Information on corporate governance and ownership structure
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122Snam Annual Report 2012 / Report <strong>on</strong> <strong>corporate</strong> <strong>governance</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>ownership</strong> <strong>structure</strong>Committees instituted by the Board of DirectorsFor more efficient performance in its duties, in accordance with the Code of C<strong>on</strong>duct, the Board ofDirectors has established three committees: the Remunerati<strong>on</strong> Committee, the AppointmentsCommittee <strong>and</strong> the C<strong>on</strong>trol <strong>and</strong> Risk Committee. The compositi<strong>on</strong>, duties <strong>and</strong> operati<strong>on</strong>s of theCommittees are governed by the Board <strong>and</strong> set forth in specific regulati<strong>on</strong>s (which are available inthe Governance secti<strong>on</strong> of the Company’s website), in compliance with the criteria established inthe Code.Furthermore, pursuant to Article 16 of the Bylaws, the Combined Independent ManagementCommittee has been created.1) The Remunerati<strong>on</strong> Committee c<strong>on</strong>sists of three n<strong>on</strong>-executive directors, two of whom areindependent, including the Chairman Davide Croff. The other members are: Andrea Novelli <strong>and</strong>Elisabetta Oliveri. The Committee has the following resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities in terms of making proposals<strong>and</strong> providing advice to the Board <strong>on</strong> directors’ remunerati<strong>on</strong>:- to submit the Remunerati<strong>on</strong> Report for the approval of the Board of Directors, with particularregard to the Remunerati<strong>on</strong> Policy for directors <strong>and</strong> managers with strategic resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities,so that it may be presented to the Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financialstatements within the time limits set by law;- to periodically evaluate the suitability, compliance <strong>and</strong> sound applicati<strong>on</strong> of the policyadopted, expressing proposals to the Board in this regard;- to make proposals relating to the remunerati<strong>on</strong> of the Chairman <strong>and</strong> the Chief ExecutiveOfficer, c<strong>on</strong>cerning the various forms of compensati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> remunerati<strong>on</strong>;- to make proposals <strong>on</strong> the remunerati<strong>on</strong> of the members of the Directors’ Committeesestablished by the Board;- to make proposals, having c<strong>on</strong>sidered the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s of the CEO, regarding thegeneral criteria for the remunerati<strong>on</strong> of managers with strategic resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities, annual <strong>and</strong>l<strong>on</strong>g-term incentive plans including those based <strong>on</strong> equity; to define performance objectives<strong>and</strong> record the results of performance plans in order to determine the variable remunerati<strong>on</strong>of directors with specific resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities <strong>and</strong> the implementati<strong>on</strong> of incentive plans;- to m<strong>on</strong>itor the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the decisi<strong>on</strong>s taken by the Board;- to report to the Board <strong>on</strong> its activities every six m<strong>on</strong>ths.The Committee also expresses any opini<strong>on</strong>s requested of it pursuant to the procedures in regard totransacti<strong>on</strong>s with related parties according to the terms <strong>and</strong> c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s set forth in the procedure.In accordance with the decisi<strong>on</strong> of the Board of Directors, each year the Remunerati<strong>on</strong> Committeereviews the remunerati<strong>on</strong> <strong>structure</strong> for the Internal Auditor, checking that it meets the generalcriteria approved by the Board for all managers <strong>and</strong> informing the Chairman of the C<strong>on</strong>trol <strong>and</strong>Risk Committee of its findings so that they, in turn, may report <strong>on</strong> the matter to the Board.2) The Appointments Committee is composed exclusively of n<strong>on</strong>-executive <strong>and</strong> independentDirectors: Davide Croff, Roberto L<strong>on</strong>zar <strong>and</strong> Renato Santini. Davide Croff chairs the Committee.On 23 April 2012, the Board of Directors approved the new regulati<strong>on</strong>. The AppointmentsCommittee makes proposals <strong>and</strong> provides advice to the Board of Directors.The Committee has the following functi<strong>on</strong>s:- to propose the c<strong>and</strong>idates for the office of director to the Board, in the event that during theyear <strong>on</strong>e or more directors leaves the board (Article 2386, paragraph 1, of the Italian CivilCode), ensuring adherence to the provisi<strong>on</strong>s regarding the minimum number of independentdirectors <strong>and</strong> the percentages reserved for the under-represented gender;Snam Annual Report 2012