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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM EVERYONE AT CAPRICORN What a year it has been for Capricorn, our Members and Preferred Suppliers. To recap top highlights from the year, Capricorn’s Group performance was strong in the financial year that ended on 30th June 2018. The more you use your Capricorn Trade Account to pay for purchases, the more can be returned to you. In fact, $32 million in reward points was returned to Members last year. Capricorn declared a Net Dividend of 11% for Capricorn's contributed equity as at 30 June 2018. A its launch, 3,000 Members have used AutoBoost and over 5,000 resources have been downloaded. The Capricorn Rising Stars program, in its inaugural year, saw 500 apprentice nominations from Members. The winner, Mark Smith from Belconnen in ACT, won a range of enviable prizes. We are pleased to announce that the competition will return next year, and nominations will open in early 2019. Watch this space! Members also enjoyed over 40 Member nights and networking events, including the biennial Convention which took a record breaking 705 attendees to Salou, Spain and the Gala Dinner & Tradeshows. Login to The Workshop to download your photos from the Gala Dinner & Tradeshows. The cover of this edition was voted on by you from a quick poll we ran in The Workshop, our online community platform. See trade rebate of $5 million was also delivered and has been page 6 to find out what else is happening on The Workshop. paid by way of additional reward points amongst all Member We also welcomed many new accounts in proportion to their purchases during the 2018 Preferred Suppliers to the Million financial year. Further, our membership has continued to Dollar Club – congratulations to increase with a net growth of 782 new Members. You can see those that achieved this great how the value of your Capricorn membership has grown on milestone. your personalised 2018 Wealth Certificate which was made From everyone at Capricorn, available on the Shareholder portal in October. have a very merry and safe A big thank you once again to Members who supported Christmas and a great start to struggling farming communities through the Country the New Year! Women’s Association of NSW and QLD by donating over $32,000 using their trade account. Members benefited from the launch of AutoBoost which has a range of tools to boost your business across operations, marketing, customer service and employee management by Yours cooperatively, Greg Wall, Group CEO saving you time and helping you to achieve your goals. Since Capricorn upcoming events National Western Australia Queensland 28 Feb - 3 Mar 2019 • Adelaide 500 (SOLD OUT) 21 February 2019 • Manjimup Member Night New South Wales/ACT 14 March 2019 • Northam Member Night 23 March 2019 • Townsville Gala Dinner & Tradeshow 8 December 2018 • Sydney Gala Dinner & Tradeshow . 28 March 2019 • Broome Member Night South Australia 21 February 2019 • Naracoorte Member Night 30 March 2019 • ACT Gala Dinner & Tradeshow Login to capricorn.coop today and select "Events" to register your attendance. For further information please call our events team on 1800 327 437 or send an email to [email protected] 4 CAPRICORN IGNITION HOLIDAY EDITION 2018