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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
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Directors' report
30 June 2015
Information on directors (continued)
Keith Spence - Independent Non-executive Director from 17 December 2014.
Qualifications
BSc (Geophysics) (Hons)
Tenure
Board member since his appointment on 17 December 2014.
Special responsibilities Mr Spence is a member of the Remuneration, Audit and Sustainability and Risk
Committees.
Other directorships
Mr Spence is currently the non-executive Chairman of Geodynamics Limited and Base
Resources Limited and a non-executive director of Oil Search Limited. Mr Spence was also
on the board of Clough Limited from August 2008 (and Chairman from 2010) until
December 2013.
Company secretary
Mr Tony Walsh was appointed to the position of Company secretary in 2013. Mr Walsh, who is also employed as the
Company’s General Manager, Corporate, has over 25 years’ experience in dealing with listed companies, ASX, ASIC
and corporate transactions. Mr Walsh is currently a member of the West Australian State Council of Chartered
Secretaries Australia and is also a Fellow of Chartered Secretaries Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in Australia.
Meetings of directors
The numbers of meetings of the Company's board of Directors and of each Board Committee held during the year
ended 30 June 2015, and the numbers of meetings attended by each Director were:
Full meetings
Meetings of committees
of directors
Remuneration
Committee Audit Committee
Sustainability and
Risk Committee
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
Peter Bilbe
16
16
1
1
3
3
3
3
Peter Bradford
16
16
**
**
**
**
3
3
Peter Buck (appointed 3
October 2014)
12
12
-
-
3
3
2
2
Geoffrey Clifford
16
16
1
1
4
4
3
3
Rod Marston (retired 20
November 2014)
6
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
Kelly Ross (retired 24
December 2014)
7
7
**
**
1
1
1
1
Keith Spence (appointed
17 December 2014)
9
9
-
-
3
3
2
2
A = Number of meetings attended
B = Number of meetings held during the time the Director held office or was a member of the committee during the year
** = Not a member of the relevant committee
Directors interests in shares and share rights of the Company
At the date of this report, the interests of the Directors in the shares and share rights of Independence Group NL were
as follows:
Ordinary fully paid shares
Share rights
Peter Bilbe
20,000
-
Peter Bradford
350,480
175,365
Peter Buck
4,700
-
Geoffrey Clifford
-
-
Keith Spence
-
-
Total
375,180
175,365
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