The Board has overall responsibility for the governance of Charter plc and monitors on a continuous basis its compliance with the requirements of the Financial Reporting Council's Combined Code on Corporate Governance, published on 1 July 2003, as amended in June 2006 ("the Code"), as well as developments in best practice.
Full details of how the Company has applied the main principles, the supporting principles and the other provisions of the Code can be found in the 2007 Annual Report and Accounts of the Company, in the Corporate Governance Statement (pages 42 to 45), the Remuneration Report (pages 47 to 51) and the Audit Committee Report (page 46).
The following documents are available to download from this website or may be obtained upon request from the Company Secretary at the Company's Registered office:
Corporate Governance Statement (PDF - 84KB, opens in a new window)
Remuneration Report (PDF - 116KB, opens in a new window)
Audit Committee Report (PDF - 39KB, opens in a new window)
Directors' Report (PDF - 61KB, opens in a new window)
Corporate Social Responsibility Statement (PDF - 378KB, opens in a new window)
Role of the Board (PDF - 12KB, opens in a new window)
Role of the Chairman (PDF - 13KB, opens in a new window)
Role of the Chief Executive (PDF - 13KB, opens in a new window)
Role of the Senior Independent Director (PDF - 12KB, opens in a new window)
Audit Committee: Terms of Reference (PDF - 31KB, opens in a new window)
Remuneration Committee: Terms of Reference (PDF - 36KB, opens in a new window)
Nomination Committee: Terms of Reference (PDF - 31KB, opens in a new window)
Memorandum of Association (PDF - 9.44MB, opens in a new window)
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