Accountability

Corporate Governance

Board and Committee meetings and attendance

The plc Board held six regular Board meetings in 2008 (2007: six) and one two-day planning and strategy session (2007: one). One Board meeting was held during the year to consider a specific corporate transaction (2007: three). The subsidiary operating boards met quarterly. The attendance of each director at plc Board meetings (out of eight possible meetings, including the planning and strategy session) are shown below. The committee attendances of those directors who were members of any of the principal board committees for all or any part of the year are also shown below.

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