2011 Annual Report - Italcementi Group
2011 Annual Report - Italcementi Group
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<strong>2011</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Presentation 4<br />
General information 15<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Consolidated <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Directors’ report 150<br />
Extraordinary session <strong>Italcementi</strong> S.p.A. <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Separate financial statements 239<br />
TABLE 2<br />
BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS<br />
Position Member Attendance at meetings<br />
Chairman Maria Martellini 10/11<br />
Acting Auditor Mario Comana 9/11<br />
Acting Auditor Luciana Gattinoni 10/11<br />
CODE OF ETHICS<br />
The Code, approved for the first time in 1993 and further modified, envisages that all employees and those<br />
who deal with the <strong>Group</strong> or act to achieve its objectives shall base their dealings and conduct on principles of<br />
honesty, fairness, integrity, transparency, confidentiality and mutual respect.<br />
To this end, at its meeting of February 2, 2001, the <strong>Italcementi</strong> Board of Directors approved the current version<br />
of the Code of Ethics which defines the rules for loyalty and fidelity, impartiality, protection of privacy and<br />
confidentiality of information, protection of people, the environment and company assets. The Code<br />
establishes the provisions which are the basis of the control processes and the accounting/operational<br />
information, and introduces rules to govern dealings with customers, suppliers, public institutions, political<br />
organizations and unions, and the media.<br />
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION<br />
In terms of managing confidential information, the Code, after recalling the obligation of confidentiality and the<br />
prohibition on using such information for personal gain, envisages the adoption of procedures for the<br />
disclosure of documents and information, with particular reference to price-sensitive information which may be<br />
disclosed only by people who are generally or specifically authorized to do so.<br />
At its meeting of February 2, 2001, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a specific procedure requiring<br />
strict compliance with the disclosure procedures and terms envisaged by the provisions in force, in full<br />
alignment with the principle of fairness and contextuality.<br />
Regarding relationships with institutional investors and other shareholders, based, as envisaged by the Code,<br />
on continuous attention, the organization notices issued by the Chief Executive Officer have established<br />
general guidelines and identified the Company structures dedicated to this activity.<br />
INTERNAL DEALING CODE OF CONDUCT<br />
The Company adopted its own ‘Internal Dealing Code of Conduct’, originally in application of the provisions<br />
issued by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. and then to take account of the new regulatory provisions adopted by CONSOB<br />
in execution of the new European regulation (so-called Market abuse) introduced by the Law on Savings of<br />
2005. The ‘Internal Dealing Code of Conduct’ governs the information to be disclosed to the Company, and by<br />
the Company to the market, on any transactions involving <strong>Italcementi</strong> shares and other financial instruments<br />
connected to them undertaken by ‘Relevant persons’ on their own behalf.<br />
Pursuant to the ‘Internal Dealing Code of Conduct’, ‘Relevant persons’ are the members of the Board of<br />
Directors, the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Chief Operating Officer of <strong>Italcementi</strong> S.p.A. and any subject<br />
holding an equity investment of at least 10% of the voting share capital of <strong>Italcementi</strong> S.p.A., as well as any<br />
other subject who controls <strong>Italcementi</strong> S.p.A.<br />
In particular, ‘Relevant persons’ must inform <strong>Italcementi</strong> S.p.A., which in turn informs the market, about<br />
completed transactions of an aggregate amount crossing the 5,000 euro threshold by the end of the year. It is<br />
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