To Sir Tahir Mahmood

Presented by:

Abdul khaliq khan

Hamid Mahmood

Aamir Maalik

Waqar Younas

• Corporation Code

• Securities Regulation Code (“SRC”)

• Implementing Rules and Regulations (“IRR”)

• Revised Code of Corporate Governance (“Revised Code”)

Number of directorsNumber of independent directorsNumber of directorships of an independent

director Length of service of an independent director Multiple positions Director’s compensationAudit and other committees

• Corporation Code – not less than 5 no more than 15

• Survey results – 65 out of 100 companies had 8 to 11 directors

SIZE = QUALITY OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE?

RATIO:2 out of 8 = 1:42 out of 15 = 1:7.5

• WHO IS AN “INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR”?– SRC Sec. 38; Revised Code “a person other than

an officer or employee of the corporation, its parent or subsidiaries, or any other individual having a relationship with the corporation, which would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director”

– SRC Rule 38.1 “a person who, apart from his fees and shareholdings, is independent of management and free from any business or other relationship which could or could reasonably perceived to, materially interfere with his exercise of independent judgment in carrying out his responsibilities as a director in any covered company x x x”

SRC - AT LEAST 2 OR AT LEAST 20%, WHICHEVER IS LESSER

IRR all companies are encouraged to have

independent directors. Issuers of registered securities and public

companies, at least 2 or at least 20% whichever is lesser although said companies may choose to have more

Exchanges should have at least 3 independent directors

• SURVEY RESULTS– IN 2009, ONLY 6 COMPANIES HAVE 4 OR MORE

INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS– IN 2008, 10 COMPANIES HAD 4 OR MORE

INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

• POSSIBLE REASONS– DIFFICULT TO FIND PERSONS WHO ARE

INDEPENDENT, NOT CONFLICTED, WITH SUITABLE EXPERTISE

– LACK OF TIME– NOT WILLING TO RISK REPUTATION OR BE

EXPOSED TO SUITS

• ALL BUT ONE– NETHERLANDS

• AT LEAST 50% OR MAJORITY– USA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, UK, FRANCE, BRAZIL,

CANADA• AT LEAST 1/3

– SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, CHINA, NEW ZEALAND• AT LEAST 20%

– INDONESIA, PHILIPPINES (OR AT LEAST 2 WHICHEVER IS LESSER)

• AT LEAST 3– HONGKONG, SPAIN (+1/3)

REVISED CODE

THE BOARD MAY CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF GUIDELINES ON THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORSHIPS THAT ITS MEMBERS CAN HOLD IN STOCK OR NON-STOCK CORPORATIONS. THE OPTIMUM NUMBER SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CAPACITY OF A DIRECTOR TO DILIGENTLY AND EFFICIENTLY PERFORM HIS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

SEC RECORDS

2008. MAXIMUM OF 7 2009. MAXIMUM OF 8

SURVEY RESULTS

2008, MAXIMUM OF 10 2009, MAXIMUM OF 11

• SEC RECORDS 2005 TO 2010

– INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WITH ABSENCES OF MORE THAN 50% OF SCHEDULED MEETINGS FOUND IN 6 COMPANIES

– AVERAGE NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS IN LISTED COMPANIES IN 2010 WAS 9

– AMONG 43 BANKS, ONE BANK HAD 31 BOARD MEETINGS IN 2010

– AMONG COMPANIES ENGAGED IN FOOD, MANUFACTURING, OIL, DIVERSIFIED, POWER, REAL ESTATE, SOME COMPANIES HAD 20 TO 22 BOARD MEETINGS IN 2010

INDIA

PRESENTLY 15 COMPANIES BUT PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS NOT MORE THAN 7

FRANCE

MAXIMUM OF 5 COMPANIES REGISTERED IN FRANCE

• SURVEY RESULTS FOR 2009, OUT OF TOTAL OF 226

• INDEPENDENT BOARD SEATS:

– 7 SEATS HELD FOR OVER 20 YEARS

– 20 SEATS HELD FROM 11 TO 20 YEARS

– 42 SEATS HELD FROM 6 TO 10 YEARS

FACTORS TO CONSIDER:

CAPACITY

CONTINUITY

CREDIBILITY

COOPERATIVE RELATIONS

WHAT SHOULD BE THE CAP?

• 12 YEARS – SPAIN, NETHERLANDS

• 9 YEARS - HONGKONG (SUBJECT TO SEPARATE RESOLUTION BY SHAREHOLDERS), INDIA (RECOMMENDATORY)

• 6 YEARS – UK (IF BEYOND SUBJECT TO RIGOROUS REVIEW), CHINA, INDIA (PROPOSED MAXIMUM)

• 4 YEARS – FRANCE

• SURVEY RESULTS– 32% OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WERE

CONCURRENTLY CEOs OF OTHER COMPANIES

– 25% OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WERE PREVIOUSLY DIRECTORS OR OFFICERS OF THE SAME COMPANY

– 68 OUT OF 100 SURVEYED COMPANIES HAD DIFFERNT INDIVIDUALS SERVING AS CHAIRMAN AND CEO

– 6 OUT OF 100 SURVEYED COMPANIES HAD AS CHAIRMAN AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

• SURVEY RESULTS

– 17 OF 100 SURVEYED COMPANIES HAD CEOs WHO WERE ALSO CEO OF THEIR LARGEST SHAREHOLDER

– 26 HAD CHAIRMEN WHO WERE EITHER DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THEIR LARGEST SHAREHOLDER

– 14 HAD CHAIRMEN WHO WERE ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THEIR LARGEST SHAREHOLDER

• REVISED CODE

– The roles of Chair and CEO should as much as practicable be separate to foster an appropriate balance of power, increased accountability, and better capacity for independent decision-making by the Board. A clear delineation of functions should be made between the chair and CEO upon their election.

– If the positions of Chair and CEO are unified, the proper checks and balances should be laid down to ensure that the Board gets the benefit of independent views and perspectives.

REVISED CODE

The corporations’s annual reports and information and proxy statements shall include a clear, concise and understandable disclosure of all fixed and variable compensation that may be paid, directly or indirectly, to its directors and top four (4) management officers during the preceding fiscal year.

OGCC ACT• any and all realized and unrealized profits

and/or benefits including, but not limited to, the share in the profits, incentives of members of the Board or Officers in excess of that authorized by the GCG, stock options, dividends and other similar offers or grants from corporations where the GOCC is a stockholder or investor, and any benefits from the performance of the members of the Board or officers of the Corporation acting for and in behalf of the GOCC in dealing with its properties, investments in other corporations, management of subsidiaries and other interest, are to be held in trust by such member of the Board

SURVEY RESULTS

93 COMPANIES HAD AN AUDIT COMMITTEE

54 OUT OF THE 93 HAD AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR AS CHAIR

• AUDIT COMMITTEE – MANDATORY; FURTHER THE CHAIR SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

• “MAY” ORGANIZE:

– NOMINATION COMMITTEE (3 MEMBERS 1 OF WHOM SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR)

– COMPENSATION OR REMUNERATION COMMITTEE (SAME)

SEC RECORDS

29 LISTED COMPANIES HAVE A RISK MANAGEMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

LESS THAN 10 LISTED COMPANIES HAVE A:

VALUES AND FORMATION COMMITTEE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

PER SEC RECORDS FROM 2005 TO 2010

THE NOMINATION COMITTEE OF 7 LISTED COMPANIES FAILED TO PRE-SCREEN OR SHORTLIST INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

4 LISTED COMPANIES HAD NOMINATED AND/OR ELECTED NOT QUALIFIED PERSONS TO BE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

Thank you!