2011 Annual Report PDF - Tullow Oil plc
2011 Annual Report PDF - Tullow Oil plc
2011 Annual Report PDF - Tullow Oil plc
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Chairman’s introduction<br />
At Board level, we seek to provide strong<br />
leadership, to set the tone for the organisation,<br />
and to continuously improve the way we work<br />
together to ensure we maintain and enhance<br />
the culture and values of the Group.<br />
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Board of Directors<br />
In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance<br />
Code, all the Directors, except those retiring,<br />
will stand for re-election at the <strong>Annual</strong> General<br />
Meeting in May 2012.<br />
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Audit Committee report<br />
The Audit Committee met on four occasions<br />
in <strong>2011</strong> and fully discharged its main<br />
responsibilities during the year.<br />
86<br />
Nominations Committee report<br />
We will conduct the searches for two new<br />
Non-executive Directors sequentially to ensure<br />
that they collectively bring the desired blend of<br />
personal attributes, background and skills.<br />
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Directors’ remuneration report<br />
Our remuneration policy seeks to align the<br />
interests of shareholders and Executive<br />
Directors. We reviewed the changes made<br />
to our Remuneration Policy in <strong>2011</strong> with<br />
major shareholders.<br />
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Applying the code<br />
The UK Corporate Governance Code took<br />
effect from June 2010 and the Board’s view is<br />
that <strong>Tullow</strong> has fully complied with the Code<br />
during the year.<br />
CORPORATE<br />
GOVERNANCE<br />
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Other statutory information<br />
ENTREPRENEURIAL<br />
SPIRIT & INITIATIVE<br />
Maintain our entrepreneurial and<br />
creative spirit as we challenge<br />
ourselves to develop the business<br />
and as individuals. This value is reflected<br />
in the agility, innovation and sense of<br />
personal initiative that have underpinned<br />
<strong>Tullow</strong>’s success to date.<br />
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