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ATTENDANE
Kees Storm 4 / 4
Charman of the Nomnatng and orporate
Governance Commttee
Ann Fudge 2 / 2
Sr Malcolm Rfknd 2 / 2
Mchael Treschow 4 / 4
Paul Walsh 2 / 2
The composton of the ommttee changed after the 2013 AGMs Ths
table shows the attendance of Drectors at ommttee meetngs for the
year ended 31 December 2013 If Drectors are unable to attend a
meetng, they have the opportunty beforehand to dscuss any agenda
tems wth the ommttee harman Attendance s expressed as the
number of meetngs attended out of the number elgble to be attended
• Board, Commttee and Drector performance
evaluaton process
• Rotaton of Drectors on Board ommttees
• Revew of relevant legslatve and corporate
governance changes
• Revew of Board Dversty Polcy
• ontnued focus on Drector successon
• External Board Evaluaton
• Actve partcpaton n relevant regulatory
consultatons
• Trackng gender metrcs
OMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ATTENDANE
HIHLIHTS OF 2013
PRIORITIES FOR 2014
MEMBERSHIP OF THE OMMITTEE
The Nomnatng and orporate Governance Commttee
comprses two Non-Executve Drectors and the harman
It s chared by Kees Storm The composton of the ommttee
changed after the AGMs n May 2013 when both Paul Walsh and
Ann Fudge left the ommttee At that tme, Kees Storm took over
the harmanshp of the ommttee from Paul Walsh The other
members are Sr Malcolm Rfknd and Mchael Treschow The
Group Secretary acts as secretary to the Commttee The
Commttee met four tmes n 2013 All Commttee members
attended the meetngs they were elgble to attend Other
attendees at Commttee meetngs (or part thereof) were the hef
Executve Offcer, the hef HR Offcer and the Group Secretary
ROLE OF THE OMMITTEE
The Commttee s responsble for evaluatng the balance of sklls,
experence, ndependence and knowledge on the Board and
drawng up selecton crtera, ongong successon plannng and
appontment procedures Executve and Non-Executve Drectors
offer themselves for electon each year at the Annual General
Meetngs The Commttee s responsble for recommendng
canddates for nomnaton as Executve Drectors (ncludng the
hef Executve Offcer) and Non-Executve Drectors each year,
based on the process of evaluatons referred to below After
Drectors have been apponted by shareholders, the ommttee
recommends to the Boards canddates for electon as harman
and Vce-harman/Senor Independent Drector Durng the year,
the ommttee also consulted wth the hef Executve Offcer on
the selecton crtera and appontment procedures for senor
management It also keeps oversght of all matters relatng to
corporate governance, brngng any ssues to the attenton of the
Boards The Commttee’s terms of reference are contaned n ‘The
Governance of Unlever’ and are also avalable on our webste at
wwwunlevercom/nvestorrelatons/corp_governance
PROESS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DIRETORS
Unlever has formal procedures for the evaluaton of the Boards,
the Board ommttees and the ndvdual Drectors The
Charman, n conjuncton wth the Vce-harman/Senor
Independent Drector, leads the process whereby the Boards
assess ther own performance Each of the Drectors also has an
ntervew wth the harman to dscuss ndvdual performance
The outcomes of the Board and ndvdual evaluatons are
provded to the ommttee when t dscusses the nomnatons for
re-electon of Drectors
Where a vacancy arses on the Boards, the ommttee may seek
the servces of specalst recrutment frms and other external
experts to assst n fndng ndvduals wth the approprate sklls
and expertse The Commttee revews canddates presented by
the recrutment frm, or recommended by Drectors and
members of the Unlever Leadershp Executve, and all members
of the ommttee are nvolved n the ntervew process before
makng ther recommendatons to the full Boards for approval
In nomnatng Drectors, the ommttee follows the agreed profle
of Unlever’s Boards of Drectors, whch takes nto account the roles
of Non-Executve Drectors set out n the Dutch and UK orporate
Governance Codes The agreed Board profle, contaned n ‘The
Governance of Unlever’, whch can be found on our webste at
wwwunlevercom/nvestorrelatons/corp_governance, ncludes
that the Boards should comprse a majorty of Non-Executve
Drectors who should be ndependent of Unlever and free from any
conflcts of nterest Wth respect to composton and qualtes of
the Boards, they should be n keepng wth the sze of Unlever, ts
portfolo, culture and geographcal spread and ts status as a lsted
company The objectve pursued by the Boards s to have a varety
of age, gender, expertse, socal background and natonalty and,
wherever possble, the Boards should reflect Unlever’s consumer
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REPORT OF THE NOMINATING AND
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE