Relatorio de gestao_2010_INGLES.indd - Efacec
Relatorio de gestao_2010_INGLES.indd - Efacec
Relatorio de gestao_2010_INGLES.indd - Efacec
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Company Secretary<br />
Composition<br />
• Maria Joana Machado Lima <strong>de</strong> Martins Men<strong>de</strong>s <strong>de</strong> Amorim –<br />
Company Secretary.<br />
• Maria Elisa Loureiro Moreira Pereira <strong>de</strong> Oliveira – Substitute<br />
Company Secretary.<br />
The Company Secretary atten<strong>de</strong>d and served as secretary during<br />
every meeting of the Board of Directors that took place in <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Supervisory Board<br />
The main duties of the Supervisory Board are to perform the audit<br />
and supervision of <strong>Efacec</strong>’s management and activities, while also<br />
ensuring the compliance with the law and the company’s Articles of<br />
Association. The members of the Supervisory Board did not <strong>de</strong>tect<br />
any restrictions to the performance of their duties.<br />
It was approved, in 2009, a Regulation for the Supervisory Board<br />
that establishes its responsibilities and operation.<br />
The Supervisory Board is composed of 3 permanent members and 1<br />
substitute member, elected at the General Meeting.<br />
Composition<br />
• Luís Francisco Valente <strong>de</strong> Oliveira – Chairman.<br />
• Maria Leonor Aires – Director.<br />
• Luís Black Freire <strong>de</strong> Andra<strong>de</strong> – Director.<br />
The Supervisory Board has gathered six times during the year of<br />
<strong>2010</strong>, including the regular presence of an external auditor.<br />
The remuneration earned during the year of <strong>2010</strong> by the members<br />
of the Supervisory Board amounted to a total of EUR 47 000.<br />
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board possesses every skill<br />
necessary to carry out his duties and all members of the Supervisory<br />
Board are in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt.<br />
Statutory Auditor<br />
The role of the Statutory Auditor is to audit the company’s accounts<br />
and all its fi nancial documents, and issue the legal certifi cation of<br />
the accounts and an audit report.<br />
Composition<br />
Statutory Auditor: PriceWaterhouseCoopers & Associados, S.R.O.C.,<br />
Lda. (PwC), represented by António Joaquim Brochado Correia or<br />
José Pereira Alves. Substitute Statutory Auditor: Hermínio António<br />
Paulos Afonso.<br />
All provi<strong>de</strong>d consultancy services were carried out by employees of<br />
PwC who did not participate in any audit work un<strong>de</strong>rtaken in the<br />
several companies of the <strong>Efacec</strong> Group.<br />
Remuneration Committee<br />
The role of the Remuneration Committee (which is composed of<br />
3 members, elected at the General Meeting) is to approve the<br />
remunerations and other compensations of the members of the<br />
Board of Directors and other governing bodies of the company.<br />
Composition<br />
• Fernando Manuel Ferreira da Costa Gonçalves – Chairman.<br />
• António Burnay Teixeira.<br />
• Luís Filipe Soares Wissman.<br />
The majority of the members of the Remuneration Committee are<br />
in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt and do not hold any positions in any other governing<br />
body of the <strong>Efacec</strong> Group.<br />
During the year of <strong>2010</strong>, the Remuneration Committee approved a<br />
<strong>de</strong>claration on the Company’s remuneration policy, which will be<br />
submitted during the next General Meeting of the Company.<br />
The Remuneration Committee held 3 meetings in <strong>2010</strong>, and<br />
all members were present in each of them. The Remuneration<br />
Committee has always been represented at the General Meeting.<br />
Information<br />
Share Capital<br />
The company’s share capital is EUR 41 641 416 (forty-one million,<br />
six hundred forty-one thousand, four hundred sixteen euros), fully<br />
subscribed and paid-in, represented by a total of 41 641 416 in<br />
ordinary shares with a par value of 1 euro, without any special<br />
rights.<br />
Divi<strong>de</strong>nd Distribution Policy<br />
In accordance with the Articles of Association, the net profi ts<br />
<strong>de</strong>termined by the balance sheet will be allocated as follows:<br />
iii) at least fi ve percent (5%) to a legal reserve while it is not<br />
completed or whenever it needs to be reincorporated; and<br />
iv) the balance for any other allocation that is voted by the General<br />
Meeting with a simple majority.<br />
The General Meeting is responsible for the divi<strong>de</strong>nd policy. However,<br />
the company’s General Meeting has sought to follow a divi<strong>de</strong>nd<br />
distribution policy that effectively and gradually remunerates<br />
its sharehol<strong>de</strong>rs, taking into consi<strong>de</strong>ration the increase of the<br />
company’s profi ts. This policy has been validated by the General<br />
Meeting and is reported in a clear manner every year in the Annual<br />
Report and Accounts.<br />
Regarding the fi nancial year of 2009, the divi<strong>de</strong>nds distributed by<br />
the company among the sharehol<strong>de</strong>rs amounted to EUR 15 900 000,<br />
being that EUR 7 284 000 were distributed as interim divi<strong>de</strong>nds in<br />
the second-half of 2009. In the second-half of <strong>2010</strong>, EUR 7 300 000<br />
were also distributed as interim divi<strong>de</strong>nds from the fi nancial year<br />
of <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
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