13-WEEK AUDIT PERIOD SCHEDULE

Audit Period for Audit Reports: the periods: 1 January to 31 March; 1 April to 30 June; 1 July to 30 September; and 1 October to 31 December; or thirteen weeks in each period of three months nearest the periods.

All periods including the start and finish dates for:

• (a) National Newspapers;
• (b) Metropolitan Monday – Friday Newspapers;
• (c) Metropolitan Saturday Newspapers;
• (d) Metropolitan Sunday Newspapers;
• (e) Regional Daily Newspapers with an *Average Issue Circulation of 25,000 copies or more;
• (f) Regional Sunday Newspapers with an *Average Issue Circulation of 25,000 copies of more;
• (g) Country Press with an *Average Issue Circulation of 25,000 copies or more;
• Newspaper inserted magazines provided with a Newspaper nominated (a) to (g) and
• Weekly Magazines with an *Average Issue Circulation of 25,000 copies or more.

31 December 2007 to 30 March 2008		31 March to 29 June 2008
Mon - Sat 31.12.2007 to 29.03.2008 = 13 weeks		Mon-Sat 31.03.2008 to 28.06.2008 = 13 weeks
Mon - Fri 31.12.2007 to 28.03.2008 = 13 weeks		Mon-Fri 31.03.2008 to 27.06.2008 = 13 weeks
Saturday 05.01.2008 to 29.03.2008 = 13 weeks		Saturday 05.04.2008 to 28.06.2008 = 13 weeks
Sunday 06.01.2008 to 30.03.2008 = 13 weeks		Sunday 06.04.2008 to 29.06.2008 = 13 weeks
Deadline Lodgement Date: Tuesday April 30, 2008		Deadline Lodgement Date: July 30, 2008
Preliminary Release Date: 12 noon, Thursday May 15, 2008		Preliminary Release Date: 12 noon, Thursday August 14, 2008
Embargo to Friday May 16, 2008		Embargo to Friday August 15, 2008

26-WEEK AUDIT REPORT AND/OR PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT SCHEDULE

Frequency of submitting Twenty-Six week Audit Reports or Publisher’s Statements: The periods: 1 July to 31 December, 2007, 1 January to June 30, 2008, 1 July to 31 December 2008 or Twenty-Six weeks in each period of six months nearest the periods. All periods to include the start and finish dates as detailed below. Magazines (not being Weekly Magazines) with an *Average Issue Circulation of 25,000 copies or more must audit every six-month periods. Publisher members publishing

• (a) Regional Daily Newspapers,
• (b) Regional Sunday Newspapers,
• (c) Country Press with an *Average Issue Circulation of less than 25,000 copies,
• Newspaper Inserted magazines provided with the Newspapers nominated in (a), (b), or (c) or
• Any Magazine with an *Average Issue Circulation less than 25,000 copies

Will audit at least one period either: 1 July to 31 December 2007 or 1 January to 30 June 2008 Or twenty-six weeks in one period nearest either of the periods. However, a publisher member with an average issue circulation less than 25,000 may elect to provide audit reports ever 13-weeks. *Definition: Average Issue Circulation means Average Net Paid Sales for each Issue of a Publication in its primary country of circulation for a Reporting Period.

July to December 2007		January to June 2008
Mon-Sat 02.07.2007 to 29.12.2007 = 26 weeks		Mon - Sat 31.12.2007 to 28.06.2008 = 26 weeks
Mon-Fri 02.07.2007 to 28.12.2007 = 26 weeks		Mon – Fri 31.12.2007 to 27.06.2008 = 26 weeks
Saturday 07.07.2007 to 29.12.2007 = 26 weeks		Saturday 05.01.2008 to 28.06.2008 = 26 weeks
Sunday 08.07.2007 to 30.12.2007 = 26 weeks		Sunday 06.01.2008 to 29.06.2008 = 26 weeks
Deadline Lodgement Date: January 31, 2008		Deadline Lodgement Date: July 30, 2008
Preliminary Release Date: 12 noon, Thursday February 14, 2008		Preliminary Release Date: 12 noon, Thursday August 14, 2008
Embargo to Friday February 15, 2008		Embargo to Friday August 15, 2008

 

July to December 2008
Mon-Sat 30.06.2008 to 27.12.2008 = 26 weeks
Mon-Fri 30.06.2008 to 26.12.2008 = 26 weeks
Saturday 05.07.2008 to 27.12.2008 = 26 weeks
Sunday 06.07.2008 to 28.12.2008 = 26 weeks
Deadline Lodgement Date: January 30, 2009
Preliminary Release Date: 12 noon, Thursday February 12, 2009
Embargo to Friday February 13, 2009