Board Committees
The Board delegates clearly defined powers to its Audit, Remuneration and Nomination committees. The minutes of each committee are circulated to and reviewed by the Board. The Company Secretary is secretary to each of the committees. The Terms of Reference for each of the committees are available to view on the Company’s website.

Audit Committee
The Audit committee is comprised of two Non-executive Directors and is chaired by Roger Withers. All members of the committee are appointed by the Board and are Non-executive Directors.

The Audit committee met three times during 2009. All of those meetings were also attended by a representative of the Company’s external auditors. The committee will continue to meet regularly and seek to do so not less than three times a year. At least once a year the committee meets with representatives of the external auditors of the Company without any Executive Directors being present, except by invitation of the committee.

The duties of the committee include monitoring the auditor’s performance and reviewing accounting policies and financial reporting procedures. The committee prepares a summary of its work, which is included each year in the Company's annual report.

Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration committee is comprised of two Non-executive Directors and is chaired by Alan Jackson. The committee met twice in 2009. In future, the committee will continue to meet whenever necessary during the year, and not less than twice a year.

The committee considers the terms and conditions of employment and overall remuneration of the Executive Directors, the Company Secretary and key members of executive management regarding share options, salaries, incentive payments and performance related pay. The Board determines the remuneration of Non-executive Directors.

No Director is involved any decisions as to his/her own remuneration.