Name of entity:

INDEPENDENCE GROUP NL

ABN / ARBN:

Financial year ended:

46 092 786 304

30 JUNE 2015

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These pages of our annual report:

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This URL on our website:

http://www.igo.com.au/irm/content/governance.aspx?RID=295

Date: 29 October 2015

Name of Director or Secretary authorising lodgement:

Joanne McDonald

Corporate Governance Council recommendation

We have followed the recommendation in full for the whole of the period above. We have disclosed …

We have NOT followed the recommendation in full for the whole of the period above. We have disclosed …4

PRINCIPLE 1 - LAY SOLID FOUNDATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT

1.1

A listed entity should disclose:

1. the respective roles and responsibilities of its board and management; and

2. those matters expressly reserved to the board and those delegated to management.

… the fact that we follow this recommendation:

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• at [insert location]

… and information about the respective roles and responsibilities of our board and management (including those matters expressly reserved to the board and those delegated to management):

☒ In our Board Charter located at:

http://www.igo.com.au/irm/content/governance.aspx?RID=295

• an explanation why that is so in our Corporate Governance Statement OR

• we are an externally managed entity and this recommendation is therefore not applicable

1.2

A listed entity should:

1. undertake appropriate checks before appointing a person, or putting forward to security holders a candidate for election, as a director; and

2. provide security holders with all material information in its possession relevant to a decision on whether or not to elect or re-elect a director.

… the fact that we follow this recommendation:

• in our Corporate Governance Statement OR

☒ In our Nomination Committee Charter located at:

http://www.igo.com.au/irm/content/governance.aspx?RID=295

• an explanation why that is so in our Corporate Governance Statement OR

• we are an externally managed entity and this recommendation is therefore not applicable

1.3

A listed entity should have a written agreement with each director and senior executive setting out the terms of their appointment.

… the fact that we follow this recommendation:

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• at [insert location]

• an explanation why that is so in our Corporate Governance Statement OR

• we are an externally managed entity and this recommendation is therefore not applicable

1.4

The company secretary of a listed entity should be accountable directly to the board, through the chair, on all matters to do with the proper functioning of the board.

… the fact that we follow this recommendation:

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• at [insert location]

• an explanation why that is so in our Corporate Governance Statement OR

• we are an externally managed entity and this recommendation is therefore not applicable

Corporate Governance Council recommendation

We have followed the recommendation in full for the whole of the period above. We have disclosed …

We have NOT followed the recommendation in full for the whole of the period above. We have disclosed …4

1.5

A listed entity should:

1. have a diversity policy which includes requirements for the board or a relevant committee of the board to set measurable objectives for achieving gender diversity and to assess annually both the objectives and the entity's progress in achieving them;

2. disclose that policy or a summary of it; and

3. disclose as at the end of each reporting period the measurable objectives for achieving gender diversity set by the board or a relevant committee of the board in accordance with the entity's diversity policy and its progress towards achieving them and either:

4. the respective proportions of men and women on the board, in senior executive positions and across the whole organisation (including how the entity has defined 'senior executive' for these purposes); or

5. if the entity is a 'relevant employer' under the Workplace Gender Equality Act, the entity's most recent 'Gender Equality Indicators', as defined in and published under that Act.

… the fact that we have a diversity policy that complies with paragraph (a):

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• at [insert location]

• at [insert location]

• at [insert location]

… and a copy of our diversity policy or a summary of it:

☒ at http://www.igo.com.au/irm/content/governance.aspx?RID=295

… and the measurable objectives for achieving gender diversity set by the board or a relevant committee of the board in accordance with our diversity policy and our progress towards achieving them:

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

… and the information referred to in paragraphs (c)(1) or (2):

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• an explanation why that is so in our Corporate Governance Statement OR

• we are an externally managed entity and this recommendation is therefore not applicable

1.6

A listed entity should:

1. have and disclose a process for periodically evaluating the performance of the board, its committees and individual directors; and

2. disclose, in relation to each reporting period, whether a performance evaluation was undertaken in the reporting period in accordance with that process.

… the evaluation process referred to in paragraph (a):

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• at [insert location]

• at [insert location]

… and the information referred to in paragraph (b):

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• an explanation why that is so in our Corporate Governance Statement OR

• we are an externally managed entity and this recommendation is therefore not applicable

1.7

A listed entity should:

1. have and disclose a process for periodically evaluating the performance of its senior executives; and

2. disclose, in relation to each reporting period, whether a performance evaluation was undertaken in the reporting period in accordance with that process.

… the evaluation process referred to in paragraph (a):

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• at [insert location]

• at [insert location]

… and the information referred to in paragraph (b):

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• an explanation why that is so in our Corporate Governance Statement OR

• we are an externally managed entity and this recommendation is therefore not applicable

Corporate Governance Council recommendation

We have followed the recommendation in full for the whole of the period above. We have disclosed …

We have NOT followed the recommendation in full for the whole of the period above. We have disclosed …4

PRINCIPLE 2 - STRUCTURE THE BOARD TO ADD VALUE

2.1

The board of a listed entity should:

1. have a nomination committee which:

2. has at least three members, a majority of whom are independent directors; and

3. is chaired by an independent director, and disclose:

4. the charter of the committee;

5. the members of the committee; and

6. as at the end of each reporting period, the number of times the committee met throughout the period and the individual attendances of the members at those meetings; or

7. if it does not have a nomination committee, disclose that fact and the processes it employs to address board succession issues and to ensure that the board has the appropriate balance of skills, knowledge, experience, independence and diversity to enable it to discharge its duties and responsibilities effectively.

[If the entity complies with paragraph (a):]

… the fact that we have a nomination committee that complies with paragraphs (1) and (2):

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• at [insert location]

• at [insert location]

… and a copy of the charter of the committee:

☒ at http://www.igo.com.au/irm/content/governance.aspx?RID=295

… and the information referred to in paragraphs (4) and (5):

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• an explanation why that is so in our Corporate Governance Statement OR

• we are an externally managed entity and this recommendation is therefore not applicable

2.2

A listed entity should have and disclose a board skills matrix setting out the mix of skills and diversity that the board currently has or is looking to achieve in its membership.

… our board skills matrix:

☒ in our Corporate Governance StatementOR

• at [insert location]

• an explanation why that is so in our Corporate Governance Statement OR

• we are an externally managed entity and this recommendation is therefore not applicable