The disclosure committee

The disclosure committee consists of the Chairman, the Chief Executive, the Chief Financial Officer, a designated nonexecutive director (Lord Fellowes), and the Company Secretary or the Deputy Company Secretary. The function of the disclosure committee, in accordance with the group’s inside information policy, is to assure compliance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and the Listing Rules, and to ensure that the routes of communication between excom members, the disclosure committee, the in-house legal team, the company secretarial office and investor relations are clear and provide for rapid escalation to the disclosure committee and key advisers of any decision regarding potential inside information, so that the company is able to comply fully with its continuing obligations under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and the Listing Rules.