Billabong International Limited is the holding Company of a global group employing over 1,000 people, involved
in the design, production and distribution of surf and board sports’ apparel and accessories for male and female
markets. Billabong’s products and boardshorts are sold in more than 90 countries by its directly controlled
operations in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe, Japan and Brazil and through licensed operations
and distributors in other regions. Billabong’s product range comprises over 2,200 product lines in Australia, over
1,300 product lines in North America and over 1,200 product lines in Europe.

These products include:
• Billabong - Board Shorts / Trunks• Billabong - T-Shirts
• Billabong - Womens Swimwear
• Billabong - Sweatshirts• Billabong - Walk Shorts• Billabong - Pants and Jeans• Billabong - Wetsuits
• Billabong - Bags and Accessories.
Billabong is the leading surfwear apparel brand in Australia. Billabong Surf Clothing was started in 1973 and was
listed on the Australian Stock Exchange August 11, 2000. The idea for the name Billabong Surf Clothing was
conceived by Gordon Merchant, the founder of the company, in 1973. The traditional “Wave” logo was designed
by Gordon Merchant. Other logos have been created by various artists and designers employed by Billabong Surf Clothing.
The traditional “Wave” logo has remained in use in its original form since it was first designed, however variations of the
Wave logo have been introduced over the years as ongoing design process and to promote different categories of products,
eg. girls / snow / skate products.

The majority of the Billabong Surf Clothing trade marks are owned by GSM (Operations) Pty Ltd, which is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Billabong International Limited. The “Billabong” and “Wave” trade marks have been registered since 1979.
Billabong Surf Clothing won the 2001 Best Investor Relations' award in relation to its float on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).

Billabong Surf Clothing was a finalist in 2002 for the CEPA/Ethical Investor Corporate Sustainability Awards - Australia’s
most rigorous independently conducted awards on corporate sustainability. Billabong has won awards from Macromedia
& Microsoft for innovative technological incorporation of their software and programs. Billabong Surf Clothing has also won
over 10 awards from various websites which analyse the Internet and select the best websites. Most noteably Billabong
Surf Clothing won gold on WorldsBestWebsites.com in September 2001.

By 1977, Billabong Surf Clothing started making apparel other than boardshorts and started manufacturing shirts, pants,
jackets and walkshorts.

The company now generates revenue in more than 60 countries throughout the world. Naturally this requires a vast range
of production sources to take account of various climates, quota and duty systems, freight and delivery lead schedules, etc.

Accordingly, the company produces products iand boardshorts in more than a dozen countries throughout the world including
Australia, America, Asia and various countries in Europe - but in all instances, does everything practically and legally possible
to ensure the quality of its products, delivery certainty for its customers and safe working conditions for those employed in its
production sources.

The above information is from the Billabong Website!

Other Billabong Links:
Billabongpro.com
Billabongcorporate.com


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Boardshorts, Billabong Surf Clothing T-Shirts, Billabong Surf Clothing Wovens and Knits, Billabong Surf Clothing Jeans,
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Beanies including Billabong Surf Clothing Hats, Billabong Jackets, Billabong Watches, Billabong Surf Clothing Sweatshirts,
Billabong Wetsuits including Billabong Fullsuits, Billabong Springsuits and Billabong Rashguards.