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DATE AREED ATIONS
2013 EVALUATION
(INTERNAL)
ontnue to provde more dscusson tme for the Non-Executve Drectors n both Board meetngs and Non-
Executve Drector only meetngs
ontnue to nclude agenda tems where both management and Non-Executve Drectors co-present
harman to contnue to provde feedback to the Non-Executve Drectors throughout the year
ontnue to provde feedback on the outcome of key decsons taken
ontnue to gve Non-Executve Drectors exposure to senor executves whether durng knowledge sessons
oraround the Boardroom
2012 EVALUATION
(INTERNAL)
Shape the meetng agendas to enable Drectors to brng more of ther personal experence and nsght to
thedscussons
Drectors to receve more regular feedback from the harman on ther personal contrbuton
Enhance the ways of workng for the ommttees
Further nteracton between Non-Executve Drectors and senor executves around ste vsts or otherwse
Greater perodc revew by the Board of hstorc decsons taken and actons agreed
2011 EVALUATION
(EXTERNAL)
Buld some sessons nto the agenda durng whch the Drectors can share experences on a specfc topc
Buld nto the end of each Board meetng agenda a fve-mnute sesson durng whch actons taken can be
revewed and feedback gven on the meetng
ATTENDANE
The followng table shows the attendance of Drectors at Board
meetngs for the year ended 31 December 2013 If Drectors are
unable to attend a Board meetng they have the opportunty
beforehand to dscuss any agenda tems wth the harman
Attendance s expressed as the number of meetngs attended out
of the number elgble to be attended
Man Board
Mchael Treschow(a) 7 / 7
Kees Storm(b) 7 / 7
Paul Polman(c) 7 / 7
Jean-Marc Hut(c) 7 / 7
Laura ha(d) 4 / 4
Louse Fresco 7 / 7
Ann Fudge 6 / 7
harles Golden 6 / 7
Byron Grote 7 / 7
Mary Ma(d) 4 / 4
Sunl B Mttal(e) 2 / 3
Hxona Nyasulu 6 / 7
Sr Malcolm Rfknd 7 / 7
John Rshton(d) 3 / 4
Paul Walsh 7 / 7
(a) harman
(b) Vce-harman/Senor Independent Drector
(c) Executve Drector
(d) Apponted to the Boards on 15 May 2013
(e) Retred from the Boards on 15 May 2013
BOARD EVALUATION
Unlever’s harman leads the process whereby the Boards
formally assess ther own performance wth the am of helpng to
mprove the effectveness of the Boards and ther ommttees
The evaluaton process conssts of an nternal exercse performed
annually wth an ndependent thrd-party evaluaton carred out at
least once every three years
In 2012 we engaged an ndependent governance specalst to advse
on our nternal evaluaton process and help create three full and
confdental onlne evaluaton questonnares on our Boards, EO
and harman for all Drectors to complete The detaled Board
questonnare nvtes comments on a number of key areas ncludng
Board responsblty, operatons, effectveness, tranng and
knowledge The onlne questonnares were used agan n 2013
In addton, each year the harman conducts a process of
evaluatng the performance and contrbuton of each Drector
whch ncludes a one-to-one performance and feedback
dscusson wth each Drector The evaluaton of the performance
of the harman s led by the Vce-harman/Senor Independent
Drector and the harman leads the evaluaton of the EO, both
usng bespoke questonnares ommttees of the Boards
evaluate themselves annually under supervson of ther
respectve charmen takng nto account the vews of respectve
ommttee members and the Boards
ONOIN EVALUATION
In the table below we report on the key actons agreed by the
Boards n the last three evaluatons, n order to provde a
meanngful assessment of the challenges the Boards face as they
evolve
44 Unlever Annual Report and Accounts 2013overnance
ORPORATE GOVERNANE ONTINUED