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B.1.18 Specify whether any amendments were made during the financial year to the Regulations of the<br />

Board of Directors.<br />

YES<br />

Description of the Modifications<br />

At the meeting held on 25 May 2011, the Board of Directors agreed to modify Articles 10.1, 25.2 <strong>and</strong> 36.3<br />

of its Regulations, in order to adapt them to the legal changes introduced by legislative Royal Decree<br />

1/2010, dated 2 July, which repeals the Corporations Act <strong>and</strong> approves the Capital Companies Act <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Securities Market Re<strong>for</strong>m Act, Law 12/2010, as it refers to the Auditing Committee.<br />

The General Shareholders’ Meeting held on 29 June 2011 was notified of this modification.<br />

B.1.19 Specify the procedures <strong>for</strong> the appointment, re-election, evaluation <strong>and</strong> dismissal of Directors. List<br />

the competent bodies, the procedures to be followed <strong>and</strong> the criteria applied in each of these procedures.<br />

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS PROCEDURE<br />

a) Executive Directors<br />

Appointments must be preceded by a report from the Appointments <strong>and</strong> Remuneration Committee.<br />

The Board may appoint leading figures from the management team as executive Directors, <strong>and</strong> as a special case,<br />

at least, the chief executive of the company.<br />

b) Independent Directors<br />

Appointments must be preceded by a report from the Appointments <strong>and</strong> Remuneration Committee.<br />

C<strong>and</strong>idates <strong>for</strong> appointment must be competent, experienced individuals of good st<strong>and</strong>ing who are willing to devote<br />

sufficient of their time to the Company.<br />

c) External Directors<br />

Appointments must be preceded by a report from the Appointments <strong>and</strong> Remuneration Committee.<br />

C<strong>and</strong>idates <strong>for</strong> appointment must be proposed by the respective owners of the shares by which they are being<br />

elected.<br />

RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS PROCEDURE<br />

A report from the Appointments <strong>and</strong> Remuneration Committee evaluating the quality of the Director’s work during<br />

his term <strong>and</strong> dedication to his office shall be required.<br />

The Board shall ensure that the Independent Directors per<strong>for</strong>m their m<strong>and</strong>ate <strong>for</strong> a maximum period of twelve<br />

years.<br />

EVALUATION OF DIRECTORS PROCEDURE<br />

At the end of each financial year, the Board of Directors will devote a session to evaluate its per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>and</strong> the<br />

quality of its work, <strong>and</strong>, through a report from the Appointments <strong>and</strong> Remunerations Committee, the fulfilment of the<br />

functions of the Chairman, the Director <strong>and</strong> the Managing Directors.

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