Notice is hereby given that the 113th Annual General Meeting of Pharmaceutical Defence Limited will be a hybrid meeting, both in person at Suite 3, Level 34 North Tower, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000 and online via Microsoft Teams, on Thursday, the 23rd of October 2025 at 11:00am AEDT when the attendance of members is requested.
Ordinary Business
1.To confirm the Minutes of the preceding Annual General Meeting which took place on the 17th of October 2024.
2.To receive and consider and deal with the Financial Statements and Statutory Reports for the year ended 30th June 2025.
3.To confirm the election of Directors duly elected in accordance with Clause 17 of the Constitution.
3.1 In relation to the Director for the State of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Amanda Galbraith whose term expires at the conclusion of the AGM in accordance with Clause 17 and being eligible has offered herself for re-election.
3.2 In relation to the Director for the State of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Ben Wilkins in accordance with Clause 17 and being eligible has offered himself for election.
3.3 In relation to the Director for the State of Western Australia, Celia Sansom whose term expires at the conclusion of the AGM in accordance with Clause 17 and being eligible has offered herself for re-election.
4.To fix the remuneration of the Directors.
5.To elect Honorary Life Members as recommended by the Directors. The PDL Board has nominated three members for Honorary Life Membership in recognition of their service to PDL and the pharmacy profession: Gilbert Yeates, Dr Louis Roller AM and Dr Jenny Gowan AM.
Gilbert Yeates was elected to the PDL Board as Queensland Director in 2008 and appointed Deputy Chair in 2011, a role he retired from in 2024 after reaching his maximum tenure. During Gilbert’s time, he was a proactive and highly engaged Board member, providing strong commercial acumen, insights and support for the Chair, the Board and management alike. Gilbert is highly regarded across the profession and has developed strong relationships with all the pharmacy programs in Queensland. He has often been involved in supporting university research programs, student education and career development activities.
Louis Roller has been a pharmacy educator at Monash University since 1963. He was variously the Associate Dean Teaching (1992-2006) of the faculty, head of department of pharmacy practice (1992-2001), director of the bachelor pharmacy program until his retirement from the University in December 2008. He served on the Pharmacy Board of Victoria for 22 years and is the author of hundreds of scientific and professional articles. Louis was awarded an AM in 2023.
Jenny Gowan is a practising pharmacist, adjunct senior lecturer at Monash University and sessional lecturer at RMIT University. She is an accredited consultant pharmacist focusing on medication reviews in the home and aged care facilities as well as quality use of medicine. Jenny has published over 500 educational articles and presents many talks annually. She was awarded an AM in 2024.
Louis and Jenny have researched and written an education article for every issue of the Australian Journal of Pharmacy (AJP) for more than 30 years. With the publication of their last article in October 2025, they will have contributed more than 350 articles, or 1.5 million words towards the continuing education of PDL members through the pages of the AJP.
Other Business
To transact any business which, under the Corporations Act 2001 or the Constitution, is required to be transacted at an Annual General Meeting.
Proxies
An eligible member who is entitled to vote but is unable to attend the meeting can appoint a proxy to attend and vote. That person need not be a member of the Company but should be a natural person over the age of 18 years. Proxy forms may be downloaded from the PDL website. Completed, signed Proxy forms must be lodged at the Registered Office of the Company by 5pm (AEDT) Monday, 20th October 2025. Proxy forms to be emailed to julie.michel@pdl.org.au or the original to be mailed to PDL, Suite 3, Level 34 North Tower, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000.
Virtual participation
If you would like to attend the meeting online, please contact julie.michel@pdl.org.au so that we can send you a meeting invitation.
Annual Report
The PDL 2025 Annual Report will be uploaded to the website overnight. Please be advised this will only be provided in hard copy upon written/emailed request.
Yours faithfully,
Glen Oliver
Company Secretary
Pharmaceutical Defence Limited
