The Audit Committee is comprised of three Directors David Meiklejohn (chairman), Ian Campbell and David Evans. They meet periodically to review the Company’s accounting policies; the content of financial statements; issues relating to the controls applied to the Company’s activities; the content, effectiveness and independence of the external audit; risk management issues; compliance issues and other related matters. Meetings of the Audit Committee are attended by a partner from the Company’s auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Managing Director, R.E. Barker and the Cheif Financial Officer, A.J.B. Porter by invitation (on a non-voting basis).