Developments in corporate governance

Unilever constantly keeps its corporate governance arrangements under review. NV and PLC are subject to various corporate governance requirements and best practice codes, the most relevant being those in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. It is Unilever’s practice to comply, where practicable, with the highest level of these codes, and respond to developments appropriately.

Following his appointment as a Non-Executive Director at the AGMs in May 2007, Unilever appointed its first independent Non-Executive Chairman, Michael Treschow, in succession to Antony Burgmans who retired as Chairman at those meetings. In September 2007, the office of the Joint Secretaries came to an end, and the position of a single Group Secretary was introduced and adopted by the Boards.

More information on our corporate governance arrangements is set out in ‘The Governance of Unilever’, the Boards’ statement of their internal arrangements, which can be found at www.unilever.com/investorcentre/corpgovernance

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