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Corporate Governance Statement
1.1 Companies should establish the functions reserved to the Board and those delegated to senior executives and disclose those functions. √
1.2 Companies should disclose the process for evaluating the performance of senior executives. √
1.3 Companies should provide the information indicated in the Guide to reporting on Principle 1. √
2.1 A majority of the Board should be independent Directors. √
2.2 The Chair should be an independent Director. √
2.3 The roles of Chair and Chief Executive Officer should not be exercised by the same individual. √
2.4 The Board should establish a Nomination Committee. √
2.5 Companies should disclose the process for evaluating the performance of the Board, its committees and individual Directors. √
2.6 Companies should provide the information indicated in the Guide to reporting on Principle 2. √
3.1 Companies should establish a code of conduct and disclose the code or a summary of the code as to:
〉 the practices necessary to maintain confidence in the Company’s integrity;
〉 the practices necessary to take into account their legal obligations and the reasonable expectations of their stakeholders; and
〉 the responsibility and accountability of individuals for reporting and investigating reports of unethical practices.
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3.2 Companies should establish a policy concerning diversity and disclose the policy or a summary of that policy. The policy should include requirements for the 
Board to establish measurable objectives for achieving gender diversity and for the Board to assess annually both the objectives and progress in achieving them.
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3.3 Companies should disclose in each annual report the measurable objectives for achieving gender diversity set by the Board in accordance with the diversity 
policy and progress towards achieving them.*
3.4 Companies should disclose in each annual report the proportion of women employees in the whole organisation, women in senior executive positions and 
women on the Board.√
3.5 Companies should provide the information indicated in the Guide to reporting on Principle 3. √
4.1 The Board should establish an Audit Committee. √
4.2 The Audit Committee should be structured so that it:
〉 consists only of Non-Executive Directors;
〉 consists of a majority of independent Directors;
〉 is chaired by an independent Chair, who is not Chair of the Board; and
〉 has at least three members.
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4.3 The Audit Committee should have a formal charter. √
4.4 Companies should provide the information indicated in the Guide to reporting on Principle 4. √
5.1 Companies should establish written policies designed to ensure compliance with ASX Listing Rule disclosure requirements and to ensure accountability at 
senior executive level for that compliance and disclose those policies or a summary of those policies.√
5.2 Companies should provide the information indicated in the Guide to reporting on Principle 5. √
6.1 Companies should design a communications policy for promoting effective communication with shareholders and encouraging their participation at general 
meetings and disclose their policy or a summary of that policy.√
6.2 Companies should provide the information indicated in the Guide to reporting on Principle 6. √
7.1 Companies should establish policies for the oversight and management of material business risks and disclose a summary of those policies. √
7.2 The Board should require management to design and implement the risk management and internal control system to manage the Company’s material busi -
ness risks and report to it on whether those risks are being managed effectively. The Board should disclose that management has reported to it as to the 
effectiveness of the Company’s management of its material business risks.
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7.3 The Board should disclose whether it has received assurance from the Chief Executive Officer (or equivalent) and the Chief Financial Officer (or equivalent)