Nov 7 (Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp WBC.AX :
* LIKELY TO ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENT OF ONE OR TWO NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IN THE FIRST HALF OF CALENDAR 2019
* THE BOARD REVIEWED TOTAL TARGET REWARD (TTR) FOR THE CEO AND GROUP EXECUTIVES FOR 2018
* NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO TOTAL TARGET REWARD FOR THE CEO
* INCREASES IN TTR FOR GROUP EXECUTIVES OF BETWEEN 4% AND 12.3% WERE MADE IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE TTR WAS BELOW MARKET BENCHMARKS
* SHORT TERM VARIABLE REWARD OUTCOMES FOR THE CEO AND GROUP EXECUTIVES IN AUSTRALIA ARE ON AVERAGE 25% LOWER THAN 2017