schedule of matters reserved for the board
This schedule has not been designed to represent an exhaustive list of matters to be considered by the Board, but represents a summary of those matters on which final decisions are reserved exclusively for the Board. The matters reserved for the Board of MITIE Group PLC are:
- Setting of the strategy and corporate objectives of the Group;
- Establishment and review of Board Committees, their membership, terms of reference and activities, and approval of their recommendations as appropriate;
- Appointment and removal of the Chairman, Directors and Company Secretary;
- Approval of material acquisitions, disposals and start ups of companies or businesses;
- Approval of contracts, bids and tenders where the contract is material by value or otherwise unusual in scope, nature or risk exposure;
- Review of the Group’s corporate governance arrangements;
- Setting levels of delegated authority;
- Approval of business plans and budgets and monitoring of performance against these;
- Approval of significant changes to the Group’s corporate or management structure;
- Review of the Group’s systems of internal control, including financial, operational and compliance controls and risk management systems;
- Approval of the Group’s Interim Report and Annual Report and Accounts and any announcements relating thereto;
- Setting of the Group dividend policy and approval of any proposed dividends;
- Investor relations including matters of shareholder or material regulatory compliance;
- Changes relating to the Group’s capital structure, its long-term financing arrangements or its status as a plc;
- This schedule of matters referred for Board decisions.
Approved by the Board 19 May 2006