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2. Transactions carried out <strong>at</strong> prices or fares generally established by the party th<strong>at</strong> acts as a<br />

supplier of the good or service involved.<br />

3. Transactions for an amount not exceeding 1% of the Company’s annual income.<br />

The Board is advised to approve rel<strong>at</strong>ed party transactions following receipt of a favorable<br />

report from the Audit Committee or other organiz<strong>at</strong>ion commissioned for this purpose, as<br />

appropri<strong>at</strong>e. The Board members involved are recommended not to exercise or deleg<strong>at</strong>e their<br />

right to vote <strong>and</strong> to leave the meeting room while the Board deliber<strong>at</strong>es <strong>and</strong> cast its votes.<br />

It is recommended th<strong>at</strong> the powers <strong>at</strong>tributed to the Board should not be subject to deleg<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />

except those mentioned in letters b) <strong>and</strong> c), which may be adopted in urgent circumstances by<br />

the deleg<strong>at</strong>ed bodies with subsequent r<strong>at</strong>ific<strong>at</strong>ion by the Board in plenary session.<br />

See sections: C.1 <strong>and</strong> C.6<br />

Partly complies<br />

With respect to recommend<strong>at</strong>ion 8.b).i), supra, the Board in plenary session is responsible for<br />

the appointment <strong>and</strong> eventual removal of the Company’s CEO, as well as the appointment <strong>and</strong><br />

eventual removal of the CFO, <strong>at</strong> the proposal of the Company’s CEO. The rest of the senior<br />

executives are appointed by the Company’s CEO.<br />

With respect to the recommend<strong>at</strong>ion referred to the Board approving rel<strong>at</strong>ed-party transactions<br />

subject to a favorable report by the Audit Committee, although the need for a prior report is not<br />

expressly established in the Regul<strong>at</strong>ions of the Board referring to the Function of the Board, it is<br />

the power of the Audit Committee to supervise compliance with regul<strong>at</strong>ions with respect to<br />

Rel<strong>at</strong>ed Party Transactions <strong>and</strong> to take care of inform<strong>at</strong>ion on such transactions to be reported<br />

to the market.<br />

9. Th<strong>at</strong> the Board be of an appropri<strong>at</strong>e size to enable it to oper<strong>at</strong>e in an effective <strong>and</strong><br />

particip<strong>at</strong>ory manner. It is therefore advisable th<strong>at</strong> it comprise no fewer than five <strong>and</strong> no more<br />

than fifteen members.<br />

See section: B.1.1<br />

Complies<br />

10. Th<strong>at</strong> proprietary <strong>and</strong> independent external Board members constitute a broad majority of<br />

the Board <strong>and</strong> th<strong>at</strong> the number of executive Board members be the required minimum in<br />

rel<strong>at</strong>ion to the complexity of the corpor<strong>at</strong>e Group <strong>and</strong> the percentage interest of executive<br />

Board members in the share capital of the Company.<br />

See sections: A.2, A.3, B.1.3 <strong>and</strong> B.1.14<br />

Complies<br />

11. Th<strong>at</strong> in the event of any external Board member who may not be considered proprietary or<br />

independent, the Company should explain this circumstance <strong>and</strong> their <strong>rel<strong>at</strong>ions</strong>hips with the<br />

Company, its senior management or shareholders.<br />

See section B.1.3<br />

Complies<br />

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