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FINANCIAL REVIEW
Performance of the Company (continued)
Average Staff Strength and Productivity
TheCompany’saveragestaffstrengthwas14,071,anincreaseof224overthepreviousyear.Thedistributionofemployee
strengthbycategoryandlocationisasfollows:
2007-08 2006-07 % Change
Category
Seniorstaff(administrativeandhigherrankingofcers) 1,325 1,316 + 0.7
Technicalcrew 2,212 2,128 + 3.9
Cabincrew 7,043 6,836 + 3.0
Othergroundstaff 3,491 3,567 – 2.1
14,071 13,847 + 1.6
Location
Singapore 11,885 11,613 + 2.3
EastAsia 936 945 – 1.0
Europe 404 419 – 3.6
SouthWestPacic 350 369 – 5.1
WestAsiaandAfrica 278 263 + 5.7
Americas 218 238 – 8.4
14,071 13,847 + 1.6
TheCompany’saveragestaffproductivityratiosareshownbelow:
2007-08 2006-07 % Change
Seatcapacityperemployee(seat-km) 8,096,020 8,127,667 – 0.4
Passengerloadcarriedperemployee(tonne-km) 618,295 613,211 + 0.8
Revenueperemployee($) 906,801 819,232 +10.7
Valueaddedperemployee($) 368,382 368,831 – 0.1
Share Capital
Duringthenancialyear,theCompanyissued22,717,093sharesuponexerciseofoptionsgrantedundertheEmployeeShare
OptionPlan.
Inaddition,theCompanycancelled84,309,846sharesatthepriceof$18.46persharepursuanttoacapitalreduction
exercise.1,093,530shareswereissuedunderatop-upofferofnewsharesatthepriceof$18.46persharefollowingthe
capitalreduction.Theofferwasgiventoshareholderstorounduptheirholdingofsharesafterthecapitalreductiontothe
nearestmultipleof200shares.
Treasury Shares
Duringthenancialyear,theCompanypurchased2,301,000ofitsordinarysharesbywayofon-marketpurchasesatshare
pricesrangingfrom$13.92to$15.24.Thetotalamountpaidtopurchasetheshareswas$33.2million.
Employee Share Option Plan
On2July2007,theCompanymadetheninthgrantofshareoptionstoemployees.Staffaccepted12,324,345shareoptionsto
beexercisedbetween2July2008and1July2017.
Duringtheyear,22,717,093shareoptionswereexercisedbyemployees.Asat31March2008,therewere56,670,796
unexercisedemployeeshareoptions.