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Dixons Carphone plc Annual Report and Accounts 2014/15
Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance report
40
Reserved matters
There are documented schedules of matters reserved to the
Board and matters delegated to Committees of the Board.
Such reserved matters include:
approval of published financial statements and
dividend policy;
declaration of interim and recommendation of
final dividends;
approval of budget and strategy;
appointment and remuneration of directors, company
secretary and other senior executives;
approval of major acquisitions and disposals;
approval of authority levels for expenditure;
approval of Group policies; and
approval of treasury / internal control and risk
management policies.
Board attendance
The Board held two strategy sessions in addition to meeting on
ten scheduled occasions during the period under review:
Member Appointed Resigned Attendance
Charles Dunstone 10 of 10
Roger Taylor 10 of 10
Sebastian James 6 Aug 2014 7 of 7
A
ndrew Harrison 10 of 10
Humphrey Singer 6 Aug 2014 7 of 7
Katie Bickerstaffe 6 Aug 2014 7 of 7
Graham Stapleton 6 Aug 2014 7 of 7
John Gildersleeve 10 of 10
A
ndrea Gisle Joosen 6 Aug 2014 7 of 7
Tim How 6 Aug 2014 7 of 7
Jock Lennox 6 Aug 2014 7 of 7
Baroness Morgan
of Huyton(1) 9 of 10
Gerry Murphy 10 of 10
Former Directors
John Allwood(2) 6 Aug 2014 3 of 3
John Allan(2) 6 Aug 2014 17 Feb 2015 6 of 6
Nigel Langstaff 6 Aug 2014 3 of 3
(1) Baroness Morgan of Huyton missed one scheduled meeting due
to a prior commitment that had been arranged before the Merger
and the subsequent change of Board dates.
(2) John Allwood was the Senior Independent Director until his
resignation when John Allan took on this role until his resignation
on 17 February 2015.