7.1 The company should have a nomination committee, and the general meeting should elect the chairperson and members of the nomination committee and should determine the committee’s remuneration.
7.2 The nomination committee should be laid down in the company’s articles of association.
7.3 The members of the nomination committee should be selected to take into account the interests of shareholders in general. The majority of the committee should be independent of the board of directors and the executive management. At least one member of the nomination committee should not be a member of the corporate assembly, committee of representatives or the board. No more than one member of the nomination committee should be a member of the board of directors, and any such member should not offer himself for re-election. The nomination committee should not include the company’s chief executive or any other member of the company’s executive management.
7.4 The nomination committee’s duties are to propose candidates for election to the corporate assembly and the board of directors and to propose the fees to be paid to members of these bodies.
7.5 The nomination committee should justify its recommendations.
7.6 The company should provide information on the membership of the committee and any deadlines for submitting proposals to the committee.
The company shall have a nomination committee consisting of a total of three members to be elected by the annual general meeting. Members of the nomination committee are elected for two years at a time. The nomination committee submits its recommendations to the annual general meeting. The nomination committee’s recommendations shall also include proposals as to the fees to be paid to the members of the board. The above is stated in article 6 of the company’s articles of association. The current committee consists of:
- Erling Lind, Law firm Wiersholm Mellbye og Bech (Chairman)
- Yngve Myhre, CEO Aker Seafoods
- Merete Haugli, General Manager, SEB
Merete Haugli was elected on the extraordinary general meeting on November 29th 2007. Information on the nomination committee is available on http://www.marineharvest.com/.
The company has no deviations from the code of practice.