Media and ASX Announcements

Latest announcements from
Fairfax Media Limited
ACN 008 663 161

DECEMBER 2003

December 16, 2003

• Presentation to analysts on Fairfax NZ

December 16, 2003

• Fairfax upgrades first half earnings

December 5, 2003

• Fairfax's Takeover Offer for Text Media - Extension of offer period

NOVEMBER 2003

November 11, 2003

Fairfax's Takeover Offer for Text Media:

• Letter to Text Media Shareholders
• Bidder's Statement

November 3, 2003

• Annual General Meeting 2003, Results of Voting on Resolutions

OCTOBER 2003

October 31, 2003

Fairfax AGM 2003

• CEO's Presentation
• CEO's Address
• Chairman's Address

October 13, 2003

• Fairfax Presentation to Investor Conferences, Edinburgh and New York, October 2003

SEPTEMBER 2003

September 29, 2003

• Fairfax offers to acquire Text Media for $2.33 per share
• Transcript of Conference Call With Analysts With Fred Hilmer, CEO
  

September 9, 2003

Results for the financial year ended 30 June 2003

• Financials: 30 June 2003
• Appendix 4E
• Results for the financial year ended 30 June 2003 - Full report
  Part I | Part II | Part III
• Transcript of Presentation to Analysts
• John Fairfax Holdings Limited 2003 Annual Report
  

September 5, 2003

• Fairfax New Zealand announces Advisory Council

September 1, 2003

• Fairfax CFO Mark Bayliss Resignation

AUGUST 2003

August 5, 2003

• Fairfax to report net profit after tax of approximately $125 million for the year ended 30 June 2003

JULY 2003

July 23, 200

• The Age Print Centre is officially opened
• Remarks of Dean Wills, Chairman, Fairfax; Fred Hilmer, CEO, Fairfax; Michael Gawenda, Editor-in-Chief of The Age, Hon David Kemp MP, Minister for the Environment; and the Hon Steve Bracks MP, Premier of Victoria

July 14, 2003

• Announcement re Preliminary Final Year-end Results

July 6, 2003

• Interview with Fred Hilmer, Business Sunday, Nine Network Australia, July 6 2003

JUNE 2003

June 30, 2003

• Fairfax completes acquisition of New Zealand publishing business

June 30, 2003

• PRESSES dividend increased

June 26, 2003

• Fairfax, Network Ten launch multi-media Market Wrap

June 18, 2003

• Fairfax shares issued under Share Purchase Plan priced at $2.77 per share

June 10, 2003

• Fairfax closes Share Purchase Plan and announces underwritten Dividend Reinvestment Plan

June 4, 2003

• Fairfax receives regulatory approval in New Zealand for publishing acquisition
  

MAY 2003

May 26, 2003

• Fairfax acquisition of NZ publishing businesses advances

May 21, 2003

• Fairfax reaffirms earnings guidance

May 14, 2003

• Payment of Half Yearly PRESSES Dividend

May 13, 2003

• Fulfillment of due diligence condition for INL NZ Publishing acquisition

May 2, 2003

• Fairfax announces Share Purchase Plan
  

APRIL 2003

April 15, 2003

• Completion of Institutional Placement and Resumption of Trading

April 14, 2003

Fairfax Reaches Agreement To Purchase INL's New Zealand Publishing Business 

• Media Release 
• Presentation to Analysts

April 11, 2003

• Fairfax, INL in discussions on INL's New Zealand publishing businesses

April 4, 2003

• Fairfax organisational changes
  

MARCH 2003

March 25, 2003

• Fairfax acquires stake in Text Media
  

FEBRUARY 2003

February 14, 2003

• Resignation of Mr Jonathan Pinshaw from the Board of Directors
  

February 12, 2003

Half year results

• Fairfax reports a 94.2% increase in net profit after tax to $70.0 million for the 6 months ended 31 December 2002
• Appendix 4B Half yearly report
• Analyst's presentation: Half Year Results 2003
• Transcript of the Briefing for Analysts on the Half Year Financial Results by Fred Hilmer, CEO and Mark Bayliss, CFO, February 12 2003 

February 4, 2003

• Appointment of New Directors

JANUARY 2003

January 23, 2003

• Statement re financial results for the half year ended 31 December 2002

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