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Not applicable<br />

3. Although Commercial Law does not so expressly require, operations which involve a structural<br />

modification of the company, specifically the following modifications, must be submitted to the General<br />

Shareholders Meeting of Shareholders <strong>for</strong> approval:<br />

a) The trans<strong>for</strong>mation of listed companies into holding companies, by means of "affiliation" or the<br />

incorporation into affiliate entities of essential activities undertaken until that moment by the company<br />

itself, even when the company maintains full control of the affiliates;<br />

b) The acquisition or transfer of essential working assets, when this involves the effective<br />

modification of the corporate purpose;<br />

c) Operations whose effect is equivalent to the liquidation of the company.<br />

Complies<br />

4. The proposals listed which are included in the resolutions to be adopted by the General Meeting,<br />

including the in<strong>for</strong>mation referred to in Recommendation 28, must be made public at the moment of<br />

publication of the announcement of the calling of the Meeting.<br />

Complies<br />

5. Those matters which are substantially independent should be voted upon separately in the General<br />

Meeting, so that shareholders can separately exercise their voting preferences. Said rule should<br />

particularly apply to the following:<br />

a) To the appointment or ratification of directors, which must be voted upon case by case;<br />

b) In the event of amendment of the Articles of Association, the rule must be applied to each article<br />

or group of articles which are substantially independent.<br />

See caption: E.8.<br />

Complies<br />

6. The companies must allow splitting of the vote so that financial intermediaries who appear as<br />

legitimate shareholders, but act on behalf of different clients, can cast their votes in accordance with the<br />

instructions of these.<br />

See caption: E.4<br />

Complies<br />

7. The Board of Directors must per<strong>for</strong>m its functions with a unitary purpose <strong>and</strong> with independent<br />

criteria, giving equal treatment to all shareholders, <strong>and</strong> said board must act in accordance with the<br />

interest of the company, understood as acting in such a way as to continuously maximize the<br />

company's financial value.<br />

It must likewise ensure that the company acts in accordance with the law <strong>and</strong> with regulations in its<br />

dealings with stakeholders, that it fulfils its obligations <strong>and</strong> contracts in good faith, respects uses <strong>and</strong><br />

good practices in the sectors <strong>and</strong> regions in which it engages in its activity, <strong>and</strong> observes those<br />

additional principles with regard to social responsibility, which it has voluntarily accepted.

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