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APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT OF DIRETORS
Reappontment Non-Executve Drectors normally serve for a
maxmum of nne years The schedule the ommttee uses for
orderly successon plannng of Non-Executve Drectors can be
found on our webste at wwwunlevercom/commttees All exstng
Executve and Non-Executve Drectors, unless they are retrng,
submt themselves for evaluaton by the ommttee every year
The harman wll nform the ommttee of the outcomes of hs
dscussons wth each Drector on ndvdual performance Based
upon the evaluaton of the Boards, ts ommttees and the
contnued good performance of ndvdual Drectors, the ommttee
recommends to each Board a lst of Drectors for re-electon at the
relevant company’s AMs In 2015, Byron rote, Sr Malcolm
Rfknd, Kees Storm and Paul Walsh decded not to put themselves
forward for re-electon at the 2015 AMs n Aprl 2015 The
ommttee proposed the reappontment of all other Drectors
Drectors are apponted by shareholders by a smple maorty vote
at the AMs
The ommttee also recommends to the Boards canddates for
electon as harman and Vce-harman and Senor Independent
Drector After beng reapponted as Non-Executve Drectors at the
2015 AMs, Ann Fudge became the Vce-harman and Senor
Independent Drector, and the followng appontments of ommttee
hars were made John Rshton (Audt ommttee), Ann Fudge
(ompensaton ommttee) and Feke Sbesma (Nomnatng and
orporate overnance ommttee) Louse Fresco remaned as
har of the orporate Responsblty ommttee
Appontment When recrutng, the ommttee wll take nto
account the profle of Unlever’s Boards of Drectors set out n ‘The
overnance of Unlever’ whch s n lne wth the recommendatons
of applcable governance regulatons and best practce Pursuant
to the profle the Boards should comprse a maorty of Non-
Executve Drectors who are ndependent of Unlever, free from any
conflcts of nterest and able to allocate suffcent tme to carry out
ther responsbltes effectvely Wth respect to composton and
qualtes, the Boards 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, and the Boards should have suffcent fnancal
lteracy The obect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
base and take nto account the footprnt and strategy of the roup
In addton, the Non-Executve Drectors n aggregate should have
suffcent understandng of the markets where Unlever s actve
n order to understand the key trends and developments relevant
for Unlever
In 2015, the ommttee engaged the servces of Russell Reynolds
Assocates and MWM onsultng (both executve search agences
whch also assst Unlever wth the recrutment of senor
executves) to assst wth the recrutment of new Non-Executve
Drectors wth the approprate sklls and expertse
In the early part of the year, the ommttee revewed canddates
presented by the agency, or recommended by Drectors, an
ntervew process was followed and the ommttee ultmately
recommended to the Boards that Nls Andersen, Vttoro olao
and Judth Hartmann all be nomnated as new Non-Executve
Drectors at the 2015 AMs In Aprl 2015 the AMs resolved to
appont Nls and Judth wth mmedate effect and to appont
Vttoro wth effect from 1 July 2015 Nls, Judth and Vttoro
have further strengthened the fnancal and dgtal expertse
and ndustry experence of the Boards
ROLE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE OMMITTEE
The Nomnatng and orporate overnance ommttee s
responsble for evaluatng the balance of sklls, experence,
ndependence and knowledge on the Boards and for drawng
up selecton crtera, ongong successon plannng and
appontment procedures It also has oversght of all matters
relatng to corporate governance and brngs any ssues n ths
respect to the attenton of the Boards
The ommttee’s terms of reference are set out n ‘The
overnance of Unlever’ whch can be found on our webste at
wwwunlevercom/corporategovernance Durng the year, the
ommttee revewed ts own terms of reference to determne
whether ts responsbltes are properly descrbed The amended
terms became effectve on 1 January 2016
The ommttee s comprsed of two Non-Executve Drectors
and the harman The roup Secretary acts as secretary to
the ommttee Other attendees at ommttee meetngs n 2015
(or part thereof) were the hef Executve Offcer, the hef HR
Offcer and relevant external search agences
In 2015 the ommttee met ten tmes At the start of the year the
ommttee consdered the results of the ommttee’s annual
self-evaluaton for 2014 and ts prortes for the year and used
these to help create an annual plan for meetngs for 2015
OMMITTEE MEMBERS, MEMBERSHIP STATUS
AND ATTENDANE
ATTENDANE
Feke Sbesma 8 / 8
har (snce Aprl 2015)
Kees Storm (har untl Aprl 2015) 2 / 2
Laura ha (Member snce Aprl 2015) 8 / 8
Mchael Treschow 10 / 10
Sr Malcolm Rfknd (Member untl Aprl 2015) 2 / 2
Ths table shows the membershp of the ommttee together wth ther
attendance at meetngs durng 2015 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r Attendance s expressed as the number of
meetngs attended out of the number elgble to be attended
HIHLIHTS OF 2015
• Recommendatons for new Non-Executve Drectors
• Plannng for harman successon
• Montorng of emergng orporate overnance developments
PRIORITIES FOR 2016
• harman successon and nducton
• Develop ppelne of potental (Non-Executve and Executve)
Drector canddates
• Partcpatng n the FR corporate culture proect
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REPORT OF THE NOMINATIN AND
ORPORATE OVERNANE OMMITTEE