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46 Lenovo Group Limited 2013/14 Annual Report
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
Regulatory Updates
The directors are updated on a continuing basis by the Company Secretary on any new regulations and guidelines, as
well as any amendments thereto issued by the Stock Exchange and other regulatory authorities, particularly the effects
of such new or amended regulations and guidelines on directors specifically, and the Company and the Group.
The Board considers the aforementioned training attended and/or participated in by the directors, and the continuing
legal updates provided to the directors, as adequate to enhance the directors’ skills and knowledge to carry out their
duties as directors. All directors are required to provide the Company with their training records on annually basis
and such records are maintained by the Company Secretary for regular review by the Nomination and Governance
Committee.
The Nomination and Governance Committee will, on a continuing basis, evaluate and determine the training needs
of the directors, particularly on relevant new laws and regulations and essential practices for effective corporate
governance and risk management, to enable the directors to sustain their active participation in Board deliberations
and effectively discharge their duties.
In addition to directors’ attendance at meetings and review of relevant materials provided by senior management
during the year, the professional trainings attended by the directors are set out as follows:
Type of training
Name of directors
Reading regulatory
updates/Company
Policies
Visiting the place
of operations,
Company’s
facilities and
meeting with local
management
Attending experts
briefing/seminar/
conference
relevant to the
Company’s
business or
director’s duties
Attending online
training at Lenovo
University
Executive director
Mr. Yang Yuanqing ✓✓✓✓
Non-executive directors
Mr. Zhu Linan ✓✓✓✓
Dr. Wu Yibing (Note) N/A N/A N/A
Mr. Zhao John Huan ✓✓✓✓
Independent non-executive directors
Mr. Ting Lee Sen ✓✓✓✓
Dr. Tian Suning ✓✓✓✓
Mr. Nicholas C. Allen ✓✓✓✓
Mr. Nobuyuki Idei ✓✓✓✓
Mr. William O. Grabe ✓✓✓✓
Mr. William Tudor Brown ✓✓✓✓
Ms. Ma Xuezheng ✓✓✓✓
Note: Dr. Wu Yibing retired as a non-executive director of the Company on July 16, 2013.