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8. Th<strong>at</strong> the Board undertakes, as its core mission, to approve the corpor<strong>at</strong>e str<strong>at</strong>egy <strong>and</strong><br />

specific organiz<strong>at</strong>ion for its implement<strong>at</strong>ion, <strong>and</strong> to supervise <strong>and</strong> ensure th<strong>at</strong> management<br />

complies with established objectives <strong>and</strong> respects the social purpose <strong>and</strong> corpor<strong>at</strong>e interest of<br />

the Company. To this end, the Board as a whole should approve:<br />

a) General corpor<strong>at</strong>e policies <strong>and</strong> str<strong>at</strong>egies, in particular the following:<br />

(i) The str<strong>at</strong>egic <strong>and</strong>/or business plan, management targets <strong>and</strong> the annual budget.<br />

(ii) The investment <strong>and</strong> financing policy.<br />

(iii) The definition of the structure of the group of companies.<br />

(iv) The corpor<strong>at</strong>e governance policy.<br />

(v) The corpor<strong>at</strong>e social responsibility policy.<br />

(vi) The policy for senior management remuner<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong> performance appraisal.<br />

(vii) The risk management <strong>and</strong> control policy <strong>and</strong> regular monitoring of internal inform<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong><br />

control systems.<br />

(viii) The dividends <strong>and</strong> treasury stock policy, particularly with regard to restrictions.<br />

See sections: B.1.10, B.1.13, B.1.14 <strong>and</strong> D.3<br />

b) The following decisions:<br />

(i) At the proposal of the Company’s chief executive officer, the appointment <strong>and</strong> possible<br />

termin<strong>at</strong>ion of senior managers, <strong>and</strong> approval of their indemnity clauses.<br />

See section: B.1.14<br />

(ii) Remuner<strong>at</strong>ion of Board members <strong>and</strong>, in the case of executives, additional remuner<strong>at</strong>ion for<br />

their executive role <strong>and</strong> other conditions th<strong>at</strong> should be respected in their contracts.<br />

See section: B.1.14<br />

(iii) Financial inform<strong>at</strong>ion which, as a listed entity, the Company is periodically required to<br />

publish.<br />

(iv) All kinds of investments or transactions which are str<strong>at</strong>egic in light of their large amount or<br />

special characteristics, except when they must be approved <strong>at</strong> the General Shareholders’<br />

Meeting.<br />

(v) The cre<strong>at</strong>ion or acquisition of interests in special purpose vehicles or entities domiciled in<br />

countries or territories considered tax havens, <strong>and</strong> any other transactions or similar oper<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

which, in light of their complexity, could undermine the Group’s transparency.<br />

(c) Transactions carried out by the Company with Board members, significant shareholders or<br />

those represented on the Board, or rel<strong>at</strong>ed parties (rel<strong>at</strong>ed-party transactions).<br />

However, such authoriz<strong>at</strong>ion from the Board will not be required for rel<strong>at</strong>ed-party transactions<br />

th<strong>at</strong> simultaneously meet the following three conditions:<br />

1. Transactions carried out under contracts with st<strong>and</strong>ard conditions applicable to a large<br />

number of customers.<br />

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