The directors present their report, together with the Financial Report of Cochlear Limited (Company) and the Consolidated Financial Report of the Consolidated Entity (Cochlear), being the Company and its controlled entities, for the year ended 30 June 2008, and the Auditors’ Report thereon.

Directors

The directors of the Company at any time during or since the end of the financial year were Mr PR Bell, Mr TCE Bergman, Prof E Byrne, AO, Mr A Denver, Mr R Holliday-Smith, Mr DP O’Dwyer and Dr CG Roberts.

Information on the directors is presented in the Annual Report.

Directors’ meetings

The number of directors’ meetings (including meetings of committees of directors) and number of meetings attended by each of the directors of the Company during the financial year are:

	Board of directors		Audit Committee		Medical Science Committee
	Held(i)	Attended(ii)	Held(i)	Attended(ii)	Held(i)	Attended(ii)
Mr TCE Bergman	9	9	5	5	-	-
Mr PR Bell	9	9	-	-	-	-
Prof E Byrne, AO	9	9	-	-	2	2
Mr A Denver	9	9	5	5	-	-
Mr R Holliday-Smith	9	9	5	5	-	-
Mr DP O’Dwyer	9	9	5	5	2	2
Dr CG Roberts	9	9	-	-	2	2

	Nominations Committee		Remuneration Committee		Technology and Innovation Committee
	Held(i)	Attended(ii)	Held(i)	Attended(ii)	Held(i)	Attended(ii)
Mr TCE Bergman	2	2	3	3	2	2
Mr PR Bell	2	2	3	3	2	2
Prof E Byrne, AO	2	2	-	-	2	2
Mr A Denver	2	2	-	-	2	2
Mr R Holliday-Smith	2	2	3	3	-	-
Mr DP O’Dwyer	2	2	-	-	2	2
Dr CG Roberts	-	-	-	-	2	2

1. Number of meetings during the time the director held office during the financial year.
2. Number of meetings attended.