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Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company Limited
Annual Report 2016
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Directors’ Report
The Directors of Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company Limited (WHSP, Parent
Company) present their report and the financial statements of the Consolidated Entity,
being the Parent Company and its subsidiaries (the Group), for the financial year ended
31 July 2016.
Directors
The following persons were Directors of WHSP for the whole of the financial year and up to the date of this report:
4
Mr R D Millner
4
Mr M J Hawker
4
Mr T C D Millner
4
Mr WM Negus
4
Ms M R Roderick
4
Mr R GWestphal
4
Mr D EWills
The following person was appointed as a Director of WHSP on 14 October 2015 and remains a Director at the date
of this report:
4
Mr T J Barlow
Principal Activities
The principal activities of the corporations in the Consolidated Entity during the course of the financial year were:
ownership of shares; coal mining; gold and copper mining and refining; property investment; and consulting.
There were no significant changes in the nature of the Consolidated Entity’s principal activities during the year.
Dividends
Dividends paid or declared by the Parent Company since the end of the previous financial year were:
Cents Per
Share
cents
Total
Amount
$’000
Franking
%
Date of
Payment
Declared and paid during the year
Final ordinary dividend 2015
30
71,819
100% 7 December 2015
Interim ordinary dividend 2016
21
50,273
100%
12 May 2016
Dealt with in the financial report as dividends
51
122,092
Declared after the end of the year
Final ordinary dividend 2016
31
74,213
100% 12 December 2016