Timothy Hartin
Firm Secretary
Nicely, good morning, everybody, and welcome to the 2025 Annual Common Assembly of Westpac Banking Company. My title is Tim Hartin, and I’m Westpac’s Firm Secretary.
On behalf of Westpac, I might prefer to acknowledge the Gadigal individuals of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their elders, each previous and current. We additionally acknowledge the standard homeowners of the lands from which these becoming a member of us on the webcast are positioned at this time.
Westpac has been serving to Australians throughout our nation for greater than 200 years, and we’re pleased with our long-standing dedication to reconciliation and are working in the direction of our imaginative and prescient of an Australia the place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals take pleasure in equitable alternatives.
Earlier than I introduce your Chairman, I am going to run by a couple of procedural issues. This yr, we’re taking a distinct method to the agenda of the assembly. You will hear first out of your Chairman and CEO. The gadgets of enterprise will then be displayed on the display, adopted by the presentation of the proxy and direct voting outcomes. Your administrators looking for reelection and election will then deal with the assembly, adopted by Mr. Kyle Robertson, who represents shareholders who’re proposing resolutions 5a and 5b. Your Chairman will then invite shareholders to ask questions on all resolutions collectively, which is meant to supply an enhanced assembly expertise. We’ll take questions from the individuals becoming a member of us right here within the room first, then we’ll transfer to the questions submitted by those that are watching our stay webcast.
For those who’re right here in individual, you need to have
