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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 14', 'art. 19', 'art. 17', 'art. 17', 'art. 114', 'art. 4', 'art. 14', 'art. 14', 'art. 123', 'art. 150', 'art. 154', 'art. 81', 'art. 150', 'art. 123']

Company subject to policy guidance and coordination on the part of CIR S.p.A.
To the Shareholders’ Meeting of SOGEFI S.p.A.
During the financial year closed at December 31, 2015, we carried out our supervisory activity as required by law and the Articles of Association, in accordance with the Rules of Conduct for the Board of Statutory Auditors recommended by the National Council of Accountants and the Corporate Governance Code issued by the Corporate Governance Committee of Borsa Italiana S.p.A., and hereby report on such activity. This report was drawn up following the recommendations set out in Consob Communication no. 1025564 of April 6, 2001 as amended.
we attended the Shareholders’ Meetings and Board of Directors meetings held during the period under consideration and obtained timely and adequate information on operations and their outlook, as well as on significant operational, financial and equity-related operations conducted by the Company and subsidiaries within the Group, as required by law and the Articles of Association; all meetings of the Control and Risk Committee and of the Appointment and Remuneration Committee were attended by one or more members of the Board of Statutory Auditors;
we obtained the necessary information to perform our tasks and determine compliance with the law and the Articles of Association, proper governance principles, adequacy of the Company’s organisational structure, internal control system and of the administration-accounting system, by direct investigation, collecting information from the heads of the involved departments and sharing data and significant information with the appointed Independent Auditors;
we obtained the Reports provided for by art. 14 and art. 19, sub-paragraph 3 of Legislative Decree no. 39/2010 from the Independent Auditors;
under art. 17, sub-paragraph 9, letter a) of Legislative Decree no. 39/2010, the Independent Auditors submitted their annual Statement of Independence, a disclosure of any additional, non-audit services provided to SOGEFI S.p.A. and the Group by the Independent Auditors or its affiliates for our examination;
under art. 17, sub-paragraph 9, letter b) of Legislative Decree no. 39/2010, we analysed the risk associated with the independence of the Independent Auditors and the measures they take to reduce such risk;
we monitored the performance of the system used to control subsidiaries and the adequacy of the directions given to them, also under art. 114, sub-paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree no. 58/1998;
we monitored the actual methods used to implement the corporate governance rules set out in the Corporate Governance Code issued by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., as adopted by the Company;
we determined whether the Organization, Management and Control Model as per Legislative Decree no. 231/2001 as amended was updated to comply with the expanded scope of the Decree;
under art. 4, sub-paragraph 6 of the Regulation approved by Consob Resolution no. 17221 of March 12, 2010, we monitored compliance with the Discipline for related-party transactions approved by the Board of Directors;
we ensured that no significant issues exist that the controlling bodies of SOGEFI S.p.A.'s subsidiaries would have to disclose;
we have determined that the Board of Directors properly implemented the verification criteria and procedures to assess the independence of its members, based on the statements made by the Directors and the opinions issued by the Board of Directors.
After completing our audit and monitoring activities as outlined above, we did not identify any significant events such as would have to be reported to the Supervisory Authorities, nor any proposals concerning the financial statements, their approval or any other issue within our area of responsibility.
Outlined below is the information specifically required by the above mentioned Consob Communication of April 6, 2001 as amended.
We collected adequate information on significant operational, financial and equity-related operations conducted by SOGEFI S.p.A. and its subsidiaries and established their compliance with the law and the Articles of Association; the Directors provide adequate disclosure on such transactions in the Report on Operations; we also obtained information on and assurance that the transactions resolved and carried out were not manifestly imprudent, risky, in conflict with resolutions or in potential conflict of interest with the same or, in any case, of such a nature as to jeopardise integrity of corporate assets.
We obtained adequate information on intercompany and related party transactions. Based on obtained information, we determined that such transactions comply with the law and the Articles of Association, satisfy the interest of the company and raise no doubts as to their accurate, exhaustive disclosure in the financial statements, the existence of any conflict-of-interest situations, the protection of corporate assets and of non-controlling shareholders; periodic audits and inspections carried out at the Company's premises did not identify any atypical and/or unusual transactions.
The Directors provide adequate disclosures on key transactions, as well as on the dealings between SOGEFI S.p.A., Group companies and/or related parties in the Report on Operations and in the Notes, and state that such dealings were conducted at arm’s length, taking into account the quality and type of services rendered; such dealings mainly consisted in the provision of administrative and financial services, including the Group centralized treasury management, with the related credit and debit interest , as well as management support and the use of the information system of the Group “SAP”; moreover SOGEFI S.p.A. receives by its Parent Company CIR S.p.A. services for what concerns strategical, administrative, financial, fiscal and corporate development and participates in the tax filing system; appropriate financial details are provided and the impact on the statement of financial position is adequately described in the documents accompanying the 2015 statutory financial statements.
The Independent Auditors Deloitte & Touche S.p.A. issued their Audit Reports under art. 14 of Legislative Decree no. 39/2010 on the statutory and consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2015 on the same date as this document. These reports include the auditors' opinion on consistency as provided for by art. 14, sub- paragraph 2, letter e) of Legislative Decree no. 39/2010 and art. 123 bis of Legislative Decree no. 58/1998, without any disclosure observations or statements.
During the year 2015, SOGEFI S.p.A. engaged the Independent Auditors to perform certain certifications after due inspection - in addition to its auditing services - for a consideration of Euro 2,000. - During the same year, SOGEFI S.p.A.'s subsidiaries engaged the Independent Auditors to perform certain certifications after due inspection for a consideration of Euro 29,000.
The amounts paid were found to be adequate consideration for the scope and complexity of the services rendered and are not deemed liable to affect the independence and discretion of the auditors in performing their auditing tasks.
The following meetings were held during the year 2015: 7 Board of Directors meetings, 8 Control and Risk Committee meetings, 2 Appointment and Remuneration Committee meetings and 6 Statutory Board of Directors meetings.
There are no particular observations to be made concerning compliance with proper governance principles, which seem to have been implemented consistently, or the adequacy of the organisational structure, which we found to be adequate to meet the requirements for operations management and control. It is worth remembering that during the year the Company has concluded with success the research of a manager to appoint as Chief Executive Officer which has been nominated in date June, 5th.
We found the internal control system to be adequate to the size and management style of the Company, and were able to confirm this during the meetings of the Control and Risk Committee, which are attended by the Chairman of the Statutory Board of Auditors (or by a Statutory Auditor appointed by the Chairman) as provided for by corporate governance rules. In addition, the Group's Chief Internal Auditing Officer and Internal Control Officer under the Corporate Governance Code issued by the Corporate Governance Committee for listed companies acted as a liaison and provided the necessary information on the methods adopted to perform his duties and the results of his audits, among other things by attending certain meetings of the Statutory Board of Auditors. With reference to some deficiencies revealed in the internal control system of the Brazilian subsidiary of the filtration business unit, which generates about 3% of the group turnover, highlighted in the report on key matters and communication under art. 150, c.3 of TFU, the Company has put in place remedies aimed at solving the identified issues, the outcomes of which will be subject to valuation by the Statutory Auditors.
There are no observations to be made as to the adequacy of the administrative/accounting system and its ability to provide a reliable view of operations; with regard to the disclosures in the statutory and consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2015, the Managing Director and the Manager responsible for preparing the Company’s financial reports under art. 154-bis, sub-paragraph 5 of Legislative Decree 58/1998 and art. 81- ter of Consob Regulation no. 11971 of May 14, 1999 as subsequently amended have issued their relevant statements.
During the periodic exchange of data and information between the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Auditors, among other things under art. 150, sub-paragraph 3 of Legislative Decree no. 58/1998, no issues have come up that would need to be disclosed in this report.
The Company substantially followed the recommendations contained in the Corporate Governance Code issued by the Corporate Governance Committee for listed companies and described its corporate governance model in the relevant Report, which was prepared among other things under art. 123-bis of Legislative Decree no. 58/1998. Within the limits of our responsibility, we monitored the actual methods used to implement the corporate governance rules set out in the above mentioned Corporate Governance Code, as adopted by the Company, and ensured that the findings of the Board's periodic assessment of Statutory Auditors' compliance with the independence requirements according to the same criteria applicable to Independent Directors under the above mentioned Corporate Governance Code were included in the Corporate Governance Report of SOGEFI S.p.A. In compliance with Legislative Decree no. 231/2001, the Company adopted, implemented and maintained up-to-date an “Organisational Model” that governs its behaviour and business conduct and set up a Supervisory Body as provided for by the Decree. The Company also adopted a Code of Ethics.
Our auditing and monitoring activities took place during the year 2015 in the normal course of business and identified no omissions, reprehensible facts and/or anomalies worth noting.
After completing our audit and monitoring activities, we have no proposals concerning the statutory financial statements as at December 31, 2015, their approval or any other issue within our area of responsibility pursuant to article 153, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree 58/1998, nor any remarks on the proposed allocation of the profit for the year submitted by the Board of Directors for approval.
The Board of Directors wishes to thank you for your trust and reminds you that the Board of Directors’ mandate is due to expire and that for its renewal the Directors have already managed to call you for the appropriate resolutions.
Milan, March 29, 2016