Health & Safety

Group Health and Safety Policy and Statement of Intent

Mecom Group plc (“Mecom” or “the Group”) is committed to ensuring its operations are conducted in a manner in which the health and safety of its employees is given priority and proper attention, together with the health and safety of others who come into contact with its operations.

Mecom regards health and safety as paramount and will always take into consideration health and safety when making business decisions. The Board of Mecom is determined that there should be no compromise for safety for the sake of making profits or cost savings.

Each employee has an individual duty to take reasonable care for their own health and safety and for the health and safety of those with whom they come into contact during the course of their employment and the active co-operation of employees at all level is fundamental to ensuring achievement of this overall policy.

The Board is ultimately responsible for the Health and Safety policy and holds the Chief Executive accountable for the overall performance of the Group. Country CEOs are responsible for the health and safety performance of their businesses (where they have control) and for compliance with the local legislation and regulation.

Mecom and its businesses will endeavour to:

• do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure the health and safety of its employees and the general public in so far as they come into contact with the Group and its premises;

• create a positive working environment by observing all applicable health and safety regulations and providing employees with a safe working environment; and

• ensure health and safety committees and/or representatives have monitoring and reporting processes in place, meet to discuss issues that arise and establish measures to correct and improve health and safety standards.

David Montgomery
Chief Executive
August 2009