2012 Annual Report - Hong Kong Monetary Authority

DIRECTORS’ REPORT (continued)
Key Management Personnel and Employee Share
and Option Plans
Details of equity holdings of Non-Executive Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer and Disclosed Executives during the 2012 financial
year and as at the date of this report are detailed in note 46 of the
financial statements.
Details of options/rights issued over shares granted to the
Chief Executive Officer and Disclosed Executives during the
2012 financial year and as at the date of this report are detailed
in the Remuneration Report.
Details of options/rights issued over shares granted to employees
and on issue as at the date of this report are detailed in note 45
of the 2012 financial statements.
Details of shares issued as a result of the exercise during the 2012
financial year of options/rights granted to employees are detailed
in note 45 of the 2012 financial statements.
Other details about the share options/rights issued, including any
rights to participate in any share issues of the Company, are set out
in note 45 of the 2012 financial statements. No person entitled to
exercise any option/right has or had, by virtue of an option/right,
a right to participate in any share issue of any other body corporate.
The names of all persons who currently hold options/rights are
entered in the register kept by the Company pursuant to section
170 of the Corporations Act 2001. This register may be inspected
free of charge.
Lead Auditor’s Independence Declaration
The lead auditor’s independence declaration given under section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 is set out below and forms part of this
Directors’ Report for the year ended 30 September 2012.
THE AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
Lead Auditor’s Independence Declaration under Section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001
To: the Directors of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, in relation to the audit for the financial year ended 30 September 2012, there have been:
(i) no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and
(ii) no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.
KPMG
Andrew Yates
Partner
Melbourne
5 November 2012
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