governance - woolworths holdings limited
governance - woolworths holdings limited
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Share dealing committee<br />
The share dealing committee approves all share dealing by directors and senior management.<br />
The committee is made up of a non-executive director, the chief executive officer and the company<br />
secretary.<br />
Restricted period<br />
The group operates a restricted period prior to the publication of its interim results and annual results.<br />
During the restricted period, the directors and officers may not deal in the shares of the group.<br />
Additional restricted periods are enforced as necessary.<br />
accountability<br />
Internal control<br />
The directors acknowledge their ultimate responsibility for the internal, financial and operating controls<br />
and the monitoring of their effectiveness.These systems are designed to provide reasonable, but not<br />
absolute assurance, against material misstatement and loss.<br />
Ethical behaviour, compliance with legislation and sound accounting practices, underpin the internal<br />
control process.<br />
Senior executive management is responsible for the design, maintenance and on-going<br />
appropriateness of the various control measures. Even effective systems of internal, financial and<br />
operating controls, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations, including the possibility of<br />
circumventing or overriding such controls. Effective systems of internal, financial and operating controls,<br />
therefore, aim to provide reasonable assurance of the reliability of financial information and, in<br />
particular, the preparation of financial statements.<br />
The group maintains internal, financial and operating controls that are designed to provide reasonable<br />
assurance regarding;<br />
• the safeguarding of assets against unauthorised use or disposition;<br />
• compliance with statutory laws and regulations; and<br />
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annual report<br />
corporate <strong>governance</strong>