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ATTENDANE
Kees Storm 7/7
harman of the Nomnatng and
orporate overnance ommttee
Sr Malcolm Rfknd 7/7
Mchael Treschow 7/7
Ths table shows the membershp of the ommttee together wth ther
attendance at meetngs durng 2014 If Drectors are unable to attend
a meetng, they have the opportunty beforehand to dscuss any agenda
tems wth the ommttee harman Attendance s expressed as the
number of meetngs attended out of the number elgble to be attended
• Drector and Unlever Leadershp
Executve Successon Plannng
• External Board evaluaton
• Recommendatons for new Non-Executve
Drectors
• Plannng for harman successon
• Montorng of emergng orporate overnance
developments
• Actve partcpaton n relevant orporate
overnance consultatons
OMMITTEE MEMBERS, MEMBERSHIP STATUS
AND ATTENDANE
HIHLIHTS OF 2014
PRIORITIES FOR 2015
ROLE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE OMMITTEE
The Nomnatng and orporate overnance ommttee s
responsble for evaluatng the balance of sklls, experence,
ndependence and knowledge on the Boards and for drawng
up selecton crtera, ongong successon plannng and
appontment procedures It also has oversght of all matters
relatng to corporate governance and brngs any ssues n ths
respect to the attenton of the Boards
The ommttee’s terms of reference are set out n ‘The
overnance of Unlever’ whch can be found on our webste
at wwwunlevercom/corporategovernance Durng the year,
the ommttee revewed the ommttee’s terms of reference
to ensure they remaned n lne wth relevant corporate
governance gudelnes and to determne whether ts
responsbltes are properly descrbed The amended terms
became effectve on 1 January 2015
The ommttee s comprsed of two Non-Executve Drectors and
the harman The roup Secretary acts as secretary to the
ommttee Other attendees at ommttee meetngs n 2014
(or part thereof) were the hef Executve Offcer, the hef HR
Offcer and the roup Secretary
In 2014 the ommttee met seven tmes At the start of the year
the ommttee consdered the results of the ommttee’s annual
self-evaluaton for 2013 and used these to help create an annual
plan for meetngs for 2014
APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT OF DIRETORS
Re-appontment Non-Executve Drectors normally serve for
a maxmum of nne years The schedule the ommttee uses
for orderly successon plannng of Non-Executve Drectors can
be found on our webste at wwwunlevercom/commttees All
exstng Executve and Non-Executve Drectors, unless they are
retrng, submt themselves for evaluaton by the ommttee every
year An Executve Drector stops holdng executve offce on
ceasng to be a Drector The harman wll nform the ommttee
of the outcomes of hs dscussons wth each Drector on ndvdual
performance Based upon the evaluaton of the Boards, ts
ommttees and the contnued good performance of ndvdual
Drectors, the ommttee recommends to each Board a lst of
Drectors for re-electon at the relevant company’s AMs In 2014,
harles olden decded not to put hmself forward for re-electon
at the 2014 AMs n May 2014 The ommttee proposed the
nomnaton of all other Drectors Drectors are apponted by
shareholders by a smple maorty vote at the AMs
Appontment Where a vacancy arses on the Boards, the
ommttee may seek the servces of specalst recrutment frms
and other external experts to assst n fndng ndvduals wth
the approprate sklls and expertse The ommttee revews
canddates presented by the recrutment frm, or recommended
by Drectors and members of the Unlever Leadershp Executve
(ULE), and all members of the ommttee are nvolved n the
ntervew process before makng ther recommendatons to the
Boards for approval The ommttee also recommends to the
Boards canddates for electon as harman and Vce-harman/
Senor Independent Drector
When recrutng the ommttee wll take nto account the profle
of Unlever’s Boards of Drectors set out n the ‘The overnance
of Unlever’ whch s n lne wth the recommendatons of applcable
governance regulatons and best practce Pursuant to the profle
the Boards should comprse a maorty of Non-Executve Drectors
who are ndependent of Unlever, free from any conflcts of
nterest and are able to allocate suffcent tme to perform ther
responsbltes effectvely Wth respect to composton and
qualtes, the Boards should be n keepng wth the sze of Unlever,
ts portfolo, culture and geographcal spread and ts status as a
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ORPORATE OVERNANE OMMITTEE