The Board

At the date of this report, the Board has 9 members: the Chairman, two Executive Directors, and six Non-Executive Directors. All six Non-Executive Directors are deemed independent under the provisions of the Code. No individual or group of individuals dominates the Board’s decision-making. Collectively, the Non-Executive Directors bring a wide range of international experience and expertise as they all currently occupy or have occupied senior positions in industry and public life, and as such each contributes significant weight to Board decisions.

Changes to the Board since 1 January 2008

Sir John Sunderland was succeeded as Chairman by Roger Carr on 21 July 2008. Biographies of each of the Directors as at the date of this report, can be found Governance page.

Board meetings and attendance: The attendance of the individual Directors at Board and Committee meetings during 2008 was as follows:

Prior to 2 May 2008 when Cadbury plc became the ultimate parent company of the Cadbury Group by means of the Scheme of Arrangement, there were four additional board meetings held between 7 February 2008 (the date of incorporation of Cadbury plc) and 1 May 2008.

The two tables above show the number of meetings attended by the Director during the period against the number of meetings held during their Board/Committee membership.