Nestlé confirms that it will put its very comprehensive Compensation Report to a separate advisory vote at its next Annual General Meeting of shareholders in Lausanne on 23 April 2009. Last year, shareholders already approved this report, but together with the company's accounts. This latest step was taken after continuous consultations with a wide range of Nestlé shareholders, including Ethos, in line with one of the two options offered by the Swiss Code of Best Practice. Nestlé intends to maintain this consultative vote until the likely outcome of the ongoing revision of Swiss company law on this topic becomes clear, at which point the company will take this into account. Nestlé takes the view that this latest move puts the company in the forefront of international best practice in the field of Corporate Governance.