Quotes about Board Diversity

1. We would like you to set out how you intend to make genuine progress to improving board diversity. We therefore ask you to set out what actions the board is taking to ensure that substantial progress is made to meet the Hampton-Alexander 2020 targets.

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2. Often when we engage with companies on the issue of board diversity we hear that the biggest challenge is a lack of suitable female candidates.

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3. While our board has determined not to make a recommendation either in favour of or opposed to the shareholder proposal, we believe that our current practices and recent enhancements to our new director candidate selection process support board diversity.

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