Answers to my questions


I found that "EBITDA" stands for "earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation" - I found this definition whilst reading through study guide chapter 3, and also on Jade Thomas' blog

I now know that "NPAT" stands for "net profit after tax", I found this definition by googling it, and came across the meaning on the ASX website

I learnt that "fully franked" dividends means when the company pays the taxes on the dividends before they're given to the investors. The investors are then eligible to claim for a credit of the taxes.

In regards to short-term incentives (STIs) I found that Megan Thompson company uses STIs, offering cash and share-based component incentives for both executives and other employees, and offers another bonus for exceptional work from their employees. Karina Kaiser's company offers reward packages to encourage the employees to work harder, however she's found that her company has received bad reputation regarding it's senior authorities actions and behaviour towards the companies employees.

I found that there are other companies that include what population of their workforce is occupied by females. Megan Thompson company does, however they don't have as much of a population as my company, and are making it one of their focuses. None of the senior roles or board roles are filled by women in her company. Shrestha Anill's company doesn't have any information about it at all. After looking around at other's blogs I also found that Josh McNamara company had the same Corporate Governance Statement as my company, and also commented on how many women fill positions in his company.