This excerpt taken from the ICI 20-F filed Apr 1, 2005.
Time commitment
4.
Your role will include attendance at scheduled and Urgent Business board meetings
and the AGM and you may also be required to attend regular meetings of any Board
committee of which you are a member. In addition, you will be expected to devote
appropriate preparation time ahead of each meeting. It is anticipated the AGM
will be held in or about May each year.
Role
5.
You have the same legal responsibilities to the Company as any other Director.
6.
The Board as a whole is collectively responsible for promoting the success of
the Company by directing and supervising the Company’s affairs.
The Board:
provides entrepreneurial leadership of the Company within a framework of prudent
and effective controls which enable risk to be assessed and managed;
sets the Company’s strategic aims, ensures that the necessary financial
and human resources are in place for the Company to meet its objectives, and
reviews management performance; and
sets the Company’s values and standards and ensures that its obligations
to its shareholders and others are understood and met.
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