead of our 30 per cent target. 

We also launched our first Social Return on 
Investment (SROI) report during the financial 
year. It’s our first attempt at measuring our 
social impact and while we continue to refine 
our measurement tool, the process is already 
informing the design and delivery of new 
projects in order to continue to make  
a positive impact on people’s lives.

INNOVATION AS A 
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 
Our award-winning innovation program, Hatch, 
continued to work on a number of exciting 
initiatives in FY19. Cultivate, the pop-up urban 
farm we created in partnership with start-up, 
Farmwall, in the basement of EY Centre, 
200 George Street, Sydney expanded to  
a second and larger site at 275 Kent Street  
in partnership with Westpac. Our unique co 
working pilot, The Third Space, came to a close 
at Broadway Sydney but opened in a different 
format at Orion Springfield in QLD, where it 
continues to test the market in pursuance of the 
ideal co-working model for a retail environment. 
We have now tasked Hatch to think about how 
Mirvac can help digital natives live better urban 
lives as we think about reimagining urban life  
for multiple generations of Australians.

A POSITIVE OUTLOOK
The operational excellence for which Mirvac 
is known continues to differentiate the Group. 
Our passionate team, the high calibre of our 
projects and our commitment to making  
a difference, as well as delivering financial 
returns, have created a brand that inspires  
the trust and loyalty of our customers, partners 
and importantly you, our securityholders. 

Our purpose continues to inspire us to make  
a positive contribution and be a force for good. 
This is more important than ever in today’s 
environment where political uncertainty, 
economic volatility and the lack of trust  
in large institutions, lead people to ask  
more of corporations and governments. 

Underpinning our success is our people  
and strong culture here at Mirvac. Together, 
we work hard to ensure that the places and 
communities we are creating are sustainable, 
innovative and connected, and have our 
customers at their heart.

On behalf of our Executive Leadership Team,  
I would like to thank the Board for their ongoing 
guidance, the whole Mirvac team for their 
commitment and enthusiasm, and you our 
securityholders, for your valued support.

90%Maintained employee 

engagement score

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz 
CEO & Managing Director

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FORCES OF CHANGE

As our cities continue to expand, and our industry evolves at an increasingly rapid pace, our business is  
challenged to forecast and act upon what the urban landscape will look like in the coming years. We are acutely 
aware of a number of significant macro-trends that are shaping our world. As a leading Australian property group,  
we’re focused on monitoring these trends and understanding their potential impact to our business, our workforce 
and our customers, in order to both manage the risks and embrace the opportunities they present. 

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY 
Despite recent housing market declines, Australia remains one 
of the most expensive places in the world to buy a house 1. The 
result is an intergenerational divide where younger generations 
have diminishing prospects of buying a house in the established 
neighbourhoods their parents enjoy. Our initiative, The Right 
Start, gives first home buyers a leg up towards buying their 
first property. We’ve also further advanced our involvement in 
the emerging build-to-rent sector, and launched a Rent-to-Buy 
product in WA, which we believe will improve choice, quality  
and security of tenure for renters and give them a helping  
hand towards home ownership. 

EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT
Over the past 12 months, we have seen an increased focus on the 
violation of human rights; from Australia’s disturbing rate of violence 
against women, to attempts to curb the widespread global problem of 
modern slavery. As a White Ribbon Workplace, we have taken active 
steps to break the cycle of violence against women, providing our 
workforce with tools that build respect, support equality and assist 
community groups who are doing the same. As a founding member 
of the Australian Supply Chain Sustainability School, we have been 
working with other Australian companies to make better supplier 
choices to help eradicate exploitation and modern slavery. We also 
want to support and empower companies that deliver positive social 
outcomes. Over the next 10 years, we’re continuing towards our goal 
to direct $100 million to the social sector, including through social 
procurement with Indigenous businesses, social enterprises,  
and B Corps 2.

$100m social sector investment,  

including social procurement

1.  The Economic Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2019.
2.  A certified B Corporation is a business that meets the highest standard of verified social  
and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance 
profit and purpose.

3.  The Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Eco-System Services, 2019 (IPBES).

CHALLENGES FACING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY
The building industry was the subject of heavy scrutiny during FY19, 
following concerns about building quality and the use of combustible 
cladding. As a result, we are seeing a greater understanding from our 
customers that the underlying value of any property is dependent 
on the quality of the design and construction. Our unique integrated 
capability enables us to exercise tight control over the quality of our 
projects, throughout their entire lifestyle. This commitment to quality 
and design excellence over 47 years has built trust and confidence in 
our brand.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019DETERIORATION OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUST
The findings of recent Royal Commissions, together with the recent political 
uncertainty, further undermined the foundations of public trust in Australia in 
FY19. In this climate, we believe we have more responsibility than ever to be 
a force for good. As such, we’ve renewed our efforts to ensure we are trusted 
by our customers and securityholders by being transparent in our reporting 
processes. We continue to listen to stakeholders to understand where we are 
doing well, and where we need to improve. Underscoring our commitment to 
be a force for good in our communities, we’ve far exceeded our goal to triple 
our community investment three years ahead of target, and have introduced 
unlimited paid volunteer leave so that our people can give back in their 
own communities.

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we believe we have more 
responsibility than ever  
to be a force for good

AUSTRALIA’S FIRST LARGE-SCALE 

One Planet Living 
Community 

MARRICK & CO, SYDNEY

CLIMATE CHANGE
This year, the City of Sydney joined 600 other municipal  
bodies from around the world in declaring a climate emergency.  
The devastating impacts of climate change continue to come 
to light with the latest research 3 showing one million species 
are threatened with extinction and calling out the current global 
response as insufficient. Our sustainability strategy, This Changes 
Everything, has seen Mirvac implement transformative change 
across the business. This year, for instance, we released our plan 
to reach net positive carbon by 2030 which sets out the actions 
we’ll take to reduce our carbon emissions and ultimately, eliminate 
more than we emit. We also delivered Australia’s first large-scale 
One Planet Living Community at Marrick & Co, Sydney which 
adheres to a framework that supports residents to live  
comfortably within the earth’s resources. 

DIGITAL DISRUPTION
New technologies are transforming the way we live, work and play.  
We welcome the opportunities presented to our business and the 
ways in which new technologies enable us to innovate as part of  
our purpose to reimagine urban life. Digital disruption typically marks 
changes in consumer needs and tastes and we have therefore tasked 
our innovation team, Hatch, to explore ways in which our business can 
help digital natives thrive. We are also implementing smart technology 
across our portfolio and using data across our business to better 
understand our customers, tenants and communities, in order to 
create places that meet and exceed their expectations.

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MIRVAC GROUP 

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Office & Industrial

EY Centre, 200 George Street, Sydney

13

During FY19, Mirvac successfully consolidated its reputation as a visionary creator  
and trusted manager of some of Australia’s most exceptional office and industrial assets.  
The Group further enhanced its high-performing investment portfolio with the delivery of 
new, state-of-the-art workplaces, and the continual improvement of its existing buildings. 
With over $15 billion of assets under management, Mirvac is now the second largest  
listed manager of office and industrial assets in the country. 

OFFICE

95 per cent of the office portfolio is made 
up of premium and A-grade assets which 
is testament to our award-winning creation 
capability and commitment to quality. The  
calibre of our buildings and our focus on  
major metropolitan areas, close to transport 
hubs, have enabled our portfolio to benefit  
from the favourable office market conditions 
and 30 year vacancy rate lows in Sydney  
and Melbourne in FY19. Our 85 per cent 
weighting to these cities is set to increase  
with the further progression of our $3.1 billion 
active development pipeline, as we build out  
our next generation of passive income. 

2019 PCA Excellence & 
Innovation Award for Best 
Sustainable Development
EY Centre, 200 George, Sydney 
(New Building) 
Sirius House, 23 Furzer St, ACT 
(Existing Building)

This year, we officially opened the first two 
buildings at our reimagined South Eveleigh 
precinct in Sydney: Axle and Yerrabingin 
House. With over 3,800 workers now in situ at 
South Eveleigh, enjoying the amenity already 
delivered as part of stage one, our vision to 
create a thriving, connected and sustainable 
community is quickly taking shape. We are 
encouraged by the positive feedback we  
have already received about both buildings.

In the next year, two more office assets will be 
completed including The Foundry, which is 
the second Commonwealth Bank workplace 
at South Eveleigh, and our landmark office 
tower, Olderfleet in Melbourne. The Locomotive 
Workshops at South Eveleigh and Suncorp’s 
new headquarters at 80 Ann Street in Brisbane 
will follow in FY21 and FY22. These projects 
remain on time and on budget, supported by 
our unique integrated business model. Their 
delivery will mean that by FY22, we will have 
one of the youngest portfolios in Australia  
and will have developed 85 per cent of  
our assets directly. 

Our focus on quality extends to our existing 
assets where our buildings are being constantly 
refined, upgraded and managed. This reduces 
the materials and resources they consume and 
enhances the comfort and wellness of those  
who occupy them. 

This strategy drives partnership and 
investment across the portfolio and has 
led to some significant achievements this 
year, including the 46,000 square metre, 
whole building lease renewal of the Federal 
Department of Health and Ageing at Sirius 
House, Woden, ACT, six years ahead of the 
lease expiry date. Mirvac’s occupancy and 
retention rates are among the highest  
in the industry.

We remain focused on continually improving 
the experience of our office and industrial 
customers and enhancing the lives of the 
communities in which we operate. Our strong 
partnerships with leading architects, urban 
designers, planners and interior designers 
enable us to innovate and redefine the 
future of work with each new project. This 
combination of passion and partnership has 
led to the creation of digitally enabled, future-
proofed, sustainable buildings and precincts 
that promote collaboration, creativity and 
productivity for our customers. 

Office Snapshot

FY19
$6.7bn

Portfolio value

31

Number of properties

657,140sqm

Net lettable area

98.2%

Occupancy

6.4 years

Weighted average lease expiry

5.43%

Weighted average cap rate

5.7%

Like-for-like NOI growth

FY18

FY17

$5.7bn

$4.9bn

28

28

641,808sqm 623,826sqm

97.5%

97.6%

6.6 years

6.5 years

5.69%

5.92%

12.7%

0.0%

376 Collins Street, Melbourne 

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In FY19, we significantly grew our Industrial portfolio in line with our strategy, bringing our total assets under management to 
over $1.3 billion and our industrial development pipeline to $1.2 billion. Demand from leading retail and logistics operators for 
premium industrial facilities remains strong, particularly in the Sydney market, where 100 per cent of our Industrial portfolio  
is located. We expect this demand for quality to continue based on the significant potential for future growth of e-commerce  
in Australia, coupled with the diminished supply of prime industrial sites in strategic, well connected locations.

Calibre Industrial Estate, Sydney

INDUSTRIAL

Industrial Snapshot

This year, we proudly opened our premium 
industrial estate, Calibre at Eastern Creek, 
Western Sydney, NSW. The site was transformed 
from a government-owned quarantine station 
to a thriving warehouse and logistics hub in 
just four years. It is now home to a collection of 
leading brands including CEVA Logistics, Miele, 
Pet Circle, Sheldon & Hammond and ACFS 
e-Solutions, who are leveraging the high-quality 
facilities, as well as the excellent transport links, 
to support and accelerate business growth and 
improve delivery times for their customers.

FY19
$877m

Portfolio value

10 1

Number of properties

469,315sqm

Net lettable area

99.7%

Occupancy

7.7 years

Weighted average lease expiry

5.72%

Weighted average cap rate

7.8%

Like-for-like NOI growth

FY18

FY17

$809m

$873m

17

19

431,980sqm

499,791sqm

100%

95.3%

7.1 years

7.0 years

6.19%

6.37%

With our reputation for the creation of premium 
industrial assets now confirmed with Calibre, 
our intention is replicate this success with 
several new development opportunities. These 
include a 54-hectare site at Badgerys Creek in 
Western Sydney, NSW which has the potential 
to become Stage 1 of a future 244-hectare 
industrial estate, just 800 metres from the new 
Western Sydney Airport. The site will benefit 
from transport connections and approximately 
$20 billion of infrastructure improvements in 
the Western Sydney area by 2026. The Group 
also secured a 56-hectare site at Mamre Road, 
Kemps Creek, Western Sydney, NSW and  
a 14-hectare site at Manchester Road, Auburn, 
NSW, with the potential to develop both into 
leading industrial precincts over the next 
few years.

We continue to focus on enhancing the  
quality, functionality, flexibility and occupier 
amenity of the portfolio, which includes some of 
Australia’s largest and most notable industrial 
precincts, such as Nexus Industry Park and 
Hoxton Distribution Park in NSW. Through our 
integrated development capabilities, as well 
as strong relationships with our customers, 
government and other key stakeholders,  
we are ideally placed to deliver high-quality 
facilities, and the associated infrastructure 
to unlock value and generate employment 
opportunities in key metropolitan locations. 

We continue to focus on enhancing the quality, 
functionality, flexibility and occupier amenity 
of the portfolio.

1.3%

2.0%

1.  Excludes properties being held for development. Variance between FY17/FY18 and FY19 as some individual 

properties were amalgamated into estates during FY19 (FY18 comparable of 10 assets and FY17 comparable of 13).

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019SETTING THE BENCHMARK IN SUSTAINABILITY
In Australia, the building industry contributes to approximately 
25 per cent of the nation’s carbon emissions, and as a leading 
Australian property group, we recognise that we have an opportunity 
to influence meaningful change in the way we build and manage 
our assets. One area where we can have a significant impact is  
in our office portfolio, where we have direct influence over the 
assets that we own and manage, as well as our active  
commercial development pipeline.

When we released our refreshed sustainability strategy in  
June last year, we made a commitment to ensure all new office 
developments were built to a minimum 5.5 star NABERS Energy 
rating, a minimum 4.5 star NABERS Water rating and a minimum 
Gold WELL Shell & Core rating.

Designing and developing sustainable assets is not just  
good for the environment, it is also good for our customers 
and securityholders. Assets that are energy and water efficient 
deliver lower utility costs and higher valuations. At our Sydney 
headquarters, 200 George Street, for example, we achieved  
a 5.5 star NABERS Energy rating which is half a star above our 
original design target of 5 stars. The half of a star improvement 
alone represents a saving in energy costs of almost $200,000 
per year, as well as a $4 million uplift in valuation. 

While reducing our water, energy and gas consumption has been 
challenging – particularly during Australia’s hottest summer on 
record this year – we continued to make good progress, achieving  
a further 3.6 per cent reduction in carbon intensity and a 2.3 per cent 
reduction in water intensity across the investment portfolio.

“

We have one of the most 
sustainable office portfolios in the 
country, which is testament to our 
high-quality asset management, 
a firm focus on driving energy 
efficiency at our assets and our 
investment in renewable energy.

”Campbell Hanan, Head of Office & Industrial
4x
3x NABERS Energy rating

Green Star Performance

Mirvac’s office portfolio is one of  
the greenest portfolios in Australia

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David Malcolm Justice Centre, Perth (copyright @kyntran)

A MARKET-LEADING PORTFOLIO
Our commitment to embedding sustainability in the design process,  
along with a keen focus on improving building performance through  
our in-house capability, delivered a number of industry-leading 
sustainability ratings in our office portfolio during the financial year.

At 1 Darling Island in Pyrmont NSW, for example, we achieved a 6 star 
NABERS Energy rating without the use of GreenPower. As well as the 
installation of a 100kW solar PV system, the rating was achieved  
through the team’s ongoing work to improve operational performance 
and energy efficiency. 1 Darling Island now joins Mirvac’s 65 Pirrama Road 
in Sydney and 23 Furzer Street in Canberra in having achieved 6 star 
NABERS Energy ratings, representing market-leading performance.

Meanwhile, 275 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW became one of the first  
buildings in Australia to recertify as a 6 Star Green Star Performance 
rating. This was repeated later in the year with 23 Furzer Street also 
recertifying as a 6 Star Green Star building.

In addition to a 5.5 star NABERS Energy rating at our multi-award  
winning EY Centre, 200 George Street in Sydney, NSW, we’ve also  
now achieved a 6 Star Green Star Performance rating and a 5.5 star 
NABERS Indoor Environment rating for the base building, which  
recognises the building’s exceptional standards of thermal comfort,  
air quality, noise reduction, lighting and office layout. 

In Perth, WA, the David Malcolm Justice Centre achieved a 6 Star  
Green Star Performance rating (the first in Perth to do so) as well  
as a 5 star NABERS Energy rating, and was recognised with the 
Commercial ESD & Sustainability Award: Premium/A Grade at  
the Property Council of Australia’s WA Property Awards.

Overall, Mirvac’s office portfolio now boasts four 6 Star Green Star 
Performance rated buildings, along with three 6 star, two 5.5 star  
and seven 5 star NABERS Energy rated buildings, making it one  
of the greenest portfolios in Australia.

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South Eveleigh, Sydney

$15bn 

total assets  
under management

$3.1bn 

active commercial 
development pipeline

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201917

CONTINUED EXCELLENCE AT EY CENTRE

When it was completed in 2016, EY Centre, 200 George 
Street, Sydney was a one-of-a kind building, featuring  
a world-first closed cavity timber façade and blind  
system, LED lighting throughout the entire building  
and a comprehensive metering and monitoring system. 
Its unique architecture, leading sustainability features 
and world-class innovation have seen the Francis-Jones 
Morehen Thorp-designed building collect 19 awards  
over the past three years.

In FY19, EY Centre was recognised again for outstanding 
building performance, winning the prestigious International 
Project of the Year award and the Building Performance 
Champion at the Chartered Institution of Building Services 
Engineers (CIBSE) Performance Awards in London.  
As well as building performance, the awards recognised 
EY Centre’s high levels of user satisfaction and comfort, 
and its significant and measurable reduction of energy 
consumption and carbon emissions.

The judges noted that the EY Centre was

‘ an exemplary project. The commitment 
to aftercare reinforces the true desire for 
a whole life approach. This should be the 
benchmark for all buildings.’

In addition to this, EY Centre received the Award for Best 
Sustainable New Development at the Property Council of 
Australia’s Innovation & Excellence Awards in May this year.

With EY Centre setting a new benchmark for sustainable 
design and delivery, Mirvac has now committed to a set  
of minimum sustainability design standards to be used  
for all future office developments and refurbishments. 
These include implementing LED lighting throughout  
all buildings; purchasing 100 per cent renewable energy  
to be used on site; ensuring a quality façade to optimise 
thermal comfort and energy efficiency; reducing potable 
water intensity; maximising the recycling capability at  
each asset; using highly efficient plant and equipment; and 
ensuring a high-performance building control strategy.

EY Centre, 200 George Street, Sydney

#HELLOSOUTHEVELEIGH 
In May 2019, together with our consortium partners AMP Capital, 
Sunsuper and Centuria Property Funds, we celebrated the official 
opening of the first two buildings at the revitalised South Eveleigh 
precinct (previously known at Australian Technology Park). Axle, 
the first of two Commonwealth Bank of Australia workplaces to be 
delivered at the precinct, together with Yerrabingin House, which 
features a gym and childcare centre, marked a significant milestone 
in the transformation. The precinct is on track to be complete by 
2020 and will be home to 18,000 workers, including 10,000 from 
Commonwealth Bank.

Our vision for South Eveleigh is to create an environment for 
collaboration, innovation and exchange. We aim to achieve this 
by imaginatively mixing workspace with public and recreational 
facilities that engage the broader community, incorporating  
a variety of unique experiences to inspire creativity and ensure 
everyone feels welcome. This vision is now taking shape with  
a number of successful initiatives in place, which celebrate the  
rich history of the site, while creating strong cultural connections. 
We have a particular focus on the local Indigenous community 
which has such a strong history and presence in the Sydney 
suburbs of Eveleigh and Redfern. 

Community day at South Eveleigh

South Eveleigh will be

home to 18,000 workers

including 10,000 from Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Now open for business, the farm welcomes 
workers, visitors and the local community to 
a series of planned workshops to learn about 
Indigenous culture and native plants and tend 
to the farm. They also have the opportunity  
to purchase produce from the farm. 

We have also worked closely with our 
neighbours, Carriageworks, on a comprehensive 
public art strategy for the precinct, with local 
artists commissioned to create pieces inspired 
by the history of Eveleigh. Indigenous artist 
Jonathan Jones, has commenced working on 
two artworks which celebrate the Indigenous 
legacy of the site. Jonathan worked closely with 
Indigenous elder, Uncle Chicka, to develop the 
artwork ‘Welcome to Country’. Uncle Chicka 
worked at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops 
for many years and the artwork conveys his 
personal history of the site through letters 
stencilled into a series of banners that form  
a canopy above the entry garden.

Local artist Chris Fox was also inspired  
by the history of the precinct for his ‘Central 
Pavilion’, which will be an iconic meeting point 
at the heart of South Eveleigh’s Village Square. 
Finally, artist Nell drew on her family history 
and connection with the Railway Workshops 
when designing her adult sized ‘Treehouse’ 
structure covered in hundreds of steel leaves. 
The artworks will play a crucial role in the 
activation of the site by sparking community 
conversations, imagination and engagement. 

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CONNECTING PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
One example of a successful cultural and community initiative at South Eveleigh,  
is Australia’s first Indigenous urban food production farm on the rooftop of Yerrabingin 
House. The aim of the venture was to create a unique space that offers an array of 
compelling engagement and educational experiences focused on celebrating and 
remembering Aboriginal culture. 

Yerrabingin rooftop farm, South Eveleigh

MEET THE ARTIST

Nell

Artist Nell was commissioned to deliver two major public artworks  
at South Eveleigh: ‘Happy Rain’ a light work for Yerrabingin House 
and ‘Eveleigh Treehouse’, a collaboration with design and architectural 
collective, Cave Urban. She shared her inspiration for the ‘Treehouse’,  
her personal connection with the site and the important role  
she believes public art plays in bringing communities closer:

My great-grandfather worked as a shunter and then boilermaker at Bay 4 at  
the Eveleigh Railway Workshops from 1931 to 1952. The job kept the family afloat  
during the depression. I learnt more about this time in my family’s history after  
being commissioned to create the South Eveleigh artworks. ‘Treehouse’ tells the 
story of the convergence of nature and industry at the site over the last century.

Public art is an essential part of building a strong community. With ‘Treehouse’,  
we invited the community to over twenty working bees at Eveleigh Works (the 
blacksmith workshop) to help forge hundreds of tiny leaves which will adorn the 
structure. It was a great way to bring the community together for a shared purpose.

At South Eveleigh, public art was considered by Mirvac and its partners from  
the outset of the project and it is being integrated throughout the precinct in  
a sophisticated and interesting way. It has the power to harmonise the environment 
and make people feel good. ‘Treehouse’ will be a place where people can come  
and sit and have lunch or just contemplate their surrounds. It’s designed to  
appeal to all generations and will have a ramp for pram and wheelchair access.  
It’s really about bringing people together.

Artist Nell with Eveleigh Works blacksmith, Matthew Mewburn

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201919

CO-CREATING FOR THE FUTURE

The delivery of Commonwealth Bank’s new 
state-of-the-art workplace at South Eveleigh 
and our progress on the new headquarters  
for Deloitte at 477 Collins Street, Melbourne 
and Suncorp at 80 Ann Street, Brisbane, 
has consolidated our reputation as a partner 
of choice for some of Australia’s leading 
brands. These customers are committed to 
promoting collaboration and innovation within 
their workforces and providing an enhanced 
employee experience that will attract and  
retain top talent. They want to create the  
very best working environments for their  
people and we share this vision. We also  
have the experience, cutting-edge skill-set  
and proven capability to deliver on it. 

The Mirvac difference can be seen in our unique 
approach to developing commercial assets 
through co-creation with our customers and  
our communities. From a deep understanding  
of our customers and their requirements, as 
well as a consultative community approach, 
Mirvac works collaboratively from the outset of 
a project. We anticipate future trends such as 
new technologies and the impact of climate 
change and then deliver assets of which both 
Mirvac and our partners are deeply proud.

At 477 Collins Street, Mirvac has worked 
closely with Deloitte to embrace technology-
enabled workplace design in line with global 
advancements in smart technology. The 
final building will incorporate a network of 
sophisticated sensors, enabling us to measure 
factors like occupancy, temperature, light and 
CO2, and optimise operations in response.  
The building will also include a fibre-optic 
backbone and diverse riser to accommodate 
future technology needs. 

Central Pavilion, South Eveleigh (artist impression)

Mirvac’s industry leading retail expertise also 
enables us to improve the customer experience 
at our new and existing workplace precincts 
through the introduction of diverse, tailored 
experiential retail that reflects the needs of our 
office tenants and the local community. Using 
insights from our Retail team and feedback from 
our customers, this year we have reimagined the 
retail offering at Riverside Quay in Melbourne and 
275 Kent Street in Sydney. This has succeeded 
in attracting workers and customer beyond the 
nine-to-five, enhancing the ground plane and 
contributing to the wider urban fabric of these 
inner-city locations. Retail will also be a dynamic 
feature of South Eveleigh, where an immersive 
retail experience by The Grounds is set to open 
in FY20. At 80 Ann Street in Brisbane, an urban 
retail lane, an eat street and shared spaces for 
meetings and remote working will revive the 
historic bustling marketplace at Turbot Street, 
while inviting the wider community to discover 
and enjoy the revitalised precinct.

The Mirvac difference can be seen in our unique 
approach to developing commercial assets through 
co-creation with our customers and our communities.

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Retail

Our centres are strategically located within 
higher income, higher growth and densely 
populated urban catchment areas, with an 
overweight to the strong Sydney market. 
Incorporating approximately 440,000 square 
metres of space and more than 1,600 retailers, 
our intricate understanding of local markets 
enables our team to deliver bold and innovative 
experiences, inspiring our customers and 
creating value for our securityholders. 

The Retail sector is rapidly evolving. From 
shopping in-store, to online with click and 
collect or click and dispatch options, customers 
now have the ability to tailor their shopping 
experience to their particular preference 
and lifestyle needs. We are embracing the 
opportunities created by the shifting landscape 
and applying our expertise to create retail 
experiences that ensure we stay relevant,  
while delivering a significant, positive impact  
on people’s lives. 

$4.5bn 

assets under management

Australia’s retail landscape is experiencing a step change.  
Shopping centres within our capital cities are emerging as 
the heart and vital pulse of their surrounding urban villages. 
We have responded to our customers’ desire for community 
connections as well as convenience with the creation of a 
dynamic portfolio of urban centres across Australia’s eastern 
seaboard, with assets under management of over $4.5 billion.

We’re bringing this philosophy to life across 
our portfolio by constantly enhancing our 
assets to meet and exceed the expectations of 
our customers. We know that having the right 
retail mix and the right customer experiences 
will drive strong performance, so each of 
our centres offers a carefully curated retail 
environment that caters directly to the needs 
of its customers. To this end, we have advanced 
our development and repositioning pipeline 
across the portfolio during the last 12 months, 
with a focus on segments that support the 
lifestyle aspirations of our customers, because 
we know today’s shopping centres must go 
beyond retail if they are to remain relevant.

Quality food and entertainment resonates 
strongly with our customers, so we have 
continued to reweight our portfolio towards 
more lifestyle-based offers. One-third of our 
total portfolio gross lettable area (GLA) is now 
focused towards food catering, entertainment 
and other services (such as fitness operators), 
and 46 per cent of our portfolio gross income  
is attributed to these same categories,  
up from 26 per cent in FY13. 

At Mirvac, we are fully engaged in the new 
retail paradigm. We understand the importance 
of ongoing adaptation. As long as we continue 
to excite and inspire our customers with new 
experiences, to reinvent and reimagine our 
portfolio, to embrace change and treat digital 
as an opportunity not a threat, and help our 
retailer partners on the journey, we believe  
we will be able to drive value for our customers, 
communities and securityholders. 

Stanhope Village, Sydney

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019CONNECTING COMMUNITIES
As the average home size becomes smaller and people increasingly embrace 
apartment or medium-density living, our retail centres are, more than ever, 
providing a place for those in their local communities to socialise and connect. 
At Mirvac, we’re continuously looking at how we can provide our customers 
with environments and experiences that extend beyond retail.

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Tramsheds, Sydney

Retail Snapshot

FY19
$3.4bn

Portfolio value

17

Number of properties

437,899sqm

(excludes 1-3 Smail St and 80 Bay St)
Net lettable area

99.2%

Occupancy

4.1 years

Weighted average lease expiry

5.41%

Weighted average cap rate

2.6%

Like-for-like NOI growth

FY18

FY17

$3.2bn

$3.1bn

17

17

419,262sqm 418,578sqm

99.2%

99.4%

3.8 years

4.2 years

5.49%

5.67%

3.0%

3.0%

Brisbane Street Art Festival, Toombul, QLD

At Broadway Sydney, for instance, we piloted a unique co-working program 
called The Third Space, offering start-ups, freelancers, students and artists 
a high-tech rentable place to work, with the added benefit of being close to 
all the amenity a retail centre provides. The popular concept, which attracted 
over 3,000 bookings at Broadway during its 12-month trial, has now been 
implemented at Orion Springfield Central in Brisbane for the next 12 months.

We’re also responding to a growing consumer trend for fresh and seasonal 
produce. At Tramsheds, Sydney we run a weekly farmers’ market where 
visitors can purchase directly from local providores and attend workshops and 
masterclasses held by community operators. Launched in 2018, it continues  
to be a great day out for families while celebrating businesses in the area. 

Recognising the role we play in bringing people together, Mirvac also runs  
a Mums & Co program nationally to connect parents, grandparents and  
carers in the community. This year alone, the program – which has over 31,000 
registrations – has seen over 100 local events, meet ups and activations held  
at our centres, offering those in the community the chance to learn a new skill, 
meet over coffee or enjoy a night out. 

Another popular initiative this financial year was the Brisbane Street Art Festival 
(BSAF), held at Toombul in QLD. Over ten high-impact surfaces of the centre 
were surrendered to local and international artists, who, over the course of  
two weeks delighted audiences with mural painting, graffiti art and live theatre. 
Members of the public were also invited to get their hands dirty and participate 
in the arts, with Toombul hosting a dedicated artist-in-residence pop-up space 
for the duration of the festival. The BSAF partnership builds on the success of 
the centre’s regular sell-out artisan and maker workshops.

Rhodes Waterside, Sydney

1,600+

Retailers

440,000

square metres of GLA

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Riverside Quay, Melbourne 

SOCIAL IMPACT 
As well as connecting the community,  
Mirvac’s retail centres are focused on having  
a direct and positive impact through a range  
of social initiatives.

At Cherrybrook Village in Sydney for instance, 
the centre management team worked with 
Anglicare to provide food relief for families 
in need, inviting customers to donate non-
perishable food items, such as pasta, rice, tea 
and coffee and tinned goods, which Anglicare 
then delivered to families across Sydney.  
The response from the local community  
was fantastic, with over 3,000 food items 
collected at Cherrybrook alone. 

Meanwhile at Toombul, Brisbane, the  
team partnered with not-for-profit, Nundah 
Community Enterprises Cooperative (NCEC), 
to provide people in the area who have learning 
difficulties, intellectual disabilities or mental 
illness with meaningful job opportunities.  
Being local means that it’s easier for NCEC  
to stay connected with their employees,  
their employees’ families and networks of 
support. The partnership is also aligned with 
the Group’s target to direct $100 million of 
our procurement spend towards the social 
sector under Mirvac’s sustainability strategy, 
This Changes Everything.

We also continued to show our commitment to 
equality and inclusiveness for all, with our retail 
centres proudly showing their support for the 
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras during the 
financial year. The Group’s Sydney retail centres 
were given colourful makeovers, with rainbow 
decorated escalators and pedestrian crossings, 
and at Broadway, Sydney a glittering disco lift 
experience was installed for customers to enjoy.

In this landscape, it's about being bold, 
continuously adapting to changing consumer 
behaviours and then refining our approach.  
Retail is constantly evolving.

Susan MacDonald, Head of Retail

Tramsheds, Sydney 

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201923

NATIONAL RECYCLING WEEK
One of Mirvac’s commitments under its 
sustainability strategy is to send zero waste  
to landfill by 2030. It’s another ambitious target 
(in addition to our targets to be net positive in 
carbon and water), and something that we can 
directly influence at our office, industrial and 
retail assets.

Each year, Mirvac participates in National 
Recycling Week, encouraging our tenants and 
customers to reduce their waste and to recycle. 
The focus in FY19 was on reducing single-use 
items (such as plastic bags, plastic straws and 
coffee cups) and contamination in our recycling 
streams. Contamination in recycling bins – such 
as food scraps or single-use plastic - can lead 
to a significant amount of avoidable waste.

Mirvac’s retail centres took to National 
Recycling Week with gusto, running local 
promotions that reflected the centres’  
brand and the interests of their customers.

At our Birkenhead Point in Sydney, for example, 
we invited customers to trade in 10 plastic 
shopping bags in return for a reusable bag, 
designed by illustration artist, Sally Spratt.  
The team collected around 3,700 plastic bags 
to be sent to recycling in just one week, which 
is equivalent to over 20 kilograms of plastic.

The team at St Marys Village in Sydney offered 
their customers free reusable straws, helping to 
reduce the millions of single-use straws that flow 
into landfill each day. As well as introducing new 
recycling bins at the centre, St Marys Village has 
also implemented a Return and Earn Machine, 
with over 7.3 million plastic bottles, cans, glass 
bottles and cartons recycled as at 30 June,  
an initiative that will continue to run as a way  
of educating customers. 

It wasn’t just our retail centres that took part in 
the action. At the David Malcolm Justice Centre, 
our office tower in Perth, Western Australia, 
the team ran an Eco-Friendly Fair, with tenants 
of the building given an opportunity to enjoy 
the afternoon sun and talk to local businesses 
about composting, fermenting, reusable bags, 
beeswax wraps and micro waste. 

Although National Recycling Week runs for 
just seven days of the year, Mirvac continues 
to strive for maximum resource recovery 
outcomes through robust service and trade 
agreements, along with strong due diligence 
on the facilities where our waste and recycling 
are processed. We also continue to encourage 
avoidance of waste in the first place and to 
improve source separation at each of our  
sites to reduce contamination.

Separate to National Recycling Week, our team at Cooleman Court in Canberra was named ACT’s Biggest Recycler at the 10th annual 
Actsmart Business Sustainability Awards during the financial year. Their Coolo Recycling Warriors program, which encourages retailers 
to find ways to recycle and to reduce their carbon footprint, has seen recycling rates at the centre increase from 52 per cent in FY17 to 
85 per cent in FY19, equating to over 600 tonnes of waste being diverted from landfill.

We were one of the first retail landlords to make a comprehensive 
investment in EV charging infrastructure and while Australia has generally 
lagged in this space we see a great take up of this technology in the future.

It’s a great demonstration of the way Mirvac is adapting for the future, 
facilitating a more sustainable urban landscape and supporting  
the growing needs of our customers.

Toombul, Queensland

Tim Weale, Mirvac’s National Manager, Retail Solutions

INNOVATIVE ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN RETAIL

Since 2017, our Retail team has been investing 
significantly in EV charging infrastructure at our 
retail assets, and in FY19, the team introduced 
an exciting new tenant at Toombul, Brisbane 
which brings with it an equally exciting 
EV offering. 

Chargefox is the fastest growing open-
charging network in Australia, and at Toombul 
it has installed a new state-of-the-art 
ultra-rapid charging station that delivers up 
to 200 kilometres of driving with just eight 
minutes of charge, or 400 kilometres with 
15 minutes of charge. The station can charge 
two cars simultaneously and is backed up  
by 100 per cent renewable energy. 

Mirvac has been leading the way when it  
comes to EV charging at our retail centres.  
An early adopter of the technology, we now 
have 84 charging bays offered across 12 centres 
within our portfolio, including 38 universal EV 
charging bays, 14 Tesla Supercharging bays 
and 31 Tesla destination charging sites (in 
addition to the Chargefox ultra-rapid station 
at Toombul).

When Mirvac unveiled the Tesla Supercharger 
at Broadway in March 2018 it was the only 
Sydney CBD outlet offering over 200 kilometres 
of charge in just 30 minutes. The same offer  
is being installed at Moonee Ponds Central  
in Melbourne.

In addition to EV chargers, Mirvac has 
committed to trialling an innovative solar 
energy solution at Stanhope Village in Sydney. 
The lightweight, portable solar technology, 
called SolPod, was launched in April this year by 
ERM Power and will provide renewable energy 
to the Centre. Weighing just 14 kilograms each, 
the panels can be installed and connected in 
hours, rather than days, meaning labour costs 
and safety risks are considerably reduced.

The commercial-grade solar panels are due to 
be installed on the rooftop of Stanhope Village 
in the next financial year, and are estimated  
to help Mirvac avoid approximately 100 tonnes 
of carbon emissions during the trial.

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Residential

Our Brighton Lakes masterplanned community at Moorebank in Sydney  
won the UDIA NSW’s Award for Excellence in Greenfield Development for its

“
trifecta of innovation, community and 
stakeholder engagement, and masterful 
planning and design 
”

The Eastbourne, Melbourne 

Mirvac’s reputation for design excellence and community creation spans close to half a century. 
During this time, we’ve delivered some of the country’s most significant urban renewal projects and 
created thriving new communities across Australia. In FY19, the resilience of our business, together 
with the trust in our quality brand, has safeguarded us against the full impact of the residential 
downturn. With a robust pipeline of approximately 28,000 lots, we are well positioned for  
future growth and remain committed to creating places people are proud to call home.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201925

Residential Snapshot

FY19
27,992

Number of pipeline lots

2,611

Number of lots settled

$1.7bn

Pre-sales secured

27%

Residential gross margin

12.6%

Residential return on invested capital

FY18

FY17

27,406

29,186

3,400

3,311

$2.2bn

$2.7bn

25.4%

25%

18.1%

18%

Gainsborough Greens, Queensland 

Mirvac is well known for its legacy projects 
and this year saw the delivery of a raft of 
these across the country. With the arrival of 
these new, high-quality homes and thriving, 
connected communities, we have continued 
to set new benchmarks in design excellence, 
placemaking and sustainability. 

The Eastbourne is one such project. This 
$460 million development in East Melbourne 
features 258 apartments, including a 500 square 
metre penthouse with a 300 square metre 
terrace and 25-metre lap pool, with unparalleled 
views of Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne CBD and 
beyond. Providing new levels of extraordinary 
sophistication and elegance, this landmark 
building has redefined luxury residential  
living in Australia. 

Marrick & Co in Sydney is another project 
that has reimagined the way we live. The 
new community underscores our absolute 
commitment to sustainability, as the first  
large-scale project in Australia to achieve  
a One Planet Living accreditation. One Planet 
Living is a framework developed by Bioregional 
Australia, which encourages people to live 
comfortably within the earth’s resources.  
To achieve this, our team has introduced  
a range of social and environmental initiatives 
to ensure the buildings and the people living, 
working and visiting them, are kinder to 
the environment.

Brighton Lakes, Sydney 

Mirvac Design strengthened its reputation as 
one of Australia’s leading architectural practices, 
taking out three wins and a commendation 
at the 2019 NSW Australian Institute of 
Architecture Awards. Harold Park in Sydney 
won both the prestigious Lloyd Rees Award 
for Urban Design and the Lord Mayor’s Award, 
which recognised the significant achievements 
of Mirvac Design in transforming the former 
paceway into a fantastic place to live and 
visit. My Ideal House by Mirvac Design, in 
collaboration with Madeleine Blanchfield, won 
the award for Sustainable Architecture, and 
Moreton Manor in Bondi, Sydney received  
a Commendation in the Residential (alterations 
and additions) category. With all of our projects, 
we believe we have a responsibility to make  
a positive contribution to the urban environment. 
These awards, reflecting the judgment of peers 
and customers, recognised our ability to deliver 
on this responsibility.

Looking to the future, our robust residential 
development pipeline has the potential  
to deliver many more legacy projects.  
At 505 George Street, Sydney, our proposed 
landmark tower has already started to win 
awards for its concept design and at Wantirna 
South, Victoria, we’re planning to transform  
a 171-hectare disused quarry into an exceptional 
new community with idyllic parkland surrounds. 
These future projects provide more exciting 
opportunities for our team to continue to  
utilise their experience and passion to deliver  
on our purpose to reimagine urban life. 

The ability to deliver progressive developments 
of this calibre, that pioneer new thinking, is 
underpinned by our wealth of experience at 
the forefront of the industry, together with 
our unique end-to-end capability. We have 
finely honed our approach to planning, design 
and construction over 47 years. We continue 
to put our customers first and our thorough 
understanding of how they live enables 
us to create homes and communities that 
support and enhance their lifestyles. At our 
masterplanned communities, we prioritise  
the delivery of key amenity such as schools, 
retail offerings, parklands, sports facilities  
and community centres, laying the foundations 
for strong resilient communities from the  
outset. This physical social infrastructure  
is also complemented by social networks  
we foster that develop new communities, 
enabling them to thrive long after the 
construction teams have left.

It’s encouraging to see our projects continue 
to receive recognition from our industry peers 
and the public. With over 600 industry awards 
won since our inception in 1972, Mirvac added 
several more prestigious accolades during  
this financial year. 

Our Brighton Lakes masterplanned community 
at Moorebank in Sydney won the UDIA 
NSW’s Award for Excellence in Greenfield 
Development and was commended for 
its “trifecta of innovation, community and 
stakeholder engagement, and masterful 
planning and design”. Ovo, our landmark 
residential tower at Green Square, Sydney 
developed with Landcom, was celebrated  
as an example of high density done well 
winning the UDIA Excellence for High  
Density Development Award 2018. 

More than 600 industry 
awards won since 1972.

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Altona North, Melbourne 

ALTONA NORTH

A PROJECT OF PURPOSE
Being a force for good is at the core of our 
business. We’re committed to leaving a positive 
legacy in the communities in which we operate, 
and our new masterplanned community, 
The Fabric at Altona North in Melbourne’s 
inner-west, is a shining example of this.

HOMES FOR HOMES

As a property company, Mirvac recognises  
the intrinsic value that having a home brings, 
both in the physical sense and in the way that  
it provides a sense of belonging and connection.  
With this in mind, we were proud to announce 
an innovative partnership during the financial 
year which will see Mirvac direct 0.1 per cent 
from the sale proceeds of every home at The 
Fabric at Altona North, to Homes for Homes. 
Homes for Homes is a funding model from 
social enterprise, The Big Issue, that aims to 
increase the supply of social and affordable 
housing in Victoria. The fund they have 
established is administered by experts  
in each state who direct the investments  
to the people who are most in need.

As well as making the initial 0.1 per cent 
donation, Mirvac will facilitate a caveat  
on the home titles that will see a further 
0.1 per cent directed to the Homes for Homes 
fund whenever the properties are sold in  
the future. A property sold at Altona North  
for $700,000, for example, would reflect  
a donation of $700, which when multiplied  
for future sales has a significant impact.

By working with organisations like Homes  
for Homes, we can make a tangible difference 
in the community.

The team at Altona North has been passionately 
pursuing new and exciting ways to enhance our 
community connections in the area, while  
having a positive environmental impact.

ZERO ENERGY DESIGN HOMES
It’s not just social value we’re delivering at 
Altona North; we’re innovating when it comes  
to environmental sustainability too, with a  
7 Star NatHERS rating being targeted across 
the entire project, above Victoria’s standard 
6 Star NatHERS. This will see every home built 
with thicker walls, increased insulation and 
high-performing double glazing to improve 
overall thermal performance, reducing the need 
for heating and cooling and providing economic 
and environmental benefits for residents. 

In addition to this, the team at The Fabric is 
working with the Australian Renewable Energy 
National Agency (ARENA) on an arrangement 
for Stage 1 that will take environmental 
performance at the project to the next level. 
The initiative is expected to involve a funding 
agreement in which ARENA will contribute 
towards the incremental capital cost required  
to implement zero energy design homes  
across Stage 1. These homes will include: 
 > a solar PV and battery system;
 > performance double glazing;
 > efficient reverse cycle air-conditioning;
 > heat pump hot water system;
 > energy-efficient appliances; 
 > an EV charging station;
 > LED lighting throughout; and 
 >

real-time energy monitoring to identify 
which areas are consuming the most power.

The trial, which will be rolled out to all homes 
within Stage 1, is another exciting step in 
improving our sustainability offering for our 
residential customers, while helping them 
to reduce their energy bills. We believe that 
if we build better and more sustainable 
homes, we can influence positive and lasting 
behavioural change. 

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019A SMART SOLAR SOLUTION WITH ALLUME

In 2018, the team connected with an Australian 
start-up called Allume, who, through its 
unique solar distribution technology called 
SOLSHARE, is making solar more affordable 
and more accessible for multi-metered buildings. 
SOLSHARE works within the building’s existing 
metering infrastructure to allow solar to be 
distributed and billed to individual apartments. 
Effectively working ‘behind the meter’, it requires 
no changes to existing infrastructure which 
makes installation more affordable and there  
are no constraints on the residents’ choices 
of energy retailer. The system has also been 
designed to optimise energy use, sending solar 
to residents at times during the day that will 
save them the most money. We have also taken 
the opportunity to use our purchasing power  
as a force for good by ensuring that the first  
installation will be done by Bunjil Energy,  
an indigenous owned company.

Innovation and sustainability are key to how 
we do business at Mirvac, and in FY19, our 
innovation team, Hatch, launched an exciting 
new sustainability initiative aimed at reducing 
our customers’ energy bills and their carbon 
emissions at the same time.

Recognising the impact rising energy prices 
are having on Australian households, and with 
the demand for solar energy ever increasing, 
the team embarked on a mission to incorporate 
renewable energy at our apartment projects – 
an asset class where it has traditionally been 
more challenging to install renewable energy 
for a number of reasons, such as the smaller 
roof space available and the way energy is 
distributed to residents. 

Mirvac first started researching solar energy  
for its apartments in 2017, which led to the 
trial of smart energy systems at two of our 
apartment projects – Ascot House in Brisbane 
and Marrick & Co. in Sydney. Following these 
trials, as well as experiments with an eco-
concierge at the Forge tower at Yarra’s Edge  
in Melbourne and The Moreton in Sydney,  
it became clear that many of our customers 
want solar and are prepared to pay for it.

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With the number of apartment dwellers looking 
for a solar energy solution increasing – in both 
Australia and around the globe – it’s a technology 
that’s ripe with potential; so much so that Mirvac 
has invested in and taken a minority interest in 
Allume in order to further accelerate bringing 
the product to market. As well as providing the 
Group with a potential future revenue stream, 
the overall commitment to the SOLSHARE 
technology gives Mirvac a strong competitive 
advantage when it comes to its sustainability 
offering at its residential developments. The first 
project to trial SOLSHARE will be Folia at our 
Apartments of Tullamore precinct in Melbourne, 
VIC, where 39 prestige apartments will benefit 
from this ground-breaking technology. 

It’s also an initiative that sees Mirvac fulfil  
its commitment to offer renewable energy to 
all of our residential customers, a strategic 
goal under our This Changes Everything 
sustainability strategy leading to us: 
deliver savings on energy bills
drive positive customer behaviour
reduce carbon emissions

We continue to explore new ways of enhancing the sustainability of  
our residential communities – a great example of Mirvac’s bold approach  
to designing and developing progressive projects for the future.

Stuart Penklis, Head of Residential

Gledswood Hills, Sydney

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The Zimmerman family 

HOUSE WITH NO BILLS

MEASURING OUR SOCIAL IMPACT

Mirvac’s industry-leading experiment,  
House with No Bills, was launched in 2017  
and a family of four, the Zimmermans, were 
selected to move in – rent free - as part of  
the study in June 2018. 

Mirvac’s intent for House with No Bills was  
to design and build an energy-efficient home 
that would reduce a family’s energy bills,  
as well as their carbon footprint. To achieve 
this, the house has been built with increased 
roof insulation, solar PV panels and battery 
installation, LED lighting throughout, energy-
efficient appliances and intelligent controls. 
Smart metering and monitoring systems have 
also helped to keep track of where and how 
energy is being used, which has assisted the 
family to adapt and make behavioural changes. 
A key goal for the family, in particular, has 
been learning how to optimise their solar 
energy consumption.

In the first three months of the experiment, 
the house was using more energy than was 
modelled for a typical family of four. As well as 
building systems that needed to be fine-tuned, 
there were unexpected usage patterns due  
to Mr and Mrs Zimmerman’s shift work. 

Mirvac and Curtin University worked with the 
family to recommend small changes, leading 
to a marked improvement in energy usage. 
In fact, in a number of months that followed 
these changes the house generated more solar 
energy than it consumed, effectively performing 
as a net positive house. In April this year, for 
example, 105 per cent of the home’s electricity 
was generated through solar energy, with the 
excess energy exported to the electricity grid.

Having gained rich insights into the way  
our customers consume energy, and a better 
understanding of the information our future 
customers will need to reduce energy bills,  
we have now extended the House with No Bills 
project until December 2019, helping the 
Zimmerman family to continue to save for  
a deposit for their first home in the process.

Our hope is that our learnings from the House 
with No Bills project will inform future design 
and help create more affordable, energy-
efficient communities across Australia.

As a company that has a direct and lasting 
impact on the built environment, we’re 
committed to helping to create communities 
that are sustainable and resilient – places 
where people feel healthy, happy, connected 
and safe, particularly as our cities continue to 
urbanise and grow at a rapid pace.

We recognise that in addition to providing 
the infrastructure and amenity that ensures 
we help build thriving communities with 
strong bonds, it’s important to measure and 
understand our impact so that we can be more 
strategic in how we design and deliver new 
projects in the future. 

In 2015, we worked with KPMG to develop  
a Social Return on Investment (SROI) framework 
and tool that would help us to quantify the 
social value we were creating in our residential 
projects. We wanted to clearly understand 
the impact of including features such as open 
spaces and quality landscaping, community 
programs and events, walkability, playgrounds, 
parks and sporting facilities, and well lit areas. In 
FY19 we analysed twenty-seven of our existing 
projects using a combination of project data and 
data collected from residential customer surveys.  
The research found that: 
 > by improving the sense of safety through 
the creation of open spaces, enhanced 
connectivity and engagement activities, 
it was estimated that Mirvac created 
$10 million in social value through  
a reduction in costs related to crime,  
such as loss of property, medical expenses, 
prevention and law enforcement costs;
similarly, by having communities that 
promote physical activity (through quality 
open spaces, walkability, and bicycle paths) 
approximately $468,000 of value was 
created in reduced healthcare costs and 
reductions in lost productivity; and
in terms of our wider economic impact, 
we created or are forecast to create over 
5,200 jobs throughout the construction 
period (ranging from between 18 to 500 jobs 
per site). This equates to around $2 billion 
in salaries and wages paid, a significant 
contribution to the Australian economy. 

 >

 >

Overall, the SROI study estimated that for every 
dollar Mirvac invested across the 27 residential 
projects, $1.79 of social and economic value was 
created for local communities. Our first attempt 
to measure our SROI showed us that the 
process and methodology were far from perfect, 
but we have learned from the experience. We 
realised that trying to measure too many inputs 
across a large number of projects, or measure 
outputs where data wasn’t readily available, 
created a reporting burden for our development 
managers and consequently this hindered the 
capture of consistent or complete data from 
across each project. Having broad baseline data 
also meant that our findings were somewhat 
oversimplified, and we learned that attributing  
a value to an outcome is not an easy thing to do.

In the next iteration of measuring social impact, 
to commence in FY20, we will take these 
learnings and look at measuring fewer areas 
with a higher level of confidence across fewer 
projects, while aligning it with our emerging 
social purpose – to build strong community 
bonds. We recognise that SROI is an imperfect 
science, but we remain strongly committed 
to better understanding our social impact and 
being part of the growing capability in this area. 
We believe its measurement will be invaluable 
in helping to guide how we invest in our 
residential projects in the future.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019BUILD-TO-RENT

Long established in Europe, the US and 
Japan, the emergence of the build-to-rent 
(BTR) sector is gathering pace in Australia, 
in response to a lack of housing affordability, 
as well as demographic and lifestyle change. 
BTR describes a market in which institutional 
investors provide substantial rental stock into 
the market. It offers a higher level of tenure 
security as well as a greater degree  
of amenity for tenants.

We see build-to-rent as a crucial 
step towards giving renters control 
and peace of mind. It will enable 
us to cater to customers at every 
stage of their journey – from renter 
to purchaser – whether they are 
renting as a lifestyle choice or while 
they are saving for their own home.

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz,  
Mirvac’s CEO & Managing Director

We are proud to be at the forefront of this 
new sector, having launched the Australian 
Build-to-Rent Club with the Clean Energy 
Finance Corporation in July 2018. Construction 
is progressing well on our first purpose-built 
BTR apartment buildings at Pavilions, Sydney 
Olympic Park, which is expected to complete  
in mid-2020. 

In June 2019, we extended our interests in the 
sector into Melbourne with the confirmation of 
our second BTR project, which is pictured below. 

Mirvac sees huge potential for the sector,  
and it is an important growth area for our 
business. But we recognise that a strong, 
thriving BTR sector won’t just deliver economic 
and financial benefits. Revolutionising the rental 
sector in Australia will also deliver significant 
social benefits for hundreds of thousands of 
renters, giving them access to high-quality,  
well maintained rental property, with secure 
tenures, and a sense of stability, as well as 
improved customer service. We believe this  
will have a positive and lasting impact on  
the mental, physical and financial wellbeing  
of a significant segment of the Australian 
population, and we look forward to extending  
our interests in BTR further in FY20.

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MELBOURNE BACKS BTR
In June 2019, we entered into an agreement  
with developer PDG to deliver 490 purpose-built, 
BTR apartments as part of the $450 million 
Munro development in Melbourne’s CBD.  
The Munro development is a key project  
within the City of Melbourne’s $250 million 
renewal of the Queen Victoria Market precinct. 

PDG was appointed by the City of Melbourne  
to develop the Munro precinct and the company 
will develop the BTR project as part of the final 
stage of the precinct, commencing later this  
year, as well as a hotel and fine-grain retail. 

As one of Melbourne’s first BTR projects,  
Mirvac and PDG’s plans to deliver BTR 
apartments within this new precinct was 
welcomed by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, 
Sally Capp, who said the proposal would  
provide vital long-term rental accommodation  
in an area of the city that is expected to  
grow by 22,000 people by 2040.

Under our new brand of LIV | Mirvac,  
we are developing our BTR operating 
platform, which is set to revolutionise 
the renting sector in Australia through 
a combination of on-site management, 
technology and design.
In order to maximise operational  
efficiencies across the portfolio, we are 
working to upscale by drawing on our 
existing land bank and proven new  
business capability. 

Over the long-term we see the  
potential to grow our BTR portfolio  
to 5,000 apartments, funded through  
a combination of our balance sheet  
and third party capital.

Munro project (artist impression)

The provision of high-quality accommodation in the Munro development will make a significant 
contribution to the revitalisation of the growing City North precinct. Offering more diverse and 
affordable housing options is important for our city’s liveability. We hope to see more build-to-rent 
projects considered in the future as a way to help meet the needs of our growing population.

Sally Capp, The Lord Mayor of Melbourne

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MIRVAC GROUP 

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

OUR PEOPLE 

At Mirvac, we believe our high-performing 
and talented workforce is fundamental to our 
success, helping us to execute our strategy  
and deliver value to our customers, partners 
and securityholders. We know that when we 
invest in our people and provide them with  
the right tools, technology and environment  
to do their jobs effectively – while ensuring  
they have flexibility in the way they manage 
work and life – we’re enabling them to do  
their best work and deliver our strong  
financial and operational performance. 

We also believe that our unique and vibrant 
culture is a key competitive advantage, allowing 
us to attract and retain top talent and ensure 
that we have the right people in the right roles. 
At a time when institutional trust in Australia 
has been fractured, our culture – underpinned 
by our purpose and an ambition to be a force 
for good – continues to set us apart. Having  
a strong culture is also important for the 
delivery of our strategy and current business 
activities, and likewise, means we are resilient 
and well placed to adapt to market changes. 

Each year, we seek feedback from our people  
on their experience of working at Mirvac. 
It gives us an opportunity to hear from our 
employees about what they think we’re doing 
well, and equally, to provide feedback on the 
things we need to improve. As part of the 
survey, we measure employee engagement, 
which indicates how willing our people are  
to go above and beyond to support Mirvac’s 
success. Last year, we achieved a high employee 
engagement score of 90 per cent, and we were 
extremely pleased to maintain this in FY19 1.  
Our score places us well above the industry  
and Australian norms, and above the global 
high-performing norm. 

It’s been great to see from the results that  
our people continue to understand and believe 
in our purpose and strategy, and that they’re 
proud of the projects and services we’re 
delivering for our customers. In addition to this, 
our people tell us that they value working for  
a company that is a leader in health and safety, 
sustainability, diversity and inclusion, people 
leadership and flexibility.

They value initiatives such as My Simple 
Thing, through which we encourage all of our 
employees to adopt some form of flexibility  
into their working week, day or month and to  
be open about it with their teams. Another 
successful people-focussed initiative is our 
health and safety program, Thrive, which is 
aimed at both the physical and mental wellness 
of our people. This year we relaunched our 
recognition program Mirvac Stars which 
acknowledges the people going above and 
beyond in their roles; and our mentoring 
and leadership programs, which are aimed 
at developing our workforce capability. 
Engagement really starts with a strong 
relationship between an employee and their 
immediate manager and so we are committed  
to ensuring we have capable managers,  
focused on the right things.

We continue to offer our employees an industry-
leading 20 weeks of paid parental leave for the 
primary carer and four weeks of paid parental 
leave for partners. Importantly, we also now pay 
superannuation on all paid and unpaid leave so 
that parents who take time out of the workforce 
to raise a family are not disadvantaged in 
building wealth for retirement.

We want to remain an attractive place to work, 
and we want to continue to provide a workplace 
environment where our people are inspired to 
do their best.

PEOPLE   
HIGHLIGHTS IN FY19

employee 
engagement

90%

97%

of our people said they are willing to work 
beyond what is required of them to help 
Mirvac to succeed

95%

of our people believe Mirvac 
is socially and environmentally 
responsible and has a positive 
impact on the community

94%

of our people believe Mirvac 
supports diversity in the workplace

89%

of our people understand 
the risks in our business, 
are comfortable raising 
issues and know who to 
report the issues to

75%

of our people have some 
form of a flexible work 
arrangement in place

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES 
We’re extremely proud of the culture we have created at Mirvac. Underpinning this strong culture are our values,  
which govern the way we work with each other, with our customers and with our partners. They are:

WE PUT  
PEOPLE FIRST
This means that we listen to, understand  
and respond to our customers and treat  
all people with respect.

WE ARE PASSIONATE  
ABOUT QUALITY & LEGACY
We strive to deliver enduring customer-focused 
quality which leaves a positive legacy in the 
communities in which we operate.

WE  
COLLABORATE
We build trust and collaborate across the 
business, as well as with our partners.

WE ARE  
CURIOUS & BOLD
We ask what’s possible and we deliver  
on our purpose with confidence.

WE ARE GENUINE &   
DO THE RIGHT THING
Being down to earth, taking ownership  
and doing what we say we’ll do is key  
to our success.

HOW WE   
WORK MATTERS
How we work is our differentiator and we  
strive to be leaders in safety, sustainability, 
innovation, inclusion and learning.

It’s been great to hear from our people that our values resonate with them, that they see the values demonstrated at Mirvac,  
and that they feel our values reflect the qualities and behaviours that will help us to deliver on our strategy and purpose. 

1.  Mirvac measures its employee engagement through Willis Towers Watson.
2.  Compared to FY18.

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STRONG SUCCESSION 
PIPELINES AT

PEOPLE  
LEADERSHIP INDEX

75%

(above 70% target)

83%

(above 80% target)

RETENTION OF 
KEY TALENT

96%

(above 90% target)

RETURN TO WORK 
FROM PARENTAL LEAVE

INCREASE IN MEN TAKING 
PARENTAL LEAVE 2

91%

32%

WOMEN IN 
SENIOR ROLES 

43%

(40:40:20 target)

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SAFETY 

The safety and wellbeing of our people are  
our number one priority at Mirvac, and our  
HSE strategy, Thrive, which is now in its second 
year, sets out the practices and behaviours  
that we believe will keep our workforce  
healthy and safe.

In FY19, we broadened our focus and metrics 
around safety to include a critical incident 
frequency rate (CIFR), which enables us to 
identify and examine critical incidents and 
near misses, and drive systemic change that 
strengthens our HSE practices. In doing so,  
we can further establish a safety culture that 
works towards preventing injury rather than 
reacting to it. Our CIFR in FY19 was 0.91 and 
we reduced our lost time injury frequency rate 
again this year to 1.02, another record low.

We’ve also begun to embrace new technology 
platforms and leverage our analytics capability 
within the HSE function. During the financial 
year, our HSE and Business Intelligence teams  
worked together to develop a tool that can 
track the frequency of safety incidents that 
have occurred across the Group, and potentially 
predict when and where they are likely to 
happen again. For example, a pilot tool looked 
at how weather patterns influenced the number 
of safety incidents – such as slips, trips and  
falls – at our retail centres and construction 
sites, and was such a success that Mirvac is 
now looking at how it can apply the tool  
across the business.

INDICATOR

We were also pleased to obtain accreditation 
for our Construction Business from the Office 
of the Federal Safety Commissioner during the 
financial year, which both strengthens our safety 
capability and enables stronger government 
partnerships. To receive accreditation, the team 
undertook a thorough review of our safety 
management system to ensure all documents 
contained the right information and were easy 
to read and understand, and apply on site.

As well as providing our people with a safe 
place to work, the health and wellbeing of  
our people are of the utmost importance  
and we believe we have a duty to support our 
people with their physical and mental health. 
Statistics show that in any one year, one million 
Australians are affected by depression and 
twice as many are affected by anxiety 1. The 
construction industry, in particular, reports  
a high incidence of mental health issues. 
Through Thrive, we’ve launched a number  
of initiatives aimed at promoting positive 
mental wellbeing, including free access to 
a meditation app, mindfulness seminars, 
meditation classes, and free Pilates and yoga 
classes at various locations around the country.

We also continued to encourage active lifestyles 
for our employees, running ‘Steptember’ in 
September last year – through which we raised 
$47,000 for the Cerebral Palsy Alliance – and 
holding sessions on the benefits of sleeping 
well and nutrition.

fall prevention
site establishment & logistics

In July last year, and following a review of  
our Health and Safety Management System,  
we released eight critical focus areas for safety 
at Mirvac. These critical focus areas have been 
identified as being the high-risk activities most 
relevant to our operations. They comprise:
 >
 >
 > civil works & groundworks
 > cranes & materials handling
 > electrical safety
 > worker health & welfare
 > emergency procedures
 >

sustainability & environment

Mirvac prescribes a set of minimum 
requirements for the management of each  
of our critical risks, which are known as the 
Mirvac Minimum Requirements (MMRs).

GLEN O’NEILL (1975-2019)
Group General Manager, HSE & Construction Legal
Earlier this year we were saddened by the sudden passing of our colleague, 
Glen O’Neill. Glen was a brilliant lawyer, respected colleague, much loved friend 
and dedicated family man. His leadership of the HSE function at Mirvac led to  
a marked improvement in our understanding and provision of safety at Mirvac.  
We recognise his significant contribution to our business. He is deeply missed.

HSE Leader 
Actions

LTIFR 2

Timely  
Reporting

Workers 
Compensation 
claim count

2017

Training

Fatalities

CIFR

134% 2.6 14.3hrs 22

99.9% 0

2018

211% 1.3

21hrs

22

99.7% 0

2019

200% 1.02 14hrs

20 93.0%  0

TARGET

100% <2 <24hrs n/a 98.0% 0

—

—

0.91

<1.5

Our HSE management systems within construction continued to be certified to ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and AS/NZS 4801. Limited assurance has been 
provided by Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Data sets that have been assured are marked with a 
1.  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts
2.  Service providers and employees.

. For further information visit mirvac.com/sustainability.

HSE STATISTICS IN FY19MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201933

OUR WORKFORCE AT A GLANCE 

Board representation

Paid parental leave policy

50 : 50

20 weeks

Primary 
carer

4 weeks

Non-primary 
carer

43%

Female 
representation in 
senior management

Gender split

43% 57%

Ethnicities

Languages

>25 >33

Headcount

1,540

Employees  
by location

59

WA

126

QLD

1,096

NSW

259

VIC

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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 

Having a diverse and inclusive culture, where our people feel supported and encouraged 
to speak up, is essential for our business. Having breadth of diversity across age, gender 
and culture leads to better engagement and brand perception, higher levels of employee 
retention and more creative and innovative solutions to business issues.

Our Diversity & Inclusion strategy has  
a focus on gender balance, and the work  
we have done to improve gender equality 
across the Group – such as our industry-
leading shared care parental leave policy  
and gender pay parity – is now considered 
business as usual. 

We continue to be recognised externally for 
our gender equality focus during the financial 
year, receiving the Workplace Gender Equality 
Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice citation 
for the fifth consecutive year, and ranking as 
the 31st best company for gender equality 
globally in Equileap’s Global Top 200 , as well 
as the sixth best company in Australia. Direct 
Advice for Dads and Core Data also identified 
Mirvac as a leading Australian employer for 
fathers for the second year in a row.

In addition to this, our commitment to 
embedding diversity and gender equality  
at Mirvac was recognised at the Australian 
Human Resources Institute Awards in 
November last year when Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz 
was presented with the CEO Diversity 
Champion Award. 

As well as gender diversity, we believe  
cultural diversity is important to ensure 
diversity of thought. We became a signatory 
to CareerSeekers’ Article 23 Program which  
has formalised our commitment to employing 
newly arrived refugees via CareerSeekers’ 
intern program.

CareerSeekers is a not-for-profit social enterprise that helps to create employment 
opportunities for people seeking asylum and refugees who are either studying 
or looking to re-establish their careers in Australia. Participants undertake a paid 
internship over 12 weeks, which provides them with local experience and a local 
reference, while helping them establish a network within their chosen profession.

Mirvac has supported three CareerSeekers over the past three years. Ayad Yousif  
is one of them. Ayad came to Australia in 2016 on a humanitarian visa. Having 
worked as a civil engineer in Iraq, Ayad heard about CareerSeekers through  
a friend and decided to get in touch. 

CareerSeekers gave Ayad lessons on how to adapt to Australia’s workplace 
environment, understand Australian culture and improve his communication skills. 
He was also able to practice interviewing through a series of mock interviews –  
a process he says is completely different in Iraq.

Through CareerSeekers, Mirvac employed Ayad on a three-month internship in July 
2017. By December that year he was made a permanent employee and now works 
as a Post-Completion Coordinator in Mirvac’s residential business in Melbourne 
(Ayad also completed a Diploma in Building & Construction during that time).

“CareerSeekers helped to build my confidence and has given me the opportunity to 
live a good lifestyle in Australia, working with a respected and well-known company,” 
Ayad said. 

Ayad’s placement through CareerSeekers is good for Mirvac too.

“Working with CareerSeekers helps us to create a more diverse and inclusive culture, 
which has a number of positive flow-on effects for our business. This includes higher 
levels of employee engagement, increased innovation and a wider range of skills.”

Chris Akayan, Mirvac’s Head of Culture & Reputation

Ayad Yousif

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201935

INNOVATION

Innovation is instrumental to Mirvac’s  
continued future success and our Hatch  
team progressed with a number of innovative 
projects across the Group in FY19. 

We introduced our urban farm concept, 
Cultivate, at 275 Kent Street, Sydney for 
our anchor tenants, Westpac; opened our 
co-working hub, The Third Space, at Orion 
Shopping Town Centre in QLD; and trialled 
a pet concierge at Green Square in Zetland, 
Sydney, which we ran in partnership with 
the RSPCA. 

This year, Hatch, together with Mirvac 
Ventures, embarked on one of the most 
exciting innovations yet – a technology that 
uses artificial intelligence and data analytics to 
automate construction processes on site. The 
technology is expected to significantly reduce 
time spent on monitoring construction progress, 
freeing our employees to spend more time on 
high-value work. Early testing has shown that 
the automation could result in a 10 per cent 
efficiency gain to the top 10 site-based 
personnel – and this is just the beginning.

The technology has now helped to launch its 
own start-up company, and Mirvac has such  
a high level of confidence in the technology  
that it has participated in funding its growth.

It’s just another way Mirvac is using technology 
and innovation to be at the forefront of change 
in our industry.

Cultivate

HELPING PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

MIRVAC VENTURES

Last year, Mirvac proudly became a White 
Ribbon accredited organisation in recognition 
of the steps we’ve taken (and continue to  
take) to stop violence against women, and  
the support we offer to those affected by it. 
This includes offering employees affected  
by domestic violence 10 days of paid leave,  
as well as financial assistance and access 
to specialist service through our Employee 
Assistance Program.

Our support went a step further this 
financial year, with the delivery of a bridging 
accommodation facility to provide a safe, stable 
and comfortable environment for women with 
children exiting domestic violence situations.

Mirvac and property developers, Halcyon,  
along with not-for-profit organisation, 
DV Connect, have collaborated on building  
the facility, which, once complete, will comprise 
a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom units 
each with their own kitchenette, living area  
and courtyard. It’s intended to provide those 
leaving violent domestic situations with a safe 
place, giving them the opportunity to plan  
for the future, and, where relevant, re-enter  
the workplace with confidence. 

In 2018 alone, DV Connect placed 4,000 
women and children in Queensland motels 
because all other shelters were at capacity. 

“Domestic violence is a serious, 
prevalent and preventable  
issue in Australia”, said  
Mirvac’s Co-Head of Human 
Resources, Kristen Sweeney.

“Working with Halcyon and 
DVConnect to support families 
experiencing domestic violence is 
another example of how Mirvac  
can help to make a real difference 
and play an important role  
in a community response.”

DV Connect is funded largely by the 
Queensland Department of Child Safety,  
Youth and Women and is the only state- 
wide telephone service offering a free crisis 
hotline for anyone affected by domestic  
or family violence. 

Mirvac Ventures is our new internal corporate 
venture funding platform, which was created 
in response to the increasingly competitive 
business landscape and to fund investment 
opportunities provided by technological 
advancement. Mirvac Ventures has been  
seeded with an initial allocation of $10 million 
and will serve to enhance our core business by 
allocating funding to all forms of innovation that 
create a sustainable competitive advantage. 

With Mirvac’s market-leading reputation 
for delivering quality products, we wish to 
maintain our edge and our ability to be agile 
and innovative. Mirvac Ventures aims to invest 
in early stage companies that deliver mutually 
beneficial value, augment or improve our core 
business, drive our strategy and enhance  
our ability to put customers at the centre  
of everything we do.

Along with the construction tech start-up  
as worked on with Hatch, Mirvac Ventures  
is currently pursuing key investment themes  
focused on renewable energy, agtech, property 
data management and the fractionalisation  
of real estate assets.

MIRVAC IS PROUDLY A WHITE RIBBON WORKPLACE. WE PROMOTE RESPECTFUL 
RELATIONSHIPS AND GENDER EQUALITY WITHIN THE WORKPLACE AND 
DEMONSTRATE A CULTURE OF ZERO TOLERANCE OF VIOLENCE. 

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RISK MANAGEMENT 

RISK GOVERNANCE
The Board has adopted a consolidated  
risk management policy & framework which 
incorporates governance, compliance, risk 
appetite and business continuity management. 
This approach is consistent with the Australian 
and New Zealand standard on risk management 
(ISO 31000:2009).

The Board determines the overall risk appetite 
for the Group and has approved strategies, 
policies and practices to ensure key risks are 
identified and managed within the approved 
risk appetite.

OUR PRINCIPAL STRATEGIC   
RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES

A number of the risks and opportunities Mirvac 
faces in delivering its strategic plan are set  
out in the below table. They are largely related 
to our portfolio of assets and are typical of  
a property group. These are not the only risks 
associated with Mirvac. The risks are grouped 
by theme rather than order of importance.

The Board has charged management with  
the responsibility for managing risk across  
the group and the implementation of mitigation 
strategies under the direction of the CEO & MD 
and supported by other senior executives. 

The Group Risk function, led by the Head of Risk, 
provides a centralised role in facilitating the risk 
management framework, advising business units 
on risk management plans and consolidating risk 
reporting to senior executives, the ARCC and 
ultimately the Board.

While we have a dedicated risk team, each area 
of the business is ultimately accountable for 
its specific risks, and we want to empower our 
people to identify and mitigate these effectively. 

An overview of the risk management policy & 
framework is available on Mirvac’s website: 
www.mirvac.com/about/corporate-governance

RISK AND OPPORTUNITY

HOW WE’RE ADDRESSING IT

INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE
Mirvac’s business is impacted by the value of  
our property portfolio. This can be influenced  
by many external aspects outside our direct  
control, including the health of the economy  
and the strength of the property market.

Mirvac partners with aligned investors to leverage capability and develop recurring income streams. Prudent 
capital decisions are made on the basis of due diligence and market research to ensure investor confidence is 
retained. We take steps to anticipate shifts in market conditions and to make strategic decisions in securing 
development pipeline opportunities. Buying and selling at the right time in the property cycle has enabled us to 
deliver sustainable returns to our securityholders for the past six years. When we approach new acquisitions, we are 
mindful of the fundamentals needed to maintain growth through our sustainable urban-focused business model.

MACRO-ENVIRONMENT
Mirvac is impacted by changing domestic and 
international economic and macro-prudential 
and regulatory measures, which impact access to 
capital, investor activity, and foreign investment.

Mirvac monitors a wide range of economic, property market and capital market indicators as well as uses  
trend analysis to assess macro-economic changes, and is attentive to these shifts.

We are currently monitoring the following:
Office: Mirvac has one of the youngest office portfolios in Australia with a substantial overweight to Sydney and 
Melbourne, Australia’s deepest and most attractive office markets for both tenants and investors. This ensures it is 
well placed to capture demand from high-quality tenants. Mirvac monitors movements in both supply and demand 
and has an internal strategic forecasting process to optimise leasing decisions. Having a young and modern office 
portfolio also ensures Mirvac’s capital expenditure on its assets is expected to remain relatively lower than that 
of our AREIT peers. In terms of office developments, the Group manages uncertainty around tenant demand in 
a number of ways, such as substantially pre-letting development projects ahead of construction and by partially 
selling down office developments to capital partners in advance of completion.

Industrial: Continued strength in investor demand for prime-grade industrial assets in key locations is resulting 
in strong investor demand for quality assets in major markets like Sydney. In this environment Mirvac retains 
a focus on creating new, high quality and well located assets, generating secure cash flow profiles. Mirvac 
continues to focus on properties based on proximity to infrastructure, long lease terms and secure cash flow 
profiles while also considering the rapid growth of e-commerce and renewed focus from tenants to speed up 
supply chain fulfilment.

Retail: Mirvac continues to manage its retail portfolio effectively by leveraging its strategic partnerships, 
experiential expertise and integrated capability. Mirvac is focused on continually refreshing its retail assets 
(via refurbishment, redevelopment or tenant remixing) to adapt to changing market dynamics. This active 
management has seen an increased weighting to more resilient and experiential categories such as food  
and beverage, entertainment, services and non-retail. Furthermore, Mirvac maintains a focus on key urban  
and metropolitan markets, which are economically resilient over the long term, ensuring the business is  
well placed to meet the challenges and opportunities of the changing retail landscape.

Residential: Recent indicators reflect early signs of stabilisation in housing markets. Recent fiscal and monetary 
stimulus measures, as well as changes to serviceability requirements, have positively impacted dwelling purchase 
sentiment. In this environment, location, build quality and a deep understanding of customers remains key for 
attracting demand. With stricter lending criteria, both domestically and offshore, concerns have been raised  
over the ability of residential property purchasers to settle. Mirvac has a range of strategies in place and  
carefully and proactively monitors its settlement risk profile, with a proven track record of low defaults.

REPUTATION
In an Australian context of low institutional trust, 
Mirvac must maintain and enhance trust and 
reputation to retain a social licence to operate. 

Mirvac provides consistent, high-quality communication and transparent and responsible reporting. We have committed 
to proactively sharing our progress as a business to help us earn and retain trust. We track trust and reputation through 
stakeholder research and are pleased to see strong results.

We were ranked the number one ESG company in Australia by J.P. Morgan ESGQ in 2018. We provide good 
earnings visibility, guidance and full disclosure to our securityholders so they can make informed choices.

Our strong Residential brand is leveraged to consistently attract substantial residential pre-sales,  
delivering one of the highest levels of repeat buyers in the property industry.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201937

SUPPLY CHAIN
With a broad range of suppliers providing  
an equally diverse range of goods and services, 
Mirvac’s stakeholders can be directly and  
indirectly impacted by the practices of our  
suppliers, and the materials they’re supplying.

PLANNING AND REGULATION
Mirvac’s activities can be affected by government 
policies in many ways, from local decisions regarding 
zoning and developments, right through to national 
positions on immigration.

Historically, Mirvac has looked at supply chain risk on a project-by-project basis. Working groups have since been 
developed group-wide to address key areas such as modern slavery, worker exploitation, material import risk, 
high-risk materials, and cyber security. We are elevating our controls to identify and mitigate our exposure to 
these risks and ensure full compliance to emerging legislation.

Mirvac’s stakeholder relations team works closely with the broad organisation to help coordinate proactive  
and constructive engagements with all levels of government to ready our business to respond to changing 
community expectations.

IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change can not only affect our assets,  
it can affect our business operations. It is vital  
Mirvac responds to the implications of climate 
change by implementing appropriate adaptation  
and mitigation strategies for the portfolio, and 
building resilience throughout the business.

Mirvac regularly assesses its portfolio for climate risk and resilience. We have reported under the Task Force on 
Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) recommendations and climate risk is emerging as a consideration 
in due diligence during the acquisition and development process. Mirvac strives to design developments and 
major renovations to a high standard for green building and community certifications, as well as energy and water 
performance ratings.

Mirvac recently released its plan to reach net positive carbon to help investors and other stakeholders understand how 
we will meet this goal by 2030, and provide the metrics and milestones to track our progress. Renewable energy will be 
an important part of achieving net positive with the added benefit of energy price stability for our portfolio.

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 
Maintaining a diversified capital structure to  
support delivery of stable investor returns and 
maintain access to equity and debt funding.

Mirvac has a capital management framework, approved and monitored by the Board. The framework  
aims to address the market, credit and liquidity risks while also meeting the Group’s strategic objectives. 

The Group seeks to maintain a minimum investment-grade credit rating of BBB+ to reduce the cost of capital  
and diversify its sources of debt capital. The Group’s target gearing ratio is between 20 and 30 per cent.

HEALTH AND SAFETY 
Maintaining the health, safety and wellbeing  
of our people is our most important duty of  
care obligation, and critical to Mirvac’s 
ongoing success.

We continue to pursue safety excellence and to improve the overall wellbeing of our employees, suppliers,  
our community and the environment. 

During FY19, Mirvac launched a revised, modernised and simplified HSE Management System, establishing the 
Mirvac Minimum Requirements (MMR) and standards for managing HSE at Mirvac to ensure we consistently 
manage critical HSE risks across all parts of the business.

Mirvac Construction maintained certification for HSE (AS/NZS 4801:2001 OHS Management Systems, OHSAS 
18001:2007 OHS management systems and AS/NZS ISO 14001:2004 – Environmental Management Systems). 
Additionally, Mirvac Construction obtained accreditation in August 2018 under the Work Health and Safety 
Accreditation Scheme administered by the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner.

PEOPLE
We are mindful that we require a motivated, 
high-performing, and capable workforce to  
deliver business strategy and a desired culture.

Mirvac’s people strategy includes a range of initiatives designed to ensure we have the right culture and 
capabilities so our people are engaged and enabled to deliver on our strategy. The Group has a range of 
programs aimed at creating great leaders, growing and retaining key talent, and fostering a diverse and 
inclusive workplace. 

Mirvac has been defining, measuring and curating its desired culture for some time. We have clearly defined 
values that align to our purpose to reimagine urban life and we measure our leaders on whether they demonstrate 
supporting behaviours that underpin these values. We think it is critical that our people do the right thing,  
a core Mirvac value, and that we have an environment where people feel ‘safe to speak up’, which in addition  
to mitigating reputational and conduct risk, leads to better business outcomes.

Mirvac’s remuneration strategy is designed to attract the best talent, and motivate and retain individuals,  
while aligning to the interests of executives, securityholders and community expectations.

Read more on Mirvac’s people initiatives on page 30. 

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Technology is changing our world at  
a rapid pace, and without high responsiveness,  
companies are less able to innovate and  
take advantage of new technologies.

A core element of Mirvac’s strategy is understanding and preparing for disruption and building a resilient 
business. Some examples include:
 >

continued exploration of new construction technology to drive better outcomes,  
including pre-fabricated components;
embracement of technologies to further integrate sustainability across all business units,  
such as solar and battery systems, and smart building management systems;
an innovation program to ensure we continue to innovate in a meaningful way. Our innovation team,  
Hatch, performs business scans to understand and respond to disruptive technology; and
additional investment in resources for customer solutions and business systems.

 >

 >

 >

DATA, SYSTEMS AND  
BUSINESS DISRUPTION  
(INCLUDING CYBER SECURITY)
It’s crucial we have the ability to manage a major 
incident causing physical or information disruption 
timely and efficiently. This includes cyber security 
threats and/or breaches to our information systems 
and/or damage to physical assets which could cause 
significant damage to our business and reputation.

Mirvac has a business continuity management policy which identifies and addresses the key response actions, 
systems and tools required to effectively manage and continue business critical processes during a business 
impacting event. The Crisis and Incident Management Plan establishes clear accountabilities and first response 
protocols based on a three-tiered incident severity rating system. The Disaster Recovery Plan specifies  
an action plan for IT staff involved in the recovery of critical IT business systems following a disaster.

Mirvac is committed to protecting the organisation through maintaining the confidentiality, integrity  
and availability of Mirvac information and information systems in a secure environment. 

Mirvac has established a high standard for the management of all IT security incidents and to prevent  
or mitigate the side effects of data-related security breach.

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REIMAGINING URBAN LIFE, SUSTAINABLY

RESOURCES
REIMAGINED

ENRICHED 
COMMUNITIES

TRANSPARENT 
GOVERNANCE

CLIMATE
CHANGE

Net positive 
(carbon)

2030

10MW renewable 
energy installed

2023

NATURAL
RESOURCES

Net positive 
(water)

Zero waste 
to landfill

80% operational 
waste recycled

Water intensity 
reduced by 5% in 
O&I and Retail

5MW renewable 
energy installed

Carbon intensity 
reduced by 5% in 
O&I and Retail

2021

Water white paper 
released1

Waste white paper 
released

Water metering 
and monitoring 
installed

2020

Net positive 
(carbon) white 
paper released

2019

96% construction 
waste recycled

OUR
COMMUNITY

SOCIAL
INCLUSION

OUR
PEOPLE

TRUSTED 
PARTNER

Net positive 
legacy

2030

$100m social 
sector investment

Highly engaged, 
capable and 
diverse workforce

2030

Most trusted 
owner and 
developer

2025

$30m 
social 
procurement 
by 2025

Community 
wellbeing measure 
developed

2023

Triple community 
investment

2022

Social enterprise 
capacity building 
partnership 
launched

40:40:20 
women in senior 
management

2022

Social housing 
investment pilot
launched

House with No Bills 
research findings 
released

2020

Community 
engagement 
standard 
developed

Social return on 
investment report 
released

2019

Unlimited paid 
volunteer leave

Define social 
procurement

20% improvement 
in health and 
wellbeing

2020

Data integrity 
charter released

Personalised 
health and 
wellbeing support
implemented

2019

Modern slavery 
risk heat map 
released

Human Rights 
approach released

ONGOING

ONGOING

ONGOING

Maintain Board 
climate capability

New off ice buildings 
4.5 Star NABERS Water

All (new) off ice 
Gold WELL rated

New off ice buildings 
NABERS 5.5 Star Energy

All new Residential 
projects to include solar

1.  Target extended from 2020.

Maintain global high 
performing engagement

Maintain Risk Culture 
Index performance

Understand and 
share stakeholder 
trust feedback

Clear earnings
visibility/guidance 

Transparent 
reporting

Maintain Board 
diversity 

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SUSTAINABILITY 

EVOLVING OUR APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY
Since Mirvac released its strategy, This Changes Everything, over five years ago, there has been a notable change in our approach to sustainability.  
From the way we design and manage our assets to the new technologies we’re implementing across the Group, being environmentally and socially 
responsible has become firmly embedded at Mirvac. As well as ensuring we’re delivering value to our securityholders, we’re continuously looking at  
how we can reduce our impact on the planet, affect positive change in our communities and ensure that we remain a force for good.

We announced a refresh of This Changes Everything in June last year, taking our material issues from 19 to six. By doing so, we believe we can 
focus on the things that matter most to Mirvac and our key stakeholders so we can make a bigger difference in these areas. These material 
issues comprise climate change, natural resources, our communities, social inclusion, our people, and being a trusted partner.

Each of these material issues and their key milestones are outlined on page 38.

We also released our first Social Return on 
Investment (SROI) report during the financial 
year (see page 28), which outlines our findings 
of an SROI analysis of 27 residential projects. As 
our first attempt at measuring our social impact, 
it wasn’t perfect, but we remain committed to 
progressing our work in this area.

Another key achievement this year was 
defining our social focus – to build strong 
bonds – so we can better align the support  
we provide through our community activities 
and have a more meaningful impact. Our 
unlimited paid volunteer leave provides  
a great way for our employees to continue to 
build strong bonds in the community, whether 
those are physical, as our teams from across 
Development, Design, Construction, Des+Pres 
and Marketing showed with the work they did 
for the Westmead Children’s Hospital, Sydney 
(see page 41), or relational, such as working 
with local communities. 

During the financial year, we were also proud to 
announce a partnership with social enterprise, 
Homes for Homes (see page 26), which will 
see 0.1 per cent of proceeds directed from the 
sale of 300 homes to their fund in perpetuity, 
helping to address the need for more social  
and affordable housing in Victoria. 

Some of the targets in our strategy are  
now core to our business, such as our high-
performing and engaged workforce, 50 per 
cent gender diversity on our Board, and the 
transparent reporting of our business and  
of our earnings.

There’s no doubt we still a have a lot of work to 
do. Next year, we’ll release our plan around waste, 
and change our energy supply arrangements to 
take a big leap forward on renewable energy  
and eliminating our carbon emissions.

We see great value in measuring our social 
impact, and we’ll take the lessons we learned 
from our first endeavour to progress our  
work in this area. 

We’re also going to develop a method to 
measure a sense of belonging at our residential 
communities so that we can work towards 
tackling the growing epidemic of loneliness.

Having reached our community investment 
target three years early, we’ll be looking to set 
a new target which further demonstrates our 
commitment to leave a positive legacy. We’ll 
also continue to progress our target to direct 
$100 million to the social sector, including 
social procurement.

MOST RELEVANT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

OUR PROGRESS TO DATE
We’ve made significant progress since we 
released our refreshed sustainability strategy, 
and it’s been pleasing to see our environmental 
and social impact become a more fundamental 
part of the choices we make. 

One of our key achievements in FY19 was  
the release of Planet Positive, our plan to reach 
net positive carbon by 2030 (see page 40 for 
more). Climate change is one of the biggest 
risks businesses face, and eliminating our 
carbon footprint is not only the right thing to  
do for the planet and for future generations,  
it’s critical to our long-term success.

Some of the key steps we’ll take to reimagine 
our resources will be to continue to prioritise 
energy efficiency and commit to renewable 
energy. Our focused work to reduce our 
impact has led to our portfolio being one of 
the greenest in the country, with three 6 star 
NABERS Energy ratings, constituting a quarter 
of all 6 star NABERS Energy buildings.

In light of the significant risks posed by 
climate change, we’ve also begun reporting 
our climate risks and mitigations under the 
Task Force on Climate-related Financial 
Disclosures framework. 

Recognising that there is now an increased 
requirement from the community for business 
to do better, and in line with our commitment to 
leave a positive legacy, we’ve also defined our 
community engagement standard, starting with 
our Residential business. Local communities 
and their representative governments are 
critical stakeholders for us, and we aim to be 
their most trusted development partner. Setting 
a high standard and a consistent approach to 
how we engage ensures that we can continue 
to help deliver communities that flourish.

Investing in our communities is also a priority 
at Mirvac, and right across the Group we see 
people making choices that combine good 
commercial outcomes with genuine social 
contributions. Last year, we set a target to  
triple our community investment by 2022 
from our FY17 baseline, and in the first year 
we increased this by 81 per cent. This year, 
we exceeded our 2022 target early, with our 
community investment increasing by more  
than 800 per cent since FY17. This was driven 
largely by our investments in upfront amenity 
at our residential communities, such as  
schools and parks. 

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MIRVAC GROUP 

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

PLANET POSITIVE:   
OUR PLAN TO REACH NET 
POSITIVE CARBON BY 2030

Climate change is one of the greatest 
challenges we face today, with the potential  
to significantly impact our business, as well as 
our planet, in a number of ways. Construction 
delays, loss in productivity, rising material, 
water and energy costs and damage to 
property are just some of the climate-related 
risks we face as weather events caused by 
higher temperatures continue to become 
more extreme.

The built environment is responsible for 
approximately 25 per cent of Australia’s  
carbon emissions and as a leading Australian 
property group, we have a responsibility  
to reduce our impact on the environment  
and address climate change risks.

This year, we released Planet Positive: our  
plan to reach net positive carbon by 2030.  
It explains the strategies we’ll adopt to achieve 
and exceed net zero within our portfolio by 
2030, even as new developments come on  
line and our business grows, making sure 
that we balance environmental, social and 
commercial sustainability requirements. 

We’re mindful that as well as our responsibility 
to the planet, we have a responsibility to make 
choices that are cost-effective. Transitioning  
to a lower carbon economy sooner rather than  
later means we will be financially better off too.

Our strategy involves maximising energy 
efficiency and building all-electric buildings 
powered by 100 per cent renewable energy. 
After all, we believe the cheapest tonne of 
carbon for Mirvac and for the planet is the  
one we don’t emit.

Emissions tCO2e

Scope 1
Natural Gas
Refrigerants
Diesel
Petrol
LPG

Total Scope 1

Scope 
Electricity

Total Scope 1 + 2

Scope 3
Natural gas
Electricity
Travel
Waste
Diesel
Petrol
LPG

Total Scope 3
Total

Potable water usage (kL)
Retail
Office & Industrial

Total (kL)

Total waste (tonnes)
Construction
Investment

Total

Construction

Investment

FY13

2,697
1,383
2,333
646
7
7,066

71,426
78,492

471
12,542
2,812
9,915
178
51
1
25,970
104,462

492,216
349,597
841,813

35,565
12,833
48,398

FY18

4,007
1,513
1,154
101
54
6,828

73,772
80,600

582
9,555
3,304
8,017
59
5
3
21,525
102,125

485,976
453,826
939,802

23,393
25,685
49,078

FY19

FY19 Source data

 81,816 GJ
 496kg
 507,506L
 54,629L
 52,087 L

 95,242,179kWh

 81,816GJ
 87,118,091kWh
 10,258,259km
48,551T
 507,506L
 54,629L
 52,087L

 4,193 
 843 
 1,375 
 130 
 81 
 6,623 

 78,041
 84,664

 639 
 8,962 
 2,982 
 10,164 
 71 
 7 
 5 
 22,829 
 107,493 

 493,605 
488,577
982,182

 21,377 
 27,173 
 48,551 

96%
Recycled
69%
Recycled

4%
Landfill
31%
Landfill

Note: A minor error in Scope 3 Electricity emissions FY18 is corrected in this version. Emissions estimates follow  
NGERS emissions accounting requirements except for refrigerants; Mirvac includes emissions related to R22 use.

As a result of our work to be net positive carbon, by 2030 and for 
each year afterwards, the carbon we don’t emit will be equivalent to 
planting 1.4 million trees and taking over 22,300 cars off the road.

Sarah Clarke, Group General Manager of Sustainability and Reputation

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Mirvac team in Vietnam

CONCLUDING OUR FIRST 
RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN

Mirvac embarked on its first Reconciliation 
Action Plan (RAP) in July 2017 and we are 
proud of what that plan has helped us to 
achieve. Our RAP has given us a platform  
from which to build stronger relationships  
with Indigenous Australians and create  
greater respect and opportunities.

By listening and engaging with local partners, 
we have developed some great working 
relationships, such as our partnership with 
Yerrabingin at our South Eveleigh development 
which resulted in Australia’s first Indigenous 
rooftop farm. Together we were able to 
co-create an experience at the precinct  
that will engage and connect the community 
to Aboriginal culture and traditions, while 
educating them on the history of the site.

Through cultural awareness education, we  
have been able to begin providing our people 
with the knowledge and experience to help 
them consider the cultures of Aboriginal and 
Torres Strait Islander people in the delivery  
of our projects.

We have also learned a lot about how we can 
do things differently in the future. We recognise 
that our biggest opportunity for impact is 
through procurement, and by directing our 
buying power towards Indigenous owned 
businesses. Since launching the RAP in July 
2017, we have procured $8.2 million of goods 
and services from Indigenous businesses, 
and we know through our relationship with 
Supply Nation that Indigenous businesses 
are 100 times more likely to employ 
Indigenous people.

In the coming months we will be developing  
the next iteration of our RAP, and we will 
continue to engage with the key stakeholders  
to ensure this plan is reflective of their needs. 
We look forward to launching this at the 
beginning of 2020.

BUILDING STRONG BONDS

As a leading Australian property developer, 
we recognise that we’re in a unique position 
to have a positive impact – through the 
way we build and manage our investment 
assets, apartments and houses, as well as the 
relationships we cultivate in our communities. 

In FY19, we renewed our overall social focus 
to build strong bonds. As well as allowing us 
to have a much deeper and more meaningful 
impact in the communities in which we work, 
this also means we can provide opportunities  
to those who don’t always get them and leave  
a positive legacy.

Our Homes for Homes initiative (see page 26),  
is just one way we’re building strong bonds  
with the community – in this case, providing 
funding to increase access to social and 
affordable housing in Victoria. 

Members of our leadership team took building 
strong bonds to another level in May this year, 
volunteering their time and raising money 
to help build a home for a disadvantaged 
family in Vietnam. Together with our strategic 
partner, Boral, the team worked with Habitat for 
Humanity over the course of a week, using their 
unlimited volunteer leave to do so. While the 
40-degree heat and 80 per cent humidity were 
certainly no walk in the park, the group helped 
to construct two-thirds of the home and raised 
close to $130,000 in the process.

We also believe we can build strong bonds to 
help combat loneliness in Australia. Research 
by Swinburne University and the Australian 
Psychological Society found that one in four 
Australian adults are lonely, and that lonely 
Australians have significantly worse mental  
and physical health than those Australians  
who felt connected. 

At Mirvac, we have an opportunity to build 
strong relational bonds through volunteering, 
such as our annual National Community Day; 
through the amenity we deliver at our sites  
and by creating spaces that encourage 
interaction; and through community events, 
such as Mirvac’s Summer Festival that runs 
across our residential projects each year.

Our Construction and Development teams  
also continued to strengthen their bonds 
with the Westmead Children’s Hospital in 
Sydney during the financial year, helping to 
refurbish the parents’ accommodation and 
kids’ playground, as well as working with our 
partners to deliver The Teddy Bear Clinic  
at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. The Teddy 
Bear Clinic was designed so that kids (and 
adults) could experience for themselves some 
of the aspects involved in being treated at the 
hospital and received both the Gold and Best  
in Show awards for the exhibit.

In the next financial year, we’ll continue to 
progress our social focus of building strong 
bonds in the activities we run across our 
business, and we’ll look to develop a method 
that measures a sense of belonging to help 
avoid loneliness.

ENRICHING COMMUNITIES

$16,139,531

of community investment (including 
$1,401,307 of management costs)

822%

$951,967

value of hours of support

$836,566

in kind donations

$728,218 

leverage contributions 

$12,949,691

cash donations

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MIRVAC GROUP 

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Governance

CONTENTS

43

Board of directors

44 
46  Directors’ report
Remuneration report
52 
Auditor’s independence declaration
73 
74 
Financial report
122  Directors’ declaration
123 
130  Security information
132  Glossary
133  Directory & upcoming events

Independent auditor’s report

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Board of directors
Directors’ experience and areas of special responsibilities

THE MEMBERS OF THE MIRVAC BOARD AND THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND 
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE SET OUT BELOW:

John Mulcahy
PhD (Civil Engineering), 
FIEAust, MAICD

Independent 
Non-Executive Chair
> Chair of the Nomination 

Committee

> Member of the Audit, Risk 
and Compliance Committee

> Member of the Human 
Resources Committee

John Mulcahy was appointed 
a Non-Executive Director of 
Mirvac in November 2009 
and the Independent Non-
Executive Chair in November 
2013. John has more than 30 
years of leadership experience 
in financial services and 
property investment. John is 
the former Managing Director 
and Chief Executive Officer 
of Suncorp-Metway Limited. 
Prior to joining Suncorp-
Metway, John held a number 
of senior executive roles 
at Commonwealth Bank, 
including Group Executive, 
Investment and Insurance 
Services. He also held a 
number of senior roles during 
his 14 years at Lend Lease 
Corporation, including Chief 
Executive Officer, Lend 
Lease Property Investment 
and Chief Executive Officer, 
Civil and Civic.

John is currently a Director 
of ALS Limited (formerly 
Campbell Brothers Limited) 
(appointed February 2012), 
Deputy Chair of GWA Group 
Limited (appointed November 
2010), Chair of ORIX Australia 
Corporation Ltd and a 
Director of Zurich Australian 
Insurance Limited and The 
Shore Foundation Limited.

John is a former Director 
and Chair of Coffey 
International Limited and 
former Guardian of the Future 
Fund Board of Guardians.

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
BA (Hons), MBA (Dist)

Christine Bartlett
BSc, MAICD

Peter Hawkins
BCA (Hons), FAICD, SFFin, ACA (NZ)

Jane Hewitt
BAppSc Land Economics

Independent Non-Executive
> Member of the Human 
Resources Committee

Jane Hewitt was appointed 
a Non-Executive Director of 
Mirvac in December 2018. 
Jane has over 27 years’ 
experience in real estate 
development and asset 
management. She founded 
UniLodge in 1996 and 
pioneered the corporatisation 
and professional development 
and management of student 
accommodation facilities on 
and off university campuses 
in Australia and New Zealand.

As an entrepreneur and 
founder, Jane has extensive 
operational experience 
and a strong track record 
in developing successful 
partnerships in real estate 
and business ventures. She 
developed UniLodge into 
an operation with assets of 
approximately $1 billion.

More recently, Jane has 
worked with Social Ventures 
Australia and currently 
serves on a not-for-profit 
board as Chair of the Beacon 
Foundation. She is also a 
founding member of the 
Sydney Business Alliance to 
End Homelessness.

Chief Executive Officer 
& Managing Director – 
Executive

Independent Non-Executive
> Member of the Audit, Risk 
and Compliance Committee

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz was 
appointed Chief Executive 
Officer & Managing Director 
of Mirvac in August 2012 
and an Executive Director 
in November 2012.

Prior to this appointment, 
Susan was Managing Director 
at LaSalle Investment 
Management. Susan has also 
held senior executive positions 
at MGPA, Macquarie Group 
and Lend Lease Corporation, 
working in Australia, the 
US and  Europe.

Susan has been involved in 
the real estate industry for 
over 29 years, with extensive 
experience in investment 
management in both the 
direct and indirect markets, 
development, mergers and 
acquisitions, disposals, 
research and business 
strategy.

Susan is the Immediate Past 
President of the Property 
Council of Australia, Deputy 
Chair of the Green Building 
Council of Australia, a 
member of the NSW Public 
Service Commission Advisory 
Board, President of INSEAD 
Australasian Council and 
a member of the INSEAD 
Global Board.

Susan holds a Bachelor 
of Arts (Hons) from The 
University of Sydney and 
an MBA (Distinction) from 
INSEAD in France.

Christine Bartlett was 
appointed a Non-Executive 
Director of Mirvac in 
December 2014. She is 
currently a Director of GBST 
Holdings Ltd (appointed June 
2015 and appointed Deputy 
Chair in January 2016), Sigma 
Healthcare Limited (appointed 
March 2016), TAL Life Limited 
and Chair of The Smith Family. 
She is also an external Director 
of the Board of Clayton Utz 
and a Director of iCare.

Christine is a member of the 
UNSW Australian School of 
Business Advisory Council 
and the Australian Institute of 
Company Directors. Previously, 
she has been a Director of 
PropertyLook and National 
Nominees Limited and 
Deputy Chair of the Australian 
Custodial Services Association.

Christine is an experienced 
Chief Executive Officer 
and senior executive, with 
extensive line management 
experience gained through 
roles with IBM, Jones 
Lang LaSalle and National 
Australia Bank Limited. 
Her executive career has 
included Australian, regional 
and global responsibilities 
based in Australia, the USA 
and Japan. Christine brings 
a commercial perspective 
especially in the areas of 
financial discipline, identifying 
risk, complex project 
management, execution of 
strategy, fostering innovation 
and taking advantage of new 
emerging technologies.

Christine holds a Bachelor of 
Science from the University 
of Sydney and has completed 
senior executive management 
programs at INSEAD.

Independent Non-Executive
> Chair of the Human 

Resources Committee

> Member of the Audit, Risk 
and Compliance Committee

> Member of the 

Nomination Committee

Peter Hawkins was appointed 
a Non-Executive Director 
of Mirvac in January 2006, 
following his retirement from 
ANZ after a career of 34 
years. Prior to his retirement, 
Peter was Group Managing 
Director, Group Strategic 
Development, responsible for 
the expansion and shaping of 
ANZ’s businesses, mergers, 
acquisitions and divestments 
and for overseeing its 
strategic cost agenda.

Peter was a member of ANZ’s 
Group Leadership Team and 
sat on the boards of Esanda 
Limited, ING Australia Limited 
and ING (NZ) Limited, the 
funds management and life 
insurance joint ventures 
between ANZ and ING Group. 
He was previously Group 
Managing Director, Personal 
Financial Services, as well as 
holding a number of other 
senior positions during his 
career with ANZ.

Peter is currently a member 
of the Bank of Melbourne 
Advisory Board and a Director 
of Crestone Holdings Limited 
and Liberty Financial Pty Ltd.

Peter was previously a 
Director of Westpac Banking 
Corporation (December 
2008 to December 2018), 
BHP (NZ) Steel Limited 
(1990 to 1991), Visa Inc. (2008 
to 2011), Treasury Corporation 
of Victoria and Clayton Utz.

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James M. Millar AM
BCom, FCA, FAICD

Samantha Mostyn
BA, LLB

Peter Nash
BComm, FCA, F Fin

John Peters
BArch, AdvDipBCM, ARAIA, FAICD

Elana Rubin
BA (Hons), MA, FFin, FAICD, FAIM

Independent Non-Executive
> Chair of the Audit, Risk and 

Compliance Committee

> Member of the 

Nomination Committee

James M. Millar was appointed 
a Non-Executive Director of 
Mirvac in November 2009. He 
is the former Chief Executive 
Officer of Ernst & Young 
(EY) in the Oceania Region, 
and was a Director on their 
global board.

James commenced his 
career in the Insolvency & 
Reconstruction practice at EY, 
being involved in a number of 
sizeable corporate workouts. 
He has qualifications in both 
business and accounting.

James is a Director of 
Macquarie Media Limited 
(appointed April 2015), 
Chair of the Export 
Finance and Insurance 
Corporation (appointed 
December 2014) and Chair 
of Forestry Corporation 
NSW (appointed March 2013).

James serves a number 
of charities and is Chair of 
the Vincent Fairfax Family 
Foundation (appointed 
April 2009) and a Director 
of Vincent Fairfax Ethics 
in Leadership Foundation 
(appointed September 2016).

James is a former Chair of 
The Smith Family, and a 
former Director of Fairfax 
Media Limited (July 2012 to 
December 2018) and Slater 
& Gordon Ltd (December 
2015 to December 2017).

Independent Non-Executive
> Member of the Human 
Resources Committee

Independent Non-Executive
> Member of the Audit, Risk 
and Compliance Committee

Independent Non-Executive
> Member of the Human 
Resources Committee

Independent Non-Executive
> Member of the Audit, Risk 
and Compliance Committee

Samantha Mostyn was 
appointed a Non-Executive 
Director of Mirvac in March 
2015. Samantha is a corporate 
advisor and is also a Director 
of Transurban Holdings 
Limited (appointed December 
2010), the Chair of an 
Australian APRA regulated 
Citibank subsidiary Board, 
Chair of Carriageworks and a 
Director of the GO Foundation.

Samantha has significant 
experience in the Australian 
corporate sector both in 
executive and non-executive 
capacities, in particular in the 
areas of human resources, 
corporate and government 
affairs, sustainability 
management and diversity. 
Samantha has held senior 
executive positions including 
Group Executive Culture and 
Reputation, IAG and Global 
Head HR and Culture, Cable & 
Wireless in London. She serves 
on the Australian faculty of 
the Cambridge University 
Business & Sustainability 
Leadership Program.

Samantha was previously a 
Director of Virgin Australia 
Holdings Limited (September 
2012 to May 2019), a Director 
of the Sydney Theatre 
Company, a Commissioner 
with the Australian Football 
League and the Deputy 
Chair of the Diversity Council 
of Australia. She has also 
served on the boards of 
the National Sustainability 
Council and the National 
Mental Health Commission.

Peter Nash was appointed 
a Non-Executive Director of 
Mirvac in November 2018. 
He is currently the Chair of 
Johns Lyng Group Limited 
(appointed October 2017) and 
a Director of Westpac Banking 
Corporation (appointed 
March 2018) and ASX Limited 
(appointed June 2019).

Peter was a Senior Partner 
with KPMG until September 
2017, having been admitted 
to the partnership of KPMG 
Australia in 1993. He served 
as the National Chair of 
KPMG Australia from 2011 
until August 2017, where 
he was responsible for the 
overall governance and 
strategic positioning of 
KPMG in Australia. In this 
role, Peter also served as a 
member of KPMG’s Global 
and Regional Boards. Peter’s 
previous positions with KPMG 
included Regional Head of 
Audit for Asia Pacific, National 
Managing Partner for Audit in 
Australia and Head of KPMG 
Financial Services.

Peter has worked in 
geographically diverse 
and complex operating 
environments providing 
advice on a range of topics 
including business strategy, 
risk management, business 
processes and regulatory 
change. Peter has also 
provided financial and 
commercial advice to many 
government businesses at 
both a Federal and state level. 
Peter is a former member 
of the Business Council of 
Australia and its Economic 
and Regulatory Committee.

Peter is a board member of 
the Koorie Heritage Trust and 
Reconciliation Australia Limited.

John Peters was appointed 
a Non-Executive Director of 
Mirvac in November 2011. 
John brings to the Board 
over 40 years’ experience in 
architectural design, project 
management, property 
development and property 
management.

John was the principal 
of a private property 
development company 
focused on substantial 
mixed-use developments 
and redevelopments in 
South East Queensland for 
over 20 years. During this 
period, he has also consulted 
to various investors and 
other financial stakeholders 
in several Queensland 
development projects.

Prior to this, John was with 
Lend Lease Corporation 
for 14 years, where he 
was Queensland Manager 
Lend Lease Development, 
and Director, Lend 
Lease Commercial.

> Member of the 

Nomination Committee

Elana Rubin was appointed 
a Non-Executive Director of 
Mirvac in November 2010 and 
has extensive experience in 
property and financial services.

Elana is a Director of Afterpay 
Touch Group Limited 
(appointed July 2017), 
and Slater & Gordon Ltd 
(appointed March 2018). 
She is also a Director of 
several unlisted and public 
sector Boards in property, 
infrastructure and insurance.

Elana is the former Chair and 
Director of Australian Super, 
one of Australia’s leading 
superannuation funds, a 
former Chair and Director of 
Victorian WorkCover Authority 
and a member of the Federal 
Government’s Infrastructure 
Australia and Climate Change 
Authority. Elana was also 
a Director of Mirvac Funds 
Management Limited, the 
responsible entity and trustee 
for Mirvac’s listed and unlisted 
funds. She was previously a 
Director of a number of other 
listed and unlisted companies.

Company secretary
Sean Ward
BEc, BComm, FGIA, FFin, MBA (Dist)

Sean Ward was appointed Company Secretary 
in August 2013 and in May 2017 was also 
appointed Head of Risk. Sean joined Mirvac as 
Group Company Secretary in April 2013 and 
has more than 20 years’ corporate experience. 
Prior to joining Mirvac, Sean was the Head of 
Subsidiaries at Westpac Banking Corporation, 
providing company secretarial support for all 
of Westpac’s listed and unlisted entities and 
before this was a Senior Companies Advisor 
at ASX Limited. Sean completed his Masters 
of Business Administration with the Australian 
Graduate School of Management in 2016.

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Directors’ report

The Directors of Mirvac Limited present their report, together with the consolidated financial report of Mirvac Group (Mirvac or Group) for the year ended 
30 June 2019. Mirvac comprises Mirvac Limited (parent entity) and its controlled entities, which include Mirvac Property Trust and its controlled entities.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
The principal continuing activities of Mirvac consist of real estate investment, development, third party capital management and property asset 
management. Mirvac performs these activities across three major segments: Office & Industrial, Retail and Residential.

DIRECTORS
The Directors of Mirvac in office at any time during the financial year and up to the date of this report together with information on their qualifications and 
experience are set out on pages 44 to 45.

REMUNERATION REPORT
The Remuneration report as required under section 300A (1) of the Corporations Act 2001 is set out on pages 52 to 72 and forms part of the Directors’ 
report.

MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS
The number of Directors’ meetings held and attended by each Director during the year ended 30 June 2019 is detailed below:

Board

Audit, Risk & 
Compliance Committee 

Human Resources 
Committee 

Nomination 
Committee 

Special Purpose 1 
Committee

Director

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

John Mulcahy
Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
Christine Bartlett
Peter Hawkins
Jane Hewitt
James M. Millar AM
Samantha Mostyn
Peter Nash
John Peters
Elana Rubin

12
12
12
12
6
12
12
7
12
12

12
12
12
12
6
12
12
7
12
12

6
—
6
6
—
6
—
4
—
6

6
—
6
6
—
6
—
4
—
6

5
—
—
5
2
—
5
—
5
—

5
—
—
5
2
—
5
—
5
—

3
—
—
3
—
3
—
—
—
3

3
—
—
3
—
3
—
—
—
3

—
—
—
—
—
3
—
—
—
—

—
—
—
—
—
3
—
—
—
—

1.  A special purpose Due Diligence Committee was established by the Board in 2019 for the purposes of the equity raising announced to the market on 29 May 2019.

OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS
Details of all directorships of other listed companies held by each Director in the three years immediately before 30 June 2019 are as follows:

Director

John Mulcahy

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
Christine Bartlett

Peter Hawkins

Jane Hewitt
James M. Millar AM

Samantha Mostyn

Peter Nash

John Peters
Elana Rubin

Company

ALS Limited (formerly Campbell Brothers Limited)
GWA Group Limited
Nil
GBST Holdings Ltd
Sigma Healthcare Limited
MG Responsible Entity Limited
Westpac Banking Corporation
Nil
Fairfax Media Limited
Macquarie Media Limited
Slater & Gordon Ltd
Cover-More Group Limited
Transurban Holdings Limited
Virgin Australia Holdings Limited
ASX Limited
Johns Lyng Group Limited
Westpac Banking Corporation
Nil
Afterpay Touch Group Limited
Slater & Gordon Ltd
Touchcorp Limited

Date appointed

Date ceased

February 2012
November 2010

Current
Current

June 2015
March 2016
April 2015
December 2008

July 2012
April 2015
December 2015
December 2013
December 2010
September 2010
June 2019
October 2017
March 2019

Current
Current
November 2016
December 2018

December 2018
Current
December 2017
April 2017
Current
May 2019
Current
Current
Current

July 2017
March 2018
January 2015

Current
Current
August 2017

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Group outlook 5
Despite a challenging year in some sectors, Mirvac has benefited from 
the strength and resilience of its diversified model, its urban strategy and 
award-winning urban asset creation capability, enabling the Group to 
successfully operate through market cycles. Its high-quality investment 
portfolio with its secure income stream, $3.1bn active commercial 
development pipeline and $1.7bn of exchanged residential pre-sales,  
have resulted in a strong capital position and platform for future growth.

Mirvac further strengthened its reputation for prudent capital management  
in FY19. Pleasingly, gearing has been reduced to 20.5 per cent, and the 
Group benefits from a diversified debt portfolio with a long weighted 
average debt maturity, and excellent visibility of future cash flows. Mirvac 
is committed to maintaining its rigorous approach to capital management, 
creating a firm foundation from which to continue to meet its strategic 
objectives without increasing its overall capital management risk profile.

As a result of Mirvac’s continued strong financial performance over several 
years, the Group begins FY20 poised to continue to capitalise on existing 
and new investment opportunities, actively invest in its people, technology 
and sustainability, and deploy its award-winning asset creation capability. 
With its strong capital position, extensive development pipeline and highly 
engaged, passionate workforce, Mirvac is confident it will continue to 
generate value for securityholders and enrich the lives of its customers 
and communities for many years to come.

Risks
As a property group involved in property investment, residential and 
commercial development and investment management, Mirvac faces a 
number of risks throughout the business cycle which have the potential 
to affect the achievement of its targeted financial outcomes. Mirvac’s 
risk management policy and framework is integrated with its day-to-day 
business processes and is supported by a dedicated Group Risk function. 
For the year ended 30 June 2019, the Group continued to ensure internal 
and external risks were identified and appropriate strategies were 
implemented to manage the impact of those risks. Further information  
on the material risks identified for each of the sectors is outlined on 
pages 36-37.

REVIEW OF OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
FY19 FINANCIAL AND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

FY19 saw Mirvac build on the success of recent years with yet another 
solid operating performance and robust set of metrics for the financial year 
ended 30 June 2019. Mirvac’s strong capital position, which is underpinned 
by the strength of its diversified model and the passive income stream 
from its high-performing investment portfolio, has enabled the Group to 
capitalise on strategic investment opportunities.

Financial highlights for the year ended 30 June 2019:
 > profit attributable to the stapled securityholders of $1,019m 

(June 2018: $1,089m), anchored by the strong performance of the 
Office & Industrial division and significant fair value gains in the 
investment portfolio as a result of capitalisation rate compression 
across all segments;

 > operating profit after tax of $631m (June 2018: $608m 2) 

up 4 per cent, representing 17.1 cents per stapled security (cpss);

 > operating cash flow of $518m (June 2018: $663m);
 >

full-year distributions of $440m, representing 11.6 cpss and 
growth of 5 per cent over FY18; and

 > net tangible assets (NTA) per stapled security 3 of $2.50 

(June 2018: $2.31).

Capital management highlights for the year ended 30 June 2019:
 >

successfully completed a fully underwritten $750m institutional 
placement and $46.2m Security Share Plan in the fourth quarter. 
The placement was strongly supported and will assist the delivery 
of the next generation of value accretive office, industrial, residential 
and mixed-use projects;

 >

 >

 >

 > completed 58m of stapled security buy-backs, totalling $130m during 
the first half, with a total of 59m stapled securities purchased since 
the commencement of the buy-back on 23 February 2018;
issued $665m US Private Placement notes with tenors of 11,13, 
15 and 20 years; 
received an A- rating with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings 
during the first half year and maintained its A3 rating from 
Moody’s Investor Service (equivalent to A-);
stable average borrowing costs at 4.8 per cent per annum 
(June 2018: 4.8 per cent), including margins and line fees, following 
the issuance of new debt and the repayment of lower cost 
revolving bank debt following the capital raising;
reduced gearing to 20.5 per cent, within the Group’s target range 
of 20 to 30 per cent 4;
increased liquidity to $1.4bn in cash and committed undrawn 
bank facilities; and
increased weighted average debt maturity to 8.5 years from 6.8 years 
(June 2018).

 >

 >

 >

2.  Excludes specific non-cash items and related taxation. The June 2018 operating profit after tax has been restated to align with the new operating profit definition adopted by the Group from 1 July 2018.
3.  NTA per stapled security, based on ordinary securities including Employee Incentive Scheme securities.
4.  Net debt (at foreign exchange hedged rate) excluding leases (total tangible assets – cash).
5.  These future looking statements should be read in conjunction with future releases to the ASX.

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REVIEW OF OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES CONTINUED
FY19 OFFICE & INDUSTRIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Mirvac’s Office and Industrial (O&I) division creates some of the country’s 
largest and most complex mixed-use, commercial and industrial precincts, 
and as at 30 June 2019 has $15bn 6 assets under management. Mirvac 
works with leading brands to deliver commercial assets featuring smart 
technology and design excellence. Its young, efficient, sustainable portfolio 
is comprised of over 95 per cent premium or A-grade office assets, with an 
85 per cent overweighting to the strong Sydney and Melbourne markets 
providing a significant stream of passive, secured income to the Group.

For the year ended 30 June 2019, Mirvac’s Office & Industrial division 
delivered earnings before interest and tax of $518m.

Office
Highlights across the office portfolio for the year ended 30 June 
2019 included:
 >

increased occupancy to 98.2 per cent 7, with a long WALE 
of 6.4 years 8,

 > achieved like-for-like net operating income growth of 5.7 per cent;
 > completed 82 leasing deals over approximately 96,400 square 

metres 9, with highlights including:
 > Sirius House, 23 Furzer Street, Woden, ACT: renewed the 
Department of Health and Ageing for 100 per cent of the 
46,000 square metre office building for a further 10 years, 
amounting to a 16-year lease term;

 > Olderfleet, 477 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC: secured Lander 
& Rogers and Urbis each for 5,000 square metres for a 10-year 
lease term; and

 > Locomotive Workshops, South Eveleigh, Sydney NSW: secured 

 >

Quantium for 12,000 square metres for a 7-year term;
total office asset revaluations provided an uplift of $392m  
(or 6.3 per cent) over the previous book value for the 12 months  
to 30 June 2019, supported by an overweight to prime assets in 
Sydney and Melbourne;

 > maintained positive leasing spreads at 16.6 per cent; and
 >

reduced incentives to 15.6 per cent (June 2018: 22 per cent).

During the financial year, Mirvac continued to deploy its award-winning 
asset creation capability in order to progress its $3.1bn active 
office development pipeline, which is 90 per cent 10 pre-committed. 
Progress includes:
 > Olderfleet, Melbourne, VIC: construction is progressing on  
schedule and topped out in July 2019. The building is now 
94 per cent 10 pre-leased. The Group remains on track to  
reach practical completion in FY20;

 > South Eveleigh, Sydney, NSW (formerly Australian Technology 
Park): in March 2019 practical completion was achieved on the 
Axle building (Building 1). Commonwealth Bank’s lease commences 
August 2019 and the new workplace is now home to approximately 
3,800 Commonwealth Bank employees. Yerrabingin House 
(Building 3), a community centre with Indigenous rooftop farm, 
public realm including sports courts, an oval and skatepark, and 
stage 1 retail elements were also completed in March 2019. 
Structural works on The Foundry (Building 2) are ongoing and it is 
due for practical completion in mid-2020. The project’s major tenant, 
Commonwealth Bank, has pre-committed to 100 per cent of office 
space for a 15-year lease term;

Includes IPUC.

6. 
7.  By area, including equity accounted investments and OOP and excluding assets held for sale.
8.  By income, including equity accounted investments and OOP and excluding assets held for sale.
9.  Excludes leasing of assets under development.
10.  Includes Heads of Agreement.
11.  These future looking statements should be read in conjunction with future releases to the ASX.
12.  By area.
13.  By income.

 > Locomotive Workshops, South Eveleigh, Sydney, NSW: secured 

planning approvals and commenced redevelopment in May 2019. 
Practical completion is targeted for FY21;

 > 80 Ann Street, Brisbane QLD: demolition is progressing well with 
a construction commencement ceremony scheduled for August 
2019. Suncorp has pre-committed to over 39,600 square metres 
of office and retail space, representing approximately 66 per 
cent of the building’s total NLA, for a 10-year term. Mirvac sold 
a 50 per cent interest in the development to M&G Real Estate for 
a total consideration of $418m. Practical completion remains on 
track for 2HFY22;

 > 383 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC: acquired in 1HFY19 and planning 

is in progress for a potential 40,000 square metres office tower;
 > 55 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW: planning is progressing well for  

a potential office tower of greater than 40,000 square metres; and
 > Corner of Walker Street and Pacific Highway, North Sydney, NSW: 
secured interests amounting to 25 per cent of unit entitlements 
in two North Sydney office towers.

Outlook 11
While global uncertainty and softer economic growth locally are likely 
to impact expansion plans of major office occupiers overall, the outlook 
for Sydney and Melbourne CBD markets remains well supported given 
vacancy rates for both markets are around 4 per cent. While vacancy is 
set to rise a little in the Melbourne CBD near term due to a large volume of 
new stock completing, the vast majority of this stock has been pre-leased 
as tenants seek better quality premises and space efficiencies. A more 
staggered and smaller supply pipeline in Sydney will mitigate vacancy  
rises over the next few years.

Tenant demand in Brisbane also reflects a flight to quality space as 
demand for prime-grade stock has more than doubled that for secondary 
in the past year, a trend that is expected to continue. Similarly, the Perth 
office market has seen a pick-up in net absorption over the past year as 
tenants consolidate from fringe locations into the CBD, with prime-grade 
stock outperforming secondary. With very limited supply near term, 
prospects for better rental growth have lifted.
Mirvac will continue to focus on the key urban markets of Sydney and 
Melbourne, as well as creating innovative, collaborative and flexible workplaces 
that generate value for the Group, while improving the quality of the portfolio.

Industrial

Highlights across the industrial portfolio for the year ended 
30 June 2019 included:
 > achieved 99.7 per cent occupancy 12, with a long WALE of 7.7 13 years;
 > achieved like-for-like net operating income growth of 7.8 per cent;
total industrial asset revaluations of $50m, representing a 6.0 per 
 >
cent uplift over the previous book value for the full year to 
30 June 2019; and

 > completed over 91,700 square metres of leasing activity including:
 > Nexus Industrial Park Building 4, Lyn Parade, Prestons, NSW: 

renewed Legrand for 7 years over 23,300 square metres to 2028;

 > Nexus Industrial Park Building 1, Lyn Parade, Prestons, 

NSW: extended the lease to Amari Metals by 7 years over 
13,100 square metres to 2028; and

 > 274 Victoria Road, Rydalmere, NSW: extended the lease to Thales 

for 10 years over 22,700 square metres to 2032.

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REVIEW OF OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES CONTINUED
The Industrial business unit is an important growth area for the business 
and during the year Mirvac increased its future industrial development 
pipeline in Sydney to $1.2 billion by securing the following sites:
 > Stage 1 of a future 244-hectare industrial estate at Badgerys Creek 
in Western Sydney 14, NSW for a total consideration of $71m, under 
a put-and-call option arrangement. Located just 800 metres from 
the new Western Sydney International Airport and close to the M7 
motorway and the proposed M12 motorway, Stage 1 is a 54-hectare 
site set to benefit from approximately $20bn of infrastructure 
improvements in the Western Sydney area by 2026;

 > a 56-hectare future industrial estate and logistics hub at Mamre 
Road, Kemps Creek, NSW, approximately 6km from the new  
Western Sydney International Airport. Similar to the Badgerys Creek 
site, this strategic site will benefit from its proximity to the M4, M7 
and proposed M12 motorways, as well as approximately $20bn of 
infrastructure improvements to be rolled out across the Western 
Sydney area; and

 > a 14-hectare, future industrial estate and logistics hub at Manchester 
Road, Auburn, Sydney, 3.3km from Parramatta CBD and 18km from 
the Sydney CBD, for $94.2m 15. The project is a joint venture with 
an investment vehicle sponsored by Morgan Stanley Real Estate 
Investing and has an end value of $250m 16. 

Mirvac also sold a 50 per cent interest in Calibre at Eastern Creek, NSW 
to the Mirvac Industrial Logistics Partnership for approximately $125m. 
Practical completion was achieved on the Estate during the year and the 
development is 100 per cent leased.

Outlook 17
Demand drivers for industrial are mixed with both weaker global trade 
and uncertainty impacting global production firms, while softer domestic 
indicators, such as forward orders and confidence of wholesale trade 
firms, point to softer take-up near term. Conversely, the structural shift to 
growing e-commerce volumes and customer demands for convenience 
and faster delivery times is spurring demand for logistics space. According 
to Knight Frank 18, the Sydney industrial market continues to record the 
lowest vacancy rate of any major industrial market, resulting in most  
major sub-markets recording annual rent growth greater than inflation.

Mirvac’s strategic overweight to the strong Sydney market ensures that 
the industrial portfolio will continue to provide a secure, growing income to 
the Group.

FY19 RETAIL HIGHLIGHTS

Mirvac owns and manages a dynamic portfolio of urban shopping centres 
across Australia’s eastern seaboard with assets under management of 
over $4.5bn. The portfolio is focused on higher income, higher growth 
and densely populated urban catchment areas, with an overweight to the 
strong Sydney market. Incorporating approximately 437,900 square metres 
of space and more than 1,600 retailers, Mirvac’s intricate understanding 
of its local markets enables the Retail team to constantly improve the 
experience of their customers.

For the year ended 30 June 2019, the retail portfolio delivered operating 
earnings before interest and tax of $168m.

Highlights across the retail portfolio for the year ended 30 June 
2019 included:
 > achieved solid net revaluation gains of 2.2 per cent underpinned 

by like-for-like income growth of 2.6 per cent;
 > maintained high occupancy of 99.2 per cent; 19
 > achieved comparable MAT sales growth of 2.7 per cent 20 and 

comparable specialty sales growth of 2.0 per cent;

 > comparable specialty sales productivity of >$10,000 per square 

metre, with specialty occupancy costs increasing to 15.5 per cent; and

 > executed lease deals across approximately 61,900 square metres, 

with leasing spreads of 1.0 per cent.

The Group’s retail development and repositioning pipeline progressed 
during the financial year, including:
 > South Village Shopping Centre, Kirrawee, NSW: opened on 

14 November 2018. The centre is anchored by Coles and ALDI with 
a mixed offer including services, health and wellness operators and 
a restaurant precinct including Criniti’s and Lone Star Rib House;

 > Kawana Shoppingworld, Sunshine Coast, QLD: completed the 
construction of a 6,900 square metre expansion of the centre 
introducing Event Cinema’s only Gold Class offering on the 
Sunshine Coast and an expanded dining precinct. The project 
was 100 per cent leased at completion;

 > Birkenhead Point Brand Outlet, Sydney, NSW: improved car park 

circulation by introducing a ticketless and parking guidance system 
and new wayfinding, together with redesigned entry and exit points, 
resulting in a more seamless parking experience;

 > Rhodes Waterside, Sydney, NSW: completed the construction of 
a 3,700 square metre redevelopment of the asset, introducing 
ALDI and relocating Bing Lee to strengthen the fresh food and 
homewares offer. The project was fully leased on completion;
 > Toombul, Brisbane, QLD: construction is progressing on a $43m, 
4,500 square metre re-development, introducing a dining and 
entertainment precinct. The precinct will be anchored by Archie 
Brothers, Cirque Electriq and an upgraded cinema. The development 
is due for completion in mid-FY20; and
launched the first ultra-rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging station 
at Toombul in Brisbane, QLD in partnership with Chargefox. The 
portfolio now boasts the ultra-rapid station along with 38 universal 
EV charging bays, 14 Tesla Supercharging bays and 31 Tesla 
destination charging sites covering all current charging formats.

 >

Outlook 17
While the broader retail environment faces some challenges, shopping 
centres with strong catchment fundamentals continue to be better 
supported. Mirvac’s retail portfolio is located in the service-based economies 
of Sydney, South East Queensland and Melbourne, which continue to record 
stronger employment and higher jobs growth than populations within 
regional areas. In addition, centres that offer vibrant customer experiences 
continue to attract quality tenants. Mirvac’s focus on high-quality asset 
management in urban catchments with strong fundamentals is expected to 
support continued outperformance in the retail sector.

14.  Subject to conditions precedent, rezoning and planning approvals.
15.  Subject to conditions precedent.
16.  Subject to planning approvals.
17.  These future looking statements should be read in conjunction with future releases to the ASX.
18.  Knight Frank Research, Industrial Vacancy Reports Q1 2019.
19.  By area.
20. Total comparable MAT sales growth would equate to approximately 2 per cent adjusting for major supermarkets and DDS categories reporting 53 weeks of sales.

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REVIEW OF OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES CONTINUED
FY19 RESIDENTIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Mirvac has long set the standard in residential design, quality and community 
building, leveraging its integrated model to deliver complex projects that 
require significant capital and resources. An attention to detail, focus on 
creating legacy and an absolute commitment to customer service has forged 
a reputation for creating exceptional, much-loved homes and communities in 
Australia’s key cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.

For the year ended 30 June 2019, Residential delivered earnings before 
interest and tax of $201m.

Highlights across the residential business for the year ended 
30 June 2019 included:
 >

settled 2,611 residential lots, exceeding the Group’s target of more 
than 2,500 residential lot settlements in FY19. Defaults for the 
financial year remained below 2 per cent;
secured future income with residential pre-sales of $1.7bn 21. Mirvac’s 
existing pipeline supports the ability to release over 10,000 lots over 
the next four years;

 >

 >

 > delivered gross development margins of 27 per cent 22, driven by our 
ability to buy and sell in the right markets and at the right time in 
capital efficient structures;
released over 1,280 residential lots across both new and existing 
projects, with over 1,700 exchanges. Successful releases included:
 > Crest, Gledswood Hills, NSW: 86 per cent of released lots pre-sold;
 > Woodlea, VIC: 96 per cent of released lots pre-sold;
 > Tullamore, VIC: 60 per cent of released MPC lots pre-sold;
 > Everleigh, QLD: 53 per cent of released lots pre-sold;

 > acquired a consolidated landholding at Henley Brook, WA, 22km 

 >

north-east of Perth and 18km from Perth Airport. The 33.5-hectare 
site will comprise over 550 land lots with an estimated development 
end value of approximately $140m 23; and
further supplemented the Group’s residential pipeline of approximately 
28,000 lots by entering into an agreement with Boral to develop 
a 171-hectare, quarry site at Wantirna South, located within the 
Dandenong Valley Parkland corridor approximately 25km south-east 
of the Melbourne CBD. Mirvac proposes approximately 1,700 lots 
with an estimated development end value of $1.3bn 24.

Outlook 24
Several gauges of market performance including auction activity,  
turnover and price results suggest a meaningful positive shift through 
June and July. Significant reduction in loan pricing across all product 
types following reductions in the official cash rate, fiscal policy stimulus 
and better policy certainty post elections have contributed to a lift in home 
buying sentiment of late. The recent lift in borrowing capacity post APRA’s 
changes to the mortgage serviceability buffer indicate pre-conditions are 
in place for a more positive spring selling season in the established market. 
Better buying confidence is likely to lead to more solid demand for off-the-
plan purchases over the next year as buyers seek high-quality projects 
that offer good connection to employment.

BUILD-TO-RENT

Mirvac sees huge growth potential for the sector in Australia, given the 
lack of housing affordability and the growing numbers of Australians who 
are renting. Mirvac believes BTR can revolutionise the rental experience 
with improved choice, quality and security of tenure.

Since it launched its Australian Build-to-Rent Club with the Clean Energy 
Finance Corporation in July 2018, Mirvac has been at the forefront of the 
emerging BTR sector in Australia.

Build-to-Rent highlights for the year ended 30 June 2019 included:
 >

further progressed construction at Mirvac’s first purpose-built BTR 
asset in Australia, the Pavilions project at Sydney Olympic Park in 
NSW. The project is due for completion in September 2020, with 
leasing to commence in June 2020; and

 > entered into a binding agreement with developer, PDG, to acquire 
490 completed BTR apartments in the Munro development 
within the Queen Victoria Market on a fund through basis for a 
total investment amount of $333.5m. The agreement is subject to 
conditions precedent, including planning and redesign, which will 
ensure the building delivers purpose-built, BTR product.

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE STATE OF AFFAIRS
Details of the state of affairs of the Group are disclosed on pages 47 to 50. 
Other than those matters disclosed, there were no significant changes to 
the state of affairs during the financial year.

MATTER SUBSEQUENT TO THE END OF THE YEAR
As announced on 3 July 2019, the Group confirmed the successful 
completion of the non-underwritten Security Purchase Plan (SPP). A total 
of $46.2m was raised under the SPP, with 15.9m new stapled securities 
issued to eligible applicants on 4 July 2019.

No other events have occurred since the end of the year which have 
significantly affected or may significantly affect Mirvac’s operations, the 
results of those operations, or Mirvac’s state of affairs in future years.

21.  Adjusted for Mirvac’s share of JVA and Mirvac managed funds.
22. Excludes previously provisioned projects.
23. Subject to rezoning and planning approvals $1.3bn is 100 per cent of the expected project gross revenue.
24. These future looking statements should be read in conjunction with future releases to the ASX.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201951

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
Mirvac and its business operations are subject to compliance with both 
Commonwealth and state environmental protection legislation. The Board 
is satisfied that adequate policies and procedures are in place to ensure 
Mirvac’s compliance with the applicable legislation. In addition, Mirvac is 
also subject to the reporting requirements of the National Greenhouse and 
Energy Reporting Act 2007 and Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 
2010. Mirvac is not aware of any incidents that have resulted in material 
non-compliance with environmental regulations during the financial year.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT
Mirvac is committed to ensuring that its systems, procedures and 
practices reflect high standards of corporate governance. The Directors 
believe that a strong corporate governance framework is critical in 
fostering a culture that values ethical behaviour, integrity and respect, to 
protect securityholders’ and other stakeholders’ interests.

During the year ended 30 June 2019, Mirvac’s corporate governance 
framework was consistent with the third edition of the Corporate 
Governance Principles and Recommendations released by the ASX 
Corporate Governance Council.

Mirvac’s Corporate governance statement for the year ended 30 June 2019 
and copies or summaries of the Group policies referred to in it are published 
on Mirvac’s website at: www.mirvac.com/about/corporate-governance.

TAX GOVERNANCE STATEMENT
Mirvac has adopted the Board of Taxation’s Tax Transparency Code (TTC). 
As part of the TTC, Mirvac has published a Tax governance statement 
(TGS) which details Mirvac’s corporate structure and tax corporate 
governance systems. Mirvac’s TGS can be found on Mirvac’s website at: 
www.mirvac.com/about/corporate-governance.

FRAUD, BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
Mirvac has zero tolerance regarding fraud, bribery and corruption and 
requires all employees and service providers to adhere to the highest 
standards of honesty and integrity in the conduct of all its activities. Mirvac 
will uphold all laws relevant to countering fraud, bribery and corruption in 
the jurisdictions in which it operates.

Any allegation of a person from within or associated with Mirvac 
(notwithstanding the capacity in which they are acting), acting in a manner 
inconsistent with this statement will be treated seriously, regardless of 
the seniority of those involved. Disciplinary action including dismissal 
may result. Where it is believed that a criminal offence may have been 
committed, the police and other relevant bodies may be informed.

NON-AUDIT SERVICES
From time to time, Mirvac may engage its external auditor, 
PricewaterhouseCoopers, to perform services additional to their 
statutory audit duties. Details of the amounts paid or payable to 
PricewaterhouseCoopers for audit and non-audit services provided during 
the year ended 30 June 2019 are set out in note H5 to the consolidated 
financial statements.

In accordance with the advice received from the ARCC, the Board is 
satisfied that the provision of non-audit services is compatible with 
the general standard of independence for auditors imposed by the 
Corporations Act 2001 and did not compromise the auditor independence 
requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 for the following reasons:
 > all non-audit services were reviewed by the ARCC to ensure they did 

not affect the impartiality and objectivity of the auditor; and

 > none of the services undermined the general principles relating to 

auditor independence as set out in Accounting Professional & Ethical 
Standards 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, including 
reviewing or auditing the auditor’s own work, acting in a management 
or a decision-making capacity for the Group, acting as advocate for 
the Group or jointly sharing economic risk and rewards.

AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
A copy of the Auditor’s independence declaration as required under 
section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 is set out on page 73 and forms 
part of the Directors’ report.

ROUNDING OF AMOUNTS
The amounts in the consolidated financial statements have been rounded 
off to the nearest million (m) dollars in accordance with ASIC Corporations 
Instrument 2016/191.

This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz 
Director

Sydney 
8 August 2019

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Contents

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1  Message from the Human Resources Committee 

2  Who is covered by this report

3  Key questions

4  Our remuneration strategy and the link to business strategy

5  Executive KMP remuneration at Mirvac

6  How remuneration is structured

7  Business and executive remuneration outcomes

8  Summary of FY19 remuneration

9  Actual remuneration received in FY19

10  Total remuneration in FY19

11  LTI grants in FY19

12  Equity instrument disclosures relating to KMP

13  Other transactions with KMP

14  Service agreements for the Executive KMP

15  Governance and how remuneration decisions are made

16  Non-Executive Directors’ remuneration

17  Additional required disclosures

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1  MESSAGE FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE (HRC)

The HRC wishes to thank you for your support at last year’s AGM and 
for sharing your views on our remuneration practices and is pleased 
to present securityholders with the FY19 remuneration report. This 
report outlines Mirvac’s approach to remuneration for its executives and 
in particular the link between Mirvac’s strategy and its remuneration 
framework and the link between performance and reward, and 
remuneration outcomes for senior executives.

People and Culture – Key Highlights
The HRC has oversight of Mirvac’s People Strategy, Culture and key 
Human Resources practices, and Mirvac’s remuneration framework is an 
integral component of our People Strategy.

We have maintained an overall engagement score of 90 per cent in the Willis 
Towers Watson’s engagement survey. Our score places us well above the 
industry and Australian norms, and above the Global High Performing Norm, 
the highest external benchmark. The results show that:
 > 97 per cent of our people are willing to work beyond what is required of 

them to assist Mirvac to succeed;

 > 95 per cent of our people believe Mirvac is socially and environmentally 

responsible and has a positive impact on the community;

 > 94 per cent of our people believe Mirvac supports diversity in the 

workplace; and

 > 89 per cent of our people understand the risks in our business, are 
comfortable raising issues and know who to report the issues to.

The HRC recognises the growing focus on culture as a driver of employee 
behaviours and their impact on strategy execution and performance.

Mirvac’s values define our desired behaviours and culture and are 
measured via our annual employee survey. Pleasingly, this year’s survey 
found that:
 > 91 per cent of people believe Mirvac values are demonstrated through 

clear and visible actions by the employees; and 

 > 88 per cent believe management decisions are consistent with the values.

It has been great to see from the survey results that our people continue 
to understand and believe in our purpose and strategy, and that they are 
proud of the projects and services we are delivering for our customers. 
In addition to this, our people tell us that they value the work we do 
around health and safety, sustainability, diversity and inclusion, people 
leadership and flexibility. Some diversity and inclusion highlights include;

 > Mirvac has been awarded with the Employer of Choice for Gender 
Equality citation for the fifth year in a row. This prestigious citation 
acknowledges our ongoing commitment to gender equality;
the Group’s annual gender pay parity review showed that both the 
organisation-wide and the by-level gaps continue to decrease, and the 
like-for-like gender pay gap is zero for the third year;

 >

 > we continued to meet our target of women in senior leadership 

positions with more than 40 per cent of senior leadership roles held by 
women; and

 > we partnered with the GIANTS Foundation to launch the Mirvac Giant 
Leadership Goals Program. This program is aimed at growing the 
female talent pipeline by highlighting the career opportunities within 
the property industry and encouraging Year 9 females to consider 
selecting STEM subjects in high school.

More on our People Strategy and how this supports Mirvac’s performance 
can be found in the Our People section, page 30.

Reward Framework
Throughout FY19, the HRC continued to oversee the performance and 
remuneration of the CEO/MD and other Executive Leadership Team 
members, along with the Group remuneration framework and incentive 
schemes, ensuring that the financial reward balances performance 
with prudent risk-taking while also creating alignment between our 
securityholders and other stakeholders.

Mirvac’s remuneration framework reflects our commitment to deliver 
competitive remuneration for excellent performance in order to attract 
the best and motivate and retain talented individuals, while aligning the 
interests of executives and securityholders.

At the heart of our remuneration framework are:
 >

incentives based on financial measures and strategic objectives that 
reflect key goals critical to sustained organisational success;
 > consideration of business and operational risk through the 

design of performance objectives, clawbacks and the exercise of 
Board discretion;
incentives that align the interests of executives to those of 
securityholders;

 >

 > vesting periods for deferred incentives that reflect the time horizons 
over which Mirvac invests, while providing appropriate stretch and 
incentive for executives; 

 > best-practice governance and ensuring remuneration outcomes 
are reasonable taking into account community and stakeholder 
expectations

 > best-practice governance; and
 >

target remuneration levels and remuneration outcomes that 
appropriately reflect the challenge and complexity of being an active 
developer and of being an integrated diverse property company.

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Pay for Performance: Remuneration Outcomes for FY19
Mirvac delivered strong performance against key financial measures and key strategic objectives in FY19, including security price growth of 44 per cent 
over the 12 months.

Mirvac is now a leading property company recognised for its quality projects and assets; is trusted by investors (as indicated by the success of the capital 
raising in May 2019); has great people with exceptional employee engagement (90 per cent) and a culture that has become a source of competitive 
advantage; and, is a leader in sustainability (within the property sector and beyond).

The strong, sustained performance – both financial and non-financial – has translated into full vesting of the long-term incentives and above target 
short-term incentive outcomes. Combined with a 44 per cent securityprice increase over the last 12 months, this has resulted in increased actual earnings 
for our CEO/MD and other KMP. The Mirvac Board very strongly believes in aligning pay to performance and we believe the remuneration outcomes 
reflect this strong performance, outperforming the stretching targets that the Board sets for management each year.

2  WHO IS COVERED BY THIS REPORT

This report covers the key management personnel (KMP) of Mirvac, who are the people responsible for determining and executing Mirvac’s strategy. 
This includes both the Executive KMP (the CEO/MD, CFO and heads of business units who are part of the Executive Leadership Team) as well as 
Non-Executive Directors.

For FY19, the KMP were:

KMP

Non-Executive KMP
John Mulcahy
Christine Bartlett
Peter Hawkins
Jane Hewitt 1
James M. Millar AM
Samantha Mostyn
Peter Nash 2
John Peters
Elana Rubin

Executive KMP
Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
Brett Draffen
Shane Gannon
Campbell Hanan
Susan MacDonald
Stuart Penklis

Position

Chair
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director

CEO/MD
Chief Investment Officer
CFO
Head of Office & Industrial 
Head of Retail
Head of Residential

1.  Jane Hewitt joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 10 December 2018.
2.  Peter Nash joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 19 November 2018.

The information provided in this remuneration report has been audited as required by section 308(3C) of the Corporations Act 2001.

3  KEY QUESTIONS

Key questions

Mirvac approach

Remuneration in FY19
1  How is Mirvac’s performance 
reflected in this year’s 
remuneration outcomes?

Mirvac’s remuneration outcomes are strongly linked to the delivery of sustainable securityholder 
value over the short and long term.
Short term: Mirvac has delivered strong performance in terms of operating profit, ROIC and delivery of 
strategic objectives, and while not a measure on the Group STI scorecard, security price growth of 44 
per cent in 12 months. This has resulted in above-target performance on our balanced scorecard and a 
corresponding higher than usual payout of short-term incentives (STI).
Long term: The three-year performance period for the FY17 long-term incentives (LTI) completed 
on 30 June 2019. The FY17 LTI was divided into two components, with half tested against relative 
TSR and the other half tested against ROIC, both over a three-year period. Mirvac’s absolute TSR 
performance of 72.97 per cent was at the 88th percentile of the comparator group, resulting in 
vesting of 100 per cent of the relative TSR component. Mirvac’s ROIC performance of 11.3 per cent 
outperformed the stretch target of 10 per cent, resulting in 100 per cent vesting for this component. 
As a result, total vesting for the FY17 LTI award is 100 per cent. The Board is committed to ensuring 
executives’ remuneration links to the achievement of sustainable value for securityholders and 
therefore will continue to use relative TSR and ROIC for the FY20 LTI award for the KMP.

Term as KMP

Full Year
Full Year
Full Year
Part Year
Full Year
Full Year
Part Year
Full Year
Full Year

Full Year
Full Year
Full Year
Full Year
Full Year
Full Year

Further info

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Key questions

Mirvac approach

2  What changes have been made 
to the remuneration structure 
in FY19?

3  Are any changes planned for 

FY20?

Remuneration framework
4  Where does Mirvac’s remuneration 

sit relative to the market?

5  What proportion of 

remuneration is “at risk”?

6  Are there any clawback 
provisions for incentives?
7  What is Mirvac’s minimum 

securityholding requirement?

LTI: The performance measures continue to be relative TSR and ROIC for the FY19 LTI award for 
the KMP. The weighting of the performance measures was adjusted from 50:50 to 40 per cent 
for relative TSR and 60 per cent for ROIC. This re-weighting maintains focus on relative TSR, an 
important measure in aligning remuneration outcomes for Executives with securityholder outcomes, 
but increases focus on ROIC, which is the key long-term financial measure that underpins long-
term decision making and long-term value creation, and best aligns the LTI hurdles with Mirvac’s 
business and value-creation strategy.
The comparator group for relative TSR will also no longer include Aveo and Lendlease and only 
consist of the A-REIT constituents, so as to better align the peer group to the market in which we 
compete for capital.
There is also a change in the way in which the ROIC hurdle is set and measured. Taking into 
account the transition to a more normalised part of the property cycle, the Board believes that 
vesting of the ROIC component ought to commence on the achievement of Mirvac’s WACC, the 
point at which management creates value for securityholders, with full vesting on achieving a 
premium of 1.8 per cent outperformance of WACC, which represents both significant stretch and 
value creation for securityholders. So as not to encourage unnecessary risk-taking, 50 per cent 
of the award will vest one-third into the 1.8 per cent premium. That is, 50 per cent will vest upon 
0.6 per cent outperformance of WACC. The remaining 50 per cent of the award will vest over 
the remaining 1.2 per cent outperformance. After calculating the outcome based on the vesting 
schedule detailed above, the Board shall have +/-20 per cent discretion to adjust the vesting 
outcomes for the ROIC performance hurdle to ensure vesting outcomes reflect management’s 
performance over the performance period.
STI: There were no changes to STI methodology.
Operating profit: Mirvac’s definition of operating profit has been updated to include the security-
based payment expense. This change has been implemented to align with market practice (ASX 
top 20 and A-REIT).
Minimum securityholding requirement: The minimum securityholding requirement increased from:
 >
100 per cent to 150 per cent of fixed remuneration for the CEO/MD; and
 > 50 per cent to 100 per cent of fixed remuneration for other Executives.
Executives will have five years from the commencement of their role on the Executive Leadership 
Team, or for current Executives three years from 1 July 2018, to establish their Mirvac security 
ownership to the minimum.
Risk: We have incorporated more explicit consideration of risk and risk culture in determining 
Executives’ performance and reward outcomes, and for determining the Group STI pool.
Individual changes: Stuart Penklis, Head of Residential, received a fixed pay increase from $700,000 
to $800,000 per annum as at 1 July 2018.
While Mirvac generally does not provide year-on-year increases to senior executives’ fixed 
remuneration, the adjustment to Stuart’s remuneration was appropriate to bring him into line with 
the remuneration of Susan MacDonald and Campbell Hanan, aligning the target remuneration for 
the three Heads of businesses.
There were no increases to the fixed remuneration or total target remuneration for any other 
Executive KMP during FY19.
No, there are no significant changes planned for FY20. However, in line with previous years, the 
Board will review and adjust (if necessary) the threshold and stretch performance levels for the 
performance objectives applicable to the STI and LTI awards.

Fixed and variable pay are both aimed at the market median, with remuneration opportunities for 
outstanding performance extending up to the 75th percentile of the market
The majority of Executive KMP’s remuneration is based on performance and is therefore at risk. 
The remuneration package for the CEO/MD is 70 per cent performance related pay, and for other 
Executives the remuneration package is, on average, 58 per cent performance related pay.
Yes, the Board has the ability to claw back incentives in the event of a material financial 
misstatement, any misconduct that is, or may be, harmful to the Group, and/or gross negligence.
The minimum securityholding requirement is:
 >
 >
 > 50,000 securities for Non-Executive Directors.
Executives have five years from the commencement of their role on the Executive Leadership 
Team, or for current Executives five years from 1 July 2018, to establish their Mirvac security 
ownership to the minimum.
Non-Executive Directors have three years from their date of appointment to the Board, or for Non-
Executive Directors who were appointed to the Board prior to FY18 three years from 12 December 
2017, to acquire securities up to the minimum.

150 per cent of fixed remuneration for the CEO/MD;
100 per cent of fixed remuneration for other Executives; and

Further info

Section 6
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Section 6
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Section 6
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Section 5
Page 58

Section 6
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Section 12
Page 68
Section 16
Page 71

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019Key questions

Mirvac approach

Short term incentives (STI)
8  Are any STI payments 

deferred?

Yes, 25 per cent of STI for Executive KMP are awarded as rights over Mirvac securities, half of which 
vest in one year and half in two years. If the Executive resigns before the vesting period ends, the 
rights do not vest and are forfeited.

9  Are STI payments capped?

Yes, an Executive’s STI is capped at double their STI target, achievable only in circumstances of 
both exceptional individual and Group performance.

Long-term incentives (LTI)
10  What are the performance 
measures for the LTI?

11  Does the LTI have re-testing?

12  Are dividends/distributions paid 

on unvested LTI awards?

13 

Is the size of LTI grants 
increased in light of 
performance conditions?

14  Can LTI participants hedge 

their unvested LTI?

15  Does Mirvac buy securities 
or issue new securities for 
security-based awards?

16  Does Mirvac issue 
share options?

Executive service agreements
17  What is the maximum 

an executive can receive 
on termination?

For the FY19 LTI award, performance is measured over a three-year period with 40 per cent of the 
award subject to relative TSR and 60 per cent of the award subject to ROIC, with the Board having 
over-arching discretion to ensure vesting outcomes are appropriately aligned to performance.
For the FY17 and FY18 awards, performance is measured over a three-year period with 50 
per cent of the award subject to relative TSR and 50 per cent of the award subject to ROIC, 
with the Board having over-arching discretion to ensure vesting outcomes are appropriately 
aligned to performance.
No, there is no re-testing.

No, dividends/distributions are not paid on unvested LTI awards. This ensures that Executives 
are only rewarded when performance hurdles have been achieved at the end of the performance 
period.
No, there is no adjustment to reflect the performance conditions. The grant price for allocation 
purposes is not reduced based on performance conditions. Mirvac uses a ‘face value methodology’ 
for allocating performance rights to each Executive KMP, being the average security price for the 
month leading up to grant, discounted for the assumed value of dividends and distributions not 
paid during the three-year performance period.
No, this is prohibited.

For deferred STI awards, securities are purchased on-market. For LTI awards, the Board has 
discretion to issue new securities or buy existing securities on-market.

No, Mirvac uses performance rights for the deferred STI and LTI awards.

Executive KMP termination entitlements are limited to 12 months’ fixed remuneration.

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Further info

Section 5
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4  OUR REMUNERATION STRATEGY AND THE LINK TO BUSINESS STRATEGY
Mirvac’s remuneration strategy is designed to support and reinforce its business strategy. The at-risk components of remuneration are tied to measures 
that reflect the successful execution of our business strategy in both the short and long term.

Our strategic drivers are reflected in STI performance measures and LTI performance measures. So, Mirvac’s actual performance directly affects what 
executives are paid.

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Our strategic drivers…

Are reflected in STI 
performance measures…

And LTI performance 
measures…

Result…

Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
Measures the performance of Mirvac 
securities over time, relative to other entities 
in a comparison group.

Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Reflects how efficiently Mirvac is using its 
assets to generate earnings. It is calculated 
by dividing Total Return by average Invested 
Capital over the 3-year period.

Reflects the alignment 
of business strategy to 
create sustainable value 
for securityholders.

Operating Profit
Reflects how much revenue the business has generated for the year, 
less operating costs and represents a key driver of securityholder value.

Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Reflects how efficiently Mirvac is using its assets to generate earnings. It is 
calculated by dividing total return by average invested capital over 12 months.

Ensures management delivers on core initiatives 
relating to Group strategy and operating model. 
Measures include performance against Group or 
divisional specific initiatives and/or integrated projects.

Represents how well Mirvac is meeting the expectations of key 
external stakeholders.

Measures include retail customer, office tenant and residential 
customer satisfaction surveys, as well as qualitative feedback 
from key institutional investors and third party capital investors.

There is a strong correlation between high levels of 
employee engagement and a positive culture delivering 
securityholder returns.

Measures include engagement, key talent retention, gender 
diversity and flexibility targets.

A culture of innovation will drive and safeguard long 
term securityholder returns.

Measures include performance against agreed 
innovation missions.

Mirvac is committed to providing a safe workplace 
for its employees, suppliers and communities and 
to ensuring its activities do not have an adverse 
impact on the environment.

Measure include lost time injury frequency rate, total 
recordable injury frequency rate, timely incident 
reporting and sustainability targets.

Provide customers and investors an experience 
that delivers excellence, consistently exceeds 
expectations and engenders loyalty.

Have an engaged and motivated workforce 
with superior skills and capabilities.

Be recognised as a leader in 
sustainability. Provide workplaces 
free from harm and supported by 
a culture where safety remains 
an absolute priority.

1.  Consistent with the financial statements disclosures, the FY18 operating profit has been updated from $580m to $608m as a result of the 1 July 2018 operating profit definition change.

Capital efficiency and financial performanceOperational excellenceInnovation leadershipHSE&S leadershipCustomer and investor satisfactionPeople & LeadershipMIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201957

Directly affects what 
executives are paid

Mirvac’s actual performance… 
Measures include

From FY17-FY19
>  Mirvac’s absolute TSR performance of 72.97 per cent was at the 88th 

percentile relative to its comparator group.

>  Mirvac’s average annual ROIC was 11.3% over the period.

In FY19
>  Operating profit was $631m, up from $608m 1 in FY18.
>  ROIC was 10.1% down from 11.4% in FY18.

Capital partnerships
>  sold down a 50% interest in Calibre at Eastern Creek to the Mirvac Industrial Logistics Partnership (MILP), 

a partnership between Mirvac and a vehicle sponsored by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, August 2018

>  facilitated the acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in 10-20 Bond Street, Sydney by an investment vehicle sponsored 

by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI), in March 2019.

>  acquired a 14-hectare, future industrial estate and logistics hub at Manchester Road, Auburn, Sydney from PAYCE 
for $94.2 million in June 2019. The acquisition is a joint venture with an investment vehicle sponsored by Morgan 
Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI).

Overall a successful year for operational excellence initiatives in terms delivering new capabilities and 
functionality within budget. Key initiatives and agreed outcomes for delivered successfully throughout FY19.

Customer satisfaction targets set for each of our key divisions were exceeded.

Continued positive feedback being received from investors on our delivery of our strategy. 

People & Leadership targets set were either met or exceeded.
>  Maintained employee engagement score of 90%, placing Mirvac above the Global High Performing Norm, the survey’s highest external benchmark (target >GHPN).
>  43% of senior leadership positions held by females (target >40%).
>  75% of employees have some sort of flexible arrangement in place, evenly spread across both males and females (target >75%).
>  Our continued strategic focus on gender balance is having a positive impact on gender pay parity, the organisation-wide pay 
and by-level gaps continue to decrease and the like-for-like gender pay gap is zero for the third year (target = 0 like-for-like).

>  Attrition of employees identified as key talent is 4 per cent, which is well within range of less than 10 per cent (target >90% retention).

The Hatch innovation program is a platform to facilitate a strategic approach to innovation at Mirvac and ensure it is supported by a 
robust innovation process, funding, resources, and innovation strategy. Some of the mission highlights for FY19:
>  3 start-ups created by intrapreneurs focused across the following industries: construction tech, agri-tech (Cultivate) and retail 

(The Third Space). One initiative spun out with a Mirvac employee as co-founder;

>  Strengthened Mirvac’s innovation culture via 25 per cent of the workforce trained in our Hatch methodology and involvement 

with over 60 business projects;

>  Reinforced Mirvac’s customer centric culture with over 2,200 customer interactions aimed at solving ‘jobs to be done’ and pain points.

Sustainability
The Group achieved a sustainability score of 
93 per cent against a hurdle of 80 per cent. 
Following the refresh of the sustainability 
strategy in FY18, each division focused on 
the ESG areas that align with their social and 
environmental impacts and capabilities. This 
has enabled progress on key areas, including: 
>  Launching Mirvac’s first Social Return on 
Investment (SROI) report and distributing 
that report to ESG-interested investors 

>  Developing Mirvac’s community 

engagement standard 

>  A significant increase in community investment 

reporting and for-purpose procurement 

>  Launching Planet Positive, Mirvac’s plan to 

reach net positive in carbon by 2030 

>  Understanding enterprise-wide climate risk and 
reporting under the Task Force on Climate-
related Financial Disclosures framework 
>  Preparing to manage modern slavery and 

other human rights issues in the supply chain. 

The focused approach has been well-received by 
the market through ongoing recognition of our 
ESG performance, with Macquarie Bank rating 
MGR in the top performance quintile, CGI Glass 
Lewis naming Mirvac an ESG leader, and JPM 
ranking Mirvac the number 1 ESG company in 
Australia in their ESGQ Australia ladder.

Mirvac won various sustainability 
awards, including: 
>  Two PCA Innovation and Excellence Awards, 
including the award for Best Sustainable 
Development for the EY Centre, and the 
Best Sustainable Development – Existing 
Buildings for 23 Furzer Street 

>  2018 Green Globe Built Environment Award, 
in recognition of the Bay Centre, Pyrmont 

Mirvac also achieved a number of 
industry leading sustainability ratings 
in its office portfolio, including: 
>  1 Darling Island, Pyrmont – 

6 Star NABERS Energy rating, 
without the use of GreenPower 

>  200 George Street, Sydney – 

6 Star Green Star Performance rating 

>  275 Kent Street, Sydney – 
a recertified 6 Star Green 
Star Performance rated building 

HSE
Mirvac’s thorough and proactive approach 
to safety resulted in another year of positive 
results in FY19. We have continued to see a 
steady improvement of both the lost time 
injury frequency rate (LTIFR) and the critical 
incident frequency rate (CIFR). More details 
can be found in the Safety section, page 32.

LTI vesting outcome for Executive KMP in FY19 = 100% of targetAverage STI in FY19 for other eligible Executives FY19 = 131% of targetCEO/MD STI outcome in FY19 = 128% of target58

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5  EXECUTIVE KMP REMUNERATION AT MIRVAC
Mirvac’s executive remuneration approach is strongly performance focused. A significant proportion of executive remuneration is based on sustained 
performance, aligned with the business strategy.

Executive remuneration at Mirvac is:
 > performance based:

 >
 >

the remuneration package for the CEO/MD is 70 per cent performance related pay;
the remuneration package for other Executive KMP is, on average, 58 per cent performance related pay; and
is therefore at risk;

 > equity focused:

 > 52 per cent of the CEO/MD’s total remuneration is paid in equity; and
 > about one-third of other Executive KMP members’ total remuneration is paid in equity;

 > encouraging an ownership mindset: as a minimum securityholding:

the CEO/MD is required to hold 150 per cent of fixed remuneration as Mirvac securities; and

 >
 > all other Executive KMP are required to hold 100 per cent of their fixed remuneration as Mirvac securities; and

 > multi-year focused:

 > 50 per cent of STI deferral is subject to a one-year holding lock and the remaining 50 per cent to a two-year holding lock; and
 > LTI performance is measured over a three-year period.

The graphs below set out the remuneration structure and mix for the CEO/MD and other Executive KMP members at Mirvac:

CEO/MD

Performance Dependent

Fixed remuneration 
30%

Target STI 
24%

Maximum LTI 2 
46%

Cash 
18%

Deferred 1
6%

Relative TSR 
(40% of award) 
18%

ROIC 
(60% of award) 
28%

Other Executive KMP

Performance Dependent

Fixed remuneration 
42%

Target STI 
31%

Cash  
23%

Maximum LTI 2 
27%

Deferred 1 
8%

Relative TSR 
(40% of award) 
11%

ROIC 
(60% of award) 
16%

1.  Deferred STI: 50 per cent deferred for 12 months and 50 per cent deferred for 24 months. Subject to clawback.
2.  LTI granted as performance rights with performance measured over a three-year period. Subject to clawback.

6  HOW REMUNERATION IS STRUCTURED
MARKET POSITIONING OF FIXED AND TOTAL REMUNERATION

Mirvac has adopted a market positioning strategy designed to attract and retain talented employees, and to reward them for delivering strong 
performance. The market positioning strategy also supports fair and equitable outcomes between employees.

Fixed remuneration acts as a base-level reward for a competent level of performance. It includes cash, compulsory superannuation and any salary-
sacrificed items (including fringe benefits tax). Fixed remuneration at Mirvac is targeted at the median (50th percentile), with flexibility based on:
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > market pay levels for comparable roles.

the size and complexity of the role;
the criticality of the role to successful execution of the business strategy;
role accountabilities;
skills and experience of the individual; and

Total target remuneration (being fixed remuneration, STI and LTI) is positioned at the median (50th percentile), with the opportunity to earn total 
remuneration up to the upper quartile (75th percentile) in the event that both the individual and the business exceed stretch targets.

When determining the relevant market for each role, Mirvac considers the companies from which it sources talent, and to whom it could potentially lose 
talent. From time to time, the Board engages its independent remuneration advisor to provide remuneration benchmarking data as input into setting 
remuneration for Executive KMP. Refer section 15, Page 70.

For business roles
 > primary comparison group: A-REIT, plus Lendlease; and
 >

secondary comparison group: general industry with a similar market capitalisation (50 per cent to 200 per cent of Mirvac’s 12-month average 
market capitalisation).

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For corporate roles
 > primary comparison group: general industry with a similar market capitalisation (50 per cent to 200 per cent of Mirvac’s 12-month average market 

capitalisation). The use of general industry reflects the greater transferability of skills for these roles; and
secondary comparison group: specific peers in the A-REIT, plus Lendlease.

 >

STI: HOW DOES IT WORK?

Purpose
Eligibility

Target, minimum 
and maximum STI 
opportunity
Group STI scorecard/
pool funding

Motivate and reward employees for contributing to the delivery of annual business performance.
All permanent Mirvac employees are eligible to participate in the STI plan, subject to having more than three months’ active service 
during the financial year and remaining employed on, or not having provided notice of termination before, the award date.
A target STI is set for each individual, which will be earned if Group and individual performance meets the stretch targets. Actual 
STI awards depend on Group and individual performance but can range from zero up to the maximum of 200 per cent of the 
target opportunity.
Gateway: Group operating profit must be at least 90 per cent of plan before any STI payments are made.
The STI pool funding is calculated based on operating profit and ROIC (both with 50 per cent weighting) and moderated by the 
Board, based on achievement of strategic objectives. The targets for the individual strategic objectives are not disclosed as some are 
commercially sensitive; however, our performance against targets will be disclosed retrospectively as we have done this year on pages 
56 and 57. The objectives are quantitative in nature and are set in line with the short- and medium-term strategic objectives.

Category

Financial 
measures

Measure

Rationale for using

Measurement

Operating 
profit

ROIC

Reflects the underlying performance 
of Mirvac’s core business operations 
and represents a key driver of 
securityholder value.
Reflects how efficiently Mirvac is using 
its assets to generate earnings.

For both financial performance measures on 
the Group STI scorecard, a threshold, plan 
and stretch goal is set at the start of the 
financial year, with the outcome calculated 
based on the following scale:

Performance level

Group STI score 
% target


 > 25 per cent of any STI award is deferred into performance rights over Mirvac securities (granted on the same date as the 
cash payment is made). The rights vest in two tranches: 50 per cent after one year and 50 per cent after two years. If the 
deferred rights vest, entitlements are satisfied by the purchase of existing securities on-market. Executives are expected 
to retain the resulting securities they receive until they satisfy the minimum securityholding guidelines.

75 per cent is paid as cash; and

The deferred portion of a STI award is forfeited if an employee resigns or is dismissed for performance reasons prior to the 
vesting date. Unvested deferred STI awards may be retained if an employee leaves due to circumstances such as retirement, 
redundancy, agreed transfer to an investment partner, total and permanent disablement or death.
The policy gives the Board the ability to claw back incentives in the event of a material financial misstatement, any misconduct 
that is, or may be, harmful to the Group, and/or gross negligence.
Consistent with the Corporations Act 2001, participants are prohibited from hedging their unvested performance rights.

LTI: HOW DOES IT WORK?

Purpose

Eligibility

Instrument

LTI opportunity

Grant value/ price

Performance period

Performance hurdles

Assist in attracting and retaining the required executive talent; focus executive attention on driving sustainable long-term 
growth; and align the interests of executives with those of securityholders.
LTI grants are generally restricted to those Executives who are most able to influence securityholder value. Non-Executive 
Directors are not eligible to participate in the LTI plan.
Awards under this plan are made in the form of performance rights. A performance right is a right to acquire one fully paid 
Mirvac security provided a specified performance hurdle is met.
No dividends/distributions are paid on unvested LTI awards. This ensures that Executives are only rewarded when performance 
hurdles have been achieved at the end of the performance period.
The maximum LTI opportunity during FY19 was equivalent to:
>  150 per cent of fixed remuneration for the CEO/MD; and
>  50 per cent to 90 per cent of fixed remuneration for other Executive KMP.
Mirvac uses a ‘face value methodology’ for allocating performance rights to each Executive KMP, being the average security 
price for the month leading up to grant, discounted for the assumed value of dividends and distributions not paid during the 
three-year performance period.
The grant price for allocation purposes is not reduced based on performance conditions.
Performance is measured over a three-year period. The FY19 grant has a performance period commencing 1 July 2018 and 
ending 30 June 2021. 
The HRC reviews the performance conditions annually to determine the appropriate hurdles based on Mirvac’s strategy and 
prevailing market practice. Two performance measures apply to the LTI grants made during FY19:
Relative TSR (40 per cent of the LTI allocation)
Relative TSR is used because it is an objective measure of securityholder value creation and is widely understood and accepted 
by the various key stakeholders.
Mirvac’s TSR performance is measured relative to a comparison group consisting of Mirvac’s primary market competitors (the 
A-REIT) as this is aligned to the peer group in which we compete for capital.
ROIC (60 per cent of the LTI allocation)
ROIC is used because it is aligned to Mirvac’s strategic drivers, in particular financial performance and capital efficiency.
ROIC is calculated as Total Return divided by average Invested Capital.
Taking into account the transition to a more normalised part of the property cycle, the Board believes that vesting of the 
ROIC component ought to commence on the achievement of Mirvac’s WACC, the point at which management create value 
for securityholders, with full vesting on achieving a premium of 1.8 per cent outperformance of WACC, which represents both 
significant stretch and value creation for securityholders. So as not to encourage unnecessary risk-taking, 50 per cent of the 
award will vest one-third into the 1.8 per cent premium. That is, 50 per cent will vest upon 0.6 per cent outperformance of WACC. 
The remaining 50 per cent of the award will vest over the remaining 1.2 per cent outperformance. After calculating the outcome 
based on the vesting schedule detailed above, the Board shall have +/-20 per cent discretion to adjust the vesting outcomes for 
the ROIC performance hurdle to ensure vesting outcomes reflect management’s performance over the performance period.

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Vesting schedule

Relative TSR

ROIC

Relative TSR  
(percentile)

< 50th
50th

>50th to 75th 

Percentage of TSR-tested 
rights to vest

Average annual
ROIC (%)

Percentage of ROIC-tested 
rights to vest

Nil
50%

Pro-rata between 50%  
and 100%
100%

< WACC
Between WACC and  
WACC + 0.6%
Between WACC + 0.6%  
and WACC + 1.8%
> WACC + 1.8%

Nil
Pro-rata between 0%  
and 50%
Pro-rata between 50%  
and 100%
100%

75th and above
Vesting of LTI grants is dependent on achieving relative TSR performance and ROIC targets over a three-year period, with the 
Board having over-arching discretion to ensure vesting outcomes are appropriately aligned to performance.
The performance rights will automatically exercise if and when the Board determines the performance conditions are achieved. If 
the performance rights vest, entitlements are satisfied by either an allotment of new securities to participants or by the purchase 
of existing securities on-market. Any performance rights that do not vest at the end of the performance period will lapse. There 
is no re-testing.

Executive KMP members will be expected to retain the resulting securities until they satisfy the minimum securityholding guidelines.
Resignation or dismissal: all unvested performance rights are forfeited.
Retirement, redundancy, agreed transfer to an investment partner, total and permanent disablement or death: the HRC 
determines the number of rights which will lapse or are retained, subject to both the original performance period and hurdles.
Change of control event: the Board, in its absolute discretion, determines the number of performance rights that vest, if any, 
taking into account the performance from the date of grant to the event.
The policy gives the Board the ability to claw back incentives in the event of a material financial misstatement, any misconduct 
that is, or may be, harmful to the Group, and/or gross negligence.
Dilution that may result from securities being issued under Mirvac’s LTI plan is capped at the limit set out in ASIC Class Order 
14/1000, which provides that the number of unissued securities under those plans must not exceed 5 per cent of the total 
number of securities of that class as at the time of the relevant offer.
Consistent with the Corporations Act 2001, participants are prohibited from hedging their unvested performance rights.

Vesting/
delivery

Termination/
forfeiture

Clawback
policy
Dilution

Hedging

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7  BUSINESS AND EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION OUTCOMES
HOW THE GROUP’S PERFORMANCE HAS TRANSLATED INTO STI AWARDS

Mirvac’s financial performance directly affects the STI awards in two ways:
 >

the STI pool has a gateway requirement of Group operating profit being 
at least 90 per cent of target; and
the Group’s STI scorecard has two financial measures, each worth 
50 per cent of the total pool: operating profit and ROIC.

 >

Performance was strong across the Group in FY19, with operating profit and 
ROIC outperforming targets set by the Board. The Group’s STI scorecard of 
125 per cent (of a potential 150 per cent) reflects the strong financial results. 
In addition, the security price increased by 44 per cent and management 
executed the successful capital raising.

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This graph shows how the average STI outcome for all employees has been 
closely tied to performance on these two measures.

Financial performance in each case is expressed as a percentage of the 
business target set for the year, while the STI outcome represents the average 
STI award to participants that year as a percentage of target.

The diagram below sets out Mirvac’s performance and the resulting STI outcomes:

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120%

100%

80%

60%

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FY17

FY18

FY19

Operating profit 

ROIC

STI score

Operating earnings per stapled security

Gateway achieved (over 90% of target operating profit achieved)
▼

 Operating 
 profit
(50%)

+

ROIC
(50%)

+

Strategic 
objectives

The HRC approved a Group STI score of 125% of target (from a maximum potential pool of 150% of target) 
FY19 cash STI pool – $34 million (5.4% of Mirvac’s operating profit)

▼

Fixed 
Remuneration

X

Individual 
STI target

X

Group STI score 
(0-150%)

X

Individual 
 STI score 
(0-150%)

▼

=

Individual STI 
award (capped at 
200% of target)

Each Executive KMP is awarded an individual STI score between zero and 150% of their target. Scores are based  
on an assessment of their performance for the year against their individual objectives.

HOW THE GROUP’S PERFORMANCE HAS TRANSLATED INTO LTI AWARDS

Mirvac’s financial and security price performance directly affects the vesting of the LTI awards. For the FY17 award:
 > half of the LTI is subject to a relative TSR performance measure; and
 >

the remaining half is subject to a ROIC performance measure.

Vesting of LTI grants is dependent on achieving relative TSR performance and ROIC targets over a three-year period, with the Board having over-arching 
discretion to ensure vesting outcomes are appropriately aligned to performance.

The three years to 30 June 2019 saw strong performance against both measures for the FY17 award:
 > Mirvac’s absolute TSR performance of 72.97 per cent was at the 88th percentile of the comparator group, resulting in vesting of 100 per cent of the 

 >

relative TSR component;
the Group ROIC performance was 11.3 per cent which outperformed the stretch target of 10 per cent resulting in 100 per cent vesting of the ROIC 
component; and

 > as a result, total vesting for the FY17 award is 100 per cent.

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The diagram below sets out the Group’s performance and the resulting LTI outcomes for the Executive KMP:

FY17 LTI grants to eligible participants and relative TSR and ROIC performance hurdles are set
▼

30 June 2019: three-year performance period ends for the FY17 grants and performance is measured for relative TSR and ROIC
▼

MIRVAC’S SECURITY PRICE AND DISTRIBUTIONS 
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS

MIRVAC TSR (1 JULY 2016 TO 30 JUNE 2019)

RELATIVE TSR

$450

$400

$350

$300

$250

$200

$150

$100

$50

$0

$4.0

$3.0

$2.0

$1.0

$0.0

FY15

FY16
Distributions ($m) 

FY17

FY18

FY19

Security price at 30 June ($)

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

-20%

30 Jun 16

31 Dec 16 30 June 17

31 Dec 17

30 June 18 31 Dec 18

30 Jun 19

MGR

25th Percentile

50th Percentile

75th Percentile

Mirvac’s absolute TSR performance of 72.97 per cent was at the 88th percentile of the comparator group.

100 per cent of the performance rights linked to the relative TSR measure vested

+

ROIC

ROIC PERFORMANCE

MIRVAC’S ROIC PERFORMANCE OVER THE THREE YEARS

Mirvac’s ROIC has been consistent over  
the past three years:
 > FY17 exceeded the threshold;
 > FY18 exceeded the threshold; and
 > FY19 exceeded the threshold.
Mirvac’s average annual ROIC over the three-year performance 
period was 11.3 per cent, resulting in the stretch target being exceeded.

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14

12

10

8

6

4

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Stretch 10%

Threshold 9%

12.4%

11.4%

10.1%

11.3%

FY17

FY18

FY19

3 year average

100 per cent of the performance rights linked to the ROIC measure vested

=

100 per cent of the total FY17 LTI award vested

 
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EXECUTIVE KMP VESTING OUTCOMES FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS

A summary of vesting under Mirvac’s performance-based equity grants that have vested in the last three years is shown in the following table:

Grant year

FY15
FY16
FY17

Performance hurdle

Relative TSR and ROIC
Relative TSR and ROIC
Relative TSR and ROIC

Performance 
period

3 years
3 years
3 years

Performance 
period ended

30 June 2017
30 June 2018
30 June 2019

PAST FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

The table below provides summary information on the Group’s earnings and securityholders’ wealth for the five years to 30 June 2019:

Profit attributable to the stapled securityholders of Mirvac ($m)
Operating profit ($m) 1
Distributions paid ($m)
Security price at 30 June ($)
Operating earnings per stapled security (EPS) – diluted (cents)
Statutory EPS – basic (cents)

FY19

1,019
631
440
3.13
17.1
27.6

FY18

1,089
608
408
2.17
15.6
29.4

FY17

1,164
534
386
2.13
14.4
31.4

FY16

1,033
482
355
2.02
13.0
27.9

Vested %

50
84
100

FY15

610
455
336
1.85
12.3
16.5

1.   Consistent with the financial statements disclosures, the FY18 operating profit has been updated to $608m as a result of the 1 July 2018 operating profit definition change.

8  SUMMARY OF FY19 REMUNERATION
Strong financial performance and sound capital management are reflected in above-target STI payouts for Executive KMP in FY19. The performance 
period for the FY17 LTI award ended on 30 June 2019. Vesting of 100 per cent reflects the strong results in both the relative TSR and ROIC performance.

CEO/MD remuneration

Fixed and total target  
remuneration

STI

LTI

Non-Executive Director fees

The CEO/MD’s remuneration was not changed during FY19.
Remuneration for the CEO/MD in the table in section 9 increased from $5.9m to $7.0m in FY19 due to 100 per cent 
vesting of the FY17 LTI award v 84 per cent vesting of the FY16 award, and the increase in security price ($3.13 at 
30 June 2019 v $2.17 at 30 June 2018).
The CEO/MD has not had an increase to her fixed remuneration since she commenced in 2012.
The Board recognises and thanks the CEO/MD for her exceptional leadership over the short- and long-term 
(FY19 highlights including financial and non-financial performance, success of the capital raising, 44% security 
price increase over the last 12 months, sustaining the Mirvac culture and employee engagement at 90%, and 
quality projects that are Reimagining Urban Life). And as a result, the Board is pleased to see her rewarded for her 
exceptional leadership through 100% vesting of her FY17 LTI and an above target STI outcome for FY19.
Stuart Penklis received a fixed pay increase from $700,000 to $800,000 per annum as at 1 July 2018.
There were no increases to the fixed remuneration or total target remuneration for any other Executive KMP 
during FY19. 
Strong results across all operating metrics resulted in an above-target STI pool of 125 per cent, down from 
130 per cent in FY18.
The STI pool in FY19 was driven by:
 > operating profit increasing to $631m from $608m 1 in FY18;
 > ROIC performance of 10.1 per cent down from 11.4 per cent in FY18; and
 >
strong performance against the scorecard of the strategic objectives.
The STI pool was lower despite strong overall performance of the Group reflecting increasingly stretching targets 
set by the HRC.
Vesting of LTI grants is dependent on achieving relative TSR performance and ROIC targets over a three-year 
period, with the Board having over-arching discretion to ensure vesting outcomes are appropriately aligned to 
performance.
The three years to 30 June 2019 saw strong performance against both measures for the FY17 award. Mirvac’s 
absolute TSR performance of 72.97 per cent was at the 88th percentile of the comparator group, resulting in vesting 
of 100 per cent of the relative TSR component. The Group ROIC performance was 11.3 per cent which outperformed
the stretch target of 10 per cent, resulting in 100 per cent vesting of the ROIC component. As a result, total vesting 
for the FY17 award was 100 per cent.
No changes.

1.   Consistent with the financial statements disclosures, the FY18 operating profit has been updated to $608m as a result of the 1 July 2018 operating profit definition change.

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9  ACTUAL REMUNERATION RECEIVED IN FY19
The following table sets out the actual value of the remuneration received by Executive KMP members during the year.

The figures in this table are different from those shown in the accounting table in section 10 which includes an apportioned accounting value for all 
unvested STI and LTI grants during the year (some of which remain subject to satisfaction of performance and service conditions and may not ultimately 
vest). The table below, on the other hand, shows the:

cash STI: the cash portion of STI payments to be made in September 2019 in recognition of performance during FY19;
deferred STI vested: the value of the deferred STI from prior years that vested in FY19 (being the number of rights that vested multiplied by the security 
price on the vesting date); and

LTI vested: the value of performance rights whose performance period ended 30 June 2019 (being the number of performance rights that vested 
multiplied by the security price on 28 June 2019, being the last business day of the performance period).

Actual remuneration received in FY19

Executive KMP

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz

Brett Draffen 2

Shane Gannon

Campbell Hanan 3

Susan MacDonald 4,5

Stuart Penklis 6,7

Fixed
 remuneration
$

Cash
STI
$

Deferred STI
 vested
$

1,500,000
1,500,000
950,000
950,000
900,000
900,000
800,000
800,000
800,000
775,000
800,000
700,000

1,153,125
1,199,250
740,625
770,250
703,125
731,250
553,125
575,250
553,125
558,188
553,125
507,000

467,100
514,572
308,984
349,028
293,329
291,485
230,703
105,091
203,301
199,757
82,843
—

Year

FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18

LTI
vested
$

3,890,881
2,680,427
1,478,534
1,018,623
1,400,716
965,010
691,711
—
605,248
416,980
345,856
238,273

Other 1
$

24,716
24,585
15,451
15,307
14,365
14,618
12,447
12,953
14,100
12,953
12,175
10,520

Total
$

7,035,822
5,918,834
3,493,594
3,103,208
3,311,535
2,902,363
2,287,986
1,493,294
2,175,774
1,962,878
1,793,999
1,455,793

Includes long service leave accrued during the year.
In FY18, Brett Draffen elected to purchase additional leave: the amount shown above reflects fixed remuneration before deducting the purchased leave.
In FY18, Campbell Hanan took a period of unpaid leave; the amount shown above reflects fixed remuneration before deducting the unpaid leave period.
In both FY19 and FY18, Susan MacDonald elected to purchase additional leave: the amount shown above reflects fixed remuneration before deducting the purchased leave.

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5.  Susan MacDonald received a fixed remuneration increase from $700,000 to $800,000 per annum effective 1 October 2017.
6. 
7.  Stuart Penklis received a fixed remuneration increase from $700,000 to $800,000 per annum effective 1 July 2018.

In FY18, Stuart Penklis cashed out $78,000 of annual leave; the amount shown above reflects fixed remuneration before the addition of the cashed out leave.

EXECUTIVE KMP STI AWARDS IN FY19

The following table shows the actual STI outcomes (including any deferred component) for each of the Executive KMP for FY19:

Executive KMP

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
Brett Draffen
Shane Gannon
Campbell Hanan
Susan MacDonald
Stuart Penklis

STI target % of 
fixed remuneration

STI max % of 
fixed remuneration

Actual STI 
% max

STI forfeited 
% max

Actual STI 
(total) $

80
80
80
70
70
70

160
160
160
140
140
140

64
65
65
66
66
66

36
35
35
34
34
34

1,537,500
987,500
937,500
737,500
737,500
737,500

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10  TOTAL REMUNERATION IN FY19
The following table shows the total remuneration for members of the Executive KMP for FY18 and FY19. These disclosures are calculated in accordance 
with the accounting standards and accordingly differ from the information presented in the actual remuneration received in FY19 table in section 9.

Short term benefits

Post-
employment

Security based payments

Other long term 
benefits

Executive KMP

Susan Lloyd-
Hurwitz

Brett Draffen 6

Shane Gannon

Campbell Hanan 7

Susan 
MacDonald 8 

Stuart Penklis 9

Cash salary 
and fees 1
$

1,479,469

1,479,951

920,447

847,852

879,469

879,951

779,469

754,554

764,084

741,105

726,088

677,258

Year

FY19

FY18

FY19

FY18

FY19

FY18

FY19

FY18

FY19

FY18

FY19

FY18

Cash STI 2
$

1,153,125

1,199,250

740,625

770,250

703,125

731,250

553,125

575,250

553,125

558,188

553,125

507,000

Non-cash
 benefits 3
$

Super-
annuation
 contributions
$

274

—

9,132

9,022

116

—

—

—

1,226

—

53,493

80,770

20,531

20,049

20,531

20,049

20,531

20,049

20,531

20,049

20,531

20,049

20,531

20,049

Value of 
LTI rights 4
$

1,723,182

1,926,221

654,809

731,979

620,345

693,454

306,344

221,423

290,517

311,492

231,186

206,777

Value of
 Deferred 
STI rights 4
$

421,561

416,725

270,890

270,633

257,193

256,965

202,402

207,923

197,895

185,660

175,782

117,813

Long service
 leave 5
$

Termination
 benefits
 $

Total
 remuneration
$

Performance
 related
 remuneration
% of total
 remuneration

24,442

24,585

15,341

15,307

14,249

14,618

12,447

12,953

12,874

12,953

12,062

10,520

— 4,822,584

—

—

—

5,066,781

2,631,775

2,665,092

— 2,495,028

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2,596,287

1,874,318

1,792,152

1,840,252

1,829,447

1,772,267

1,620,187

68%

70%

63%

67%

63%

65%

57%

56%

57%

58%

54%

51%

1.  Cash salary and fees includes accrued annual leave paid out as part of salary.
2.  STI payments relate to cash portion of STI awards accrued for the relevant year, payable September 2019.
3.  Non-cash benefits include salary-sacrificed benefits and related FBT where applicable.
4.  Valuation of rights is conducted by an independent advisor.
5.  Long service leave relates to amounts accrued during the year.
6. 

In FY18, Brett Draffen elected to purchase additional leave. The amount shown above reflects the accounting expense relating to cash salary and is therefore net of any purchased leave amounts. There was 
no change to fixed remuneration.
In FY18, Campbell Hanan took a period of unpaid leave. The amount shown above reflects the accounting expense relating to cash salary and is therefore net of any unpaid leave period. There was no 
change to fixed remuneration.
In both FY19 and FY18, Susan MacDonald elected to purchase additional leave. The amount shown above reflects the accounting expense relating to cash salary and is therefore net of any purchased leave 
amounts. Susan MacDonald received a fixed remuneration increase from $700,000 to $800,000 per annum effective 1 October 2017.
In FY18, Stuart Penklis cashed out $78,000 of annual leave, this is included as cash salary and fees. Stuart Penklis also received a fixed remuneration increase from $700,000 to $800,000 per annum 
effective 1 July 2018.

7. 

8. 

9. 

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11   LTI GRANTS IN FY19
The table below shows LTI grants made during FY19, subject to performance conditions over the three-year performance period ending 30 June 2021. 
Accounting standards require the estimated valuation of the grants be recognised over the performance period. The minimum value of the grant is 
nil if the vesting conditions are not met. The maximum value is based on the estimated fair value calculated at the time of the grant and amortised in 
accordance with the accounting standard requirements.

Number of
 performance
 rights granted

Fair value per
 performance 
right
$

Maximum 
total value 
of grant 1
$

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz

Total
Brett Draffen

Total
Shane Gannon

Total
Campbell Hanan

Total
Susan MacDonald

Total
Stuart Penklis

Total

LTI max as a
% of fixed
 remuneration

150

90

90

50

50

50

Performance
 measure

Relative TSR
ROIC

Relative TSR
ROIC

Relative TSR
ROIC

Relative TSR
ROIC

Relative TSR
ROIC

Relative TSR
ROIC

463,917
695,876
1,159,793
176,288
264,433
440,721
167,010
250,515
417,525
82,474
123,711
206,185
82,474
123,711
206,185
82,474
123,711
206,185

0.88
1.47

0.88
1.47

0.88
1.47

0.88
1.47

0.88
1.47

0.88
1.47

1.  The value of performance rights reflects the fair value at the time of grant. For the LTI grants subject to ROIC, 75 per cent vesting is assumed in the above valuation.

Key inputs used in valuing performance rights granted during FY19 were as follows:

Grant date
Performance hurdles
Performance period start
Performance period end
Security price at grant date

3 December 2018
Relative TSR and ROIC
1 July 2018
30 June 2021
$2.23

Exercise price
Expected life
Volatility
Risk-free interest rate (per annum)
Dividend/distribution yield (per annum)

410,103
1,022,938
1,433,041
155,839
388,717
544,556
147,637
368,257
515,894
72,907
181,855
254,762
72,907
181,855
254,762
72,907
181,855
254,762

$nil
2.6 years
18.731%
2.085%
4.93%

The valuation of rights is conducted by an independent advisor. The fair value is determined using a Monte-Carlo simulation for the relative TSR 
component and a Binomial tree methodology for the ROIC component.

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12  EQUITY INSTRUMENT DISCLOSURES RELATING TO EXECUTIVE KMP
SECURITYHOLDINGS

Executive KMP members are expected to establish and maintain a minimum securityholding (excluding performance rights) to the value of 
150 per cent of fixed remuneration for the CEO/MD and 100 per cent of fixed remuneration for all other Executive KMP members. Executive 
KMP members have three years from 1 July 2018, or five years from the date they became an Executive KMP (whichever is later), to build up their 
securityholding to the expected level.

As at 30 June 2019, the number of ordinary securities in Mirvac held by Executive KMP, including their personally related parties, is set out below:

Executive KMP

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
Brett Draffen
Shane Gannon
Campbell Hanan
Susan MacDonald
Stuart Penklis 2

Balance 
1 July 2018

2,154,912
1,262,492
383,638
145,181
562,109
2,272

Balance 
30 June 2019

Value 
30 June 2019
$

Minimum
 securityholding
 guideline
$

Date
 securityholding 
to be attained 1

3,260,835
1,389,497
48,913
240,000
612,831
—

10,206,414
4,349,126
153,098
751,200
1,918,161
—

2,250,000
950,000
900,000
800,000
800,000
800,000

June 2021
June 2021
June 2021
June 2021
June 2021
May 2022

Changes

1,105,923
127,005
(334,725)
94,819
50,722
(2,272)

1.  Attainment date is based on the minimum securityholding requirement effective from FY19.
2.  Stuart Penklis has five years from the date he became an Executive KMP, May 2017, to build up his securityholding to the expected level.

OPTIONS

No options (i.e. a right to acquire a security upon payment of an exercise price) were granted as remuneration during FY19 and no unvested or 
unexercised options are held by Executive KMP as at 30 June 2019.

PERFORMANCE RIGHTS HELD DURING THE YEAR

The number of performance rights in Mirvac held during the year by each Executive KMP, including their personally related parties, is set out below:

LTI

Deferred STI

Balance
1 July 2018 

Rights issued

Rights vested/ 
forfeited relating 
to performance 
period ending 
30 June 2019

Rights
issued

Rights vested/
forfeited

Balance 
30 June 2019

2,599,521
1,069,036
1,013,171
554,148
509,413
343,695

1,159,793
440,721
417,525
206,185
206,185
206,185

(1,243,093)
(472,375)
(447,513)
(220,994)
(193,370)
(110,497)

189,454
121,682
115,521
90,876
90,876
80,094

(191,997)
(127,005)
(120,570)
(94,828)
(83,565)
(34,052)

2,513,678
1,032,059
978,134
535,387
529,539
485,425

Executive KMP

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
Brett Draffen
Shane Gannon
Campbell Hanan
Susan MacDonald
Stuart Penklis

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019Details of the movement in the number and value of performance rights held by Executive KMP during the year are set out below:

Executive KMP

Plan

Grant 
date

Number
 of rights
 granted

Value at
grant 
date 1

Vesting
 date

Number 
of rights

Vested

% of 
total
 grant

Value
 of rights

Number 
of rights

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz

Total
Brett Draffen

Total
Shane Gannon

Total
Campbell Hanan

Total
Susan MacDonald

Total
Stuart Penklis

Total

STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI

STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI

STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI

STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI

STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI

LTI
STI
STI
LTI
STI
STI
LTI

23 Sep 16
6 Dec 16
26 Sep 17
26 Sep 17
6 Dec 17
1 Oct 18
1 Oct 18
3 Dec 18

23 Sep 16
6 Dec 16
26 Sep 17
26 Sep 17
6 Dec 17
1 Oct 18
1 Oct 18
3 Dec 18

23 Sep 16
6 Dec 16
26 Sep 17
26 Sep 17
6 Dec 17
1 Oct 18
1 Oct 18
3 Dec 18

23 Sep 16
6 Dec 16
26 Sep 17
26 Sep 17
6 Dec 17
1 Oct 18
1 Oct 18
3 Dec 18

23 Sep 16
6 Dec 16
26 Sep 17
26 Sep 17
6 Dec 17
1 Oct 18
1 Oct 18
3 Dec 18

6 Dec 16
26 Sep 17
26 Sep 17
6 Dec 17
1 Oct 18
1 Oct 18
3 Dec 18

94,727
94,727
1,159,793

88,885
1,243,093
103,112
103,111

57,557
447,513
63,013
63,012
382,076
57,761
57,760
417,525

60,651
472,375
66,354
66,354
403,302
60,841
60,841
440,721

178,659
1,712,360
220,660
210,346
1,061,320 1,599,940
214,083
204,610
1,433,041
3,948,768 5,773,699
121,909
650,696
141,998
135,362
607,977
137,501
131,417
544,556
1,631,439 2,471,416
115,690
616,449
134,848
128,544
575,979
130,540
124,762
515,894
1,546,217 2,342,706
90,814
45,181
304,419
220,994
106,245
49,647
101,278
49,646
284,435
188,680
102,690
45,438
98,146
45,438
206,185
254,762
851,209 1,342,789
79,930
39,766
266,367
193,370
93,730
43,799
89,348
43,798
284,435
188,680
102,690
45,438
98,146
45,438
206,185
254,762
806,474 1,269,408
152,210
110,497
72,871
34,052
34,052
69,466
248,879
165,094
90,506
40,047
40,047
86,502
254,762
206,185
975,196
629,974

23 Sep 18
30 Jun 19
26 Sep 18
26 Sep 19
30 Jun 20
30 Sep 19
30 Sep 20
30 Jun 21

23 Sep 18
30 Jun 19
26 Sep 18
26 Sep 19
30 Jun 20
30 Sep 19
30 Sep 20
30 Jun 21

23 Sep 18
30 Jun 19
26 Sep 18
26 Sep 19
30 Jun 20
30 Sep 19
30 Sep 20
30 Jun 21

23 Sep 18
30 Jun 19
26 Sep 18
26 Sep 19
30 Jun 20
30 Sep 19
30 Sep 20
30 Jun 21

23 Sep 18
30 Jun 19
26 Sep 18
26 Sep 19
30 Jun 20
30 Sep 19
30 Sep 20
30 Jun 21

30 Jun 19
26 Sep 18
26 Sep 19
30 Jun 20
30 Sep 19
30 Sep 20
30 Jun 21

88,885
1,243,093
103,112
—
—
—
—
—
1,435,090
60,651
472,375
66,354
—
—
—
—
—
599,380
57,557
447,513
63,013
—
—
—
—
—
568,083
45,181
220,994
49,647
—
—
—
—
—
315,822
39,766
193,370
43,799
—
—
—
—
—
276,935
110,497
34,052
—
—
—
—
—
144,549

100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%

100%
178,659
100% 1,712,360
220,660
100%
—
—
—
—
—
2,111,679
121,909
650,696
141,998
—
—
—
—
—
914,603
115,690
616,449
134,848
—
—
—
—
—
866,987
90,814
304,419
106,245
—
—
—
—
—
501,478
79,930
266,367
93,730
—
—
—
—
—
440,027
152,210
72,871
—
—
—
—
—
225,081

100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%

100%
100%

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

69

Value of
 rights

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

Lapsed

% of 
total 
grant

0%
0%
0%

0%
0%
0%

0%
0%
0%

0%
0%
0%

0%
0%
0%

0%
0%

1.  The calculation of the value of performance rights used the fair value as determined at the time of grant. For the LTI grants subject to ROIC performance, the initial accounting treatment assumes 75 per 

cent vesting, which is reflected in the above valuation.

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continued

13  OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH KMP
There are a number of transactions between KMP and the Group. The terms and conditions of these transactions are considered to be no more favourable 
than in similar transactions on an arm’s length basis. On occasions, Directors and other KMP may purchase goods and services from Mirvac. These purchases 
are on terms and conditions available to Mirvac employees generally. As set out in the Directors’ report, a number of the Directors of Mirvac are also Directors 
of other companies. On occasions, the Group may purchase goods and services from or supply goods and services to these companies. These transactions 
are undertaken on normal commercial terms and conditions and the Director or other KMP does not directly influence these transactions.

14  SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR THE EXECUTIVE KMP
Each Executive KMP member, including the CEO/MD, has a formal contract, known as a service agreement. These agreements are of a continuing nature 
and have no fixed term of service.

There were no changes to the service agreements for Executive KMP in FY19.

The key terms of the service agreements for the CEO/MD and other Executive KMP members are summarised below:

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
Other Executive KMP

Notice period

Contract term

Employee

No fixed term
No fixed term

6 months
3 months

Group

6 months
3 months

Termination 
payment 1

6 months
9 months

1.  Payable if Mirvac terminates employee with notice, for reasons other than unsatisfactory performance.

15  GOVERNANCE AND HOW REMUNERATION DECISIONS ARE MADE
The Board, the HRC, advisors and management work closely to apply our remuneration principles and ensure our strategy supports sustainable 
securityholder value.

BOARD
Oversees
 remuneration

With advice from:

HUMAN RESOURCES
COMMITTEE

>  Four independent Non-Executive Directors

>  Advises Board on remuneration strategy

>  Specific recommendations on 
  Director remuneration

>  Approves KMP terms of employment

Based on:

REMUNERATION PRINCIPLES

>  Align and contribute to Mirvac’s key 
strategic business objectives and 
desired business outcomes

>  Align the interests of employees 
  with those of securityholders

>  Assist Mirvac in attracting and 

retaining the employees required to 
execute the business strategy

>  Support Mirvac’s desired 

performance based culture

>  Encompass the concept of pay parity 

and be fair and equitable

>  Be simple and easily understood

The HRC has appointed Ernst & Young as its external remuneration advisor. Ernst & Young provides both information on current market practice and 
independent input into key remuneration decisions.

Ernst & Young’s terms of engagement include specific measures designed to protect its independence. To effectively perform its role, Ernst & Young 
needs to interact with members of Mirvac management, particularly those in the Human Resources team. However, to ensure independence, members 
of Mirvac’s management are precluded from requesting services that would be considered to be a ‘remuneration recommendation’ as defined by the 
Corporations Act 2001.

During FY19, Ernst & Young provided the HRC with:
 > market remuneration benchmarking and information, used as an input to the annual review of Executive KMP remuneration; and
 >

regulatory updates and market trend analysis.

No remuneration recommendations were provided by Ernst & Young or any other advisor during the year.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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16  NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION
APPROACH TO NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FEES

In contrast to Executive KMP remuneration, the remuneration of Mirvac’s Non-Executive Directors is not linked to performance. This is consistent with 
Non-Executive Directors being responsible for objective and independent oversight of the Group.

Mirvac Limited’s Constitution provides that Non-Executive Directors may determine their own remuneration, but the total amount provided to all Directors 
(not including the CEO/MD and any other Executive Directors) must not exceed the sum agreed by securityholders at a general meeting.

The maximum aggregate remuneration of $2.25m per annum was approved by securityholders at the 2014 AGM. Non-Executive Directors have not 
received any fees other than those described in this section, and do not receive bonuses or any other incentive payments or retirement benefits.

The Non-Executive Directors are reimbursed for expenses properly incurred in performing their duties as a Director of Mirvac.

The schedule of fees for Non-Executive Directors during FY19 is set out in the table below and fees are annual fees, unless otherwise stated:

Board/committee

Mirvac Limited and Mirvac Funds Limited Board Chair
Mirvac Limited and Mirvac Funds Limited Board member
ARCC and HRC Chair
Committee member
Due Diligence Committee (per diem fee)

1.  Chair fee covers all Board and committee responsibilities.
2.  The ARCC and HRC Chair fee is in addition to the committee member fee.
3.  The single committee fee is paid once for all committee memberships.

ACTUAL REMUNERATION FOR NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

John Mulcahy

Christine Bartlett

Peter Hawkins 

Jane Hewitt 2

James M. Millar AM

Samantha Mostyn

Peter Nash 3

John Peters

Elana Rubin

Total

1.  Relates to payments required under superannuation legislation.
2.  Jane Hewitt joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 10 December 2018.
3.  Peter Nash joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 19 November 2018.

$

480,000 1
185,000
30,000 2
18,000 3
4,000

Total
$

480,000
480,000
203,000
203,000
233,000
233,000
114,389
—
233,000
233,000
203,000
203,000
126,106
—
203,000
203,000
203,000
203,000
1,998,495
1,758,000

Short-term 
benefits

Post-
employment 1

Cash salary 
and fees
$

Superannuation
 contributions 
$

459,469
459,951
185,388
185,388
212,785
212,951
104,465
—
212,785
212,951
188,911
186,269
116,266
—
178,804
181,616
185,388
185,388
1,844,261
1,624,514

20,531
20,049
17,612
17,612
20,215
20,049
9,924
—
20,215
20,049
14,089
16,731
9,840
—
24,196
21,384
17,612
17,612
154,234
133,486

Year

FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18
FY19
FY18

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MINIMUM SECURITYHOLDING FOR NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND ACTUAL SECURITYHOLDING

In order to further strengthen the alignment of interests between Non-Executive Directors and securityholders, the Board established minimum Mirvac 
Securityholding Guidelines which recommend Non-Executive Directors build up to a minimum securityholding level. In December 2017, this minimum 
securityholding level was increased from 25,000 Mirvac securities to 50,000 Mirvac securities. Non-Executive Directors appointed to the Mirvac Board will 
have three years to establish their securityholding to the minimum level from their date of appointment.

In addition to this minimum securityholding requirement, in FY18 a voluntary Non-Executive Director Fee Sacrifice Rights Plan was introduced to further 
encourage Directors to build an ownership stake in Mirvac.

John Mulcahy
Christine Bartlett
Peter Hawkins
Jane Hewitt 1
James M. Millar AM
Samantha Mostyn
Peter Nash 2
John Peters
Elana Rubin

Balance 
1 July 2018

Changes

Balance 
30 June 2019

Minimum
 securityholding
requirement

Date 
securityholding 
to be attained

100,000
50,000
596,117
—
50,000
19,676
—
70,000
54,343

—
—
—
—
—
17,593
20,445
—
—

100,000
50,000
596,117
—
50,000
37,269
20,445
70,000
54,343

50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000

December 2020
December 2020
December 2020
December 2021
December 2020
December 2020
November 2021
December 2020
December 2020

1.  Jane Hewitt joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 10 December 2018.
2.  Peter Nash joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 19 November 2018.

17  ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DISCLOSURES
OTHER BENEFITS

Fees paid by Mirvac for Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance are not itemised for each Director as their disclosure would breach the terms of the policy.

Executives and Directors (including Non-Executive Directors) are entitled to participate in arrangements available to directly purchase Mirvac developed 
residential property, on the same terms and conditions as for other employees within the Group.

TERMS USED IN THIS REMUNERATION REPORT

Term

A-REIT
Clawback

Executive KMP

Executives
Invested Capital

KMP

Performance right
ROIC
Total Return

TSR

Meaning

S&P/ASX 200 Australian Real Estate Investment Trust Index.
Mirvac’s clawback policy gives the HRC the ability to claw back incentives in the event of a material financial 
misstatement, for misconduct that is, or may be, harmful to the Group, and/or gross negligence. The clawback 
provisions apply to unvested STI and LTI awards received after the introduction of the policy in February 2013.
Includes the CEO/MD, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Head of Office and Industrial, Head of 
Residential and the Head of Retail.
Members of Mirvac’s Executive Leadership Team (including the Executive KMP)
Invested Capital equals investment properties, inventories and indirect investments, less fund through adjustments 
(deferred revenue) and deferred land payable. Average invested capital is the average of the current period and the 
prior two reporting periods.
Key management personnel are those people with authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling 
the activities of the entity, directly or indirectly.
A right to a Mirvac security at the end of a performance period, subject to the satisfaction of performance measures. 
ROIC is calculated as Total Return divided by average Invested Capital.
Total Return is the profit for the year attributable to securityholders adjusted for development interest costs and 
other interest costs; net gain or loss on financial instruments; and income tax expense.
Total Shareholder Return measures the percentage growth in a company’s security price together with the value of 
dividends/distributions received during the period, assuming that all of those dividends/distributions are reinvested 
into new securities.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019Auditor’s independence declaration
For the year ended 30 June 2019

73

Auditor’s Independence Declaration 

As lead auditor for the audit of Mirvac Limited for the year ended 30 June 2019, I 
declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, there have been: 

(a) 

(b) 

no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements of the 
Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and 

no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to 
the audit. This declaration is in respect of Mirvac Limited and the entities it 
controlled during the period. 

Jane Reilly 
Partner 

PricewaterhouseCoopers 

Sydney 
  8 August 2019 

PricewaterhouseCoopers, ABN 52 780 433 757 
One International Towers Sydney, Watermans Quay, Barangaroo, GPO BOX 2650, SYDNEY  NSW  2001 
T: +61 2 8266 0000, F: +61 2 8266 9999, www.pwc.com.au 
Level 11, 1PSQ, 169 Macquarie Street, Parramatta NSW 2150, PO Box 1155 Parramatta NSW 2124 
T: +61 2 9659 2476, F: +61 2 8266 9999, www.pwc.com.au 

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. 

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Financial report

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 
Consolidated statement of financial position 
Consolidated statement of changes in equity 
Consolidated statement of cash flows 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

A  BASIS OF PREPARATION 

B  RESULTS FOR THE YEAR 
  B1 Segment information 
  B2 Revenue 
  B3 Expenses 
  B4 Events occurring after the end of the year 
  B5 Income tax 

C  PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT ASSETS 
  C1 Property portfolio 
  C2 Investment properties 
  C3 Investments in joint ventures 
  C4 Inventories 
  C5 Commitments 

D  CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND RISKS 
  D1 Capital management 
  D2 Borrowings and liquidity 
  D3 Derivative financial instruments 
  D4 Financial risk management 
  D5 Fair value measurement of financial instruments 

E  EQUITY 

E1 Distributions 
E2 Contributed equity 
E3 Reserves 
E4 Security-based payments 

F  OPERATING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

F1 Receivables 
F2 Other financial assets 
F3 Intangible assets 
F4 Payables 
F5 Provisions 

G  GROUP STRUCTURE 
  G1 Group structure and Deed of Cross Guarantee 
  G2 Parent entity 
  G3 Non-controlling interests 

H  OTHER DISCLOSURES 
  H1 Contingent liabilities 
  H2 Earnings per stapled security 
  H3 Related parties 
  H4 Cash flow information 
  H5 Auditors’ remuneration 

I  APPENDICES 

I1 Property listing 
I2 Controlled entities 

75
76
77
78

79

83
83
86
88
89
89

91
91
93
94
96
97

98
98
98
99
100
102

104
104
104
105
105

107
107
108
108
110
110

111
111
113
113

114
114
114
114
115
116

117
117
119

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 30 June 2019

Revenue

Other income
  Revaluation of investment properties and investment properties under construction

Share of net profit of joint ventures

  Gain on financial instruments
Total revenue and other income
Development expenses
Cost of goods sold interest
Investment property expenses and outgoings
Employee and other expenses
Selling and marketing expenses
Depreciation and amortisation expenses
Finance costs
Loss on financial instruments
Profit before income tax
Income tax expense
Profit for the year attributable to stapled securityholders

Other comprehensive income that may be reclassified to profit or loss
  Changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations, net of tax

Other comprehensive income for the year
Total comprehensive income for the year attributable to stapled securityholders

Earnings per stapled security (EPS) attributable to stapled securityholders
Basic EPS
Diluted EPS

75

2018
$m

2,159

478
143
22
2,802
1,035
46
181
178
40
41
115
—
1,166
(77)
1,089

(4)
(2)
(6)
1,083

Cents
29.4
29.4

Note

B2

C2
C3
B2

B3

B3
B3

 B5
B1

E3
E3

H2
H2

2019
$m

2,186

516
69
7
2,778
1,043
21
190
178
34
52
126
63
1,071
(52)
1,019

(13)
—
(13)
1,006

Cents
27.6
27.6

The above consolidated statement of comprehensive income (SoCI) should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR ATTRIBUTABLE TO STAPLED SECURITYHOLDERS

FY19

FY18

$631m

$608m

Operating profit after tax

Non-operating items

$388m

$481m

 
 
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Consolidated statement of financial position
As at 30 June 2019

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents
Receivables
Inventories
Derivative financial assets
Other financial assets
Other assets
Total current assets

Non-current assets
Receivables
Inventories
Investment properties
Investments in joint ventures
Derivative financial assets
Other financial assets
Other assets
Property, plant and equipment
Intangible assets
Deferred tax assets
Total non-current assets
Total assets

Current liabilities
Payables
Deferred revenue
Borrowings
Derivative financial liabilities
Provisions
Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities
Payables
Deferred revenue
Borrowings
Derivative financial liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Provisions
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Net assets

Equity
Contributed equity
Reserves
Retained earnings
Total equity attributable to the stapled securityholders
Non-controlling interests
Total equity

Note

F1
C4
D3
F2

F1
C4
C2
C3
D3
F2

F3
B5

F4
B2
D2
D3
F5

F4
B2
D2
D3
B5
F5

E2
E3

2019
$m

134
239
621
—
—
43
1,037

156
1,063
10,640
885
325
60
47
43
79
436
13,734
14,771

454
181
—
1
262
898

55
50
3,448
102
338
6
3,999
4,897
9,874

7,444
23
2,376
9,843
31
9,874

2018
$m

221
192
599
3
81
33
1,129

76
1,171
9,294
943
118
40
—
40
78
456
12,216
13,345

578
98
135
1
239
1,051

51
250
2,938
77
313
10
3,639
4,690
8,655

6,825
33
1,797
8,655
—
8,655

The above consolidated statement of financial position (SoFP) should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019Consolidated statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 30 June 2019

Attributable to stapled securityholders

Contributed
equity
$m

Note

Reserves
$m

Retained 
earnings
$m

Balance 1 July 2017
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income for the year
Total comprehensive income for the year

Transactions with owners of the Group
Security-based payments

Expense recognised – LTI and STI
LTI vested
STI vested
Legacy schemes vested

Distributions
Stapled securities buy-back
Total transactions with owners of the Group
Balance 30 June 2018
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income for the year
Total comprehensive income for the year

Transactions with owners of the Group
Security-based payments

Expense recognised – EEP
Expense recognised – LTI and STI
LTI vested
STI vested
Legacy schemes vested

Distributions
Stapled securities buy-back
Stapled securities issued
Non-controlling interests on acquisition 
of subsidiary
Total transactions with owners of the Group
Balance 30 June 2019

E2/E4
E2/E4
E2/E4
E2
E1
E2

E2
E2/E4
E2/E4
E2/E4
E2
E1
E2
E2

G3

6,819
—
—
—

—
8
—
1
—
(3)
6
6,825
—
—
—

1
—
9
—
1
—
(130)
738

—
619
7,444

36
—
(6)
(6)

11
(7)
(1)
—
—
—
3
33
—
(13)
(13)

—
13
(9)
(1)
—
—
—
—

—
3
23

1,117
1,089
—
1,089

—
—
—
(1)
(408)
—
(409)
1,797
1,019
—
1,019

—
—
—
—
—
(440)
—
—

—
(440)
2,376

Non-
controlling
 interests
$m

—
—
—
—

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

31
31
31

Total
$m

7,972
1,089
(6)
1,083

11
1
(1)
—
(408)
(3)
(400)
8,655
1,019
(13)
1,006

1
13
—
(1)
1
(440)
(130)
738

—
182
9,843

The above consolidated statement of changes in equity (SoCE) should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

77

Total 
equity
$m

7,972
1,089
(6)
1,083

11
1
(1)
—
(408)
(3)
(400)
8,655
1,019
(13)
1,006

1
13
—
(1)
1
(440)
(130)
738

31
213
9,874

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Consolidated statement of cash flows
For the year ended 30 June 2019

Cash flows from operating activities

Receipts from customers (inclusive of GST)
Payments to suppliers and employees (inclusive of GST)

Interest received
Distributions received from joint ventures
Distributions received
Interest paid
Tax paid
Net cash inflows from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities
Payments for investment properties
Payments of loans to related parties
Payments of loans to unrelated parties
Payments for property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from sale of investment properties
Repayments of loans from unrelated parties
Contributions to joint ventures
Proceeds from joint ventures
Payments for financial assets
Net cash outflows from investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from borrowings
Repayments of borrowings
Distributions paid
Payments for stapled securities buy-back
Proceeds from stapled securities issued
Equity raising costs
Proceeds from non-controlling interests
Net cash inflows/(outflows) from financing activities
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

Note

H4

2019
$m

2,770
(2,215)
555
4
112
2
(155)
—
518

(895)
(79)
(63)
(12)
—
98
(9)
31
(14)
(943)

4,733
(4,618)
(416)
(130)
750
(12)
31
338
(87)
221
134

The above consolidated statement of cash flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

CASH FLOW MOVEMENTS

$5,514m

($5,176m)

$2,888m

($2,370m)

$221m

$0m

$129m

($1,072m)

2018
$m

2,834
(2,107)
727
11
82
1
(155)
(3)
663

(628)
—
—
(14)
299
55
(34)
74
(7)
(255)

3,542
(3,442)
(390)
(3)
—
—
—
(293)
115
106
221

$134m

FY18
closing

Operating
inflows

Operating
outflows

Investing
inflows

Investing
outflows

Financing
inflows

Financing
outflows

FY19
closing

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201979

Note

B2
B5
C2
C3
C4
D5
E4
F3

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS

The preparation of financial statements requires estimation and 
judgement. The areas involving a higher degree of estimation or 
judgement are discussed in the following notes:

Revenue
Income tax
Investment properties
Investments in joint ventures
Inventories
Fair value measurement of financial instruments
Security-based payments
Intangible assets

NEW AND AMENDED STANDARDS ADOPTED BY THE GROUP

The Group adopted AASB 9 Financial Instruments and AASB 15 Revenue 
from Contracts with Customers during the current reporting period. As a 
result of adopting these new standards, the Group amended its accounting 
policies. There has been no impact to the 1 July 2018 opening retained 
earnings or net assets as a result of adoption of AASB 9 and AASB 15, 
with new disclosures included where required. Refer to the Changes in 
accounting policies and Financial statement impact on adoption at 1 July 
2018 sections below for further details.

Other amended standards and interpretations adopted by the Group for 
the year ended 30 June 2019 have not had a significant impact on the 
current period or any prior period and are not likely to have a significant 
impact in future periods. The other amendments are listed below:
 > AASB 2016-5 Amendments to Australian Accounting 

Standards – Classification and Measurement of Share-based 
Payment Transactions

 > AASB 2017-1 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – 

Transfers of Investment Property, Annual Improvements 2014-2016 
Cycle and Other Amendments
Interpretation 22 Foreign Currency Transactions and 
Advance Consideration

 >

A Basis of preparation

MIRVAC GROUP – STAPLED SECURITIES
A Mirvac Group stapled security comprises one Mirvac Limited share 
‘stapled’ to one unit in Mirvac Property Trust (MPT) to create a single 
listed security traded on the ASX. The stapled securities cannot be traded 
or dealt with separately. Mirvac Limited (the deemed parent entity) and 
Mirvac Funds Limited (as responsible entity for MPT) have common 
directors and operate as Mirvac Group. Mirvac Limited and MPT have 
a Deed of Cooperation to recharge each other on a cost recovery basis, 
where permitted by law, to maintain the best interests of Mirvac as a whole.

The stapled security structure will cease to operate on the first of:
 > Mirvac Limited or MPT resolving by special resolution in a general 
meeting, and in accordance with its Constitution, to terminate the 
stapled security structure; or

 > Mirvac Limited or MPT commencing winding up.

The ASX reserves the right (but without limiting its absolute discretion) to 
remove entities with stapled securities from the official list if their securities 
cease to be stapled together, or either one or more stapled entities issues 
any equity securities of the same class which are not stapled.

Mirvac Limited and MPT remain separate legal entities in accordance with 
the Corporations Act 2001. For accounting purposes, Mirvac Limited has 
been deemed the parent entity of MPT.

STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

These consolidated financial statements are general purpose financial 
statements. They have been prepared in accordance with Australian 
Accounting Standards and other authoritative pronouncements of the 
Australian Accounting Standards Board, the Corporations Act 2001 and 
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the 
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

BASIS OF PREPARATION

Mirvac Group is a for-profit entity for the purposes of preparing the 
financial statements.

These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern 
basis, using historical cost conventions except for investment properties, 
investment properties under construction, derivative financial instruments 
and other financial assets and financial liabilities which have been 
measured at fair value.

All figures in the financial statements are presented in Australian dollars 
and have been rounded to the nearest million (m) dollars in accordance 
with ASIC Corporations Instrument 2016/191, unless otherwise indicated.

Where necessary, comparative information has been restated to conform 
to the current year’s disclosures.

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A Basis of preparation
continued

CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES

This section explains the changes to accounting policies that have been applied from 1 July 2018 following the Group’s adoption of AASB 9 Financial 
Instruments and AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

Note the changes in accounting policies specified below only apply to the current period. The accounting policies included in the Group’s last annual 
financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 are the relevant policies for the purpose of comparatives.

Accounting standard AASB 9 Financial Instruments
Nature of change

Application

Impact on financial 
statements

AASB 9 replaces AASB 139 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement requirements. AASB 9 addresses the 
classification, measurement and derecognition of financial assets, financial liabilities and hedging and a new impairment model 
for financial assets.
Mirvac has adopted AASB 9 from 1 July 2018. The standard has been applied retrospectively, with the practical expedients 
permitted under the standard. Comparatives for 30 June 2018 have not been restated; rather, any differences arising from the 
adoption are recognised in the opening retained earnings as at 1 July 2018.
Classification and measurement
From 1 July 2018, under AASB 9 the Group classifies its financial assets as measured at amortised cost; fair value through other 
comprehensive income; or fair value through profit or loss. Management has assessed the financial assets held by the Group 
and has classified its financial instruments into the new AASB 9 categories. The Group’s receivables and other assets, previously 
classified as loans and receivables, are now classified as financial assets at amortised cost. This classification is based on the Group 
holding these assets to collect contractual cash flows and the contractual terms being solely payments of outstanding principal 
and interest. This change in classification has not impacted the carrying value of the Group’s financial assets.
There has been no impact on the Group’s accounting for financial liabilities.

Impairment of financial assets
AASB 9 introduces a new impairment model which requires the recognition of impairment provisions based on expected credit 
losses (ECL) rather than only incurred credit losses. For Mirvac, the new ECL model applies to its trade receivables, loans to 
unrelated parties and loans to joint ventures.
The Group applies the AASB 9 simplified approach to measuring ECL as appropriate based on the different characteristics of 
each financial asset class. To measure the ECL, management has grouped together its financial assets based on shared credit 
risk characteristics and the days past due. The Group uses judgement in making assumptions about risk of default and ECL rates 
and the inputs to the impairment calculation, based on the Group’s past history, existing market conditions and future looking 
estimates at the end of each reporting period. Management have assessed the impact of the adoption of the ECL model under 
AASB 9 with Mirvac’s trade receivables balance predominantly relating to development recharges, whereby receipts are tied to 
the delivery of commercial projects. In assessing the ECL of these recharges, management have applied the simplified model 
and have assessed each debtor on an individual basis. The credit risk for these financial assets has been assessed as low based 
on the historic recovery rates, quality of capital partners and Mirvac’s control of the project delivery. There was no 1 July 2018 
opening retained earnings adjustment required on adoption.

Derivatives and hedge accounting
The Group has elected to adopt the new general hedge accounting model in AASB 9. The new hedge accounting rules align the 
accounting for hedging instruments more closely with the Group’s risk management practices. The adoption of AASB 9 has not 
impacted the Group’s derivatives and hedge accounting, with all previously existing hedge relationships continuing to qualify. 
The Group’s hedge documentation has been updated to align with the requirements of AASB 9.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201981

Accounting standard AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Nature of change

Application

Impact on financial 
statements

AASB 15 is based on the principle that revenue is recognised when control of a good or service is transferred to a customer. 
AASB 15 replaces AASB 118 Revenue, AASB 111 Construction Contracts and several revenue-related Interpretations.
Mirvac has adopted AASB 15 from 1 July 2018 using the modified retrospective approach. This means that the cumulative impact 
of the adoption will be recognised in 1 July 2018 opening retained earnings and comparatives have not been restated.
In accordance with the transition guidance, AASB 15 has only been applied to contracts that are incomplete as at 1 July 2018.
Classification and measurement
Under AASB 15, revenue is recognised over time if:
 > The customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits as the entity performs the obligations;
 > The customer controls the asset as the entity creates or enhances it; or
 > The seller’s performance does not create an asset for which the seller has alternative use and there is a right to payment 

for performance to date.

Where the above criteria are not met, revenue is recognised at a point in time.
Management’s assessment of the changes with respect to the timing of revenue recognition following the adoption of AASB 15 
is as follows:
Development revenue:

Residential
The Group develops and sells residential properties with revenue recognised when control over the property has been 
transferred to the customer. Residential revenue on apartment and masterplanned communities continues to be recognised 
at settlement unless the sale of land is completed prior to construction of a building. In that case, there are two performance 
obligations, being the sale of the land, and the construction of the building. The revenue on the land sale will be recognised at 
a point in time, separate to any revenue recognised over-time for construction of a building. The revenue is measured at the 
transaction price agreed under the contract.
Sales commissions, previously expensed when incurred, will be capitalised as an asset included within other assets on the 
SoFP and expensed when associated revenue is recognised.

Commercial
Mirvac’s commercial development activities include office, industrial and retail projects with each project generally considered as 
one performance obligation. The Group has determined that all revenue on commercial developments will move to recognition 
of revenue over-time. Estimates of revenue, costs or percentage of completion are revised if circumstances change, with any 
resulting increases or decreases reflected in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. This is in contrast to the 
previous policy where most development revenue was recognised at practical completion and fees such as project management 
fees were recognised as services were performed.

Investment property rental revenue: The Group derives revenue from investing in properties for rental yields and capital 
appreciation over time. There are no changes to the measurement or timing of investment property rental revenue have arisen 
from adoption of AASB 15.

Asset & funds management revenue: The Group generates from the performance of property management and leasing, 
investment funds management, and facilities management services. These services are provided on an ongoing basis and 
revenue is calculated and recognised based on the contract term and upon delivery of service over time. The adoption of 
AASB 15 has minimal impact on the Group’s asset and funds management revenue which is recognised over time upon delivery 
of services.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT IMPACT ON ADOPTION AT 1 JULY 2018

As noted above, there is no 1 July 2018 opening retained earnings adjustment from the Group’s adoption of AASB 9 and AASB 15. The consolidated SoFP 
movements from the adoption of AASB 15 resulted predominantly from changes in the timing of recognition of commercial development revenue and 
residential selling costs as shown in the table below, with comparatives not restated due to the application of the modified retrospective approach.

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A Basis of preparation
continued

The following table shows the adjustments for AASB 15 recognised for each individual line item. Line items that were not affected by the changes have 
been included within “All other”.

Consolidated statement of financial position (extract)

30 June 2018
As originally
 presented
$m

Total 
AASB 15 
impact
$m

1 July 2018
Restated
$m

Current assets
Receivables
Inventories
Other assets
All other current assets
Total current assets

Non-current assets
Inventories
Investments in joint ventures
Deferred tax assets
All other non-current assets
Total non-current assets
Total assets

Current liabilities
Deferred revenue
All other current liabilities
Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities
Deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
All other non-current liabilities
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Net assets

Equity
Retained earnings
All other equity
Total equity

192
599
33
304
1,128

1,171
943
456
9,647
12,217
13,345

98
953
1,051

250
313
3,076
3,639
4,690
8,655

1,797
6,858
8,655

4
146
10
—
160

(276)
2
(35)
—
(309)
(149)

36
—
36

(150)
(35)
—
(185)
(149)
—

—
—
—

196
745
43
304
1,288

895
945
421
9,647
11,908
13,196

134
953
1,087

100
278
3,076
3,454
4,541
8,655

1,797
6,858
8,655

NEW STANDARDS NOT YET ADOPTED BY THE GROUP

Certain new accounting standards have been published that are not mandatory for the year ended 30 June 2019 and have not been early adopted by the 
Group. The Group’s assessment of the impact of these new standards is set out in the table below:

Accounting standard AASB 16 Leases
Nature of change

AASB 16 sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases. This standard will result 
in almost all leases being recognised on the consolidated SoFP of lessees, as the distinction between operating and finance 
leases is removed. Under the new standard, an asset (the right to use the leased item) and a financial liability to pay rentals are 
recognised. The only exceptions are short-term and low-value leases.
Group as lessee: The Group enters into lease agreements as lessee for some commercial tenancies and operating equipment; 
these are currently disclosed as operating lease commitments in note C5. Management has assessed the effects of applying 
the new standard on the Group’s financial statements and on transition at 1 July 2019 expects a decrease in opening retained 
earnings to be less than $25m and the decrease net assets to be less than $25m.
Group as lessor: Where the Group is the lessor in a lease agreement, adjustments may be required to align accounting for these 
leases with the new definitions of lease term, variable lease payments, and extension/termination options. However, there are no 
significant impacts expected.
Mandatory for financial years commencing on or after 1 January 2019. The Group will adopt this standard for the year ending 
30 June 2020, and is expected to apply the modified retrospective approach with the cumulative impact of the adoption to be 
recognised in 1 July 2019 opening retained earnings and comparatives not been restated.

Impact on financial 
statements

Mandatory  
application date

There are no other standards that are not yet effective and that would be expected to have a material impact on the entity in the current or future 
reporting periods and on foreseeable future transactions.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019B Results for the year

83

This section explains the results and performance of the Group, including segmental analysis and detailed breakdowns.

B1 SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Group identifies its operating segments based on the internal reporting provided to the Executive Leadership Team, who are the Group’s 
chief operating decision makers. The segments are consistent with those in the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2018.

The Group’s operating segments are as follows:

Office & Industrial
Manages the Office & Industrial property portfolio to 
produce rental income along with developing office and 
industrial projects.
This segment also manages joint ventures and 
properties for third party investors and owners.

Retail
Manages the Retail property portfolio, including 
shopping centres, to produce rental income.
This segment also develops shopping centres and 
manages joint ventures and properties for third party 
investors and owners.

Residential
Designs, develops, markets and sells residential 
properties to external customers including 
masterplanned communities and apartments in 
core metropolitan markets in conjunction with 
strategic partners.

Corporate
Covers Group-level functions including governance, 
finance, legal, risk management and corporate 
secretarial. This segment holds an investment in the 
Tucker Box Hotel Group joint venture (refer to note C3).

Geographically, the Group operates predominantly in Australia. No single customer in the current or prior period provided more than 10 per cent of the 
Group’s revenue.

Three-year performance review

$1,164m

$1,089m

$1,019m

$835m

$849m

$750m

$608m

$631m

$534m

Key highlights
Achieved:
 > Statutory profit after tax in excess of $1bn for a fourth 

consecutive year;

 > 2% increase from FY18 in earnings before interest and tax; and
 > 4% increase from FY18 in operating profit after tax.

Statutory profit after tax

Earnings before interest and tax

Operating profit after tax

FY17

FY18

FY19

84

B Results for the year
continued

As announced at Mirvac’s FY18 results briefing, from 1 July 2018, Mirvac’s definition of operating profit has been updated to include security-based payments 
expense and exclude the amortisation of all lease incentives and leasing costs. The comparatives below have been restated to align with these changes.

Presented below are the key profit metrics, a breakdown of revenue by function and other required information for each segment:

KEY PROFIT METRICS

Office & Industrial

Retail

Residential

Corporate

Total

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

Property NOI
Development EBIT
Asset and funds management EBIT
Management and administration expenses
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) 1
Development finance costs 2
Other net interest costs 3
Income tax expense
Operating profit after tax

391
125
19
(17)
518
(4)
—
—
514

348
65
15
(17)
411
(2)
—
—
409

175
6
—
(13)
168
—
—
—
168

175
—
—
(13)
162
—
—
—
162

—
219
—
(18)
201
(38)
—
—
163

—
316
—
(18)
298
(74)
—
—
224

16
—
1
(55)
(38)
—
(101)
(75)
(214)

18
—
—
(54)
(36)
—
(74)
(77)
(187)

582
350
20
(103)
849
(42)
(101)
(75)
631

1.  EBIT includes share of net profit of joint ventures.
2. 
3. 

Includes cost of goods sold interest of $4m in Office & Industrial and $17m in Residential (2018: $3m in Office & Industrial and $43m in Residential).
Includes interest revenue of $4m (2018: $10m).

Operating EBIT: FY18 to FY19

EBIT by segment

2018
$m

541
381
15
(102)
835
(76)
(74)
(77)
608

$107m

$6m

($97m)

$835m

($2m)

$849m

Residential
Retail
Office & Industrial
Corporate

$298m

$162m

$411m

$201m

$168m

$518m

FY18

Office &
Industrial

Retail

Residential Corporate

FY19

FY18

FY19

($36m)

($38m)

REVENUE BY FUNCTION

Office & Industrial

Retail

Residential

Corporate

Total

Property rental revenue
Development revenue 1
Asset and funds management revenue 2
Other revenue
Total operating revenue
Share of net profit of joint ventures
Other income
Total operating revenue and 
other income
Non-operating items 3
Total statutory revenue and 
other income

2019
$m

461
569
23
4
1,057
26
26

1,083
426

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

414
179
17
6
616
26
26

642
398

287
20
9
5
321
—
—

321
74

281
12
9
4
306
1
1

307
85

392

—
817
—
7
824
53
53

877
—

877

2018
$m

—
1,233
—
10
1,243
61
61

1,304
—

1,304

2019
$m

2018
$m

—
—
2
8
10
16
16

26
(29)

(3)

—
—
3
12
15
19
19

34
32

66

2019
$m

748
1,406
34
24
2,212
95
95

2,307
471

2018
$m

695
1,424
29
32
2,180
107
107

2,287
515

2,778

2,802

1,509

1,040

395

Includes management fees.

1. 
2.  Property management revenue incurred on the Group’s investment properties of $10m in Office & Industrial and $8m in Retail has been eliminated (2018: $9m in Office & Industrial and $8m in Retail).
3.  Relates mainly to fair value of investment properties and investment properties under construction.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201985

B1 SEGMENT INFORMATION CONTINUED
OTHER INFORMATION

Office & Industrial

Retail

Residential

Corporate

Total

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

Segment assets and liabilities
Assets
Investment properties 1
Inventories
Indirect investments 2
Other assets
Total assets
Total liabilities
Net assets

Other segment information
Share of net profit of joint ventures
Depreciation and amortisation expenses
Acquisitions of investments and PPE

7,071
116
605
131
7,923
217
7,706

30
27
617

6,071
351
573
62
7,057
460
6,597

44
18
460

3,441
7
3
27
3,478
76
3,402

—
16
161

3,223
10
3
19
3,255
75
3,180

1
15
261

128
1,561
302
86
2,077
446
1,631

53
1
2

—
1,409
347
113
1,869
441
1,428

60
1
32

—
—
341
952
1,293
4,158
(2,865)

(14)
8
9

— 10,640
—
1,684
229
1,251
935
1,196
1,164
14,771
3,714
4,897
(2,550)
9,874

38
7
12

69
52
789

1. 
2. 

Includes investment properties under construction.
Includes carrying value of investments in joint ventures and other indirect investments.

RECONCILIATION OF STATUTORY PROFIT TO OPERATING PROFIT AFTER TAX

The following table shows how profit for the year attributable to stapled securityholders reconciles to operating profit after tax:

Profit for the year attributable to stapled securityholders

913

Office &
 Industrial
$m

Retail
$m

226

Residential
$m

Corporate
$m

163

(283)

2019

Total
$m

1,019

9,294
1,770
1,152
1,129
13,345
4,690
8,655

143
41
765

2018

Total
$m

1,089

Exclude specific non-cash items
Revaluation of investment properties and investment 
properties under construction 1
 Share of net (profit)/loss of joint ventures relating to 
movement of non-cash items 2
Straight-lining of lease revenue 3
 Net (gain)/loss on foreign exchange and 
financial instruments
Amortisation of lease incentives and leasing costs

Tax effect
Tax effect of non-cash and significant items 4
Operating profit after tax

(442)

(74)

(4)
(7)

(5)
59

—
514

—
(1)

—
17

—
168

—

—
—

—
—

—
163

—

31
—

61
—

(23)
(214)

(516)

(490)

27
(8)

56
76

(23)
631

(24)
(7)

(22)
62

—
608

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Includes Mirvac’s share in the joint ventures’ revaluation of investment properties which is included within Share of net profit of joint ventures.
Included within Share of net profit of joint ventures.
Included within Revenue.
Included within Income tax expense.

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B Results for the year
continued

B2 REVENUE

The Group has two main revenue streams; development revenue and property rental revenue. Development revenue is derived from 
constructing and then selling properties. Property rental revenue comes from holding properties as investment properties and earning 
rental yields over time.

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of returns, trade allowances and duties and taxes paid. The Group 
recognises revenue from the transfer of goods or services over time and at a point in time in the following revenue streams.

DEVELOPMENT REVENUE
Settlement revenue
The Group develops and sells properties comprising apartments, land lots, masterplanned communities and commercial properties held 
as inventory. The sales contracts typically contain one performance obligation satisfied when control of the property is transferred to the 
customer. This generally occurs on settlement at which point revenue is recognised. The revenue is measured at the transaction price 
agreed under the contract.
Construction service revenue
The Group provides services to construct office, industrial, retail or residential buildings on customer owned land.
There is ordinarily one performance obligation, being the ‘macro-promise’ to deliver a completed building to the customer including 
the design, construction and leasing (if applicable) of the building. The performance obligation is satisfied, and revenue including costs 
and margin is recognised, over time with progress determined in line with the building’s percentage of completion. The percentage of 
completion is determined by costs incurred to date as a percentage of total expected costs. This method best represents the passing of 
control of the building to the customer as it is being built. Estimates of costs and project completion and associated revenue are revised 
if circumstances change, with any resulting increases or decreases reflected in the consolidated SoCI.
Certain development contracts may include variable revenue which is dependent on predetermined metrics for example, capitalised 
net rental income. Variable revenue is recognised when highly probable based on historical experience, forecasts and current 
economic conditions.
Development management service revenue
Development management fees are received to remunerate the Group for management services, time and the risk of developing a 
commercial or residential project. Contracts can include one or multiple performance obligations depending on the terms of the contract. 
Revenue is recognised as the performance obligations are satisfied. Hourly rate fees are recognised when service is provided and fixed 
rate fees are recognised on a percentage of completion basis.

DEFERRED REVENUE
Some development contracts are funded by a capital partner throughout the life of the project or construction phase, generally known 
as fund through projects. Payments received for these projects are recognised as deferred revenue which is classified as a liability in 
the consolidated SoFP. Deferred revenue is recognised in the consolidated SoCI when the performance obligations are satisfied.
At 30 June 2019, the Group held $231m of deferred revenue which mainly related to Melbourne projects: The Eastbourne, 477 Collins 
Street, Queensland project: 80 Ann Street and Sydney project: Green Square (2018: $348m mainly related to Melbourne projects: 
The Eastbourne, 477 Collins Street and Sydney projects: Green Square and South Eveleigh).

PROPERTY RENTAL REVENUE
The Group invests in properties for rental yields and capital appreciation. Rental revenue from investment properties is recognised on 
a straight-line basis over the lease term, net of any incentives. The Group also provides services to the lessees which primarily consist 
of general building management and operations in accordance with their lease agreements. Service income, representing the recovery 
of associated costs from the lessees, are recognised over time when the services are provided. 

ASSET AND FUNDS MANAGEMENT REVENUE
The Group provides property management and leasing, investment funds management, and facilities management services. These 
services are provided on an ongoing basis and over the term of the agreements. The management fees are generally calculated based 
upon the value of the managed assets which is a variable consideration and recognised upon delivery of services.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019B2 REVENUE CONTINUED

FY19 Revenue by function

2%

1%

33%

Development
Property rental
Assets and funds management
Interest and other

64%

Revenue: FY17 to FY19

$2,275m

$2,159m

$2,186m

FY17

FY18

FY19

Revenue
Settlement revenue
Construction and development management services revenue
Total development revenue
Lease revenue 1
Service revenue
Total property rental revenue
Asset and funds management revenue
Interest revenue
Other revenue
Total revenue

1. 

Includes straight-lining of lease revenue of $8m (2018: $7m).

COSTS TO FULFIL A CONTRACT

2019
$m

880
526
1,406
631
91
722
34
4
20
2,186

Sales commissions, incurred to fulfil a contract, were previously expensed when incurred, is now capitalised and included within other assets on the 
SoFP and expensed when the associated residential settlement revenue is recognised.

Expensed during the period 2

Costs to fulfil a contract
Current
Non-current
Total costs to fulfil a contract

1.   As permitted under the transitional provisions in AASB 15 the comparative of 30 June 2018 is not disclosed.
2.  No impairment loss was recognised during the period.

TRANSACTION PRICE ALLOCATED TO REMAINING PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS

The transaction price allocated to partially unsatisfied performance obligations at 30 June 2019 is as set out below.

Within one year
More than one year
Total

1.   As permitted under the transitional provisions in AASB 15 the comparative of 30 June 2018 is not disclosed.

87

2018
$m

1,233
191
1,424
589
85
674
29
10
22
2,159

2019 1
$m

12

7
13
20

2019 1
$m

1,237
914
2,151

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B Results for the year
continued

Gain on financial instruments
Gain on interest rate derivatives
Gain on assets at fair value through profit or loss
Gain on cross currency derivatives
Gain on foreign exchange
Total gain on financial instruments

B3 EXPENSES
DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

2019
$m

—
5
1
1
7

2018
$m

4
9
7
2
22

Development expenses are initially capitalised as inventory on the consolidated SoFP until the associated revenue is recognised. These expenses include 
the costs of acquisition and development and all other costs directly related to the specific projects, including an allocation of direct overhead expenses.

COST OF GOODS SOLD INTEREST

Interest previously capitalised to incomplete inventory is expensed when the associated revenue is recognised. Upon completion of project, borrowing 
costs and other holding charges are expensed as incurred.

INVESTMENT PROPERTIES EXPENSES AND OUTGOINGS

Investment properties expenses relate to those costs which are required to be incurred to allow for the occupation and maintenance of investment 
properties in order to continue to earn rental revenue. Expenses include statutory levies, insurance and other property outgoings and are recognised 
on an accruals basis.

DEPRECIATION

Depreciation on property, plant and equipment is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the asset. They are depreciated 
as follows:
 > plant and equipment 3-15 years; and
 >

land is not depreciated.

SELLING AND MARKETING EXPENSES

Costs to promote and market projects are expensed as incurred. Direct costs incurred in obtaining a contract such as sales commissions are capitalised 
as a contract asset and included within other assets on the SoFP. These costs are expensed when the associated revenue is recognised.

Profit before income tax includes the following specific expenses:

2019
$m

2018
$m

Total employee and other expenses
Employee benefits expenses
Security-based payments expense
Total employee expenses
Compliance, consulting and professional fees
Rent, office and administration expenses
IT infrastructure and other expenses
Total other expenses
Total employee and other expenses

Interest and borrowing costs
Interest paid/payable
Interest capitalised 1
Borrowing costs amortised
Total finance costs
Add: cost of goods sold interest (previously capitalised and now expensed) 2
Total interest and borrowing costs

Loss on financial instruments
Loss on interest rate derivatives
Total loss on financial instruments

1.  Relates to residential projects $13m (2018: $26m) and commercial projects $16m (2018: $14m).
2.  Relates to residential projects $17m (2018: $44m) and commercial projects $4m (2018: $2m).

104
14
118
17
24
19
60
178

151
(29)
4
126
21
147

63
63

105
13
118
25
24
11
60
178

152
(40)
3
115
46
161

—
—

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201989

B4 EVENTS OCCURRING AFTER THE END OF THE YEAR
As announced on 3 July 2019, the Group confirmed the successful completion of the non-underwritten Security Purchase Plan (SPP). A total of $46.2m 
was raised under the SPP, with 15.9m new stapled securities issued to eligible applicants on 4 July 2019.

No other events have occurred since the end of the year which have significantly affected or may significantly affect Mirvac’s operations, the results of 
those operations, or Mirvac’s state of affairs in future years.

B5 INCOME TAX

Most of the Group’s profit is earned by trusts which are not subject to taxation. Income from these trusts is instead attributed to unitholders 
who pay income tax at their marginal tax rates.

ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAX

Income tax expense is calculated at the applicable tax rate (currently 30 per cent in Australia) and recognised in the profit for the year, unless it relates to 
other comprehensive income or transactions recognised directly in equity.

The tax expense comprises both current and deferred tax. Broadly, current tax represents the tax expense paid or payable for the current year. Deferred 
tax accounts for tax on temporary differences. Temporary differences generally occur when income and expenses are recognised by tax authorities and 
for accounting purposes in different periods.

Deferred tax assets, including those arising from tax losses, are only recognised to the extent it is probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to 
utilise the losses in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax is not recognised on the initial recognition of goodwill.

Mirvac estimates future taxable profits based on approved budgets and forecasts extending five years. Future taxable profits are influenced by a variety 
of general economic and business conditions, which are outside the control of Mirvac. A change in any of these assumptions could have an impact on the 
future profitability of the Group and may affect the recovery of deferred tax assets.

TAX CONSOLIDATION LEGISLATION

Mirvac Limited and its wholly-owned Australian controlled entities are in a tax consolidated group. The entities in the tax consolidated group have entered 
into a tax sharing agreement which, in the opinion of the Directors, limits the joint and several liability of the wholly-owned entities in the case of a default 
by the head entity, Mirvac Limited.

The entities in the tax consolidated group have also entered into a tax funding agreement to fully compensate/be compensated by Mirvac Limited for 
current tax balances and the deferred tax assets for unused tax losses and credits transferred.

INCOME TAX ANALYSIS

Reconciliation to effective tax rate

Profit before income tax
Less: Group elimination entries not subject to corporate taxation
Less: MPT profit not subject to taxation
Profit which is subject to taxation
Income tax expense calculated at 30%

Tax effect of amounts which are not deductible/(taxable) in calculating taxable income
Non-deductible expenses
Other non-deductible/non-assessable items

Over provision in prior years
Income tax expense 1
Effective tax rate 2

1.  The income tax expense represents both current and deferred tax.
2.  Effective tax rate is calculated as the income tax expense divided by the profit which is subject to taxation.

2019
$m

1,072
(1)
(893)
178
53

—
—
53
(1)
52
29%

2018
$m

1,166
—
(921)
245
74

1
2
77
—
77
31%

90

B Results for the year
continued

Reconciliation of income tax expense to tax paid

Current tax
Deferred tax
Total income tax expense

Temporary differences
Deferred revenue
Inventories
Unrealised derivative financial instrument revaluations
Receivables
Other temporary differences
Transfer from tax losses
Tax paid 1

1.   Tax paid relates to tax payable in the USA.

Unrecognised tax and capital losses

Unused tax losses which have not been recognised as deferred tax assets due to uncertainty of utilisation 1
Unused capital losses which have not been recognised as deferred tax assets due to uncertainty of utilisation 2
Total unrecognised tax and capital losses
Potential tax benefit at 30 per cent

2019
$m

—
52
52

(25)
8
20
(5)
(4)
(46)
—

2019
$m

58
230
288
86

2018
$m

3
74
77

101
(137)
2
—
2
(42)
3

2018
$m

58
226
284
85

1.  Unused tax losses relate to losses from the James Fielding Group in 2005 which can only be utilised after the Mirvac Ltd tax group tax losses have been utilised and are then subject to an annual utilisation 

factor of less than 1%.

2.  Unused capital losses can only be utilised against capital gains.

Movement in deferred tax

Unearned gains and losses with joint 
ventures
Accruals
Employee provisions and accruals
Deferred revenue
Derivative financial instruments
Impairment of loans to unrelated 
parties
PPE
Tax losses
Foreign exchange translation losses
Deferred tax assets
Investments in joint ventures
Inventories
Derivative financial instruments
Land and buildings
Prepayments
Receivables
Other
Deferred tax liabilities
Net deferred tax assets

Balance 
1 July
2017
$m

Recognised
in profit
or loss
$m

Recognised
in other
comprehensive
income
$m

Balance 
30 June
2018
$m

Recognised
in retained
earnings 1
$m

1 July
2018
Restated 1
$m

Recognised
in profit
or loss
$m

Recognised
in other
comprehensive
income
$m

Balance 
30 June
2019
$m

15
25
8
35
31

4
1
255
21
395
(4)
(130)
(35)
(4)
—
—
(6)
(179)
216

1
(2)
1
101
3

(2)
—
(42)
—
60
2
(137)
(1)
3
—
—
(1)
(134)
(74)

—
—
—
—
—

—
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1

16
23
9
136
34

2
1
213
22
456
(2)
(267)
(36)
(1)
—
—
(7)
(313)
143

—
—
—
(35)
—

—
—
—
—
(35)
(1)
39
—
—
(3)
—
—
35
—

16
23
9
101
34

2
1
213
22
421
(3)
(228)
(36)
(1)
(3)
—
(7)
(278)
143

(1)
1
—
(25)
19

(2)
—
(46)
—
(54)
(4)
8
—
—
(2)
(5)
4
1
(53)

—
—
—
—
(10)

—
—
—
79
69
—
—
(61)
—
—
—
—
(61)
8

15
24
9
76
43

—
1
167
101
436
(7)
(220)
(97)
(1)
(5)
(5)
(3)
(338)
98

1.  Amounts recognised through retained earnings in 2019 relate to the adoption of AASB 15 during the period. Refer to Section A – Impact of new accounting standards for further details.

Deferred tax assets expected to be recovered after more than 12 months are $381m (2018: $421m).

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019C Property and development assets

91

This section includes investment properties, investments in joint ventures and inventories. They represent the core assets of the business 
and drive the value of the Group.

C1 PROPERTY PORTFOLIO
Mirvac holds a property portfolio for long-term rental yields. Depending on the specific arrangements for each property, they are classified as investment 
properties or properties held through joint ventures.

Refer to note I1 for a detailed listing of Mirvac’s property portfolio.

INVESTMENT PROPERTIES

Investment properties are properties owned by Mirvac and not occupied by the Group. Investment properties include investment properties 
under construction, which will become investment properties once construction is completed.
Mirvac accounts for its investment properties at fair value and revaluations are recognised as other income.

INVESTMENTS IN JOINT VENTURES (JV)

Mirvac enters into arrangements with third parties to jointly own investment properties.
If Mirvac has joint control over the activities and joint rights to the net assets of an arrangement, then it is classified as a JV.
The JV holds investment property at fair value and Mirvac recognises its share of the JV’s profit or loss as other income. For further details 
on accounting for JV, refer to note C3.

JUDGEMENTS IN FAIR VALUE ESTIMATION

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants. Fair value is based on the 
highest and best use of an asset – for all of Mirvac’s property portfolio, the existing use is its highest and best use.
The fair values of properties are calculated using a combination of market sales comparison, discounted cash flow and capitalisation rate. 
To assist with calculating reliable estimates, Mirvac uses external valuers on a rotational basis. Approximately half of the portfolio is externally 
valued each year, with management internally estimating the fair value of the remaining properties.
The fair values are a best estimate but may differ to the actual sales price if the properties were to be sold. The key judgements for each 
valuation method are explained below:
Market sales comparison: Utilises recent sales of comparable properties, adjusted for any differences including the nature, location and 
lease profile.
Discounted cash flow (DCF): Projects a series of cash flows over the property’s life and a terminal value, discounted using a discount rate to 
give the present value.
The projected cash flows incorporate expected rental income (based on contracts or market rates), operating costs, lease incentives, lease 
fees, capital expenditure, and a terminal value from selling the property. The terminal value is calculated by applying the terminal yield to the 
net market income. The discount rate is a market rate reflecting the risk associated with the cash flows, the nature, location and tenancy 
profile of the property relative to comparable investment properties and other asset classes.
Capitalisation rate: The rate or yield at which the annual net income from an investment is capitalised to ascertain its capital value at a given 
date. The annual net income is based on contracted rents, market rents, operating costs and future income on vacant space. The capitalisation 
rate reflects the nature, location and tenancy profile of the property together with current market evidence and sales of comparable properties.
Investment properties under construction: There generally is not an active market for investment properties under construction, so fair 
value is measured using DCF or residual valuations. DCF valuations for investment properties under construction are as described above but 
also consider the costs and risks of completing construction and letting the property.
Residual: Estimates the value of the completed project, less the remaining development costs which include construction, finance costs and 
an allowance for developer’s risk and profit. This valuation is then discounted back to the present value.
Note C2 explains the key inputs and sensitivity to changes in the measurement of fair value of investment properties.

LEASE INCENTIVES

The carrying amount of properties includes lease incentives provided to tenants. Lease incentives are deferred and recognised on a 
straight-line basis over the lease term.

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C Property and development assets
continued

Composition of Mirvac’s property portfolio by sector

Investment properties
Investment properties under construction
Total investment properties
Investments in JV 1
Total property portfolio

Note

C2

Office
$m

5,586
608
6,194
461
6,655

1.  Represents Mirvac’s share of the JV’s revaluation gain which is included within the share of net profit of JV.

PROPERTY PORTFOLIO AS AT 30 JUNE 2019

1%

8%

Office
Retail
Industrial
Residential

Industrial
$m

877
—
877
—
877

11%

Retail
$m

3,441
—
3,441
—
3,441

Residential
$m

—
128
128
—
128

3%

5%

2018

Total
$m

9,011
283
9,294
457
9,751

2019

Total
$m

9,904
736
10,640
461
11,101

NSW
VIC
QLD
WA
ACT

By segment

31%

60%

By geography

18%

63%

Office
>  $936m increase in Office assets
>  6.4% net valuation uplift
>  Weighted average capitalisation 

rate of 5.43%

Industrial
>  $68m increase in Industrial 

assets

>  6.0% net valuation uplift
>  Weighted average capitalisation 

rate of 5.72%

Retail
>  $218m increase Retail assets
>  2.2% net valuation uplift
>  Weighted average capitalisation 

rate of 5.41%

REVALUATION OF PROPERTY PORTFOLIO

FY19 Net revaluation gain ($516m)

FY18 Net revaluation gain ($490m)

$392m

$50m $74m

$369m

$24m $85m

IP/IPUC

JV1

$0m

IP/IPUC

$12m

JV1

Office

Industrial

Retail

1.  Represents Mirvac’s share of the JV’s revaluation gain which is included within the share of net profit of JV.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019C2 INVESTMENT PROPERTIES

Investment properties, including investment properties under construction, are held at fair value and any gains or losses are recognised 
in revenue and other income. The fair value movements are non-cash and do not affect the Group’s distributable income.

Movements in investment properties

Balance 1 July
Expenditure capitalised
Acquisitions
Disposals
Net revaluation gain from fair value adjustments
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations
Transfer from inventories
Transfer from joint venture
Amortisation
Balance 30 June

Office
$m

Industrial
$m

Retail
$m

Residential
$m

5,262
393
200
—
392
—
—
—
(53)
6,194

809
23
—
—
50
—
—
—
(5)
877

3,223
160
1
—
74
—
—
—
(17)
3,441

—
7
30
—
—
—
91
—
—
128

2019

Total
$m

9,294
583
231
—
516
—
91
—
(75)
10,640

93

2018

Total
$m

8,278
475
255
(300)
478
(1)
15
156
(62)
9,294

Fair value measurement and valuation basis
Investment properties are measured as Level 3 financial instruments. Refer to note D5 for explanation of the levels of fair value measurement.

The discounted cash flow, capitalisation rate and residual valuation methods all use unobservable inputs in determining fair value; ranges of the inputs are 
included below:

Inputs used to measure fair value

Level 3 
fair value
$m

Net market
income
$/sqm

6,194
877
3,441

5,262
809
3,223

200 – 1,531
100 – 470
206 – 1,374

418 – 1,415
98 – 450
203 – 1,402

10-year 
compound 
annual 
growth rate
%

3.10 – 4.00
2.92 – 3.47
2.80 – 4.04

3.19 – 3.77
2.86 – 3.00
3.35 – 4.30

Capitalisation
rate
%

Terminal
yield
%

Discount
rate
%

4.75 – 8.00
5.00 – 7.00
4.50 – 8.00

5.00 – 8.00
5.22 – 7.25
4.50 – 8.00

5.00 – 8.00
5.27 – 7.50
4.75 – 8.25

5.25 – 8.25
5.47 – 7.50
4.75 – 8.25

6.25 – 8.25
6.75 – 7.75
6.50 – 9.50

6.50 – 8.50
6.92 – 8.25
6.50 – 9.50

Segment

2019
Office
Industrial
Retail

2018
Office
Industrial
Retail

Movement in any of the unobservable inputs is likely to have an impact on the fair value of investment property. The higher the net market income or 
10-year compound annual growth rate, the higher the fair value. The higher the capitalisation rate, terminal yield or discount rate, the lower the fair value.

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C Property and development assets
continued

C3 INVESTMENTS IN JOINT VENTURES

A joint venture (JV) is an arrangement where Mirvac has joint control over the activities and joint rights to the net assets. Refer to note G1 
for details on how Mirvac decides if it controls an entity.

Mirvac initially records its JV at the cost of the investment and subsequently accounts for them using the equity method. Under the equity method, the 
Group’s share of the JV’s profit or loss is added to/deducted from the carrying amount each year. Distributions received or receivable are recognised by 
reducing the carrying amount of the JV.

When transactions between Mirvac and its JV create an unrealised gain, the Group eliminates the unrealised gain relating to Mirvac’s proportional interest 
in the JV. Unrealised losses are eliminated in the same way unless there is evidence of impairment, in which case the loss is realised.

JUDGEMENT IN TESTING FOR IMPAIRMENT OF INVESTMENTS IN JV

JV are tested for impairment at the end of each year, and impaired if necessary, by comparing the carrying amount to the recoverable 
amount. The recoverable amount is calculated as the estimated present value of future distributions to be received from the JV and from its 
ultimate disposal.
At 30 June 2019, none of the investments in JV is considered to be impaired (2018: none).

All JV are established or incorporated in Australia. Information relating to JV is at follows:

MOVEMENTS IN THE CARRYING AMOUNT OF JV

$1,100m

$99m

$9m

$2m

($30m)

$950m

$943m

$800m

FY18

($31m)

($107m)

$885m

Share of net
profits – other

Equity
acquired

Other
movements

Share of net loss
on IP and hotel
revaluations

Repayment
of capital

Distributions received/
receivable

FY19

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201995

The tables below provides summarised financial information for those JV that are significant to the Group. The Group does not have any associates. 
The information presented reflects the total amounts presented in the financial statements of the relevant JV and not the Group’s share, unless otherwise 
stated. The information has been amended to reflect any unrealised gains or losses on transactions between Mirvac and its JV.

Mirvac 
8 Chifley
Trust 1

Mirvac 
(Old Treasury)
Trust 1

Mirvac SLS 
Development Trust 1

Tucker Box 
Hotel Group

Other JV

Total

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

Property 
investment

Property 
investment

Residential 
development

Hotel 
investment

Various

2
1
3
479
—
3
3
—
—
—
479
50
240

2
1
3
485
—
3
3
—
—
—
485
50
243

6
1
7
444
—
6
6
—
—
—
445
50
223

5
1
6
429
—
5
5
—
—
—
430
50
215

2
435
437
—
159
30
189
—
4
4
244
51
124

223

226

215

208

105

13
—
13
234
—
9
9
—
—
—
238
51
121

106

2
6
8
583
—
11
11
188
1
189
391
50
196

2
7
9
627
—
10
10
176
1
177
449
50
225

71
120
191
202
—
21
21
49
1
50
322
—
159

70
165
235
249
52
50
102
9
1
10
372
—
190

83
563
646
1,708
159
71
230
237
6
243
1,881
—
942

92
174
266
2,024
52
77
129
185
2
187
1,974
—
994

195

224

147

179

885

943

Principal activities

Summarised SoFP
Cash and cash equivalents
Other current assets
Total current assets
Total non-current assets
Borrowings
Other current liabilities
Total current liabilities
Borrowings
Other non-current liabilities
Total non-current liabilities
Net assets
Group’s share of net assets in %
Group’s share of net assets in $
Carrying amount in Group’s 
consolidated SoFP

1.  The difference between the carrying amount and the Group’s share in the net assets of its investment is a result of elimination due to the Group’s transactions with its investee.

Mirvac 
8 Chifley
Trust

Mirvac 
(Old Treasury)
Trust

Mirvac SLS 
Development 
Trust

Tucker Box 
Hotel Group

Other JV

Total

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
$m

2018
$m

26
26
—
—
—
20
6
26
20
—
20

13

55
25
—
—
—
50
(25)
25
50
—
50

47
26
—
—
—
40
(14)
26
40
—
40

13

13

43
25
—
—
—
36
(11)
25
36
—
36

13

—
(1)
—
—
—
(1)
—
(1)
(1)
—
(1)

—

—
(1)
—
—
—
(1)
—
(1)
(1)
—
(1)

—

(17)
41
—
7
—
(27)
61
34
(27)
—
(27)

86
44
—
7
—
76
(39)
37
76
—
76

341
106
1
1
1
105
—
105
105
(2)
103

527
154
1
10
1
143
1
144
143
—
143

397
198
1
8
1
137
53
190
137
(2)
135

711
247
1
17
1
304
(74)
230
304
—
304

15

17

66

41

107

84

Summarised SoCI
Revenue
EBITDA
Interest income
Interest expense
Income tax expense
Profit after tax
Non-operating items
Operating profit after tax
Profit after tax
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive income
Distributions received/ receivable 
by the Group from JV

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE COMMITMENTS

At 30 June 2019, the Group’s share of its JV’s capital commitments which have been approved but not yet provided for was $47m (2018: $nil).

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C Property and development assets
continued

C4 INVENTORIES

The Group develops some residential and commercial properties for sale, and not to hold as an investment property.

Inventories are classified as current if they are expected to be settled within 12 months or otherwise classified as non-current.

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Development projects are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value (NRV). No inventories required write-downs to NRV during the 
year (2018: nil).
Cost includes the costs of acquisition, development, interest capitalised and all other costs directly related to specific projects. An allocation 
of direct overhead expenses is also included.
JUDGEMENT IN CALCULATING NRV OF INVENTORIES

NRV is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs to complete and sell the development. NRV 
is estimated using the most reliable evidence available at the time including expected fluctuations in selling price and estimated costs to 
complete and sell.

Residential apartments
Acquisition costs
Development costs
Interest capitalised during development
NRV write-downs provision
Total residential apartments

Residential masterplanned communities
Acquisition costs
Development costs
Interest capitalised during development
NRV write-downs provision
Total residential masterplanned communities
Total Residential

Office & Industrial
Acquisition costs
Development costs
Interest capitalised during development
Total Office & Industrial

Retail
Development costs
Total Retail
Total inventories

2019

2018

Current
$m

Non-current
$m

Current
$m

Non-current
$m

48
375
10
(5)
428

94
26
9
(4)
125
553

34
32
1
67

1
1
621

170
375
41
(57)
529

388
70
27
(6)
479
1,008

4
45
—
49

6
6
1,063

51
192
10
(2)
251

118
45
13
(20)
156
407

39
143
4
186

6
6
599

226
414
42
(60)
622

308
50
28
(6)
380
1,002

55
108
2
165

4
4
1,171

Residential 
>  Key movements in inventory 

during the year included Sydney 
Olympic Park, Marrickville, Hope 
Street, Tullamore, The Eastbourne 

>  2,611 lots settled during the year

Office & Industrial
>  Practical completion achieved for:

>  Building 1 and 3 for South 

Eveleigh, NSW (Office); and 
>  Warehouse 2 and 5 for Calibre, 

NSW (Industrial)

>  Key active developments: 

South Eveleigh, 477 Collins Street 
and 80 Ann Street

Retail 
>  Practical completion achieved for 
Kawana Shoppingworld – Cinema 
and Dining

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019INVENTORIES AS AT 30 JUNE 2019

7%

Apartments
Masterplanned communities
Office & Industrial

15%

By product line

15%

By geography

33%

36%

57%

37%

Movements in inventories

Balance 1 July
Costs incurred
Settlements
Provision utilisation
Transfer to investment properties
Balance 30 June

C5 COMMITMENTS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE COMMITMENTS

97

2018
$m

1,667
1,159
(1,067)
26
(15)
1,770

NSW
VIC
QLD
WA

2019
$m

1,770
1,059
(1,070)
16
(91)
1,684

At 30 June 2019, capital commitments on Mirvac’s property portfolio were $273m (2018: $237m). There are no properties pledged as security by the 
Group (2018: nil).

LEASE COMMITMENTS

Lease revenue from investment properties is accounted for as operating leases. The revenue and expenses are recognised in the consolidated SoCI 
on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Payments for operating leases are made net of any lease incentives.

The future receipts and payments are shown as undiscounted contractual cash flows.

Future operating lease receipts as a lessor 

Future operating lease payments as a lessee 

$525m

$1,555m

$1,453m

$9m

$32m

$15m

2019

2018

$443m

$1,291m

$950m

2019

2018

$9m

$34m

$22m

Within one year

Between one and five years

Later than five years

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D Capital structure and risks

This section outlines the market, credit and liquidity risks that the Group is exposed to and how it manages these risks. Capital comprises 
stapled securityholders’ equity and net debt (borrowings less cash).

D1 CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Mirvac has a capital management framework, approved and monitored by 
the Board. The framework aims to address the market, credit and liquidity 
risks while also meeting the Group’s strategic objectives.

The Group seeks to maintain a minimum investment-grade credit rating of 
BBB+ or Baa1 to reduce the cost of capital and diversify its sources of debt 
capital. The Group’s target gearing ratio is between 20 and 30 per cent.

If the Group wishes to change its gearing ratio, it could adjust its dividends/
distributions, issue new equity (or buy back securities), or sell property to 
repay borrowings.

At 30 June 2019, the Group was in compliance with all regulatory and debt 
covenant ratios.

The Group uses derivatives to hedge its underlying exposures to changes in 
interest rates on its borrowings and to changes in foreign exchange rates on 
its foreign currency transactions.

D2 BORROWINGS AND LIQUIDITY

Gearing Ratio

21.3%

30 June 2018

20.5%

30 June 2019

The Group enters into borrowings at both fixed and floating interest rates and also uses interest rate derivatives to reduce interest rate risks.

During the year, the Group refinanced its syndicated bank facility, to effectively extend the term of the facility and establish additional 
facilities of $1.29bn, of which $nil were drawn as at 30 June 2019. The Group also issued $664m of new debt in the US Private Placement 
market and successfully completed an equity raising of $750m (before costs) which was used to repay debt and provides additional funding 
flexibility. Refer to note E4 for further details on the equity raise.

At 30 June 2019, the Group had $1,426m of cash and committed undrawn facilities available.

Drawn debt maturities as at 30 June 2019

Drawn debt sources as at 30 June 2019

$2,442m

FY24
onwards

$200m

$220m

$250m

FY20

FY21

FY22

FY23

FY24

Bonds

BORROWINGS

100%

Bonds

Borrowings are initially recognised at fair value, net of transaction costs and are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest 
rate method. Under the amortised cost method, any difference between the initial amount recognised and the redemption amount is recognised in the 
consolidated SoCI over the period of the borrowings using the effective interest rate method.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201999

2019

2018

Current
$m

Non-current
$m

Total
 carrying
 amount
$m

Total 
fair value
$m

Current
$m

Non-current
$m

Total 
carrying
 amount
$m

Total 
fair value
$m

Unsecured facilities
Bank loans
Bonds
Total unsecured borrowings
Undrawn facilities

—
—
—

—
3,448
3,448

—
3,448
3,448
1,292

—
3,486
3,486

—
135
135

415
2,523
2,938

415
2,658
3,073
685

415
2,633
3,048

The fair value of the bank loans is considered to approximate their carrying amount; although some loans have fixed interest rates, the impact is 
immaterial. The fair value of the bonds is calculated as the expected future cash flows discounted by the relevant current market rates.

The following table sets out Mirvac’s net exposure to interest rate risk by maturity periods. Exposures arise predominantly from liabilities bearing variable 
interest rates as the Group intends to hold fixed rate liabilities to maturity.

2019

2018

Fixed interest maturing in:

Fixed interest maturing in:

Floating
 interest
rate
$m

Less 
than
1 year
$m

1 to 2
 years
$m

2 to 5
 years
$m

Over
5 years
$m

Floating
 interest
rate
$m

Total
$m

Bank loans
Bonds
Interest rate derivatives
Total

—
2,065
(1,800)
265

—
—
100
100

—
200
300
500

—
300
1,000
1,300

—
547
400
947

D3 DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

—
3,112

415
1,767
— (1,500)
682

3,112

Less
 than
1 year
$m

—
—
200
200

1 to 2
years
$m

—
—
100
100

2 to 5
years
$m

—
250
800
1,050

Over 
5 years
$m

—
565
400
965

Total
$m

415
2,582
—
2,997

Mirvac uses derivative financial instruments to economically hedge its exposure to movements in interest and foreign exchange rates and not 
for trading or speculative purposes. Refer to note D4 for further details of how Mirvac manages financial risk.

The chart below shows the net amount of debt subject to fixed interest rates and the maximum average fixed interest rate payable each year:

HEDGING PROFILE AT 30 JUNE 2019

2.88%

2.85%

2.71%

2.61%

2.48%

2.75%

2.70%

2.38%

FY19

FY20

FY21

FY22

FY23

FY24

FY25

FY26

Interest rate derivatives

Fixed debt

Rate

Derivatives are classified as held for trading and accounted for at fair value through profit or loss unless they are designated as hedges. All derivative 
financial instruments used for hedge accounting are recognised initially at fair value and reported subsequently at fair value in the statement of 
financial position.

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D Capital structure and risks 
continued

DERIVATIVES THAT QUALIFY FOR HEDGE ACCOUNTING

Mirvac’s treasury policy sets out the hedging strategy and objectives to manage exposures arising from fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency 
exchange rates. During the year, Mirvac adopted hedge accounting for foreign currency bonds only. At implementation, Mirvac formally designates and 
documents the relationship between hedging instruments (cross currency interest rate swaps only) and the hedged items (foreign currency bonds) as 
well as the proposed effectiveness of the risk management objective that the hedge relationship addresses. On an ongoing basis, Mirvac documents its 
assessment of retrospective and prospective hedge effectiveness of all hedge relationships for changes in fair values or cash flows.

Fair value hedge
A fair value hedge is a hedge of the exposure to changes in fair value of an asset or liability (such as a bond) that is attributable to a particular risk (such 
as movements in interest rates).

Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recorded in the consolidated SoCI, together with any 
changes in the fair value of the hedged asset/liability that are attributable to the hedged risk.

Cash flow hedge
A cash flow hedge is a hedge of the exposure to variability in cash flows attributable to a particular risk associated with an asset, liability or highly probable 
forecast transaction that could affect profit or loss.

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges is recognised in equity via the cash 
flow hedge reserve. Any gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognised in the consolidated SoCI immediately.

Cost of hedging
Currency basis spread is a liquidity premium that is charged for exchanging different currencies, and changes over time impacting the fair value of cross 
currency swaps. Mirvac defers the change in fair value relating to currency basis spreads in the cost of hedging reserve.

All derivatives require settlement on a monthly or quarterly basis. Translation gains or losses on the net investment in foreign operations are recorded 
through the foreign currency translation reserve.

Current
Interest rate derivatives – through profit or loss
Cross currency interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges
Total current derivative financial instruments

Non-current
Interest rate derivatives – through profit or loss
Cross currency interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges
Total non-current derivative financial instruments
Total derivative financial assets/liabilities

D4 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

2019

Asset
$m

Liability
$m

2018

Asset
$m

Liability
$m

—
—
—

1
324
325
325

1
—
1

102
—
102
103

—
3
3

2
116
118
121

1
—
1

39
38
77
78

Mirvac’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks including market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. Mirvac seeks to minimise the 
potential impact of these financial risks on financial performance, for example by using derivative financial instruments to protect against 
interest rate and foreign exchange risk.

Financial risk management is carried out by a central treasury department (Mirvac Group Treasury) under policies approved by the Board. The Board 
provides overall risk management principles and policies covering specific areas. Mirvac Group Treasury identifies, evaluates, reports and manages 
financial risks in close cooperation with the Group’s operating units in accordance with Board policy.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019101

The table below summarises key financial risks and how they are managed:

Risk

Definition

Exposures arising from

Management of exposures

Market risk – 
interest rate

The risk that the fair value 
or cash flows of financial 
instruments will fluctuate due to 
changes in market interest rates

 > Borrowings issued at fixed 
rates and variable rates

 >

 > Derivatives

Interest rate derivatives manage cash flow interest rate risk 
by converting floating rate borrowings to fixed or capped 
rates with target of 55 per cent.

 > Mirvac does not manage the fair value risk for debt 

instruments from interest rates, as it does not have an impact 
on the cash flows paid by the business.

 > Refer to note D2 for details on the interest rate exposure 

for borrowings.

Market risk –  
foreign 
exchange

The risk that the fair value of 
a financial commitment, asset 
or liability will fluctuate due to 
changes in foreign exchange 
rates

 > Bonds denominated in other 

currencies

 > Receipts and payments 

which are denominated in 
other currencies

 > Cross currency interest rate swaps to convert non- Australian 
dollar borrowings to Australian dollar exposures. These cross 
currency interest rate swaps have been designated as cash 
flow hedges with the movements in fair value recognised while 
they are still in an effective hedge relationship.

Market risk – 
price

The risk that the fair value 
of other financial assets at 
fair value through profit or 
loss will fluctuate due to 
changes in the underlying 
share/unit price

Credit risk

The risk that a counterparty will 
not make payments to Mirvac as 
they fall due

 > Foreign currency borrowings as a natural hedge for 

foreign operations.

 > Other financial assets at 

 > The Group is exposed to minimal price risk and so does not 

fair value through profit or 
loss, with any resultant gain 
or loss recognised in other 
comprehensive income

manage the exposures.

 > Cash and cash equivalents
 > Receivables
 > Derivative financial assets
 > Other financial assets

 > Setting credit limits and obtaining collateral as security 

(where appropriate).

 > Diversified trading spread across large financial institutions 

with investment-grade credit ratings.

 > Regularly monitoring the exposure to each counterparty and 

their credit ratings.

 > Refer to note F1 for details on credit risk exposure on 
receivables. The Group deems the exposure to credit 
risk as immaterial for all other classes of financial assets 
and liabilities.

Liquidity risk

The risk that Mirvac will not be 
able to meet its obligations as 
they fall due

 > Payables
 > Borrowings
 > Derivative financial liabilities

 > Regular forecasts of the Group’s liquidity requirements. 

Surplus funds are only invested in highly liquid instruments.

 > Availability of cash, marketable securities and committed 

credit facilities.

 > Ability to raise funds through issue of new securities through 

placements or DRP.

 > Refer to note D2 for details of liquidity risk of the Group’s 

financing arrangements.

MARKET RISK

Notional amount and expiry of CCIRS

$2,065m

$1,767m

$1,895m

$1,463m

Foreign exchange risk
The cross-currency interest rate swaps that are in place cover 100 per cent of the 
foreign denominated bonds (interest payments and redemption value) with the 
same maturity profiles as the bonds. This removes exposure to foreign exchange 
movements between the foreign currencies and Australian dollar.

Foreign currency transactions are translated into the entity’s functional currency 
using the exchange rate at the transaction date. Foreign exchange gains and 
losses resulting from settling foreign currency transactions and from translating 
foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities at year end are recognised in the 
consolidated SoCI.

$134m

$0m

$170m

$170m

1 to 2 years

2 to 5 years

Over 5 years

Total

30 June 2019

30 June 2018

102

D Capital structure and risks 
continued

Sensitivity analysis – interest rate risk and foreign exchange risk
This sensitivity analysis shows the impact on profit after tax and equity if Australian interest rates, USD:AUD, JPY:AUD and HKD:AUD exchange rates 
changed by 50 basis points (bp):

Total impact on profit after tax and 
equity

Sensitivity in:
Interest rate risk1
Foreign exchange risk2
Foreign exchange risk2

Changes in:
Australian interest rates
Foreign interest rates
Foreign exchange rates

2019

2018

50 bps 
$m

50 bps
$m

50 bps 
$m

50 bps
$m

$28m increase
—
—

$30m decrease
—
—

$27m increase
—
—

$28m decrease
—
—

1.  This calculation shows the impact on borrowings, cash and derivative financial instruments held as an economic hedge. It assumes that no interest is capitalised into qualifying assets as discussed in note 

B3. If fair value movements were excluded, operating profit would reduce if interest rates were to rise.

2.  The Group has borrowings and cross currency interest rate swaps which reference foreign interest rates and foreign exchange rates; however, these are hedge accounted in effective hedge relationships, 

therefore the net profit impact is nil.

LIQUIDITY RISK

Maturities of financial liabilities and derivative financial assets
Mirvac’s maturity of financial liabilities and derivative financial assets is provided in the following table. The amounts disclosed in the table are the 
contractual undiscounted cash flows:

2019

Maturing in:

2018

Maturing in:

Less
than 
1 year
$m

635
—
132

1 to 2
years
$m

25
—
333

2 to 5
years
$m

Over
5 years
$m

55
—
884

25
—
3,160

Total
$m

740
—
4,509

Less
than 
1 year
$m

676
12
245

1 to 2
years
$m

273
110
106

2 to 5
years
$m

Over 
5 years
$m

24
323
751

3
—
2,448

Total
$m

976
445
3,550

24

22

33

6

85

13

10

11

(1)

33

67
(85)
773

64
(89)
355

366
(480)
858

2,240
(2,448)
2,983

2,737
(3,102)
4,969

205
(206)
945

71
(67)
503

392
(414)
1,087

1,815
(1,823)
2,442

2,483
(2,510)
4,977

Payables 1
Unsecured bank loans
Bonds

Net settled derivatives
Interest rate derivatives – floating to fixed

Gross settled derivatives (cross currency swaps)
– Outflow
– (Inflow)

1.   Includes deferred revenue.

D5 FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Mirvac measures various financial assets and liabilities at fair value which, in some cases, may be subjective and depend on the inputs used 
in the calculations. The different levels of measurement are described below:
>  Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
>  Level 2: not traded in an active market but calculated with significant inputs coming from observable market data; and
>  Level 3: significant inputs to the calculation that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

Mirvac holds no Level 1 financial instruments.

The methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of Mirvac’s financial instruments are as follows:

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Mirvac’s derivative financial instruments are classified as Level 2, as the fair values are calculated based on observable market interest rates and foreign 
exchange rates. The fair values of interest rate derivatives are calculated as the present value of the estimated future cash flows based on observable 
yield curves.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019103

OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS

Other financial assets include units in unlisted entities and loan notes issued by unrelated parties; refer to note F2 for further details. The carrying value of 
other financial assets is equal to the fair value.

Investments in unlisted entities are traded in inactive markets and the fair value is determined by the unit or share price as advised by the trustee of the 
unlisted entity, based on the value of the underlying assets. The unlisted entity’s assets are subject to regular external valuations using the valuation 
methods explained in note C1.

The fair value of loan notes is calculated based on the expected cash inflows. Expected cash inflows are determined based on the repayment terms, 
interest rates, agreed project costs and credit risk.

The following table summarises the financial instruments measured and recognised at fair value on a recurring a basis:

Financial assets carried at fair value
Investments in unlisted entities
Loan notes
Derivative financial instruments

Financial liabilities carried at fair value
Derivative financial instruments

2019

2018

Level 1
$m

Level 2
$m

Level 3
$m

Total
$m

Level 1
$m

Level 2
$m

Level 3
$m

Total
$m

—
—
—
—

—
—

—
—
325
325

102
102

60
—
—
60

—
—

60
—
325
385

102
102

—
—
—
—

—
—

—
—
121
121

78
78

40
81
—
121

—
—

40
81
121
242

78
78

There were no transfers between the fair value hierarchy levels during the year. The following table presents a reconciliation of the carrying value of Level 
3 instruments held by the Group (excluding investment properties):

2019

2018

Investments 
in unlisted
entities
$m

40
15
5
—
60

Loan 
notes
$m

81
—
—
(81)
—

Total other
financial 
assets
$m

Investments 
in unlisted
entities
$m

121
15
5
(81)
60

24
7
9
—
40

Loan 
notes
$m

131
—
—
(50)
81

Total other 
financial 
assets
$m

155
7
9
(50)
121

Balance 1 July
Acquisitions
Net gain recognised in gain on financial instruments
Repayment
Balance 30 June

Refer to note C2 for a reconciliation of the carrying value of investment properties, also classified as Level 3.

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E  Equity

This section includes details of distributions, stapled securityholders’ equity and reserves. It represents how the Group raised equity from its 
stapled securityholders (equity) in order to finance the Group’s activities both now and in the future.

E1 DISTRIBUTIONS
Half-yearly ordinary distributions paid/payable and distribution per security:

5.3 cpss

5.0 cpss

$194m
paid on
28 Feb 2019

$186m
paid on
28 Feb 2018

31 December

6.3 cpss

6.0 cpss

$246m
payable on
30 Aug 2019

$222m
paid on
31 Aug 2018

30 June

FY19

FY18

5.0% growth

11.6 cpss

11.0 cpss

$440m
paid/payable 

$408m
paid

Annual

All distributions in the current and prior periods were unfranked. Franking credits available for future years, based on a tax rate of 30 per cent, total $24m 
(2018: $23m).

E2 CONTRIBUTED EQUITY

Mirvac’s contributed equity includes ordinary shares in Mirvac Limited and ordinary units in MPT which are stapled to create stapled securities.

Each ordinary security entitles the holder to receive distributions when declared, to one vote at securityholders’ meetings and on polls and to a 
proportional share of proceeds on winding up of Mirvac.

During the year, the Group completed 58m of stapled securities buy-backs totalling $130m. Since the commencement of the buy-back on 23 February 2018 
a total of 59m stapled securities have been purchased.

The Group also successfully completed an equity raising of a fully underwritten $750m institutional placement as announced to the market on 29 May 
2019. The equity raising will support the delivery of the next generation of value accretive office, industrial, residential and mixed-use projects, repay debt 
and replenish funding for its existing development pipeline. It will provide additional funding flexibility, enabling Mirvac to continue investing through the 
property cycle, with the objective of delivering strong, visible and secure cash flows, sustainable distribution growth and attractive rolling average returns 
on invested capital above the Group’s cost of capital.

When new securities or options are issued, the directly attributable incremental costs are deducted from equity, net of tax.

CONTRIBUTED EQUITY

Mirvac Limited – ordinary shares issued
MPT – ordinary units issued
Total contributed equity

2019

2018

No. securities
m

Securities
$m

No. securities
m

Securities
$m

3,909
3,909

2,154
5,290
7,444

3,708
3,708

2,075
4,750
6,825

The total number of stapled securities issued as listed on the ASX at 30 June 2019 was 3,911m (2018: 3,710m) which included 2m of stapled securities 
issued under the LTI plan and EIS (2018: 2m). Securities issued to employees under the Mirvac employee LTI plan and EIS are accounted for as options 
and are recognised in the security-based payments reserve, not in contributed equity.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019MOVEMENTS IN PAID UP EQUITY

Balance 1 July
Securities issued under EEP
LTI and STI vested
Legacy schemes vested
Security buy-back
Securities issued 1
Balance 30 June

105

2019

2018

No. securities

3,707,614,815
430,731
6,660,092
242,063
(58,079,881)
252,525,253
3,909,393,073

Securities
$m

6,825
1
9
1
(130)
738
7,444

No. securities

3,703,308,255
—
5,311,367
256,253
(1,261,060)
—
3,707,614,815

Securities
$m

6,819
—
8
1
(3)
—
6,825

1.   Represents $750m of stapled securities issued less $12m of transaction costs.

Mirvac issues securities to employees as security-based payments; refer to note E3 for details.

E3 RESERVES
COST OF HEDGING RESERVE

The cost of hedging reserve is used to record gains or losses on derivatives that relate to the currency basis spread. Currency basis spread is the liquidity 
premium that is charged for exchanging different currencies, and changes over time impacting the fair value of a cross currency swap.

CASH FLOW HEDGE RESERVE

The cash flow hedge reserve is used to record gains or losses on derivatives that qualify as cash flow hedges and that are recognised in other 
comprehensive income.

SECURITY-BASED PAYMENTS (SBP) RESERVE

The SBP reserve recognises the SBP expense. Further details on SBP are explained in note E4.

NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS (NCI) RESERVE

The NCI reserve was used to record the discount received on acquiring the non-controlling interest in MREIT in December 2009.

Cost of 
hedging 
reserve

Cash flow
hedge 
reserve
$m

Note

FCTR
$m

SBP
reserve
$m

NCI
reserve
$m

Capital 
reserve
$m

Total 
reserves
$m

Balance 1 July 2018
Hedging reserve movements
Cash flow hedge movements
SBP movements
Balance 30 June 2019
Balance 1 July 2017
Cash flow hedge movements
Foreign currency translation differences
SBP movements
Balance 30 June 2018

E4 SECURITY-BASED PAYMENTS

E4

D4
E4

—
6
—
—
6
—
—
—
—
—

(4)
—
(19)
—
(23)
—
(4)
—
—
(4)

—
—
—
—
—
2
—
(2)
—
—

30
—
—
3
33
27
—
—
3
30

8
—
—
—
8
8
—
—
—
8

(1)
—
—
—
(1)
(1)
—
—
—
(1)

33
6
(19)
3
23
36
(4)
(2)
3
33

Mirvac currently operates the following SBP schemes:
 > Employee Exemption Plan (EEP);
 > Long-term Incentives Plan (LTI); and
 > Short-term incentive (STI) awards.

The total of all securities issued under all employee security schemes is limited to five per cent of the issued securities of the stapled group 
in any five year period.

EEP
The EEP provides eligible employees with up to $1,000 worth of Mirvac securities at no cost. Employees cannot sell the securities for three years or until 
they cease employment with the Group, in which case they keep any securities already granted. Other than the restriction on selling, holders have the 
same rights and benefits as other securityholders.

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E  Equity
continued

LTI
The LTI provides senior executives with performance rights to reward executives based on the Group’s performance, thus retaining executives and providing 
them with an interest in the Group’s securities. The performance rights vest based on Mirvac’s TSR and ROIC performance over a three-year period.

ACCOUNTING FOR THE SBP SCHEMES

The EEP securities issued each year are recognised as an expense and directly in contributed equity immediately. The securities issued in FY19 were 
issued on 5 March 2019 when the stapled security price was $2.58. At 30 June 2019, a total of 8.1m (2018: 7.7m) stapled securities have been issued to 
employees under the EEP.

The LTI, STI and legacy EIS are accounted for as equity-settled SBP. The fair value is estimated at grant date and recognised over the vesting period as an 
expense and in the SBP reserve. When the SBP vest, ordinary securities are issued and recognised as a transfer from the SBP reserve to contributed equity.

Reconciliation of rights outstanding under SBP schemes

LTI
STI
Total rights FY19
LTI
STI
Total rights FY18

Balance 
1 July

13,605,204
1,098,001
14,703,205
15,820,721
1,114,730
16,935,451

Issued

7,721,056
808,259
8,529,315
6,737,496
776,147
7,513,643

Vested

Forfeited

(6,882,196)
(709,930)
(7,592,126)
(6,660,067)
(792,876)
(7,452,943)

(393,107)
—
(393,107)
(2,292,946)
—
(2,292,946)

Balance 
30 June

14,050,957
1,196,330
15,247,287
13,605,204
1,098,001
14,703,205

The weighted average remaining contractual life at 30 June 2019 was 1.47 years (2018: 1.42 years).

SBP expense recognised within employee benefits expenses is as follows:

LTI
STI
Total SBP expense taken to SBP reserve
EEP recognised directly in contributed equity
EEP purchased via on-market purchase
Total SBP expense

The movements in the SBP reserve are as follows:

Balance 1 July
Total SBP expense taken to SBP reserve
LTI vested and taken to contributed equity
STI vested
Balance 30 June

2019
$m

11
2
13
1
—
14

2019
$m

30
13
(9)
(1)
33

2018
$m

11
—
11
—
2
13

2018
$m

27
11
(7)
(1)
30

JUDGEMENT IN CALCULATING FAIR VALUE OF SBP

To calculate the expense for equity-settled SBP, the fair value of the equity instruments at grant date has to be estimated. The fair value 
is determined using the Monte-Carlo simulation for the relative TSR component (key judgements and assumptions include exercise price, 
vesting and performance criteria, security price at grant date, volatility, distribution yield and risk-free interest rate) and a Binomial tree 
method for the ROIC component. These judgements and assumptions relating to fair value measurement may impact the SBP expense taken 
to profit or loss and reserves.

Assumptions used for the fair value of performance rights awarded during the current year are as follows:

Grant date
Performance hurdles
Performance period start
Performance period end
Security price at grant date

3 December 2018
Relative TSR and ROIC
1 July 2018
30 June 2021
$2.23

Exercise price
Expected life
Volatility
Risk-free interest rate (per annum)
Distribution yield (per annum)

$nil
2.6 years
18.731%
2.085%
4.93%

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019107

F Operating assets and liabilities

F1 RECEIVABLES
Receivables are initially recognised at the fair value. Receivables are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, 
less provision for impairment if required. Due to the short-term nature of current receivables, their carrying amount (less loss allowance) is assumed to be 
the same as their fair value. For the majority of the non-current receivables, the carrying amount is also not significantly different to their fair value.

The expected credit loss of receivables is reviewed on an ongoing basis. From 1 July 2019, the Group applies the simplified or general approach to 
measuring ECL as appropriate based on the different characteristics of each financial asset class. To measure the ECL, management has grouped 
together its receivables based on shared credit risk characteristics and the days past due. The Group uses judgement in making assumptions about risk 
of default and ECL rates and the inputs to the impairment calculation, based on the Group’s past history, existing market conditions and future looking 
estimates at the end of each reporting period. In the prior year, the impairment of trade receivables was assessed based on the incurred loss model. 
Receivables which are known to be uncollectable are written off.

Note

Gross
$m

2019

Loss 
allowance
$m

H3

H3

65
79
17
81
242

—
168
24
192
434

(3)
—
—
—
(3)

—
(36)
—
(36)
(39)

Net
$m

62
79
17
81
239

—
132
24
156
395

2018

Loss 
allowance
$m

Gross
$m

151
4
22
30
207

22
112
—
134
341

(4)
—
(11)
—
(15)

(22)
(36)
—
(58)
(73)

2019
$m

(73)
33
1
(39)

Current receivables
Trade receivables
Loans to related parties
Loans to unrelated parties
Other receivables
Total current receivables

Non-current receivables
Loans to related parties
Loans to unrelated parties
Other receivables
Total non-current receivables
Total receivables

LOSS ALLOWANCE

Balance 1 July
Amounts utilised for write off of receivables
Loss allowance released/(recognised)
Balance 30 June

AGEING

Days past due

Not past due
$m

1 – 30
$m

31 – 60
$m

61 – 90
$m

91 – 120
$m

Over 120
$m

420
(36)
384
295
(36)
259

4
(1)
3
3
(1)
2

2
(1)
1
2
(1)
1

1
—
1
—
—
—

1
—
1
3
(1)
2

6
(1)
5
38
(34)
4

Total receivables
Loss allowance
Balance 30 June 2019
Total receivables
Loss allowance
Balance 30 June 2018

Net
$m

147
4
11
30
192

—
76
—
76
268

2018
$m

(71)
—
(2)
(73)

Total
$m

434
(39)
395
341
(73)
268

The Group does not have any significant credit risk exposure to a single customer. The Group holds collateral over receivables of $246m (2018: $300m). 
The collateral held equals the carrying amount of the relevant receivables. Refer to note D4 for further details on the Group’s exposure to, and management 
of, credit risk.

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F Operating assets and liabilities
continued

F2 OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS
INVESTMENTS IN UNLISTED ENTITIES

The Group may hold units in unlisted entities which do not give Mirvac control, as explained in note G1, or significant influence, as explained in note 
C3. Distributions received are recognised in revenue and any changes in fair value are recognised in the gain or loss on foreign exchange and financial 
instruments in the consolidated SoCI.

LOAN NOTES

Loan notes of $156m were issued as partial payment for the sale of non-aligned assets during FY15 with interest accrued on the notes. All capitalised 
interest and partial repayment of the original principal were made during FY16, with an additional $50m repayment received during FY18 and final 
payment of $80m received during FY19.

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

Other financial assets are carried at fair value. Fair value is estimated as explained in note D5.

Collectability of other financial assets is reviewed on the same basis as receivables. Refer to note F1 for details.

Current
Loan notes issued by unrelated parties
Total current other financial assets

Non-current
Investments in unlisted entities
Total non-current other financial assets

2019
$m

—
—

60
60

2018
$m

81
81

40
40

F3 INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Mirvac has two types of intangible assets, goodwill and management rights.

The goodwill acquired in a business combination is attributable to the profitability of the acquired business, as well as benefits derived from the acquired 
workforce and other intangible assets that cannot be separately recognised. The goodwill is not expected to be deductible for income tax.

Management rights are the rights to manage properties and funds and have been initially recognised at fair value as part of business combinations. 
Management rights relating to Office & Industrial are estimated to have a useful life of 10 years and are carried at cost less accumulated amortisation and 
impairment losses. Management rights relating to Retail are considered to be open-ended and therefore have no expiry. Management considers the useful 
life as indefinite and the management rights are tested annually for impairment.

The breakdown of intangible assets by operating segment is set out below.

Carrying amounts

Goodwill
Office & Industrial
Total goodwill

Management rights
Office & Industrial
Retail
Total management rights
Total intangible assets

Balance 
1 July
2017
$m

Amortisation of 
management
rights
$m

Additions
$m

Balance 
30 June
2018
$m

Amortisation of
 management
rights
$m

Additions
$m

Balance 
30 June
2019
$m

671
67

8
3
11
78

—
—

1
—
1
1

—
—

(1)
—
(1)
(1)

67 1
67

8
3
11
78

—
—

2
—
2
2

—
—

(1)
—
(1)
(1)

67
67

9
3
12
79

1.  Goodwill of $5m previously allocated to the Corporate segment has been reallocated to Office & Industrial segment to better align with the synergies in the Office portfolio. Comparative information has 

been restated accordingly.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019109

IMPAIRMENT TESTING

Goodwill and indefinite-life management rights are tested annually for impairment. Finite life management rights are tested when an indicator 
of impairment exists.
For the purpose of assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which goodwill is monitored for internal management 
purposes and allocated to cash generating units (CGU). The allocation is made to groups of CGU identified according to operating segments.
An asset is impaired if the recoverable amount, calculated as the higher of the value in use and the fair value less costs to sell, is less than its 
carrying amount.
KEY ASSUMPTIONS USED TO CALCULATE VALUE IN USE AND THE HIGHER OF FAIR VALUE LESS COSTS TO SELL

Intangible assets are measured as Level 3 financial instruments. Refer to note D5 for explanation of the levels of value measurement.
The estimation of the recoverable amount depends on the nature of the CGU.
For CGU relating to the Group’s property portfolio, the value in use is the discounted present value of estimated cash flows that the CGU 
will generate. The cash flow projections are based on approved forecasts covering a 10- year period. AASB 136 Impairment of Assets 
recommends that cash flow projections should cover a maximum period of 5 years, unless a longer period can be justified. As the cash flow 
projections used for budgeting and forecasting are based on long-term, predictable and quantifiable leases, with renewal assumptions based 
on sector and industry experience, management is comfortable that a 10-year cash flow projection is more appropriate. The key assumptions 
used to determine the forecast cash flows included net market rent, capital expenditure, Capitalisation rate, growth rate, discount rate and 
market conditions. The growth rate has been adjusted to reflect current market conditions and does not exceed the long-term average 
growth rate for the business in which the CGU operates. A terminal growth rate of three per cent has also been applied.
The discount and growth rates applied to the cash flow projections are specific and reflect the risks of each segment. The growth rate applied 
beyond the initial period is noted in the table below. The growth rate does not exceed the long-term average growth rate for each CGU.

Cash generating units

Goodwill
Office & Industrial

Management rights
Retail

2019

2018

Growth 
rate 1
% pa

Pre-tax 
discount rate
% pa

Growth 
rate 1
% pa

Pre-tax 
discount rate
% pa

— 2

3.0

6.7

13.0

— 2

3.0

7.1

13.0

1.  Weighted average growth rate used to extrapolate cash flows beyond the forecast period.
2.  The value in use calculation is based on forecasts approved by management covering a 10-year period. No forecast growth rate is assumed as the value in use calculations are based on forecast cash flows 

from existing projects and investment properties.

No intangible assets were impaired in 2019 (2018: nil).

The Directors and management have considered reasonably possible changes to the key assumptions and have not identified any reasonably possible 
changes that could cause an impairment.

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F Operating assets and liabilities
continued

F4 PAYABLES
Payables are measured at amortised costs. Due to the short-term nature of current payables, their carrying amount is assumed to be the same as their fair 
value. For the majority of non-current payables, the carrying amount is also not significantly different to their fair value.

Trade payables due more than 12 months after year end are classified as non-current

Current
Trade payables
Accruals
Deferred payment for land
Annual leave accrual
Other payables
Total current payables

Non-current
Deferred payment for land
Other payables
Total non-current payables
Total payables

F5 PROVISIONS
LONG SERVICE LEAVE (LSL)

2019
$m

142
229
16
15
52
454

35
20
55
509

2018
$m

122
311
54
15
76
578

36
15
51
629

Where the LSL provision is expected to be settled more than 12 months after year end, the expected future payments are discounted to present value. 
The corporate bond rates used to discount the expected future payments have maturities aligned to the estimated timing of future cash flows.

In calculating the LSL provision, management judgement is required to estimate future wages and salaries, on-cost rates and employee service periods.

DISTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE

A provision is made for the amount of distributions declared at or before year end but not yet paid; refer to note E1.

WARRANTIES

The Group is obliged to rectify any defective work during the warranty period of its developments. Warranties are also known as post-completion 
maintenance costs.

Movements in each class of provision during the year are set out below:

Balance 1 July 2018
Additional provisions
Payments made/amounts utilised
Net long service leave movement
Balance 30 June 2019
Current
Non-current

Long service 
leave
$m

Distributions
payable
$m

Warranties
$m

Other
$m

14
—
—
2
16
11
5

222
440
(416)
—
246
246
—

7
3
(4)
—
6
5
1

6
—
(6)
—
—
—
—

Total
$m

249
443
(426)
2
268
262
6

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019G Group structure

111

This section explains how the Group is structured, the Deed of Cross Guarantee between Group companies and disclosures for the 
parent entity.

G1 GROUP STRUCTURE AND DEED OF CROSS GUARANTEE
CONTROLLED ENTITIES

The consolidated financial statements of Mirvac incorporate the assets, liabilities and results of all controlled entities. Controlled entities are all entities 
over which the Group has power to direct the activities of the entity and an exposure to and ability to influence its variable returns from its involvement 
with the entity.

Controlled entities are fully consolidated from the date of control is obtained until the date that control ceases. Inter-entity transactions and balances 
are eliminated. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of impairment of the assets transferred.

STRUCTURED ENTITIES

A structured entity is an entity that has been designed so that voting or similar rights are not the dominant factor in deciding who controls the entity. 
Mirvac considers that all funds and trusts in which it currently has an investment, or from which it currently earns income, to be structured entities. 
Depending on the Group’s power to direct the activities of the entity and its exposure to and ability to influence its own returns, it may consolidate the 
entity. In other cases, it may sponsor or have some form of exposure to a structured entity but not consolidate it.

If Mirvac does not control a structured entity but has significant influence it is treated as an associate. The Group does not have any associates.

FUNDS AND TRUSTS

Mirvac invests in a number of funds and trusts which invest in real estate as investment properties. The funds and trusts finance their operations 
through borrowings and through equity issues. The Group determines whether it controls or has significant influence over these funds and trusts as 
discussed above.

CLOSED GROUP

Mirvac Limited and certain wholly-owned entities (collectively the Closed Group) are parties to a Deed of Cross Guarantee. The members of the Closed 
Group guarantee to pay any deficiency in the event that another member winds up. Refer to note I2 for a list of Closed Group members.

Closed Group SoCI

Revenue

Other income
  Revaluation of investment properties and investment properties under construction

Share of net profit of joint ventures

  Gain on financial instruments
Total revenue and other income
Development expenses
Investment properties expenses and outgoings
Employee and other expenses
Selling and marketing expenses
Depreciation and amortisation expenses
Finance costs
Loss on financial instruments
Net loss on sale of assets
Profit before income tax
Income tax expense
Profit for the year

2019
$m

1,994

—
53
2
2,049
1,446
13
179
34
11
131
63
—
172
(54)
118

2018
$m

1,695

3
63
11
1,772
1,118
14
179
40
10
146
4
5
256
(77)
179

 
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G Group structure
continued

Closed Group SoFP

Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Receivables
Inventories
Derivative financial assets
Other assets
Total current assets

Non-current assets
Receivables
Inventories
Investment properties
Investments in joint ventures
Derivative financial assets
Other financial assets
Property, plant and equipment
Intangible assets
Deferred tax assets
Total non-current assets
Total assets

Current liabilities
Payables
Deferred revenue
Borrowings
Derivative financial liabilities
Provisions
Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities
Payables
Deferred revenue
Borrowings
Derivative financial liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Provisions
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Net assets

Equity
Contributed equity
Reserves
Retained earnings
Total equity

2019
$m

109
200
292
—
28
629

1,598
1,530
161
272
325
925
42
40
437
5,330
5,959

519
—
—
1
16
536

45
76
3,448
102
359
5
4,035
4,571
1,388

2,154
14 
(780)
1,388

2018
$m

189
187
679
3
19
1,077

1,380
1,231
307
289
118
784
40
42
463
4,654
5,731

541
143
134
1
17
836

46
309
2,938
77
312
10
3,692
4,528
1,203

2,075
25
(897)
1,203

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019113

G2 PARENT ENTITY
The financial information for the parent entity, Mirvac Limited, is prepared on the same basis as the consolidated financial statements, except as set 
out below:

Tax consolidation legislation – Mirvac Limited is the head entity of a tax consolidated group as discussed in note B5. As the head entity, Mirvac 
Limited recognises the current tax balances and the deferred tax assets for unused tax losses and credits assumed from other members as well as its 
own current and deferred tax amounts. Amounts receivable from or payable to the other members are recognised by Mirvac Limited as intercompany 
receivables or payables.

Parent entity

Current assets
Total assets
Current liabilities
Total liabilities

Equity
Contributed equity
SBP reserve
Retained earnings
Total equity
Loss for the year
Total comprehensive loss for the year

2019
$m

4,820
5,440
3,153
3,154

2,153
33
100
2,286
(1)
(1)

2018
$m

4,822
5,243
3,036
3,037

2,075
30
101
2,206
(17)
(17)

The parent entity is party to the Deed of Cross Guarantee discussed in note G1 and therefore guarantees the debts of the other Closed Group members.

At 30 June 2019, the parent entity did not provide any other guarantees (2018: $nil), have any contingent liabilities (2018: $nil), or any capital 
commitments (2018: $nil).

G3 NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS
On 31 July 2018, the Group launched the Australian Build to Rent Club (the Club) with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) committing to 
a 30.1% non-controlling interest. The Club was established in Australia. 

Non-controlling interests are shown separately in the consolidated SoCI, consolidated SoCE and consolidated SoFP. The financial information, before 
intercompany eliminations of the Club is provided below. There was no profit for the year.

Summarised SoFP

Current assets
Total assets
Current liabilities
Total liabilities

Equity
Contributed equity
Total equity

Attributable to:
Stapled securityholders
Non-controlling interest

Summarised cash flow information

Operating
Investing
Financing
Net increase in cash

2019
$m

4
110
7
7

103
103

72
31

2019
$m

—
(99)
103
4

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H Other disclosures

This section provides additional required disclosures that are not covered in the previous sections.

H1 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

A contingent liability is a possible obligation that may become payable depending on a future event or a present obligation that is not probable to 
require payment/cannot be reliably measured. A provision is not recognised for contingent liabilities.

Bank guarantees and performance bonds granted in the normal course of business
Health and safety claims

As at 30 June 2019, the Group had no contingent liabilities relating to joint ventures (2018: $nil).

H2 EARNINGS PER STAPLED SECURITY

Basic earnings per stapled security (EPS) is calculated by dividing:
 >
 >

the profit attributable to stapled securityholders; by
the weighted average number of ordinary securities (WANOS) outstanding during the year.

Diluted EPS adjusts the WANOS to take into account dilutive potential ordinary securities from security-based payments.

2019
$m

256
1

2018
$m

280
1

Profit for the year attributable to stapled securityholders used to 
calculate basic and diluted EPS ($m)
WANOS used in calculating basic EPS (m)
WANOS used in calculating diluted EPS (m)

2019

1,019
3,694
3,696

2018

1,089
3,708
3,710

Basic and diluted EPS (cents)

27.6

FY19

29.4

FY18

H3 RELATED PARTIES
Key management personnel compensation
The Remuneration report on pages 52 to 72 provides detailed disclosures of key management personnel compensation. The total expense is 
summarised below:

Short-term employment benefits
Security-based payments
Post-employment benefits
Other long-term benefits
Total key management personnel compensation

There are no outstanding loans to directors or employees (2018: nil).

2019
$000

11,714
5,352
278
91
17,435

2018
$000

11,436
5,547
254
91
17,328

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TRANSACTIONS WITH JV AND OTHER RELATED PARTIES

 $331,848

$1,273 

$136

Interest income

FY19 ($000)

FY18 ($000)

Loans due from JV and other related parties
Balance 1 July
Loans advanced
Loan repayments received
Interest capitalised
Balance 30 June

 $36,269

Development revenue

Property management and other fees

Trustee fees

 $4,593

 $6,612

 $8,545

$8,079

2019
$000

4,047
79,275
(4,047)
—
79,275

2018
$000

14,809
6,445
(18,130)
923
4,047

Transactions between Mirvac and its related parties were made on commercial terms and conditions. Distributions received from JV were on the same 
terms and conditions that applied to other securityholders. Equity interests in JV are set out in note C3.

H4 CASH FLOW INFORMATION
For the purpose of presentation in the consolidated statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash at bank and short-term deposits at call.

RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT TO OPERATING CASH FLOW

Profit for the year attributable to stapled securityholders
  Net loss/(gain) on financial instruments
  Net gain on foreign exchange

Share of net profit of joint ventures
Joint venture distributions received

  Revaluation of investment properties and investment properties under construction
  Depreciation and amortisation expenses
Security-based payments expense

Change in operating assets and liabilities

Increase in receivables

  Decrease/(increase) in inventories
(Decrease)/increase in payables
(Decrease)/increase in provisions
  Decrease in tax effected balances
Increase in other assets/liabilities

Net cash inflows from operating activities

2019
$m

1,019
57
(1)
(69)
112
(516)
52
14

(51)
86
(216)
(5)
46
(10)
518

2018
$m

1,089
(20)
(2)
(143)
82
(478)
41
13

(111)
(87)
207
2
72
(2)
663

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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H Other disclosures
continued

NET DEBT RECONCILIATION

Balance 1 July 2018
Net cash flow movements
Other non-cash movements
Balance 30 June 2019

H5 AUDITORS’ REMUNERATION

Audit services
Audit and review of financial reports
Other assurance services
Total audit services

Other services
Advisory services
Tax advice and compliance services
Total other services
Total auditors’ remuneration

Cash and cash
 equivalents
$m

Current 
borrowings
$m

Non-current 
borrowings
$m

221
(87)
—
134

(135)
134
1
—

(2,938)
(249)
(261)
(3,448)

2019
$000

1,651
471
2,122

246
—
246
2,368

Net debt
$m

(2,852)
(202)
(260)
(3,314)

2018
$000

1,600
626
2,226

16
145
161
2,387

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019I Appendices

This section provides detailed listings of Mirvac’s properties and controlled entities.

I1 PROPERTY LISTING
This table shows details of Mirvac’s properties portfolio. Refer to notes C1 to C3 for further details.

117

Office 

1 Darling Island, Pyrmont NSW
101-103 Miller Street, North Sydney NSW (50% interest)
10-20 Bond Street, Sydney NSW (50% interest)
189 Grey Street, Southbank QLD
2 Riverside Quay, Southbank VIC (50% interest)
200 George Street, Sydney NSW (50% interest)
23 Furzer Street, Phillip ACT
275 Kent Street, Sydney NSW (50% interest)
340 Adelaide Street, Brisbane QLD
367 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC
37 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW
380 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC
383 La Trobe Street, Melbourne VIC 1
40 Miller Street, North Sydney NSW
51 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW
Various lots, 53 Walker Street & 97 Pacific Highway, North Sydney NSW 1
55 Coonara Avenue, West Pennant Hills NSW
60 Margaret Street, Sydney NSW (50% interest)
65 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont NSW
664 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC (50% interest)
6-8 Underwood Street, Sydney NSW
699 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC (50% interest)
75 George Street, Parramatta NSW
90 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC
Allendale Square, 77 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA
Locomotive Carpark, South Eveleigh NSW
Locomotive Workshops, Locomotive Street, South Eveleigh NSW 2
Quay West Carpark, 109-111 Harrington Street, Sydney NSW
Riverside Quay, Southbank VIC
Total investment properties

Investment properties under construction
477 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC (50% interest)
CBA Buildings, Locomotive Street, South Eveleigh NSW (33.3% interest)
80 Ann Street, Brisbane QLD (50% interest) 1
Locomotive Workshops, Locomotive Street, South Eveleigh NSW 2
Total investment properties under construction
Total investment properties and investment properties under construction

Investments in joint ventures
8 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW (50% interest)
David Malcolm Justice Centre, 28 Barrack Street, Perth WA (50% interest)
Total investments in joint ventures
Total Office

Book value

Capitalisation rate

Discount rate

2019
%

2018
%

2019
%

2018
%

5.50
5.38
5.00
6.50
5.13
4.75
6.00
5.00
6.75
5.38
5.75
6.00
5.38
6.25
5.75
—
8.00
5.13
5.75
5.13
5.75
5.25
5.75
5.25
6.75
7.50
—
6.50
5.88

—
5.25
—
—

5.50
5.75
5.25
7.00
5.25
5.00
6.75
5.00
7.25
5.88
6.00
6.00
—
6.25
6.00
—
8.00
5.75
5.88
5.13
6.00
5.25
5.75
5.75
7.00
8.00
7.00
6.75
6.00

5.00
5.50
—
—

6.75
6.75
6.50
7.25
6.50
6.50
7.00
6.75
7.25
6.75
6.75
6.75
7.00
7.00
6.75
—
8.25
6.25
6.50
6.50
6.75
6.50
7.00
6.50
7.25
8.25
—
7.75
7.13

—
7.25
—
—

6.75
7.00
6.75
7.50
7.00
6.75
7.50
6.75
7.75
7.25
7.00
6.75
—
7.00
7.00
—
8.25
7.13
7.00
6.50
7.00
6.50
7.00
7.25
7.50
9.75
7.00
8.50
7.25

7.00
7.87
—
—

4.88
5.50

5.00
5.50

6.50
7.25

6.63
7.25

2019
$m

291
296
325
87
140
496
303
757
72
389
100
176
124
147
40
26
77
340
183
143
21
103
88
260
239
13
—
39
311
5,586

177
275
72
84
608
6,194

240
221
461
6,655

2018
$m

283
255
290
85
129
442
268
720
65
328
87
176
—
151
35
—
78
281
155
138
19
102
88
232
243
13
72
38
273
5,046

94
122
—
—
216
5,262

242
215
457
5,719

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I Appendices
continued

I1 PROPERTY LISTING CONTINUED

Industrial 

1-47 Percival Road, Smithfield NSW
271 Lane Cove Road, North Ryde NSW
274 Victoria Road, Rydalmere NSW
34-39 Anzac Avenue, Smeaton Grange NSW
36 Gow Street, Padstow NSW
39 Britton Street, Smithfield NSW
39 Herbert Street, St Leonards NSW
8 Brabham Drive, Huntingwood NSW
Calibre, 60 Wallgrove Road, Eastern Creek NSW (50% interest) 3
Hoxton Distribution Park, Hoxton Park NSW (50% interest)
Nexus Industry Park, Lyn Parade, Prestons NSW
Total investment properties

Investment properties under construction
Calibre, 60 Wallgrove Road, Eastern Creek NSW (50% interest) 3
Total Investment properties under construction
Total investment properties and investment properties under construction
Total industrial

Retail 

1-3 Smail Street, Ultimo NSW (50% interest)
80 Bay Street, Glebe NSW (50% interest)
Birkenhead Point Brand Outlet, Drummoyne NSW 4
Broadway Sydney, Broadway NSW (50% interest)
Cherrybrook Village, Cherrybrook NSW
Cooleman Court, Weston ACT
East Village, Zetland NSW
Greenwood Plaza, North Sydney NSW (50% interest)
Harbourside, Sydney NSW
Kawana Shoppingworld, Buddina QLD (50% interest)
Metcentre, Sydney NSW (50% interest)
Moonee Ponds Central, Moonee Ponds VIC
Orion Springfield Central, Springfield QLD
Rhodes Waterside, Rhodes NSW (50% interest)
South Village, Kirrawee NSW 5
St Marys Village Centre, St Marys NSW
Stanhope Village, Stanhope Gardens NSW
Toombul, Nundah QLD
Tramsheds Sydney, Glebe NSW
Total investment properties

Investment properties under construction
Orion Springfield land, Springfield QLD 6
South Village, Kirrawee NSW 5
Total investment properties under construction
Total investment properties and investment properties under construction
Total Retail

Book value

Capitalisation rate

Discount rate

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
%

2018
%

2019
%

2018
%

45
38
52
31
35
24
187
23
130
171
141
877

—
—
877
877

8.00
6.75
44
7.25
6.50
7.75
7.00
39
7.75
7.00
7.75
6.50
49
6.75
5.25
8.25
7.25
28
7.50
6.50
7.25
6.25
33
7.25
6.25
7.25
6.25
23
7.25
6.25
7.38
6.13
183
7.38
5.75
7.50
23
6.75
7.00
6.10
6.75 7.25-7.50
64 4.88-5.13 6.00-6.25
6.92
5.22
170
6.92
5.22
137 6.00-6.75 6.50-6.75 7.00-7.25
7.50-7.75
793

—

6.75

—

16 5.00-5.13
16
809
809

Book value

Capitalisation rate

Discount rate

2019
$m

35
13
427
427
97
68
326
119
262
209
82
90
440
207
108
50
147
292
42
3,441

—
—
—
3,441
3,441

2018
$m

2019
%

2018
%

2019
%

2018
%

32
12

6.75
6.75

5.50
5.50

6.75
5.50
6.75
5.50
416 5.25-8.00 5.25-8.00 7.25-9.50 7.25-9.50
6.50
4.50
422
7.50
6.25
97
7.50
6.50
60
7.00
5.25
319
7.50
5.75
117
6.75
5.75
262
7.50
5.50
197
7.50
5.75
81
7.25
6.00
84
7.50
5.50
370
7.25
5.25
200
—
—
—
7.50
6.50
49
7.50
6.00
140
7.50
6.00
269
45
7.25
5.50
3,172

4.50
6.00
6.50
5.25
5.50
5.75
5.50
5.50
6.00
5.00
5.25
5.75
6.50
5.75
6.00
5.75

6.50
7.50
7.25
7.00
7.50
6.75
7.25
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.00
7.50
7.50
7.00
7.50
7.00

—
—

—
—

—
—

—
—

18
33
51
3,223
3,223

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Residential 

Investment properties under construction
Amber (Building 3) and Indigo (Building 5), Sydney Olympic Park NSW 7
Total investment properties under construction
Total Residential

Property portfolio
Total investment properties and investment properties under construction
Total investments in joint ventures
Total property portfolio

Book value

Capitalisation rate

Discount rate

2019
$m

2018
$m

2019
%

2018
%

2019
%

2018
%

—
—

—
—

—
—

—
—

128
128
128

—
—
—

10,640
461
11,101

9,294
457
9,751

Investment property acquired during the year.
Investment property commenced redevelopment during the year and was reclassified to investment properties under construction.

1. 
2. 
3.  Buildings 2 and 5 reached practical completion during the year and were reclassified to investment property from investment properties under construction.
4.  Book value includes Birkenhead Point Marina, Drummoyne NSW and 64 Roseby Street, Drummoyne NSW.
5. 
6.  During the year, the Orion Springfield land was transferred from investment properties under construction to investment property.
7. 

Investment property reached practical completion during the year and was reclassified to investment property.

Investment property under construction was transferred from inventories during the year. 

I2 CONTROLLED ENTITIES
All entities controlled by the Group are shown below. Unless otherwise noted, they are wholly owned and were incorporated or established in Australia 
during the current year and prior years.

Members of the Closed Group
197 Salmon Street Pty Limited 1
A.C.N. 087 773 859 Pty Limited 1
A.C.N. 110 698 603 Pty Limited 1
A.C.N. 150 521 583 Pty Limited 1
A.C.N. 165 515 515 Pty Limited 1
CN Collins Pty Ltd 
EZ Power Pty Ltd 1, 2
Fast Track Bromelton Pty Limited 1
Fyfe Road Pty Limited 1
Gainsborough Greens Pty Limited 1
HIR Boardwalk Tavern Pty Limited 1
HIR Golf Club Pty Limited 1
HIR Golf Course Pty Limited 1
HIR Property Management Holdings Pty Limited 1
HIR Tavern Freehold Pty Limited 1
Hoxton Park Airport Limited 
HPAL Holdings Pty Limited 1
Industrial Commercial Property Solutions (Constructions) Pty Limited 1
Industrial Commercial Property Solutions (Finance) Pty Limited 1
Industrial Commercial Property Solutions (Holdings) Pty Limited 1
Industrial Commercial Property Solutions (Queensland) Pty Limited 1
Industrial Commercial Property Solutions Pty Limited 1
JF ASIF Pty Limited 1
Magenta Shores Finance Pty Limited 1
Marrickville Projects Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac (Beacon Cove) Pty Limited 1
Mirvac (Docklands) Pty Limited
Mirvac (Old Treasury Development Manager) Pty Limited 1
Mirvac (Old Treasury Hotel) Pty Limited 1
Mirvac (Retail and Commercial) Holdings Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac (WA) Pty Limited 
Mirvac (Walsh Bay) Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Advisory Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Aero Company Pty Limited 1
Mirvac AOP SPV Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Birkenhead Point Marina Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Capital Investments Pty Limited 
Mirvac Capital Partners Investment Management Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Capital Partners Pty Limited 1

Mirvac Capital Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Commercial Sub SPV Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Constructions (Homes) Pty. Limited 1
Mirvac Constructions (QLD) Pty Limited 
Mirvac Constructions (SA) Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Constructions (VIC) Pty Limited 
Mirvac Constructions (WA) Pty Limited 
Mirvac Constructions Pty Limited 
Mirvac Design Pty Limited 
Mirvac Developments Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Doncaster Pty Limited 
Mirvac Energy Pty Limited 1
Mirvac ESAT Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Finance Limited 
Mirvac Funds Limited 1
Mirvac Funds Management Limited 1
Mirvac George Street Holdings Pty Limited 1
Mirvac George Street Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Green Square Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Group Finance Limited 
Mirvac Group Funding Limited 
Mirvac Harbourtown Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Harold Park Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Hatch Pty Ltd 1, 3
Mirvac Holdings (WA) Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Holdings Limited
Mirvac Home Builders (VIC) Pty Limited
Mirvac Homes (NSW) Pty Limited
Mirvac Homes (QLD) Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Homes (SA) Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Homes (VIC) Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Homes (WA) Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Hotel Services Pty Limited 1
Mirvac ID (Bromelton) Pty Limited 1

1.  This entity was a member of the Closed Group during the current and prior year. 
A Revocation Deed dated 1 June 2019 was lodged with ASIC on 13 June 2019 to 
release this entity from the Closed Group which is expected to become operative 
in accordance with the terms of the Revocation Deed on 14 December 2019.

2.  Previously registered as Hexham Project Pty Limited.
3.  Previously registered as Mirvac Commercial Funding Pty Ltd.

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I Appendices
continued

I2 CONTROLLED ENTITIES CONTINUED
Members of the Closed Group (continued)
Mirvac ID (Bromelton) Sponsor Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Industrial Developments Pty Limited
Mirvac International (Middle East) No. 2 Pty Limited 1
Mirvac International No. 3 Pty Limited 1
Mirvac International Investments Limited 
Mirvac Investment Manager Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac JV’s Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Kent Street Holdings Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Mandurah Pty Limited 1
Mirvac National Developments Pty Limited
Mirvac Newcastle Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Office Developments Pty Ltd
Mirvac Old Treasury Holdings Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Pacific Pty Limited 
Mirvac Parking Pty. Limited 1
Mirvac Precinct 2 Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Procurement Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Projects (Retail and Commercial) Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac Projects Dalley Street Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Projects George Street Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Projects No. 2 Pty. Limited 1
Mirvac Projects Pty Ltd 
Mirvac Properties Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Property Advisory Services Pty. Limited 1
Mirvac Property Services Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Queensland Pty Limited 
Mirvac Real Estate Debt Funds Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Real Estate Pty Limited
Mirvac REIT Management Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Residential (NSW) Developments Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac Retail Developments Pty Ltd 
Mirvac Retail Head SPV Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Retail Sub SPV Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Rockbank Pty Limited 
Mirvac Services Pty Limited 1
Mirvac South Australia Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Spare Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac Spring Farm Limited 
Mirvac SPV 1 Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Trademarks Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac Treasury Limited
Mirvac Treasury No. 3 Limited
Mirvac Victoria Pty Limited
Mirvac Wholesale Funds Management Limited
Mirvac Wholesale Industrial Developments Limited
Mirvac Woolloomooloo pty Limited
MRV Hillsdale Pty Limited 1
MWID (Brendale) Pty Limited 1
MWID (Mackay) Pty Limited 1
Newington Homes Pty Limited 1
Oakstand No.15 Hercules Street Pty Ltd 1
Planned Retirement Living Pty Limited 1
Spring Farm Finance Pty Limited 1
Springfield Development Company Pty Limited 1
SPV Magenta Pty Limited 1
TMT Finance Pty Limited 1
Tucker Box Management Pty Limited 1

1.  This entity was a member of the Closed Group during the current and prior year. 

A Revocation Deed dated 1 June 2019 was lodged with ASIC on 13 June 2019 to release 
this entity from the Closed Group which is expected to become operative in accordance 
with the terms of the Revocation Deed on 14 December 2019.

Interests in controlled entities of Mirvac not included 
in the Closed Group
107 Mount Street Head Trust
107 Mount Street Sub Trust
477 Collins Street No. 2 Trust
699 Bourke Street Services Pty Limited
ABTRC Head Trust A 1
ABTRC Head Trust B 1
Banksia Unit Trust 
BL Developments Pty Ltd
BTR indigo Trust A 1
BTR Indigo Trust B 1
Eveleigh Commercial Holdings Pty Limited 
Eveleigh Commercial Pty Ltd
Eveleigh Precinct Pty Ltd
JFM Hotel Trust 2
Joynton North Pty Ltd
Kirrawee South Centre Pty Ltd
Kirrawee South Centre Trust
La Trobe Office Trust 1
Magenta Shores Unit Trust
Magenta Unit Trust 
Mirvac 275 Kent Street Services Pty Ltd
Mirvac 699 Bourke Street Trust
Mirvac Auburn Industrial Trust 3
Mirvac Badgery’s Creek Industrial Trust 1
Mirvac Blue Trust
Mirvac Bourke Street No. 3 Sub-Trust
Mirvac BTR Head Company A Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac BTR Head Company B Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac BTR Head SPV Pty Ltd
Mirvac BTR Head Trust
Mirvac BTR Sub Company A Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac BTR Sub Company B Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac BTR Sub SPV Pty Ltd
Mirvac BTR Sub Trust 1
Mirvac Capital Assurance Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac Chifley Holdings Pty Limited
Mirvac Commercial Finance Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Duck River Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac Green Trust
Mirvac Harbourside Sub Trust
Mirvac Harold Park Trust
Mirvac Hoist Pty Ltd
Mirvac Industrial No. 2 Sub Trust 
Mirvac Industrial Sub SPV Pty Limited 1
Mirvac Kemps Creek Trust 1
Mirvac King Street Pty Ltd
Mirvac Living Investment Company Pty Ltd 
Mirvac Living Investment Manager Pty Ltd 
Mirvac Living Real Estate Services Pty Ltd 
Mirvac Locomotive Trust
Mirvac Nike Holding Pty Ltd
Mirvac North Sydney Office Holdings Pty Limited 1
Mirvac North Sydney Office Holdings Trust 1
Mirvac Parramatta Sub Trust No. 2

1.  This entity was incorporated/established during the year. 
2.  This entity was transferred from MPT during the year.
3.  Previously known as Mirvac Kirrawee Trust No 3.

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019121

Interests in controlled entities of MPT (continued)
Mirvac Collins Street No.1 Sub-Trust
Mirvac Commercial No.3 Sub Trust
Mirvac Commercial Trust 1
Mirvac Group Funding No. 2 Pty Limited
Mirvac Group Funding No. 3 Pty Limited
Mirvac Hoxton Park Trust
Mirvac Industrial No. 1 Sub Trust
Mirvac Kirrawee Trust No. 1
Mirvac Kirrawee Trust No. 2
Mirvac La Trobe Office Trust 4
Mirvac Living Trust
Mirvac Padstow Trust No. 1
Mirvac Parramatta Sub Trust No. 1
Mirvac Pitt Street Trust
Mirvac Property Trust No. 3
Mirvac Property Trust No. 4
Mirvac Property Trust No. 5
Mirvac Property Trust No. 6
Mirvac Property Trust No. 7
Mirvac Real Estate Investment Trust
Mirvac Retail Head Trust
Mirvac Retail Sub-Trust No. 1
Mirvac Retail Sub-Trust No. 2
Mirvac Retail Sub-Trust No. 3
Mirvac Retail Sub-Trust No. 4
Mirvac Rhodes Sub-Trust
Mirvac Rydalmere Trust No. 1
Mirvac Rydalmere Trust No. 2
Mirvac Smail St Trust
Mirvac Toombul Trust No. 1
Mirvac Toombul Trust No. 2
Old Treasury Holding Trust
Springfield Regional Shopping Centre Trust
The George Street Trust

1.  One unit on issue held by Mirvac Limited as custodian for MPT.
2.  This entity was transferred from Mirvac Projects Pty Ltd during the year.
3.  The 50.1 per cent of units previously held by Mirvac Projects Pty Ltd were purchased 

by MPT during the year.

4.  This entity was established during the year.

Interests in controlled entities of Mirvac not included 
in the Closed Group (continued)
Mirvac Pennant Hills Residential Trust 
Mirvac Precinct Trust
Mirvac Projects Dalley Street Trust
Mirvac Projects George Street Trust 
Mirvac Projects Norwest Trust 
Mirvac Projects Norwest No. 2 Trust 
Mirvac Project Trust 
Mirvac Showground Pty Ltd 
Mirvac Showground Trust 
Mirvac St Leonards Pty Limited
Mirvac St Leonards Trust 
Mirvac T6 Pty Ltd 1
Mirvac T6 Trust 1
Mirvac Ventures Pty Limited 
MWID (Brendale) Unit Trust
Pigface Unit Trust
Rovno Pty Limited
Suntrack Holdings Pty Limited 
Suntrack Property Trust 
Taree Shopping Centre Pty Limited

1.  This entity was incorporated/established during the year.

Interests in controlled entities of MPT
10-20 Bond Street Trust
367 Collins Street No. 2 Trust
367 Collins Street Trust
380 St Kilda Road Trust 1
477 Collins Street No. 1 Trust
Australian Office Partnership Trust
Eveleigh Trust
James Fielding Trust
Joynton Properties Trust 2
Joynton North Property Trust 3
Meridian Investment Trust No. 1
Meridian Investment Trust No. 2
Meridian Investment Trust No. 3
Meridian Investment Trust No. 4
Meridian Investment Trust No. 5
Meridian Investment Trust No. 6
Mirvac 90 Collins Street Trust
Mirvac Allendale Square Trust
Mirvac Ann Street Trust
Mirvac Bay St Trust
Mirvac Bourke Street No.1 Sub-Trust
Mirvac Broadway Sub-Trust
Mirvac Capital Partners 1 Trust

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Directors’ declaration
For the year ended 30 June 2019

In the Directors’ opinion:

(a)  the financial statements and the notes set out on pages 74 to 121 are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including:

(i)  complying with Accounting Standards, the Corporations Regulations 2001 and other mandatory professional reporting requirements; and

(ii)   giving a true and fair view of the consolidated entity’s financial position at 30 June 2019 and of its performance for the financial year ended on 

that date;

(b)  there are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable; and

(c)   at the date of this declaration, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the members of the extended Closed Group identified in note I2 will be 
able to meet any obligations or liabilities to which they are, or may become, subject by virtue of the Deed of Cross Guarantee described in note G1.

The basis of preparation note confirms that the financial statements also comply with IFRS as issued by the IASB.

The Directors have been given the declarations by the CEO & Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer required by section 295A of the 
Corporations Act 2001.

This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz  
Director

Sydney 
8 August 2019

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Independent auditor’s report 
To the stapled securityholders of Mirvac Limited 

Report on the audit of the financial report 

Our opinion 

In our opinion: 

The accompanying financial report of Mirvac Limited (the Company) and its controlled entities 
(together the Group) is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including: 

(a)  giving a true and fair view of the Group's financial position as at 30 June 2019 and of its financial 

performance for the year then ended  

(b)  complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001. 

What we have audited 
The Group’s financial report comprises: 

● 
● 
● 
● 
● 

● 

the consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 June 2019 
the consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the year then ended 
the consolidated statement of changes in equity for the year then ended 
the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended 
the notes to the consolidated financial statements, which include a summary of significant 
accounting policies 
the directors’ declaration. 

Basis for opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under 
those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial 
report section of our report. 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for 
our opinion. 

Independence 
We are independent of the Group in accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the 
Corporations Act 2001 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical 
Standards Board’s APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant 
to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities 
in accordance with the Code. 

PricewaterhouseCoopers, ABN 52 780 433 757 
One International Towers Sydney, Watermans Quay, Barangaroo, GPO BOX 2650, SYDNEY  NSW  2001 
T: +61 2 8266 0000, F: +61 2 8266 9999, www.pwc.com.au 
Level 11, 1PSQ, 169 Macquarie Street, Parramatta NSW 2150, PO Box 1155 Parramatta NSW 2124 
T: +61 2 9659 2476, F: +61 2 8266 9999, www.pwc.com.au 

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. 

 
 
  
 
 
 
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Independent auditor’s report 
continued

Our audit approach 

An audit is designed to provide reasonable assurance about whether the financial report is free from 
material misstatement. Misstatements may arise due to fraud or error. They are considered material if 
individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of 
users taken on the basis of the financial report. 

We tailored the scope of our audit to ensure that we performed enough work to be able to give an 
opinion on the financial report as a whole, taking into account the geographic and management 
structure of the Group, its accounting processes and controls and the industry in which it operates. 

Materiality 

Audit scope 

Key audit matters 

●  For the purpose of our audit 
we used overall materiality of 
$31.9 million, which 
represents approximately 5% 
of the adjusted profit before 
tax of the Group. 

●  We applied this threshold, 

together with qualitative 
considerations, to determine 
the scope of our audit and the 
nature, timing and extent of 
our audit procedures and to 
evaluate the effect of 
misstatements on the financial 
report as a whole. 

●  We chose adjusted profit 

before tax of the Group as, in 
our view, it is a metric against 
which the performance of the 
Group is measured. 

●  Profit before tax is adjusted for 
fair value movements in 
investment property, unlisted 
equity investments, derivatives 
and foreign exchange 

●  Our audit focused on where 
the Group made subjective 
judgements; for example, 
significant accounting 
estimates involving 
assumptions and inherently 
uncertain future events. 

●  The Group owns and manages 
investment property assets 
across Sydney, Melbourne, 
Brisbane and Perth. The 
Group's development activities 
also create and deliver 
commercial assets and 
residential projects across 
these locations. The 
accounting processes are 
structured around a Group 
finance function at its head 
office in Sydney. Our audit 
procedures were 
predominantly performed at 
the Group head office, along 
with a number of property and 
development site visits being 
performed across the year. 

●  Amongst other relevant topics, 
we communicated the following 
key audit matters to the Audit 
and Risk Committee: 

−  Carrying value of 
inventories 

−  Fair value of investment 

properties 

−  Recoverability of deferred 

tax assets 

●  These are further described in 

the Key audit matters section of 
our report. 

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movements because they are 
significant non-cash items. 

●  We utilised a 5% threshold 
based on our professional 
judgement, noting it is within 
the range of commonly 
acceptable thresholds.  

Key audit matters 

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in 
our audit of the financial report for the current period. The key audit matters were addressed in the 
context of our audit of the financial report as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do 
not provide a separate opinion on these matters. Further, any commentary on the outcomes of a 
particular audit procedure is made in that context.  

Key audit matter 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

Carrying value of inventories 

Refer to note C4 $1,684m 

Inventories are stated at the lower of the cost and net 
realisable value for each development project. 

We tested the Group’s quarterly review and approval of 
their estimate of net realisable value for a sample of the 
Group’s development projects.   

Cost is calculated using actual costs of acquisition, 
development, interest capitalised and all other costs 
directly related to specific projects. An allocation of 
direct overhead expenses is also included. 

The Group’s estimate of net realisable value includes 
assumptions about future market and economic 
conditions which inherently are subject to the risk of 
change.  These assumptions include future sales prices, 
future settlement rates, forecast costs of completion, 
selling costs and the nature, quality and location of 
inventory held.  

We tested the capitalisation of a sample of expenses 
and interest into inventory during the period. 

We recalculated the cost of goods sold recognised for a 
sample of settled residential development sales and 
construction and development management revenues 
based on the project’s forecast profit margin and 
progress towards completion.  

We obtained publicly available independent property 
market reports to inform our understanding of market 
conditions. 

In the same period that a property is sold, costs 
associated with the development of that property are 
expensed to the income statement as development 
expenses and cost of goods sold interest. The profit 
recognised on costs expensed requires judgment as it is 
affected by the assumptions used to estimate net 
realisable value of a development project outlined 
above.   

We performed a risk based assessment to determine 
those development projects at greater risk of being sold 
at a price below the cost of development to the Group. 
Our risk based selection criteria are informed by our 
knowledge of the development progress of each project, 
site visits during the year and our understanding of 
current economic conditions relevant to individual 
project locations.  

This was a key audit matter given the relative size of 
the inventory balance in the Consolidated Statement of 
Financial Position and the significant judgment 

For those projects which met our selection criteria, we 
performed procedures to assess the reasonableness of 
key assumptions used in the Group’s assessment of net 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Independent auditor’s report 
continued

involved in the estimates used to calculate net 
realisable value.  

realisable value.  Our audit procedures included, 
amongst others: 

●  Obtained and discussed the project feasibility 
model with management to develop an 
understanding of project status and risks and 
the basis for assumptions used in determining 
estimates of net realisable value. 

●  Testing of key inputs into individual 

development project feasibility models, 
including:  

-  Comparing estimated sales prices to 
market sales data for comparable 
properties in similar locations during the 
year. 

-  Assessing the reasonableness of forecast 
cost estimates where we identified 
significant changes to cost assumptions 
from the prior year.  

-  Assessing reasonableness of the 

allocation of costs across stages on multi-
stage projects.   

●  Assessing whether the carrying value was the 

lower of cost and net realisable value, 
including testing the sensitivity of certain 
assumptions used by the Group in their 
estimation of net realisable value in a sample 
of projects.      

Fair value of investment properties 

Refer to note C2 $10,640m 

The carrying value of investment properties is 
measured at the fair value of each property. 

The fair value of investment property is inherently 
subjective and impacted by, among other factors, 
prevailing market conditions, the individual nature and 
condition of each property, its location and the 
expected future income for each property. Amongst 
others, the capitalisation rate, discount rate, market 
rents and capital expenditure assumptions used in the 
valuation process are key in establishing fair value. 

At each reporting period the Directors determine the 
fair value of the Group’s investment property portfolio 

For a sample of properties we checked compliance with 
the Group’s policy that properties had been externally 
valued at least once in the last two years and checked 
that the Group followed its policy on rotation of 
valuation firms. 

For a sample of properties we agreed the fair values of 
those properties to the external valuations or internal 
valuation models and assessed the competency, 
capability and objectivity of the relevant valuer.  

We read recent independent property market reports to 
develop our understanding of the prevailing market 
conditions in locations in which the Group invests. 

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having regard to the Group’s valuation policy which 
requires all properties to be externally valued by 
independent valuation experts at least once every two 
years. 

We met with management to discuss the specifics of 
the property portfolio including any new leases entered 
into during the year, lease expiries, vacancy rates and 
planned capital expenditure. 

In the period between external valuations the 
Directors’ valuation is supported by internal Mirvac 
valuation models.  

This was a key audit matter because the: 

● 

● 

● 

● 

investment property balances are financially 
significant in the Consolidated Statement of 
Financial Position 

impact of changes in the fair value of 
investment properties can have a significant 
effect on the consolidated entity’s 
comprehensive income 

investment property valuations are inherently 
subjective due to the use of assumptions in the 
valuation methodology 

sensitivity of valuations to key input 
assumptions, specifically capitalisation and 
discount rates and market rents.  

Recoverability of deferred tax assets 

Refer to note B5 $98m 

We performed a risk based assessment over the 
investment property portfolio to determine those 
properties at greater risk of being carried at an amount 
above fair value.  Our risk based selection criteria 
include quantitative and qualitative measures and are 
informed by our knowledge of each property, site visits 
during the year and our understanding of current 
market conditions.  

For those properties which met our selection criteria, 
we performed procedures to assess the reasonableness 
of key assumptions used in the external valuations and 
internal valuation models (together the ‘valuations’).  
These procedures included, amongst others: 
●  Assessing the reasonableness of the 

capitalisation rate, discount rate and market 
rents used in the valuations against market 
sales data for comparable properties.   

●  We reconciled the rental income and 

outgoings data used in the valuations with 
rental income and outgoings amounts 
recorded in the general ledger for each 
property. 

●  We considered the reasonableness of other 

assumptions in the valuations that were not so 
readily available such as vacancies, rent free 
periods and let up allowances and incentives. 

Our audit focused on the recoverability of deferred tax 
assets in the normal course of our audit, but also in 
light of the materiality of unused tax losses recognised 
by the Group within this balance. The Group carries an 
asset of $167m for the benefit expected to be received 
in the future from carried forward tax losses and also 
discloses a total of $86m in tax losses which have not 
been recognised due to uncertainty of utilisation.  

To assess whether the Group will receive the benefit 
from using these tax losses, the Group estimates and 
projects the likely taxable profits each year of Mirvac 
Limited (the parent entity of the Tax Consolidated 
Group) based on current and approved Board 
strategies. While Mirvac Property Trust generates 
taxable profits each year, this Trust income is 

We assessed the Group’s ability to utilise the deferred 
tax assets by: 

●  Obtaining calculations of forecast taxable 

income for the next five years and agreeing 
these to the latest Board approved budget and 
forecast. 

●  Comparing the latest Board approved budget 
to historical performance to assess the 
consistency and accuracy of the Group’s 
approach to budgeting as compared to prior 
periods. 

●  Considering the key selected assumptions in 

the cashflow budget and forecasts. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Independent auditor’s report 
continued

distributed each year in full and is taxed in the hands of 
the stapled security holders as a Trust Distribution.  

This was a key audit matter as it involves the 
assessment of the Group’s significant judgements on 
future taxation events. Changes in the Group’s 
estimates also have a material impact on the deferred 
tax asset and the financial position of the Group. 

●  Evaluating whether the cashflows had been 

appropriately adjusted for the differences 
between accounting profits, as presented in 
the approved Board budget and forecast, to 
taxable income. 

●  Recalculating deferred tax asset balances 
which comprise a combination of timing 
differences between tax and accounting bases 
and tax losses. 

Other information 

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the 
information included in the annual report for the year ended 30 June 2019, but does not include the 
financial report and our auditor’s report thereon. 

Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the other information and accordingly we do not 
express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. 

In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other information 
and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial 
report or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. 

If, based on the work we have performed on the other information that we obtained prior to the date of 
this auditor’s report, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we 
are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. 

Responsibilities of the directors for the financial report 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a 
true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 
and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the 
financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to 
fraud or error. 

In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the ability of the Group to 
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the 
going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease 
operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. 

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial report 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free 
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that 
includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an 
audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material 
misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material 

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019 
 
  
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if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic 
decisions of users taken on the basis of the financial report. 

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial report is located at the 
Auditing and Assurance Standards Board website at: 
http://www.auasb.gov.au/auditors_responsibilities/ar1.pdf. This description forms part of our 
auditor's report. 

Report on the remuneration report 

Our opinion on the remuneration report 

We have audited the remuneration report included on pages 52 to 72 of the directors’ report for the 
year ended 30 June 2019. 

In our opinion, the remuneration report of Mirvac Limited for the year ended 30 June 2019 complies 
with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. 

Responsibilities 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the 
remuneration report in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Our responsibility 
is to express an opinion on the remuneration report, based on our audit conducted in accordance with 
Australian Auditing Standards.  

PricewaterhouseCoopers 

Jane Reilly 
Partner 

Sydney 
8 August 2019 

 
 
 
 
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Security information
For the year ended 30 June 2019

MANAGING YOUR SECURITYHOLDING
Securityholders with queries concerning their holding, distribution payments or other related matters should contact Mirvac’s registry, Link Market 
Services Limited, as follows:
 > Mirvac information line (toll free within Australia): +61 1800 356 444; or
 > Website: www.linkmarketservices.com.au

When contacting the registry, please quote your current address details together with your Securityholder Reference Number (SRN) or Holder 
Identification Number (HIN) as shown on your Issuer Sponsored or CHESS statements. The most efficient way to access your securityholding details is 
online at www.linkmarketservices.com.au. You will need your SRN or your HIN (this reference number is recorded in statements that you receive about 
your holding in Mirvac) when you log-in online.

You can do the following online at www.linkmarketservices.com.au:
 > elect to receive important communications by email;
 > choose to have your distribution payments paid directly into your bank account;
 > provide your tax file number (TFN) or Australian Business Number (ABN);
 >
lodge your votes for securityholder meetings; and
 > Complete Tax Residency Certification (CRS/FATCA).

Managing your securityholding online is speedier, cost-effective and environmentally friendly. If it is easier for you to update your securityholding 
information by post, you can download the forms from www.linkmarketservices.com.au or by contacting the Mirvac information line (toll free within 
Australia) on +61 1800 356 444 to request the appropriate forms to be sent out to you.

The information set out below was prepared at 31 July 2019 and applies to Mirvac’s stapled securities (ASX code: MGR). As at 31 July 2019 there 
were 3,927,061,345 stapled securities on issue.

SUBSTANTIAL SECURITYHOLDERS
As disclosed in substantial holding notices lodged with the ASX at 31 July 2019:

Name

BlackRock Group
State Street Corporate and subsidiaries
The Vanguard Group, Inc

1.   Percentage of issued equity held as at the date notice provided.

RANGE OF SECURITYHOLDERS

Range

1 to 1,000 
1,001 to 5,000
5,001 to 10,000
10,001 to 100,000
100,001 and over
Total number of securityholders

Date of change

18/02/2019
30/05/2019
01/06/2018

Number of 
stapled securities

342,191,415
260,302,828
351,916,040

Percentage of 
issued equity 1
%

9.35
7.11
9.48

Number of holders

Number of securities

5,926
8,442
4,283
5,304
228
24,183

2,655,210
22,970,716
31,190,443
123,434,429
3,746,810,547
3,927,061,345

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 201920 LARGEST SECURITYHOLDERS

Name

1.  HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited
2.  J P Morgan Nominees Australia Pty Limited
3.  Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited
4.  National Nominees Limited
5.  BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd 
6.  Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 
7.  BNP Paribas Noms Pty Ltd 
8.  AMP Life Limited
9.  HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited-GSCO ECA
10.  HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited
11.  HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited
12.  Solium Nominees (Australia) Pty Ltd 
13.  BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd 
14.  National Nominees Limited 
15.  Argo Investments Limited
16.  BNP Paribas Noms (NZ) Ltd
17.  Avanteos Investments Limited 
18.  One Managed Investment Funds Limited 
19.  Buttonwood Nominees Pty Ltd
20.  CS Fourth Nominees Pty Limited 
Total for 20 largest securityholders
Total other securityholders
Total stapled securities on issue

131

Number of 
stapledsecurities

Percentage of
 issued equity
%

1,767,573,072
967,015,885
368,056,923
197,761,076
140,760,251
68,023,019
47,144,859
25,632,661
18,212,766
10,997,486
9,832,631
8,635,409
8,264,500
7,388,485
6,000,551
5,322,656
5,198,632
4,275,000
3,680,691
3,137,056
3,672,913,609
254,147,736
3,927,061,345

45.01
24.62
9.37
5.04
3.59
1.73
1.20
0.65
0.47
0.28
0.25
0.22
0.21
0.19
0.15
0.14
0.13
0.11
0.09
0.08
93.53
6.47
100.00

Number of securityholders holding less than a marketable parcel (being 156 securities at the closing market price of $3.22 on 31 July 2019): 1,061.

VOTING RIGHTS
Subject to the Constitutions of Mirvac Limited and of MPT and to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares, 
units or stapled securities:
 > on a show of hands, each Member present in person or by proxy, attorney, or representative has one vote; and
 > on a poll, each Member has:

 >
 >

in the case of a resolution of Mirvac Limited, one vote for each share in Mirvac Limited held; and
in the case of a resolution of MPT, one vote for each whole $1.00 of unit value in MPT held.

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Glossary

AASB
ABN
AGM
ANZ
ARCC
ARSN
ASIC
ASX
AUD
BTR
CCIRS
CEO
CEO/MD
CFO
CGU
CHESS
CPSS
DCF
DRP
EBIT
EBITDA
EEP
EIS
EPS
EV
FCTR
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
GLA
HIN
HRC
HSE
HSE&S
IASB
IFRS

Australian Accounting Standards Board
Australian Business Number
Annual General and General Meeting
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee
Australian Registered Scheme Number
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Australian Securities Exchange
Australian dollar
Build-to-Rent
Cross currency interest rate swaps
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director
Chief Financial Officer
Cash generating unit
Clearing House Electronic Subregister System
Cents per stapled security
Discounted cash flow
Dividend/distribution reinvestment plan
Earnings before interest and tax
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
Employee Exemption Plan
Employee Incentive Scheme
Earnings per stapled security
Electric vehicle
Foreign currency translation reserve
Year ended 30 June 2017
Year ended 30 June 2018
Year ended 30 June 2019
Year ending 30 June 2020
Gross lettable area
Holder Identification Number
Human Resources Committee
Health, safety and environment
Health, safety, environment and sustainability
International Accounting Standards Board
International Financial Reporting Standards

IP
IPUC
JV
KMP
LSL
LTI
LTIFR
MAT
MMRs
MPT
MREIT
MTN
NABERS
NED
NLA
NOI
NRV
PPE
PwC
RAP
ROIC
SBP
SoCE
SoCI
SoFP
SRN
SROI
STI
TFN
TGS
TRIFR
TSR
TTC
USPP
WACC
WALE

Investment properties
Investment properties under construction
Joint ventures
Key management personnel
Long service leave
Long-term incentives
Lost time injury frequency rates
Moving annual turnover
Mirvac Minimum Requirements
Mirvac Property Trust
Mirvac Real Estate Investment Trust
Medium-term notes
National Australian Built Environment Rating System
Non-Executive Directors
Net lettable area
Net operating income
Net realisable value
Property, plant and equipment
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Reconciliation action plan
Return on invested capital
Security-based payments
Statement of changes in equity
Statement of comprehensive income
Statement of financial position
Securityholder Reference Number
Social Return on Investment
Short-term incentives
Tax file number
Tax governance statement
Total recordable injury frequency rate
Total Shareholder Return
Tax Transparency Code
US Private Placement
Weighted average cost of capital
Weighted average lease expiry

MIRVAC GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2019Directory & upcoming events

REGISTERED OFFICE/PRINCIPAL OFFICE
Mirvac Group (comprising Mirvac Limited ABN 92 003 280 699 
and Mirvac Funds Limited ABN 70 002 561 640, AFSL 233121 
as responsible entity of MPT ARSN 086 780 645)

Level 28
200 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Telephone +61 2 9080 8000
Facsimile +61 2 9080 8111

www.mirvac.com

SECURITIES EXCHANGE LISTING
Mirvac is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange 
 (ASX code: MGR)

DIRECTORS
John Mulcahy (Chair) 
Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz (CEO/MD) 
Christine Bartlett 
Peter Hawkins 
Jane Hewitt 
James M. Millar AM 
Samantha Mostyn 
Peter Nash 
John Peters 
Elana Rubin

COMPANY SECRETARY
Sean Ward

STAPLED SECURITY REGISTRY 
Link Market Services Limited 
1A Homebush Bay Drive 
Rhodes NSW 2138
Telephone +61 1800 356 444

SECURITYHOLDER ENQUIRIES 
Telephone +61 1800 356 444 
Correspondence should be sent to:
Mirvac Group
C/- Link Market Services Limited 
Locked Bag 14
Sydney South NSW 1235

Further investor information can be located in the 
Investor Centre tab on Mirvac’s website at www.mirvac.com.

AUDITOR
PricewaterhouseCoopers
One International Towers Sydney, Watermans Quay 
Barangaroo NSW 2000

ANNUAL GENERAL AND GENERAL MEETING
Mirvac Group’s 2019 AGM will be held at 11.00am (Brisbane Time) 
on Tuesday, 19 November 2019 at Hilton Brisbane

Queen’s Ballroom
Level 5, 190 Elizabeth St
Brisbane, QLD 4000

UPCOMING EVENTS
22 October: 
19 November:  Annual General and General Meetings

First Quarter Operational Update

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