Tullow Oil plc Annual Report 2011 - The Group

All employees are helped and encouraged to developtheir full potential. Tullow aims to provide an optimal workingenvironment to suit the needs of all employees, including theneeds of employees with disabilities. For employees whobecome disabled during their time with the Group, Tullow willprovide support to best accommodate continuous employment.Tullow’s EHS Function actively seeks to keep people safe,whatever their needs.Charitable and political donationsThe Group made charitable, social and community-relateddonations during the year totalling $11.6 million (2010: $2.6million). In line with Group policy, no donations were madefor political purposes.Corporate responsibilityThe Group is fully committed to high standards ofenvironmental, health and safety management. A review,together with an outline of the Group’s involvement in thecommunity, is set out in the Corporate Responsibility sectionon pages 61 to 73. In addition, Tullow publishes annually aseparate Corporate Responsibility Report which is availableon the Group website: www.tullowoil.com.Supplier payment policyIt is Company and Group policy to settle all debts with creditorson a timely basis and in accordance with the terms of creditagreed with each supplier. The Company had no trade creditorsoutstanding at 31 December 2011.Auditors and disclosure of relevant audit informationHaving made the requisite enquiries, so far as the Directors areaware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined bysection 418(3) of the Companies Act 2006) of which theCompany’s auditors are unaware and each Director has takenall steps that ought to have been taken to make themselvesaware of any relevant audit information and to establish thatthe Company’s auditors are aware of that information.A resolution to re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company’sauditors will be proposed at the AGM.Annual General MeetingYour attention is drawn to the Notice of Meeting accompanyingthis Annual Report which sets out the resolutions to beproposed at the forthcoming AGM. The meeting will be held atHaberdashers’ Hall, 18 West Smithfield, London EC1A 9HQ onWednesday 16 May 2012 at 12 noon. This Directors’ Reportcomprising pages 4 to 109 and the information referred totherein has been approved by the Board and signed on itsbehalf by:Graham MartinGeneral Counsel and Company Secretary13 March 2012Registered office:9 Chiswick Park566 Chiswick High RoadLondon W4 5XTCompany registered in England and Wales No. 39192494CORPORATE GOVERNANCE109www.tullowoil.com