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Shareholder Communication and Disclosure Policy

Overview

Flight Centre Limited is committed to efficient and timely disclosure of material information to its stakeholders and to raise investor confidence in the quality, timeliness and integrity of its disclosure.

This policy ensures that Flight Centre Limited adopts the best practices in respect to its continuous disclosure requirements as stated by Chapter 3 of the ASX listing Rules.

Scope

This policy is to be applied globally to all directors, employees and contractors of Flight Centre Limited.

Policy

Communications Officer

The Communications Officer is responsible for preparing and developing the market communications in conjunction with the Board, Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary.

Policy Adherence

All directors, employees and contractors working for Flight Centre Limited are obligated to notify the Chairman or Company Secretary of any breach or suspected breach of this policy.

Procedures

Issuing Announcements

Market communications are to be provided by the Communications Officer as and when required. The announcement is to be discussed prior to authorisation of its release by at least two members of the Market Communications Group and supplied to the Company Secretariat for release to the ASX.

Market communication is to be released to the ASX through its electronic lodgement facility, ASX Online. Market communication is not to be made until confirmation of receipt has been received from the ASX.

All Market communication is to be posted on the Flight Centre Limited investor website as soon as practicable after the confirmation of receipt has been received from the ASX.

Spokespersons

The only authorised spokespersons for Flight Centre Limited are the Chairman, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Any other statements made by Flight Centre Limited staff are to approved by the Chairman, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer before being released to a third party.

Internal Communication

All internal communications are to be treated as such and not distributed to any parties other than those the communications are directed to or have been given permission by the author to be distributed to.

The Communications Officer is to advise the Board and senior executives of the information that has been released and confirmation received from the ASX. The senior executives are responsible for providing this information to all their staff through the internal email notice boards.

Analyst and Investor Briefings

Analyst and investor briefings are to made by either of the Chairman, Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer with all presentation material to be circulated to all of the aforementioned officers.

Definitions

ASX: means the Australian Stock Exchange Ltd.
Contractor: includes all individuals working on a contract basis with access to market sensitive information.
Director: includes all individuals registered with the ASIC as a director of Flight Centre Limited and any of its subsidiaries.
Employee: includes all staff as registered with the Flight Centre Limited payroll department.
Market Communication: includes press releases, publications, presentations, brochures, editorial or other information to be released to the market.
Market Communications Group: consists of the Flight Centre Limited Board of directors, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary.
Market Sensitive Information: means any information which may have a material effect on the price or value of Flight Centre Limited.