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57 Qantas Annual Report 2008
Directors’ Report
for the year ended 30 June 2008
Qualifications and Experience of each Person who is a Company Secretary of Qantas
Cassandra Hamlin – Company Secretary, Bachelor of Commerce, CA, FCIS
joined Qantas in Januar y 1996;
responsible for the management of all Corporate Governance issues arising within the Qantas Group;
1996 to 2001 – various Qantas fi nancial reporting roles, including Financial Reporting Manager;
2001 to 2005 – Head of Qantas Investor Relations;
admitted as a Chartered Accountant with The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia in 1997;
completed Chartered Secretaries Australia’s Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance in July 2007; and
admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (Australian Division) in December 2007.
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Directors’ Interests and Benefits
Particulars of Directors’ interests in the issued capital of Qantas at the date of this Report are as follows:
Shares
Director
2008
Number
2007
Number
Leigh Clifford 45,000 –
Geoff Dixon 1,392,746 1,032,746
Alan Joyce 131,633 n/a
Peter Gregg 185,746 294,996
Mike Codd 13,408 13,408
Peter Cosgrove12,124 2,124
Patricia Cross 2,163 2,163
Richard Goodmanson –n/a
Garry Hounsell 33,811 33,811
Paul Rayner 15,000 n/a
John Schubert 34,753 34,753
James Strong 28,158 28,158
Barbara Ward 10,975 n/a
In addition to this interest, General Cosgrove acquired 2,475 shares under the Qantas Deferred Share Plan by salary sacrifi cing part of his Director’s fees.
In addition to the interests shown above, indirect interests in Qantas shares held on behalf of General Cosgrove, Mr Dixon, Mr Joyce and Mr Gregg
under the Qantas Deferred Share Plan are as follows:
Peter Cosgrove Number Number
Deferred shares held in trust under:
Non-Executive Director Share Plan 2,475 n/a
Geoff Dixon Number Number
Deferred shares held in trust under:
2004 Executive Director Performance Share & Performance Rights Plan 150,000 150,000
2005 Executive Director Performance Share & Performance Rights Plan 150,000 150,000
2006 Executive Director Performance Share & Performance Rights Plan 449,5001449,500
2007 Executive Director Performance Share & Performance Rights Plan 258,000 258,000
2007 Retention Plan 1,000,000 n/a
2008 Performance Share Plan 287,0002n/a
2,294,500 1,007,500
Rights granted under:
2004 Executive Director Performance Share & Performance Rights Plan 90,0003450,000
2006 Executive Director Performance Share & Performance Rights Plan 300,000 300,000
2007 Executive Director Performance Share & Performance Rights Plan 300,000 300,000
690,000 1,050,000
Includes pre-tax sacrifi ce of cash incentive in respect of the 2005/06 year into 307,000 deferred shares.
The Board approved this award on 20 August 2008.
Mr Dixon may call for nil (2007: 187,650) of these Rights to be converted to Qantas shares. To the extent performance hurdles are achieved upon testing over the next year, the remaining
balance may be called for.
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