Colette Garnsey

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this General Meeting of Shareholders of Flight Centre Travel Group Limited. My name is Colette Garnsey. I am the company's Lead Independent Director, and I will chair today's meeting in the absence of our Non-Executive Chairman, Gary Smith, who is overseas.

As shareholders will be aware, this is a virtual only meeting held in accordance with Section 249RC of the Corporations Act 2001 and Rule 32A of the company's constitution. As we have the necessary quorum of shareholders present, I now declare this general meeting open.

I would now like to introduce those who are present in the room with me are Non-Executive Directors, Mr. John Eales, Mr. Robert Baker and Ms. Kirsty Rankin. We also have our Chief Financial Officer, Adam Campbell; Company Secretary, David Smith; Head of Investor Relations, Haydn Long; and Head of Corporate Finance, Nicolas Masters. Alister Schaeffer is also with us from Talbot Saia Lawyers and Scott Burkett from BDO, the independent expert.

As I have mentioned, our Non-Executive Chairman, Gary Smith, is overseas. Before we proceed, I would like to run through a few matters to assist shareholders. This meeting is being held entirely online via the Computershare meeting platform. Only shareholders, attorneys, representatives and proxyholders are entitled to ask questions or vote during this meeting.

To ask a written question at any time, please select the Q&A icon on your device. Choose the topic from the drop-down menu, type your question and press send. You may also request to ask a question verbally by following the instructions shown below the broadcast window. Our moderator, Haydn Long, will read out or facilitate questions. If we