Nomination Committee

Composition

The Nomination Committee is composed of six members, a majority of whom are independent Board members:

• René Steichen, Chairman of the Nomination Committee
• Marcus Bicknell (independent)
• Hadelin de Liederkerke Beaufort (independent)
• Jacques Espinasse (independent)
• Terry Seddon (independent)
• Jean-Paul Zens

Mission

The role of the Nomination Committee is to propose candidates to be submitted for election as Directors by the Annual General Meeting of shareholders. Such proposals are based on submissions from shareholders for a number of candidates at least equal to the number of posts to be filled for each class of shareholders.

The Nomination Committee also proposes candidates for Executive Committee membership for election by the Board.

In 2009, the Nomination Committee met once with an attendance rate of 100%.