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The group’s governance is facilitated by its governance structures as depicted below:<br />

BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />

The board remains the focal point of the company’s corporate governance system and is ultimately accountable and responsible for the key governance<br />

processes and the sustainable growth, performance and affairs of the company.<br />

Board charter<br />

The board charter details the manner in which the business is to be conducted by the board in accordance with the principles of sound corporate<br />

governance. The board charter is reviewed by the board on an annual basis and was revised, in the year under review, in order to incorporate those<br />

King III principles adopted by the board.<br />

Compliance with the terms of the charter and the company’s memorandum and articles of association form an integral part of each director’s conditions<br />

of appointment.<br />

The charter regulates and deals with, inter alia:<br />

board leadership, and defines the separate responsibilities of the chairman and the chief executive and the role of the lead independent director;<br />

board composition, procedures, pre-requisites and competencies for membership, size and composition of the board, period of office,<br />

reward, induction and succession planning;<br />

the role and responsibilities of the board, which includes the adoption of strategic plans, the monitoring of management’s implementation<br />

of board plans and strategies, the delegation of powers and duties to management, the determination of policy processes to ensure the<br />

integrity of management, internal controls and IT governance;<br />

board governance processes, including board procedures and matters requiring annual and regular review;<br />

board committees, including delegation of authority (but not respon si bility) and the requirements for transparency and full disclosure by<br />

the committees;<br />

matters specifically reserved for the board of a financial, administrative and manpower nature;<br />

identification of major risks and the process of risk management and effectiveness of the process;<br />

procedures for board meetings, frequency, quorum, agendas, board papers, conflicts of interest and minutes;<br />

share dealings;<br />

Risk committee<br />

Insurance and<br />

risk finance<br />

Remuneration<br />

committee<br />

board, committee and individual evaluations and performance; and<br />

the role and responsibility of the company secretary.<br />

SUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED<br />

Board of directors<br />

IT Governance<br />

committee<br />

Nomination<br />

committee<br />

SIML<br />

Board of Directors<br />

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT continued<br />

Audit committee<br />

Internal audit<br />

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