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54 Lenovo Group Limited 2013/14 Annual Report
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
Board and Board Committees Meetings and Attendance
Details of directors’ attendance at the general meetings, Board and Board Committees meetings held during the year
ended March 31, 2014 are set out below:
Name of directors
Attendance/Meetings held in the year
Board
Audit
Committee
Compensation
Committee
Nomination and
Governance
Committee
General
Meetings
(Notes 1 & 2) (Notes 1 & 4) (Note 1) (Notes 1 & 10) (Notes 3 & 4)
Executive director
Mr. Yang Yuanqing (Chairman & CEO) 7/7 – – 2/2 2/2
Non-executive directors
Mr. Zhu Linan (Note 5) 7/7 –1/1 –1/2
Dr. Wu Yibing (Note 6) 1/1 –––1/1
Mr. Zhao John Huan 7/7 –––1/2
Independent non-executive directors
Mr. Ting Lee Sen 7/7 4/4 4/4 –0/2
Dr. Tian Suning 7/7 –––1/2
Mr. Nicholas C. Allen 7/7 4/4 – – 2/2
Mr. Nobuyuki Idei 7/7 – – 2/2 1/2
Mr. William O. Grabe
(Lead Independent Director) (Note 7)
7/7 –4/4 2/2 1/2
Mr. William Tudor Brown (Note 8) 7/7 –3/3 –1/2
Ms. Ma Xuezheng (Note 9) 7/7 4/4 4/4 –1/2
Notes:
(1) The attendance figure represents actual attendance/the number of meetings a director is entitled to attend.
(2) The Board held four regular meetings, one strategic meeting and two ad hoc meetings during the year.
(3) The Company held the annual general meeting and the general meeting on July 16, 2013 and March 18, 2014 respectively.
(4) Representatives of the external auditor participated in every Audit Committee meeting and the annual general meeting held during the year.
(5) Mr. Zhu Linan was re-designated from an observer to a member of the Compensation Committee with effect from November 7, 2013.
(6) Dr. Wu Yibing retired as non-executive director of the Company in the annual general meeting held on July 16, 2013.
(7) Mr. William O. Grabe was appointed as the Lead Independent Director with effect from May 23, 2013 and ceased to be the chairman of the
Compensation Committee with effect from November 7, 2013.
(8) Mr. William Tudor Brown was appointed as a member of the Compensation Committee with effect from May 23, 2013.
(9) Ms. Ma Xuezheng was re-designated from a non-executive director to an independent non-executive director and was appointed as the chairman of
the Compensation Committee, all with effect from November 7, 2013.
(10) For corporate governance reasons, Mr. Yang Yuanqing was required to excuse himself from the agenda item relating to assessment of the
performance of the Chairman and CEO of the Nomination and Governance Committee meeting to avoid conflict of interest.
During the year, the Chairman held executive session with non-executive directors (including independent non-
executive directors) without the presence of management to discuss on any Board matters.
To enhance the corporate governance practices, the Lead Independent Director held executive session with
independent non-executive directors without the presence of executive director and all the senior management after
each regular Board meeting to discuss matters relating to any issue or other matters such persons would like to raise.