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98
Appointment and removal
of directors
Both the Company by ordinary resolution
and the directors may elect any person to
be a director, but the number of directors
shall not exceed the maximum number
fixed by the articles of association of the
Company. Any person appointed by the
directors shall only hold office until the
next AGM and shall then be eligible for
election. The office of a director shall
be vacated on the occurrence of any
of the events listed in article 92 of the
articles of association of the Company.
The Company may, in accordance with
its articles of association, remove any
director from office and elect another
person in place of a director so removed.
Articles of association
The Company’s articles of association
may be amended by the passing of a
special resolution.
Financial risk management,
objectives and policies
Descriptions of the use of financial
instruments and Experian’s treasury and
risk management objectives and policies
are set out in the Financial review within
the Strategic report and also in note 8 to
the Group financial statements.
Political donations
Experian did not make any EU political
donations during the year ended
31 March 2014.
Employment of people
with disabilities
People with disabilities have equal
opportunities when applying for vacancies.
In addition to complying with legislative
requirements, procedures are in place
to ensure that disabled employees are
fairly treated and that their training and
career development needs are carefully
managed. The policies are considered to
operate effectively. The Group supports
employees who become disabled during
the course of their employment, by offering
re-training or re-deployment, to provide an
opportunity for them to remain with the
Group whenever possible.
Employee involvement
Experian is committed to employee
involvement throughout the business.
The Group is intent on motivating and
keeping staff informed on matters that
concern them in the context of their
employment and involving them through
local consultative procedures. Where
there are recognition agreements with
trade unions, the consultation process
is established through national and local
trade union representatives and through
joint consultation committees.
Employees are kept well informed on
matters of interest and the financial and
economic factors affecting the Group’s
performance through management
channels, conferences, meetings,
publications and intranet sites. More
detail on employee engagement, together
with information on diversity, succession
planning and talent development, can be
found in the Our people section of the
Strategic report.
Experian supports employee share
ownership by providing Sharesave and
other employee share plan arrangements,
which are intended to align the interests
of employees with those of shareholders.
Going concern
Details of the adoption by the Group and
the Company of the going concern basis
in preparing the financial statements are
set out in the Financial review within the
Strategic report and are incorporated into
this report by reference.
Relevant audit information
As at 6 May 2014, so far as each director
is aware, there is no relevant audit
information, being information needed by
the auditors in connection with preparing
their report, of which the auditors are
unaware and each director has taken all
steps that he/she ought to have taken as
a director in order to make himself/herself
aware of any relevant audit information and
to establish that the auditors are aware of
that information.
Annual general meeting
The Company’s 2014 AGM will be held at
The Merrion Hotel, Upper Merrion Street,
Dublin 2, Ireland at 9.30am on Wednesday
16 July 2014. Shareholders who are unable
to attend in person may submit questions
beforehand via email to agmquestions@
experianplc.com or on the prepaid card
sent to shareholders with the notice of
meeting. The questions will be addressed
at the meeting, via the Company’s website
at www.experianplc.com or individually
as appropriate. The notice of meeting has
been circulated to shareholders and can
also be viewed on the Company’s website.
Independent auditors
The auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, have indicated their willingness to
continue in office and a resolution that
they be re-appointed as the Company’s
auditors will be proposed at the AGM.
Directors’ report continued
Governance • Directors’ report
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