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2013 EVALUATION
(INTERNAL)
ontnue to provde more dscusson tme for the Non-Executve Drectors n both Board meetngs and Non-
Executve Drector only meetngs
ontnue to nclude agenda tems where both management and Non-Executve Drectors co-present
harman to contnue to provde feedback to the Non-Executve Drectors throughout the year
ontnue to provde feedback on the outcome of key decsons taken
ontnue to gve Non-Executve Drectors exposure to senor executves whether durng knowledge sessons
oraround the Boardroom
2012 EVALUATION
(INTERNAL)
Shape the meetng agendas to enable Drectors to brng more of ther personal experence and nsght to
thedscussons
Drectors to receve more regular feedback from the harman on ther personal contrbuton
Enhance the ways of workng for the ommttees
Further nteracton between Non-Executve Drectors and senor executves around ste vsts or otherwse
Greater perodc revew by the Board of hstorc decsons taken and actons agreed
2011 EVALUATION
(EXTERNAL)
Buld some sessons nto the agenda durng whch the Drectors can share experences on a specfc topc
Buld nto the end of each Board meetng agenda a fve-mnute sesson durng whch actons taken can be
revewed and feedback gven on the meetng
ATTENDANE
The followng table shows the attendance of Drectors at Board
meetngs for the year ended 31 December 2013 If Drectors are
unable to attend a Board meetng they have the opportunty
beforehand to dscuss any agenda tems wth the harman
Attendance s expressed as the number of meetngs attended out
of the number elgble to be attended
Man Board
Mchael Treschow(a) 7 / 7
Kees Storm(b) 7 / 7
Paul Polman(c) 7 / 7
Jean-Marc Hut(c) 7 / 7
Laura ha(d) 4 / 4
Louse Fresco 7 / 7
Ann Fudge 6 / 7
harles Golden 6 / 7
Byron Grote 7 / 7
Mary Ma(d) 4 / 4
Sunl B Mttal(e) 2 / 3
Hxona Nyasulu 6 / 7
Sr Malcolm Rfknd 7 / 7
John Rshton(d) 3 / 4
Paul Walsh 7 / 7
(a) harman
(b) Vce-harman/Senor Independent Drector
(c) Executve Drector
(d) Apponted to the Boards on 15 May 2013
(e) Retred from the Boards on 15 May 2013
BOARD EVALUATION
Unlever’s harman leads the process whereby the Boards
formally assess ther own performance wth the am of helpng to
mprove the effectveness of the Boards and ther ommttees
The evaluaton process conssts of an nternal exercse performed
annually wth an ndependent thrd-party evaluaton carred out at
least once every three years
In 2012 we engaged an ndependent governance specalst to advse
on our nternal evaluaton process and help create three full and
confdental onlne evaluaton questonnares on our Boards, EO
and harman for all Drectors to complete The detaled Board
questonnare nvtes comments on a number of key areas ncludng
Board responsblty, operatons, effectveness, tranng and
knowledge The onlne questonnares were used agan n 2013
In addton, each year the harman conducts a process of
evaluatng the performance and contrbuton of each Drector
whch ncludes a one-to-one performance and feedback
dscusson wth each Drector The evaluaton of the performance
of the harman s led by the Vce-harman/Senor Independent
Drector and the harman leads the evaluaton of the EO, both
usng bespoke questonnares ommttees of the Boards
evaluate themselves annually under supervson of ther
respectve charmen takng nto account the vews of respectve
ommttee members and the Boards
ONOIN EVALUATION
In the table below we report on the key actons agreed by the
Boards n the last three evaluatons, n order to provde a
meanngful assessment of the challenges the Boards face as they
evolve
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