Media and ASX Announcements

Latest announcements from
Fairfax Media Limited
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DECEMBER 2005

December 27, 2005

• Statements by Ronald Walker and David Kirk on the death of Kerry Packer

December 22, 2005

• Fairfax acquires Stayz Australia and New Zealand Web Business

December 8, 2005

• Peter Fray appointed Editor of The Sunday Age

December 5, 2005

• Fairfax acquires strategic stake in Mooter Media

NOVEMBER 2005

November 18 , 2005

2005 Annual General Meeting

• Address by Ronald Walker, Chairman Address by David Kirk, Chief Executive Officer Slides accompanying Mr Kirk's address Response to Shareholder Questions
• PRESSES Dividend announcement
• Fred Hilmer's retirement from the Board
• Poll voting results from today's AGM

November 10, 2005

• Joint Submission:
  Joint Submission of John Fairfax Holdings Limited, News Limited, West Australian Newspapers Limited, Australian Press Council and AAP to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee on the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005.

November 4, 2005

• CEO Equity based incentive scheme

OCTOBER 2005

October 25, 2005

• Proposed redundancy program for the Metro Publishing Unit

October 19, 2005

• Notice of Annual General Meeting - 18 November 2005

October 10, 2005

• Statement by the Chairman of the Board of Directors

SEPTEMBER 2005

September 30, 2005

• Fairfax Annual Report 2005

September 29, 2005

• Presentation to 2005 Australasian Investment Conference, New York City, by Fred Hilmer, CEO and Sankar Narayan, CFO

September 26, 2005

• Mark Burrows appointed Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
• Alan Oakley appointed Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

September 16, 2005

• Peter Young appointed to the Board of Directors

September 5, 2005

• Fairfax New Zealand to purchase Rodney Times Publications

AUGUST 2005

August 29, 2005

Fairfax Full Year Results

• Announcement: Fairfax Full Year Underlying Net Profit of $234.1 million, up 23.7% (after PRESSES)
• Appendix 4E
• Presentation to Analysts: Full Year Results for the year ended 30 June 2005
• Transcript of Presentation to Analysts by Fred Hilmer, CEO and Sankar Narayan, CFO

August 25, 2005

• David Kirk appointed CEO of Fairfax; Dean Wills retires as Chairman, replaced by Ronald Walker

August 2, 2005

• Robert Whitehead steps down as Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

JULY 2005

July 11, 2005

• ASX Announcement: Fairfax acquires RSVP, Australia's leading online dating site
• Transcript of conference call with analysts

JUNE 2005

June 27 , 2005

• ASX Announcement: Mr David Evans has been appointed to the Board

June 16 , 2005

• ASX Announcement: Fairfax Board of Directors

June 8 , 2005

• Fairfax Digital Presentation by Mike Game, COO, to the UBS Media Conference, Sydney

June 6 , 2005

• Statement by Fairfax to Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD on Key Provisions of ASIO Anti-Terrorism Legislation

June 1 , 2005

• Fairfax confirms earnings for the 2005 Financial Year
• Transcript of Fred Hilmer Conference Call With Analysts on Earnings Confirmation Statement

MAY 2005

May 31 , 2005

• 'Building off the Print Franchise': Paper presented by Fred Hilmer on 31 May 2005 at 59th World Newspaper Congress WAN (World Association of Newspapers), Seoul, South Korea.
• PowerPoint Presentation to accompany Fred Hilmer's Paper 'Building off the Print Franchise'. Please note: this is a large file - approximately 2.2MB. You may prefer to 'Right click' the link to the PowerPoint presentation; 'Save Target As ... ' to your desktop, then launch locally.