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59BT GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 20-F 2011
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
60 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OPERATING COMMITTEE
60 Chairman
60 Executive directors
60 Company Secretary
60 Operating Committee
61 Non-executive directors
62 THE BOARD
62 Corporate governance statement
62 Directors
63 Governance and role of the Board
63 Directors’ powers to authorise conflicts of interest
63 BT’s non-executive directors
64 Main Board committees
64 New York Stock Exchange
65 REPORT OF THE AUDIT & RISK COMMITTEE
65 Introduction
65 Committee role
66 Committee activities
67 REPORT OF THE NOMINATING & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
67 Introduction
67 Committee role
67 Committee activities
67 Board evaluation
68 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR SUSTAINABLE &
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
68 Introduction
68 Committee role
68 Committee activities
69 REPORT ON DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION
69 Overview
69 Introduction
69 Remuneration policy (not audited)
77 Remuneration review (audited)
82 DIRECTORS’ INFORMATION
82 Election and re-election
82 Meetings attendance
82 Service agreements
82 Training and information
82 Independent advice
82 Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and indemnity
82 Interest of management in certain transactions
83 BUSINESS POLICIES
83 Responsible business
83 Political donations
83 Pension funds
83 Financial statements
83 Takeover Directive disclosure
84 Financial instruments
84 Internal control and risk management
85 US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
85 Disclosure controls and procedures
85 Internal control over financial reporting
86 SHAREHOLDERS AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
86 Relations with shareholders
86 Substantial shareholdings
86 AGM resolutions
86 Authority to purchase shares
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