6.7 Annex Abbreviations

A.

Atlantic Reporter, First Series

A.2d

Atlantic Reporter, Second Series

A. C.

Law Reports, Appeal Cases (Third Series)

Act

Act on the One-Tier Boards

AEX

De Amsterdam Exchange Index

AGM

Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

All E.R.

All England Law Reports

B. C.C.

British Company Law Cases

B. C.L.C.

Butterworths Company Law Cases BOFI Bank or financial institutions in the UK

BV

Besloten Vennootschap

C. A.

Court of Appeal in the UK

CC6

Combined Code of 2006 in the UK

CC8

Combined Code of 2008 in the UK

CEO

Chief executive officer

CFO

Chief financial officer

CG10

UK Corporate Governance Code 2010

Ch.

Law Reports, Chancery Division (3 ^rd Series), UK

Ch.D.

Law Reports, Chancery Division (2 ^nd Series), UK

CIO

Chief investment or relations officer or chief IT officer

COO

Chief operations officer

CRO

Chief risk management officer

CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility

D&O

Director and Officer

DCC

Dutch Civil Code

Del.

Delaware

Del. Ch.

Delaware Chancery Court

Del. Sup.

Delaware Supreme Court

Delaware GCL

Delaware General Corporation Law

DR

Dutch Depository Receipts, in Dutch "certificaten"

EIC

English East India Company

E.W.C.A. Civ.

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

E.W.H.C. (Ch.)

England & Wales High Court (Chancery Division)

E.W.H.C. (Comm.

England & Wales High Court (Commercial Court)

FRC

Financial Reporting Council in the UK

Frijns Code

Dutch Code of 2008, drafted by the Frijns Committee

FSA

Financial Services Authority in the UK

FSMA

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (UK)

FTSE

Financial Times Stock Exchange Index

Hare

Hare's Chancery Reports

HR

Hoge Raad (der Nederlanden) (Supreme Court (of the Netherlands))

Ill.App.2d

Illinois Appellate Court Reports, Second Series

JOR

Jurisprudentie Onderneming & Recht

MBCA

Model Business Corporation Act, US

Mich.

Michigan Supreme Court Reports

NACD

National Association of Corporate Directors

NASDAQ

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

NED(s)

A UK non-executive director(s)

NJ

Nederlandse Jurisprudentie

NV

De Naamloze Vennootschap (journal)

NYSE

New York Stock Exchange

OK

Ondernemingskamer (Enterprise Chamber)

Q.B.D.

Law Reports, Queen's Bench Division

R&D

Research and development

Regulation FD

Regulation Fair Disclosure, US

RM Themis

Rechtsgeleerd Magazijn Themis

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission in the US

SER

Sociaal Economische Raad (Social Economic Council)

SID

Senior Independent Director

Tabaksblat Code

Dutch Code of 2004, drafted by the Tabaksblat Committee

TVVS

Tijdschrift voor vennootschappen, verenigingen en stichtingen (1962-1975)/Maandblad voor ondernemingsrecht en rechtspersonen (1980-1998)

U.S.

United States Reports

U.S.C.

United States Code

VOC

Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company)

WL

Westlaw, West's Law Research Database

W.T.L.R.

Wills & Trusts Law Reports