Corporate Governance

How To Add Value To Your Company: A Practical Implementation Guide

Alex Knell

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN: 9780750669245
• eBook ISBN: 9780080476889
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Auditing
• Index: Business

Aimed at the senior managers of SMEs who are looking to sell all or part of the business. This book shows how to implement Corporate Governance procedures to add both perceived and real value to a business. Implementing CG procedures before sale of the business is likely to add a premium to the price, increase the pool of buyers at the asking price and bring a business to the top of the acquisition shopping list. The book is in two sections. The first addresses the basic theory underpinning Corporate Governance to help the reader understand and decide which compliance issues are immediately useful to their business, and which can wait. Prioritisation is key.The second section explains the Code, section by section. It indicates clearly what is being asked for with a "translation into plain English. It explains what needs to be done and provides a series of check-lists. CG standards are here to stay and the demands are rising. This book is a guide to voluntarily adopting CG to demonstrate the pedigree and worth of any business – and to let that business stand out from the rest.* Shows how to maximise the sale value of Small and Medium Enterprise* Illustrates which actions to prioritise * Provides a plain English translation of the Code and checklists to aid compliance

Table of contents

• Front cover
• Title page
• Copyright
• Table of contents
• Front matter
• Preface
• An Overview of the Book
• Acknowledgements
• Body
• Section 1 - Tell Me What I Need to Know about Corporate Governance (CG)...
• Section 2 - Detailed Implementation ...
• Back matter
• Appendix1 Annual Report – CG Disclosures
• Appendix 2 Matters Reserved for the Board ICSA Guidance Note
• Appendix 3 The Role of the Chairman
• Appendix 4 The Role of the Chief Executive
• Appendix 5 Guidance on the Role of the Non-Executive Director
• Appendix 6 Sample Letter of Non-Executive Director Appointment
• Appendix 7 Chairman of the Nomination Committee Job Description
• Appendix 8 Chairman of the Remuneration Committee Job Description
• Appendix 9 Chairman of the Audit Committee Job Description
• Appendix 10 Performance Evaluation Guidance
• Appendix 11 The Whistle-blowing Procedure
• Appendix 12 Nomination Committee Terms of Reference
• Appendix 13 Remuneration Committee Terms of Reference ICSA Guidance Notes
• Appendix 14 Audit Committee Terms of Reference ICSA Guidance Notes
• Appendix 15 CG Role of the Company Secretary ICSA Guidance Notes
• Index