The Trustee of the Plan is Norcros Group (Trustee) Ltd. The Trustee Board is responsible for ensuring that the Plan is run in accordance with the Rules and is legally bound to protect the interests of the members. There are eight Directors of the Trustee Board, four of whom are nominated by the Company and four by the membership. The member nominated Directors are made up of two active members, and two from the deferred/pensioner members.
The statutory power of appointing new or additional Trustees is vested with Norcros Group (Trustee) Ltd. Norcros Group (Holdings) Limited has the power of appointment of all Directors of Norcros Group (Trustee) Limited but is constrained by the provisions of the constitution. The power to remove any Trustee Director from office requires a unanimous vote of the remaining members of the Board, although the Chairman can be removed from office by Norcros Group (Holdings) Limited.
At 1 April 2010 the Directors were:
Name |
Date Appointment Expires |
Category |
|
Mr D W Hamilton* |
30 April 2011 | Company Nominated |
|
Mr N P Kelsall† |
30 April 2012 | Company Nominated |
|
| Mr B P Dowling† | 14 May 2012 | Company Nominated | |
Vacant |
Company Nominated |
||
Mr J A Turner* |
8 January 2013 | In-service Member |
|
| Mr C J Whitell | 31 March 2014 | In-service Member | |
Mr C Orange*† |
4 February 2012 | Pensioner |
|
Mr J L Smith* |
31 January 2014 | Deferred Member |
|
| Mr G J Baker | N/A | Secretary | |
* Denotes a member of the Audit Committee.
† Denotes a member of the Investment Committee.
The Board of Norcros Group (Trustee) Limited meets at least four times a year. The quorum for such meetings is four, of which two are company nominated directors and two member nominated. Voting is by simple majority with the Chairman having the casting vote if necessary.
The Board has approved the setting up of an Investment Committee and an Audit Committee which also meet during the year. Both committees report to the Board.
The Trustee has appointed the following professional advisers to deal with certain aspects of running the Plan and provide specialist advice:
AuditorsHorwath Clark Whitehill
Aquis House
49-51 Blagrave Street
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 1PL
Investment Adviser
BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management Limited
55 Baker Street
London
W1V 7EU
Scheme Actuary
Mr M Condron
Mercer Human Resource Consulting Ltd
Tower Place
London
EC3R 5BU
Investment Managers and Custodians
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
33 King William Street
London
EC4R 9AS
Henderson Global Investors Limited
201 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 3AE
Royal London Asset Management
55 Gracechurch Street
London
EC3V 0UF
State Street Global Advisers United Kingdom Limited
25 Bank Street
London
E14 5NU
Schroders
31 Gresham Street
London
EC2V 7QA
M&G
Laurence Pountney Hill
London
EC4R 0HH
KAS Bank N.V.
5th Floor
12 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1AA
Money Purchase Insurers
Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society
Standard Life Assurance Company
AVC Providers
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
Standard Life Assurance Company
Solicitors
Pinsent Masons
The Chancery
58 Spring Gardens
Manchester
M2 1EW
Bankers
National Westminster Bank plc
5 Broad Street
Wokingham
Berkshire