Corporate Governance

Comparison of the rules of corporate governance developed by the New York Stock Exchange and Wimm-Bill-Dann’s corporate governance practices.

We are committed to the principles of transparency and good corporate governance. Our efforts have been well received by the wider international investment community. Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods has been assigned Standard & Poor's corporate governance score (CGS) of 7+ or 7.7 according to the Russian scale out of maximum 10, increasing from 7/7.3. The overall CGS on WBD is the result of four component scores on global and Russia national scales of 1 (low) to 10 (high).

  • Ownership structure and external influences – 7+/7.8
  • Shareholder rights and stakeholder relations - 7+/7.5
  • Transparency, disclosure, and audit - 8/8
  • Board structure and effectiveness – 7+/7.7

According to S&P, WBD’s key corporate governance strengths include: high level of shareholder structure transparency; commitment to the best practices of good corporate governance and statements of the Corporate Governance Code, adopted by the Board of Directors; independent directors forming the majority in the Board of Directors; effective Committees of the Board of Directors; openness to the investment community along with a high degree of financial and operational transparency; and the existence of effective oversight mechanisms for the internal and external audit process.

NYSE Corporate Governance Rules for U.S. companies

WBD’s Corporate Governance Practices

Majority of independent directors.
(Section 303A.01 and 02)

Our Board of Directors is comprised of a majority of independent directors meeting NYSE’s definition of independence.

More...

Official Documents

To view this information you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

PDF Offering Memorandum of 6 February 2007 (1054 Kb) PDF Corporate Governance Code Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC (217 Kb)
PDF Code of Ethics Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC (39 Kb) HTM Charter of WIMM-BILL-DANN FOODS OJSC (170 Kb)
HTM Amendments and additions to the Charter of WIMM-BILL-DANN FOODS OJSC (7 Kb) HTM Revisions and additions No 2 to the Charter of WIMM-BILL-DANN FOODS OJSC (3 Kb)
HTM Changes and amendments No 3 to the Charter of WIMM-BILL-DANN FOODS OJSC (3 Kb)