Governance Information • Apr 7, 2017
Governance Information
Open in ViewerOpens in native device viewer
Drafted pursuant to Article 123-bis of the Consolidated Finance Act
WWW.ENAV.IT
| GLOSSARY 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | INTRODUCTION 5 | |
| 2. | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MODEL 6 | |
| 3. | INFORMATION ON OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE 7 | |
| 3.1. | Composition of Share Capital 7 | |
| 3.2. | Major Shareholders 7 | |
| 3.3. | Shares that Confer Special Control Rights 7 | |
| 3.4. | Employee Stock Ownership: Mechanism Applicable to Voting Rights 7 | |
| 3.5. | Restrictions on Voting Rights 7 | |
| 3.6. | Powers of the Italian State 8 | |
| 3.7. | Shareholder Agreements 10 | |
| 3.8. | Change of Control Clauses in Significant Agreements and Provisions of the Articles of Association | |
| Regarding Takeover Bids 10 | ||
| 3.9. | Authorisation to Increase the Share Capital and Purchase Treasury Shares 12 | |
| 3.10. | Management and Coordination Activities 12 | |
| 3.11. | Compensation Payable to Directors in the Event of Resignation, Termination or Termination of | |
| Contract Following a Takeover Bid 12 | ||
| 3.12. | Appointment and Replacement of Directors and Changes to the Articles of Association 12 | |
| 4. | COMPLIANCE 13 | |
| 5. | BOARD OF DIRECTORS 14 | |
| 5.1. | Appointment and Replacement 14 | |
| 5.2. | Requirements of Integrity and Professionalism and Reasons for Ineligibility and Incompatibility of | |
| Directors 15 | ||
| 5.3. | Succession Plans 16 | |
| 5.4. | Composition of the Board of Directors 17 | |
| 5.5. | Maximum Number of Offices Held in Other Companies 17 | |
| 5.6. | Induction Programme 18 | |
| 5.7. | The Role of the Board of Directors 18 | |
| 5.8. | Delegated Bodies 21 | |
| 5.9. | Non-Executive Directors 23 | |
| 5.10. | Independent Directors 23 | |
| 5.11. | Lead Independent Director 23 | |
| 6. | INTERNAL COMMITTEES WITHIN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 24 | |
| 6.1. | Remuneration and Appointments Committee 24 | |
| 6.2. | Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee 25 | |
| 7. | DIRECTORS' INTERESTS AND RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS 28 | |
| 7.1. | Procedures for Transactions of Major Importance 28 | |
| 7.2. | Procedures for Transactions of Minor Importance 30 | |
| 7.3. | Exemptions 31 | |
| 8. | INTERNAL CONTROL AND RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 32 | |
| 8.1. | Director in Charge of the System of Internal Control and Risk Management 33 | |
| 8.2. | Head of the Internal Audit Department 33 | |
| 8.3. | The System for Risk Control and Controls Over Financial Reporting 35 | |
| 8.4. | The Organisational Model Pursuant to Legislative Decree 231 of 2001 37 | |
| 8.5. | The External Auditors 37 | |
| 8.6. | The Financial Reporting Officer 37 | |
| 8.7. | The Court of Auditors 38 | |
| 9. | REMUNERATION OF THE DIRECTORS 39 |
| 10. | BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS 40 | |
|---|---|---|
| 10.1. | Appointment and Replacement of Statutory Auditors 40 | |
| 10.2. | Composition and Operation of the Board of Statutory Auditors 41 | |
| 11. | HANDLING OF CORPORATE INFORMATION 43 | |
| 12. | INVESTOR RELATIONS 44 | |
| 13. | SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING 45 | |
| 13.1. | Convocation of the Shareholders' Meeting 45 | |
| 13.2. | Entitlement to Attend and Vote at the Meeting 45 | |
| 13.3. | Conducting of the Shareholders' Meeting 46 | |
| 13.4. | Intervening at the Shareholders' Meeting 46 | |
| 14. | OTHER CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES 47 | |
| 14.1. | Code of Ethics 47 | |
| 15. | CHANGES AFTER BALANCE SHEET DATE 48 | |
| Annex 1: curriculum vitae of the members of the Board of Directors 49 | ||
| Annex 2: curriculum vitae of the members of the Board of Directors 52 | ||
| TABLE 1: INFORMATIONON THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE 54 | ||
| TABLE 3: STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS 57 |
| Shareholders' Meeting |
The Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of ENAV |
|---|---|
| Code or Code of Conduct |
The Code of Conduct for listed companies, approved by the Corporate Governance Committee of Borsa Italiana S.p.A. in March 2006, as subsequently amended or supplemented |
| Board of Statutory Auditors |
The Board of Statutory Auditors of ENAV |
| Board of Directors | ENAV's Board of Directors |
| Listing Date | The first date of trading of the ordinary shares of ENAV S.p.A. on the MTA (Mercato Telematico Azionario) organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., i.e. 26 July 2016 |
| ENAV or the Company |
ENAV S.p.A. |
| Financial Year | Financial year 2016 |
| Stock Exchange Regulation Instructions |
The Instructions to the Rules of the Markets organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. |
| Stock Exchange Regulations |
Rules of the Markets organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. |
| Issuer's Regulation | The Regulation issued by CONSOB through resolution 11971 of 14 May 1999 regarding issuers, as amended and supplemented |
| Market Regulation | The Regulation issued by CONSOB through resolution 16191 of 29 October 2007, as amended and supplemented |
| Related Parties Regulation |
The Regulation issued by CONSOB through resolution 17221 of 12 March 2010, concerning related party transactions as amended and supplemented. |
| Report | This report on corporate governance and the ownership structure pursuant to Article 123-bis of the TUF |
| Subsidiaries | The companies which are controlled by ENAV pursuant to Article 2359 of the Italian Civil Code and Article 93 of the TUF |
| External Auditors | EY S.p.A. |
| Articles of Association |
The Articles of Association of ENAV in effect as at the date of this Report |
| Consolidated Finance Act (TUF) |
Legislative Decree 58 of 24 February 1998 and subsequent amendments and additions |
Following the authorisations issued by the competent stock market and market authorities, and specifically (i) deliberation no. 8226 of 29 June 2016 with which Borsa Italiana ruled to admit to trading the shares of ENAV S.p.A. on the Mercato Telematico Azionario (screen based share Market) which is organised and operated by Borsa Italiana (hereinafter also "MTA") and (ii) a) deliberation CONSOB no. 0061337/16 dated 1 July 2016 approving the Registration Document, b) deliberation CONSOB no. 0063396/16 dated 7 July 2016 approving the Summary Note and the Securities Note, which together constitute the prospectus relating to the admission to public offering and trading of the Company shares on the MTA (as supplemented by the Supplement approved by CONSOB on 19 July 2016, the "Prospectus") - the Company's shares are listed and traded on the MTA as from 26 July 2016.
With regard to the aforementioned, from the first half of the financial year ended 31 December 2016, ENAV adopted procedures, policies, resolutions and took other required actions, to initiate the process of adjustment and transition of its own corporate governance structure from its original form, which was typical of a company fully controlled by the State, to a structure in compliance with the recommendations (principles, application criteria and comments) contained in the Code of Code of Conduct for listed companies issued by Borsa Italiana - which the Company's Board of Directors resolved to adhere to at its meeting of 17 February 2016 - and the provisions (including of a regulatory nature) referring to listed companies, including in particular Legislative decree 58 of 24 February 1998 (hereinafter also the "Consolidated Finance Act" or the "TUF" and CONSOB resolution no. 11971 of 14 May 1999 (hereinafter also the "CONSOB Issuers Regulation").
This Report illustrates the corporate governance system of ENAV applicable from 26 July 2016, the date on which its shares started trading on the MTA. Such system consists of a series of principles, rules and procedures which comply with the contents of the Code of Conduct and with the recommendations formulated by CONSOB on this subject and, more generally, with the international best practices.
ENAV's corporate governance system, also considering the social role attributed to the Company's operations, pursues the main objective of creating value for its shareholders over the medium-long term and adequately balancing and safeguarding all the relevant interests involved.
ENAV's corporate governance system is structured according to the so called "traditional model of administration and control", and is characterised by:
The legal audit of the accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries is performed by the External Auditing Firm, which is registered with the register of statutory auditors and has been appointed by the respective Shareholders' Meeting of ENAV and of its Subsidiaries.
As of the date of this Report, the subscribed and paid in share capital of ENAV is equal to €541,744,385, and consists of no.541,744,385 ordinary shares without indication of the nominal value.
The ENAV shares are non-divisible and every share confers one voting right. The shares are freely transferable.
ENAV has not issued other categories of shares or financial instruments that can be converted into or exchanged with shares.
For information on the structure of ENAV's share capital, please refer to Table 1 attached to this Report.
As of the date of this Report, based on the Company's share ledger and the communications received pursuant to Article 120 of the TUF and other information that has been received, no entity, with the exception of the Ministry of Economy and Finance ("MEF"), which holds 53.373% of the share capital – holds more than 3% of ENAV's shares, whether directly or indirectly.
The Company has issued no shares that confer special rights.
Article 137 of the TUF provides that the Articles of association of a company with listed shares may include provisions aimed at facilitating voting by means of a power of attorney issued by the shareholders who are employees.
With a view to facilitating the involvement of this category of shareholders in the decisions making processes of the shareholders' meeting, Article 8.1 of the Articles of association provides that, to facilitate the collection of the proxies from the shareholders, employees of the company or its subsidiaries, who are associated to shareholders' associations that meet the requirements set forth by the applicable laws, areas to be used for the communication and the collection of proxies shall be provided to these associations, according to the terms and procedures agreed from time to time with their legal representatives.
As of the date of this Report the Company has received no notification regarding the establishment of an association of employee shareholders.
As required by Article 3 of Legislative Decree 332 of 31 May 1994, converted with amendments into Law no. 474 of 30 July 1994, Article 6.5 of the Articles of Association provides a limit to share ownership that results in an equity interest exceeding 5% of ENAV's share capital. This provision does not apply to the equity interest held by the MEF, and by public entities and entities controlled by the latter.
The maximum limit of share ownership allowed is calculated also taking into account the overall equity interests held by: (i) the parent entity, whether a natural or legal person, entity or company; all direct or indirect subsidiaries as well as those which are controlled by a single controlling entity; (ii) all associated entities as well as natural persons connected by family relationships by blood or marriage, or who are related up to the second degree or who are spouses, provided that they are not legally separated.
The notion of control applies also in relation to entities/individuals other than companies, in the cases set forth under Article 2359, paragraph 1 and 2 of the Italian Civil Code. The notion of connection falls under the assumption set forth under Article 2359, paragraph 3 of the Italian Civil Code and also applies to individuals/entities who directly or indirectly, through subsidiaries, other than mutual investment funds, participate, including with third parties, in agreements related to the exercise of the voting right or of the transfer of shares or units of third party companies or in any case agreements or covenants as these are set forth under Article 122 of the TUF, as applicable from time to time or as eventually replaced, in relation to third party companies, when these agreements or covenants refer to at least 10% of the capital with voting rights, if they involve listed companies or 20% for non-listed companies.
The voting right and other rights not concerning equity, inherent in the shares held in excess of the maximum limit of 5%, cannot be exercised.
If the maximum limit of the shareholding is exceeded by several entities/individuals, the voting right that would accrue to each party that the shareholding limit applies to will be reduced proportionally, save for prior joint instructions provided jointly by the interested shareholders.
In the event of non-compliance, the resolution can be challenged pursuant to Article 2377 of the Italian Civil Code. if the required majority would not have been reached without the votes in excess of the maximum limit indicated above.
Shares in respect of which the voting right cannot be exercised are nevertheless calculated for the purposes of the regular constitution of the shareholders meeting.
Pursuant to the aforementioned Article 3 of the Legislative Decree no. 332 of 31 May 1994, the aforementioned limit of 5% will lapse if it is exceeded as a result of a takeover bid provided that the offeror holds, as a result of the bid, an interest of at least 75% of the share capital with voting rights in connection with the resolutions referring to the appointment or revocation of the members of the Board of Directors or of the executive or supervisory body.
The Company is subject to Law Decree no. 21 of 15 March 2012, converted with amendments into Law 56 of 11 May 2012 ("Legislative Decree 21/2012"), concerning special powers of the State (the so-called golden powers) which refers to strategic assets in the (i) energy, transportation and communications and (ii) defence and national security sectors. In particular, the adoption of specific corporate resolutions by the Company or the purchase of specific significant equity interests in the share capital of ENAV could be limited by these special powers.
ENAV exercises several of the significant activities in the sector of energy, transportation and communications under point (i) above, and is therefore subject to the rules under Article 2 of Legislative Decree 21/2012 and the relevant implementing provisions.
In particular Article 2 of Legislative Decree 21/2012 establishes that the State can:
Moreover, ENAV holds certain assets which are strategic assets in the area of defence and national security and, therefore, is subject to Article 1 of Legislative Decree 21/2012 and the relevant implementing provisions.
With regard to companies that hold one or more strategic assets in the sectors of defence and National Security, as per point (b) above, Article 1 of Legislative Decree 21/2012 establishes that the State, in the event of a concrete threat that would result in serious harm to essential defence and national security interests may:
Any entity, except for the Italian State, Italian public entities or entities controlled by the latter, that acquires an equity interest in companies that operate in strategically significant sectors related to national security and defence, that exceeds the threshold set forth under Article 20, paragraph 2 of the TUF or an equity investment that exceeds the thresholds of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% or an entity that is external to the European Union that acquires an interest and companies that carry out operations that are strategically significant for the energy, transport and communications sector, of such a significance that they would result in a permanent establishment of the purchaser pursuant to the latter's acquisition of control of such company, pursuant to Article 2359 of the Italian Civil Code and the TUF, is required to declare this purchase, within ten days from its execution, to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, together with any information that would be useful with a view to providing a general description of the project which the purchaser acquired and the latter's areas of operations. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers will communicate any imposition of terms and conditions or the exercise of the veto, within fifteen days from such declaration. Should it be necessary to request information from such company, this deadline will be suspended only once, until receipt of the information that has been requested, which must be provided within a ten days. Any requests for information subsequent to the first request will not result in suspension of the deadlines, after which the acquisition can be completed.
Until notification and, subsequently, until the deadline for the imposition of the terms and conditions or the exercise of the veto has expired, the voting rights or any rights other than property rights, connected to shares that constitute the significant equity investment, will be suspended.
Should the Chairman of the Council of Ministers exercise the power to impose such conditions, in the event of non-compliance or violation of the conditions imposed upon the purchaser, for the entire period that the noncompliance or violation is ongoing, any voting rights or, in any case, rights other than property rights, which are connected to the shares or units that represent the significant equity investment will be suspended. Any resolutions adopted based on the casting vote of such shares or units, and any resolutions or acts adopted which violate or are non-compliant with the conditions that have been imposed, will be invalid.
A purchaser who does not observe the conditions that have been imposed will furthermore be subject to an administrative fine equal to double the value of the transaction and in any case not lower than 1% of the turnover in the last financial year for which financial statements have been approved, unless the action constitutes a crime.
Should the Chairman of the Council of Ministers exercise the power to oppose the acquisition of the equity investment, the seller shall not be entitled to exercise the voting right or any rights the content of which is other than property related, connected to shares that represent the significant equity investment and shall be required to sell these shares within one year. In the event of failure to comply, upon the request of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the court will order the sale of the aforementioned shares according to the procedures set forth under Article 2359-ter of the Italian Civil Code. Any resolutions of the shareholders' meetings adopted with the casting vote of such shares will be invalid.
The Decree of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers issued on 10 June 2016, pursuant to which assent was expressed to the listing of ENAV shares on the MTA, required the Company to identify, prior to completion of the process, the governance instruments protecting the integrity of the information, with adoption of appropriate internal measures of an organisational nature aimed at disciplining the confidentiality obligation, in order to safeguard access and confidentiality of the sensitive data in the interests of national security.
To this end, it is hereby specified that the Company has in place measures aimed at disciplining the confidentiality obligation and safeguarding access to and confidentiality of the sensitive data for National Security purposes, which are also compliant with the laws regulating this matter. In particular, the Company has in place an Internal Security Regulation which governs the function of ENAV's Central Security Body in order to ensure administrative protection of state secrets and classified information and exclusive disclosures thereof. The aforementioned "Internal Security Regulation" is constantly updated and subject to the approval of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, through the Security Information Department - Central Secrecy Office, as required by applicable laws, and in particular the Decree of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers no. 5 of 6 November 2015.
As of the date of this Report no shareholders' agreements pursuant to Article 122 of the TUF are in place.
In October 2014, the European Investment Bank (hereinafter the " Bank" or the " EIB") granted a credit line of €250 million to finance the development and execution of a series of investments connected to air traffic control services, of which €180 million will be contracted directly and €70 million will eventually be brokered through the banking system.
On 5 December 2014, a contract was concluded with the EIB (the first loan contract) for an amount of €180 million, of which €100 million has been drawn, with a duration of 15 years (expiring on 19 December 2029) and a period of availability for use of the credit line until 15 December 2017.
On 12 October 2016, a direct contract was also concluded for the residual credit line, of €70 million which, under the same conditions, is available until 1 October 2019, with a duration of the line of 16 years.
In both contracts with the EIB, the Company has committed to immediately inform the Bank in the event of an actual or imminent change of control which refers to the Company itself. At any time, following a change of control the Bank may cancel the portion of the loan that has not been drawn and request early repayment of the amounts that have been drawn, together with the interest that has accrued and any other amount that has accrued or is due pursuant to the loan contract.
A change of control will take place in the cases below:
(i) an entity or group of entities, acting together, acquire control of the Company; or
(ii) the Italian State no longer controls the Company.
"Acting together" means acting in coordination to execute an agreement or understanding (whether official or not) and "control" means the power to define the management and policies of a company, whether through the holding of capital with voting rights, through a contract, or otherwise.
In 2008, ENAV signed two contracts with UniCredit Corporate Banking S.p.A. (now UniCredit S.p.A.) (the "Bank") pursuant to which loans of a maximum total amount of capital of €100 million and €40 million were granted. Both loans have a duration of 60 months (five years) from the date of the contract, with full repayment upon expiration ("bullet"), except if the Company exercises the contractually allowed option to extend the duration of the loans for an additional 60 months. On 30 June 2013, the Company exercised the option to extend the above-mentioned duration, extending the duration of the loans for an additional five years following which the €100 million loan will expire on 30 June 2018 and the €40 million loan will expire on 30 November 2018.
The contracts provide for early repayment of loans in the event of a change of control, resulting from a decrease in the direct or indirect participation of the MEF in the Company with loss of control of the voting right in ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings and, in any case the loss of control over the Company by the MEF.
In May 2013, ENAV signed a loan with Banca del Mezzogiorno - Medio Credito Centrale S.p.A. (the " Bank") for an amount of €10 million (the outstanding amount as of 31 December 2016 was approximately €5 million) expiring on 31 May 2018. The loan contract provides that the Company will repay the loan in five years, of which the first two years are the pre-amortisation period. Therefore, the loan will be repaid in six consecutive monthly instalments, payable without interruption pursuant to the repayment plan. The loan contract also provides that until total extinguishment of all the credit related commitments to the lending Bank relative to the loan, the Company shall be required to provide the Bank with the information and documentation required for or useful to the monitoring of the evolution of ENAV's corporate status, including information on any changes to the shareholder structure.
In August 2015, ENAV issued a senior unsecured bond reserved to institutional investors for a total of €180 million (the "Bond Issue"). The Bond Issue was placed through a private placement and the bonds are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The Bond Issue was placed at an issue price equal to 100% of the nominal value of the bonds and provides for full repayment of the capital on 4 August 2022.
The Bond Issue documentation also provides the holders of the loan the option of requesting early repayment of the bond at 101% of its nominal value and payment of unpaid interest accrued in the event of a change of control, i.e. the case in which an entity other than the Italian State, its ministries (including the MEF) or entities or companies which are directly or indirectly controlled by it and its ministries, hold control of the Issuer.
"Control" means:
In December 2016, ENAV signed a loan contract with BNL-BNP Paribas Group (the " Bank") for €70 million, beginning 1 January 2017 and with a duration of 18 months minus 1 day (renewable for the same period of time) that can be drawn by ENAV on a rotating base.
Among other things the contract provides that in the event of a change of control (whereby an entity or group of entities other than a qualified shareholder obtains control of the Company) (hereinafter "Change of Control"), ENAV shall immediately inform the Bank.
In relation to the Company, a qualified shareholder is the MEF.
If within 20 days from the communication, the Bank reasonably believes that such Change of Control could have a substantially harmful effect, it will immediately inform the Company, which shall immediately proceed to repay the entire amount of the loan outstanding within 30 days.
The Articles of Association do not provide for derogations from the passivity rule pursuant to Article 104, paragraphs 1 and 1-bis of the TUF and do not provide for application of the neutralisation roles under Article 104-bis, paragraph 2 and 3, of the TUF.
As of the date of this Report, the Board of Directors has not been authorised to increase the share capital pursuant to Article 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, nor can it issue other equity financial instruments.
Furthermore, as at the date of this Report, the Shareholders' Meeting has not authorised the purchase of treasury shares. To this end, we hereby note that in its meeting of 16 March 2017 the Board of Directors resolved to propose to the shareholders meeting convened for the approval of the financial statements as at 31 December 2016, to grant to the Board of Directors the authorisation to buy and sell treasury shares pursuant to Article 2357 of the Italian Civil Code, including in connection with the long term incentive plan for the Chief Executive Officer and for Key Management Personnel and managers of ENAV and its subsidiaries.
ENAV is not subject to the management and coordination of the MEF pursuant to Article 2497 of the Italian Civil Code, as provided by Article 19, paragraph 6, of Legislative Decree 78 of 1 July 2009 (converted into law a 102 of 3 August 2009), which clarified that the rules contained in the Italian Civil Code regarding the management and coordination of companies does not apply to the Italian State.
For information on the compensation payable to directors and the effects of the termination of a contract, please refer to the Remuneration Report drafted pursuant to Articles 123-ter of the TUF and 84-quater of the Issuers' Regulation, published on the web site of the Company www.enav.it, and available through the other means foreseen by the applicable laws.
For information regarding the appointment and replacement of directors, see Section 5, paragraph 5.1 of the Report ("Board of Directors. Appointment and Replacement").
Amendment to the Articles of Association are adopted by the Company's Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting with the majorities required by the law.
Notwithstanding the above, Article 17 of the Articles of Association attribute the power to the Board of Directors to decide, among other things, on changes to the Articles of Association that are expressly required by provisions of law.
On 17 February 2016, the Board of Directors approved adoption by the Company of the Code of Conduct, as it believes that compliance of ENAV's corporate governance with international best practices, which the Code of Conduct is inspired to, is a fundamental prerequisite for achievement of the Company's objectives. The Code of Conduct is available on the website of Borsa Italiana http://www.borsaitaliana.it/borsaitaliana/regolamenti/corporategovernance/codice2015.pdf.
The Company is not subject to provisions of laws which are not Italian influencing its corporate governance structure.
Pursuant to Article 11 of the Articles of Association, the Company is administered by a Board of Directors composed of no less than five and no more than nine members. The shareholders meeting shall determine the number of members within the aforementioned range.
The members of the Board of Directors shall remain in office for a maximum period of three years which shall expire on the date of the shareholders' meeting called to approve of the financial statements for the last year of their office.
The office of director is subject to possession of requirements of integrity and professionalism as provided by the law, the regulatory provisions in effect and by Article 11-bis.1 of the Articles of Association.
Directors are appointed by the shareholders' meeting based on slates presented by the shareholders, in which the candidates must be listed using consecutive numbers.
Only shareholders who alone or together with other shareholders represent at least 2.5% of the share capital or the percentage established by CONSOB through its own regulation, which was, for 2017, 1% of the share capital of ENAV, are entitled to submit slates (see CONSOB resolution no. 19856 of 25 January 2017).
Each slate must include at least two candidates possessing the requisites of independence who must be mentioned distinctly and one of whom must be placed as first on the slate. Slates with a number of candidates that is equal to or higher than three must include candidates of a different gender, as indicated in the notice of call to the shareholders' meeting, so as to ensure that the composition of the Board of Directors is compliant with the applicable laws on balance between genders.
On penalty of inadmissibility, slates must be drawn up and filed to the Company's registered office and published in compliance with the applicable laws and with the provisions of the Articles of Association.
Each Shareholder may submit and participate in the submission of only one slate. The individuals that control them, the companies controlled by them and those subject to joint control are not entitled to submit or vote for other slates, including through an intermediary or a trust company, where subsidiaries are the companies indicated under Article 93 as applicable from time to time or as eventually replaced.
Each candidate may be included in one slate only, under penalty of ineligibility. The curriculum vitae of each candidate must be submitted together with each slate upon penalty of inadmissibility as must the declarations with which the individual candidates accept their candidacy and certify, under their own responsibility, that there are no causes for ineligibility or incompatibility, while they possess the requirements of integrity, professionalism and eventually independence as prescribed by the applicable laws for their respective offices. The directors who are appointed must immediately inform the Board of Directors if they no longer meet any of the requirements indicated, as well as of the occurrence of any causes for ineligibility or incompatibility. Each person entitled to vote shall vote for only one slate.
The following procedure is followed for the election of the directors:
b) the remaining directors are drawn from the other slates; to this end, the votes obtained by the other slates are divided subsequently by one, two, three and so on, according to the number of directors to be elected. The quotients thereby obtained are assigned progressively to the candidates of each of these slates, according to the order respectively provided by them. The quotients attributed in this manner to the candidates on the various slates are arranged in a single decreasing ranking. The candidates who have obtained the highest quotients shall be elected. If several candidates obtained the same quotient, the candidate from the slate that has not yet elected any director or that has elected the lowest number of directors is elected. If none of these slates has yet elected a director or if all have elected the same number of directors, the candidate that has obtained the highest number of votes in these slates will be elected. In the event of a tie of slate votes and given the same quotient, a new vote will be held by the entire shareholders' meeting and the candidate that obtains the simple majority of the votes will be elected;
c) for the purpose of allotting the directors to be elected, account is not taken of candidates indicated in slates that have obtained a number of votes lower than half of the percentage of votes required for the submission of the slates;
If, even when applying this criterion, it is not possible to identify directors with the aforementioned characteristics, the replacement criterion indicated will be applied to the minority slates which have received the most votes from which elected candidates are drawn; if even through application of the replacement criteria herein, appropriate replacements are not identified, the shareholders' meeting will resolve with a simple majority. In this case, the replacements will take place from the most voted slates and from the candidates with the highest number of votes;
If during the course of the year, one or more directors cease to hold office, the provisions set forth under Article 2386 et seq. of the Italian Civil Code shall apply. If one of the departing directors was taken from a slate containing names of candidates that were not elected, replacement will take place with the appointment, in progressive order of persons from the slate that the departing director was listed on, provided that they are still eligible and willing to accept the office. In any case, the directors no longer in office will be replaced by the Board of Directors in such a manner as to ensure the presence of the necessary number of directors that possess the requirements of independence and ensuring compliance with the applicable laws on gender balance. If the majority of directors appointed by the shareholders' meeting ceases to hold office, the entire board will be deemed to have resigned and a shareholders' meeting will have to be called immediately by the directors still in office in order to reconstitute the board.
Directors must fulfil the requirements of integrity and professionalism set by the law, by the applicable regulations and by the Articles of Association.
In particular, pursuant to Article 11-bis.1 of the Articles of Association:
2) the Board of Directors shall provide guidelines, including through the issuance of appropriate board regulations, according to the principles and criteria established by the of Code of Conduct, if the Company declares to subscribe to such code, regarding the maximum number of offices a director may hold in other companies to be considered compatible with the effective performance of the position of director within the Company.
3) a director shall be considered ineligible or shall forfeit his or her office for just cause, without being entitled to claim compensation for damages, in the event that a conviction, even if not final, is issued against him or her, save for the effects of rehabilitation, for any of the crimes provided:
Directors shall also be considered ineligible if they are committed to trial or ordered for immediate trial for any of the crimes set forth in the paragraph above, letters a), b), c) and d), unless acquitted even on a non-definitive pronouncement, or if they are issued a non-appealable pronouncement ascertaining the wilful commission of an offence to the detriment of the Treasury
Any directors who during the course of their office should receive a notification of an order committing them to trial or immediate proceedings for any of the crimes set forth under the paragraphs above, letters a), b), c) and d), or of a final judgment ascertaining the wilful commission of an offence to the detriment of the Treasury shall immediately inform the administrative body, which shall be required to maintain confidentiality. In its first meeting, thereafter or, in any case, within the ten days subsequent to being informed of the issuing of the rulings under the third sentence above, the Board of Directors shall verify the existence of any of the assumptions indicated exists.
If the verification is positive, the director is removed from office for just cause, without being entitled to compensation for damages except if the board of directors, within the above-mentioned ten days, convenes a shareholders' meeting, to be held within the subsequent sixty days, in order to submit to such meeting a proposal that the director be maintained in office, supporting such proposal on the basis that maintaining such director in office is in the overriding interest of the Company. If verification by the Board of Directors is carried out after the end of the financial year, then the proposal shall be submitted to the Shareholders' Meeting called to approve the relative financial statements, subject to compliance with the terms set forth in the applicable laws.
If the Shareholders' Meeting does not approve the proposal made by the Board of Directors, the director will forfeit his or her office with immediate effect for just cause, without being entitled to compensation for damages.
Without prejudice to the above, a chief executive officer who is subject to: (a) incarceration or (b) pre-trial detention or house arrest, upon outcome of the procedure envisaged under Article 309 or Article 311, paragraph 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, or after the relative terms of establishment, shall fall from office for just cause, with no entitlement to compensation for damages, and with concurrent termination of all powers conferred upon him or her. Similarly, the Chief Executive Officer shall fall from office if he or she is subject to any other type of non-appealable personal pre-trial measure of restriction, if such measure is considered by the board of directors such as to render the execution of the powers conferred impossible
For the purposes of the application of the aforementioned provisions of the Articles of Association, the plea agreement entered into pursuant to Article 444 of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure is deemed equivalent to a conviction, unless the offence is extinguished.
Therefore, the Board of Directors will ascertain the existence of the situations provided herein, with reference to the cases which are regulated in whole or in part by foreign jurisdiction, based on an evaluation of essential equivalence.
On 21 June 2016, the Company's Board of Directors voted not to adopt the executive directors' succession plan for reasons related to the shareholder structure and also because, pursuant to law and the Articles of Association, directors are appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting based on lists presented by the shareholders.
The Board of Directors in office as at the date of this Report is composed of the following seven members: Ferdinando Franco Falco Beccalli, Roberta Neri, Maria Teresa Di Matteo, Nicola Maione, Alessandro Tonetti, Stefano Siragusa and Mario Vinzia.
In particular, the Shareholders' Meeting of 19 September 2014 appointed as members of the Board of Directors Messrs. Maria Teresa Di Matteo, Nicola Maione and Alessandro Tonetti for the three-year period from 2014- 2016, whit term of office expiring upon approval of the financial statements as at 31 December 2016. The same Shareholders' Meeting appointed Maria Teresa Di Matteo to chair the Board of Directors.
Subsequently, on 30 June 2015, the Shareholders' Meeting resolved to increase the number of the members of the Board of Directors to 5, appointing Messrs. Ferdinando Franco Falco Beccalli as the Chairman and Roberta Neri, who will remain in office until approval of the 2016 financial statements. On the same date, director Roberta Neri was appointed as Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors.
On 29 April 2016, the Shareholders' Meeting resolved to expand the number of directors to 7 and appointed Stefano Siragusa and Mario Vinzia, who will remain in office until approval of the 2016 financial statements.
The Board of Directors in office as at the date of this Report will remain in office until the date of the Shareholders' Meeting called to approve the financial statements as at 31 December 2016.
The following table shows the composition of the Board of Directors as at the date of the Report in their respective offices.
| Name | Office |
|---|---|
| Ferdinando Franco Falco Beccalli | Chairman |
| Roberta Neri | Chief Executive Officer |
| Maria Teresa Di Matteo | Non-executive |
| Nicola Maione | Independent |
| Alessandro Tonetti | Non-executive |
| Stefano Siragusa | Independent |
| Mario Vinzia | Non-executive |
Annex 1 to this Report contains a summary of the personal and professional information referring to the individual members of the Board of Directors.
Directors of ENAV accept the appointment and remain in office when they deem that they can dedicate the necessary time to diligently perform their tasks, taking into account both their work-related commitments and professional activities and the number and quality of duties vested in the administrative and control bodies of listed companies, companies that operate in the financial, banking and insurance sectors or in companies of significant size.
To this end, on 1 March 2017, upon the proposal of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee, the Board of Directors approved a policy specifying the maximum number of offices of director or statutory auditor considered to be consistent with an efficient and diligent performance of the office of director within the Company.
Following the indications provided by the Code of Conduct, this policy considers as significant to this end only the offices held in administration and control bodies of the following types of companies ("Significant Companies"):
(i) companies with listed shares on regulated markets, including foreign companies;
(ii) other Italian or foreign companies, the shares of which are not listed on regulated markets, operating in the financial, banking or insurance sector or having total assets higher than €1,000 million and/or revenues higher than €1,700 million based on the most recent approved financial statements.
In compliance with the recommendation set forth in the Code of Conduct, the policy adopted by the Board of Directors identifies the limits in in offices that can be held at the same time (which can be measured through a system of specific "weightings" for each type of office), diversified depending on (i) the commitment connected to the role covered by each interested party whether on the Board of Directors of ENAV or the administration and control bodies of Significant Companies, and (ii) the nature of the companies at which the other offices are held, excluding from this calculation offices held in subsidiaries which are directly and/or indirectly connected to ENAV.
In line with the recommendations of the Code of Conduct, it is expressly provided that the Chief Executive Officer of ENAV shall not hold the post of director of another issuer not belonging to the same group, whose CEO is also a director of ENAV.
The Board of Directors of ENAV may agree reasoned exemptions to the above-mentioned limits, also based on the characteristics and complexity of the post.
As of the date of this Report, based on communications provided by the Directors of the Company, the number of offices currently held by the directors of ENAV in administration and control bodies of other Significant Companies is compatible with the limits set by this policy.
The Code of Conduct recommends that, in addition to the general legislative obligation of the directors to act in accordance with the diligence required by the nature of their office and their specific skills, they must also be aware of the duties and responsibilities inherent in their office.
With the aim of strengthening the level of skill and professionalism of the members of the administration and control bodies, the application criteria 2.C.2 provides that "the chairman of the Board of Directors shall ensure that, following their appointment and for the duration of their office, the directors and statutory auditors are able to participate in the most appropriate ways, to initiatives aimed at providing them with adequate knowledge regarding the sector in which the issuer operates, the corporate dynamics and how these evolve, the principles of correct risk management and the regulatory and self-regulatory framework of reference".
Pursuant to the prescriptions of the Code of Conduct, on 8 June 2016 ENAV's Board of Directors resolved to ensure that the initiatives and events aimed at providing corporate bodies with adequate knowledge of the sector in which the Company operates the corporate dynamics in their evolution, the principles of adequate risk management and the regulatory and self-regulatory framework of reference.
To this end, with the support of Governance Consulting - a company which is an expert in this sector and an advisor to other major listed companies - on 10 November 2016 the first induction meeting regarding corporate governance issues for listed companies was held.
Subsequently, on 1 March 2017, the corporate bodies participated to an induction session on the operations of the Company, including a course held at the ACC (Area Control Centre) of Roma Ciampino.
The Company also facilitated the participation of the members of the Board of Statutory Auditors to training and induction initiatives on governance issues in listed companies organised by major institutions and associations.
Pursuant to Article 17.1 of the Articles of Association, the management of the Company is exclusively attributed to the directors who shall perform the operations required for implementation of the corporate objective.
The Board of Directors has a role which is central to the governance of the Company, and holds - as better shown below - the powers to define the corporate guidelines and strategies, the general organisational structure of the Company and strategic agreements that go beyond normal operations.
Article 17.2 of the Articles of Association provides that, in addition to exercising the powers attributed to it by the law, the Board of Directors will resolve on the following issues, without prejudice to the right attributed to it to submit such resolutions to the Extraordinary shareholders' meeting:
mergers and demergers, as provided by the law;
In addition to the duties attributed pursuant to the law and the Articles of Association, the Board of Directors has the exclusive competence in relation to the most relevant strategic, economic and financial transactions of the Company and the Group. On 7 July 2015, the Board of Directors resolved to attribute to the Board itself every decision involving:
The Board of Directors supervises the activities of the internal control department and those assigned to the body in charge of setting the policy pursuant to Law 190 of 6 November 2012 as subsequently amended and supplemented.
Pursuant to the Articles of Association, the Board of Directors usually meets once a month and in any case whenever the Chairman considers it appropriate or if requested by the Chief Executive Officer or by at least one third of its members or by the board of statutory auditors. The call for the meeting will be made by registered mail or telegram or telefax or E-mail or any other appropriate means that provides proof of receipt, and shall contain the date, time and place of the meeting and the agenda; notice of call shall be sent at least five days prior to the date of the meeting or, in urgent situations, at least 24 hours beforehand, to the domicile of each director and statutory auditor.
The pre-meeting supporting documentation shall be normally provided in a timely manner and contain all documentation required to render the directors fully aware of all the issues submitted to their attention. Ordinarily the convocation, which is always timely as required by the Articles of Association, will contain all the documentation required, except for rare exceptions due to the need to supplement such documentation, which are clearly indicated within the convocation notice.
At the Board of Directors meeting on 19 May 2016, it was decided that, despite the call notice for the board meetings to be sent at least five days prior to each meeting, as per the Articles of Association, the relative supporting documentation may be provided to the directors up to at least three days prior to the actual meeting, as is the consolidated practice for numerous boards. During 2016, the pre-meeting information was always sent within the agreed deadlines. Furthermore, the Chairman ensures that adequate and exact supplemental information is provided during the board meetings regarding the issues on the agenda.
During 2016, the Board of Directors met 15 times, and the average duration of the meetings was approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes, with an average attendance of approximately 99% of the members of the Board of Directors and 100% of the independent directors present. For additional information regarding the attendance of each member at the Board of Directors meetings, please see table 2 to attached to the Report.
The managers of the relevant Company departments attended the meetings of the Board of Directors, as appropriate in accordance with the topics on the agenda, and provided appropriate information on the items being discussed.
With regard to the financial year, the Board of Directors;
With regard to the initial months of 2017, the Board of Directors:
- after obtaining the opinion of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee, approved the procedure for impairment and outcomes thereof.
With regard to 2017, as at the date of this Report, the board of directors has planned 9 meetings, of which 4 have been held as from 1 January 2017 to the date of the present Report.
In January and February 2017, ENAV's Board of Directors self-assessed its own operations, with the support of the external Company GC Governance Consulting, an advisor specialised in consultancy on corporate governance issues. The Board Evaluation, focusing on the Board in office and referring to 2016, was conducted through a questionnaire adapted by the consulting company to the characteristics of the Company and its Board of Directors, taking into account the indications received by the Remunerations and Appointments Committee, followed by individual interviews with each Director. The questionnaire and the interviews referred to:
The outcome of the assessment of the operation of the Board of Directors and the Committees is positive overall. Upon successful completion of the challenging and demanding procedure for the listing of ENAV, the Board expressed its desire to pursue its focus on the industrial business and its commercial development. Most of the Directors believe that the mix of skills of the directors is in line with the requirements of the Group, and also consider that the size of the Board is appropriate, though they would not be against expanding it by one or two members, with additional industry related profiles. Finally, the Board has assessed that the meetings take place in a constructive atmosphere in which the directors are able to freely express their opinions and make their contributions and that the duration and frequency of the board meetings is in line with the items discussed.
Pursuant to Article 18 of the By-laws, the Chief Executive Officer will ensure that the organisational and accounting structure is adequate in connection with the nature and size of the Company.
In its meeting of 7 July 2015, the Board of Directors resolved to attribute to the Chief Executive Officer Ms. Roberta Neri all the powers of ordinary and extraordinary administration of the Company, including the legal representation and individual signatory powers to be used before any court or administrative authority, including the power to sign summons, appeals, claims, disputes and similar acts, and the power to conciliate and settle in every dispute, including labour related disputes, and to delegate to lawyers, employees or third parties any activity of a procedural nature, including responding to questioning of the parties in court cases raised by the Company or against it, to waive actions and to accept waivers, excluding only those required by law, the Articles of Association, or which were otherwise granted based on the above-mentioned resolution.
The following are included in the powers attributed to the Chief Executive Officer:
(ii) the power to propose to the Board of Directors, the guidelines, corporate strategies and programs of the Company, and guidelines for the strategic policies applicable with regard to subsidiaries or entities in which the Company has a controlling interest;
(iii) the preparation of the yearly plan and the business plan such as, for example, the budget, including the budget for the personnel, business plan, investment plan, performance plan, and to submit these to the approval of the Board of Directors;
Pursuant to Article 18.6 of the Articles of Association, the Chief Executive Officer shall inform the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors regarding the activities carried out, the general course of management of the Company and its foreseeable evolution, and on the transactions with the greatest economic and financial significance or most material carried out by the Company or by its subsidiaries. The information shall be provided promptly and in any case at least every quarter, on occasion of the meetings of the Board of Directors or through a written memorandum.
Pursuant to Article 1.C.1 d) of the Code of Conduct and in observance of the resolutions of the Board of Directors dated 26 September 2016, on the proposal of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee, the Chief Executive Officer will inform the Board, at least every quarter, regarding the activities carried out during the year in pursuit of the delegations conferred upon her.
Pursuant to Article 14 of the Articles of Association, the Board of Directors will elect a chairman from among its members, if the shareholders' meeting has not done so. The Chairman shall call the Board of Directors, set the agenda, coordinate the work and provide the directors and statutory auditors with all information regarding the matters to be discussed.
The Chairman occupies a role of leadership and supervision of the operation of the Board of Directors.
In addition to the powers afforded by the law and by the Articles of Association in connection with the operation of corporate bodies and the legal representation of the Company, on 20 July 2015, the Board of Directors resolved to attribute to the Chairman the following powers:
As the Chairman of the Board has received no management mandate and has no specific role in the definition of the corporate strategies (Application Criterion 2.C.1 of the Code of Conduct), the Chairman is considered to be a non-executive director.
The Board is composed of mostly non-executive members. The non-executive directors contribute their specific professional skills and experience to the Board discussions, taking particular care that the decisions of the Board are adequately reflected upon and reasoned, in particular in the areas in which conflicts of interests could arise.
The number of non-executive directors, their skills and commitment in terms of time are such as to ensure that their judgement has a significant weight in the decisions made by the Board.
As of the date of this Report, the Board of Directors, comprises 2 independent directors.
In particular, in its meetings of 29 March 2016 and 8 June 2016, the Board of Directors assessed that the directors Nicola Maione and Stefano Siragusa possess the requirements set forth under Article 148, paragraph 3 of the TUF and principle 3 .
Concurrently with the verifications carried out by the Board of Directors, the Board of Statutory Auditors declared that it had verified, based on available documentation, the correct application of the criteria and verification procedures adopted by the Board of Directors to assess the independence of its members.
The independent directors met without the other directors and exchanged their views regarding the operation of the Board of Directors.
ENAV has not appointed a lead independent director, since, as at the date of this Report, the conditions indicated under application criterion 2.C.3 of the Code of Conduct do not apply; indeed, the Chairman of the Board of Directors is not the main person responsible for the management of the Company nor the individual that controls ENAV.
On 7 July 2015, prior to the Company's listing, a Remunerations Committee was established within the Board of Directors, comprises of three non-executive directors (Maria Teresa Di Matteo, Nicola Maione and Alessandro Tonetti) with the mission to submit proposals to the Board of Directors for the determination of the remuneration to be paid to the directors of the Company with mandates pursuant to Article 2389 of the Italian Civil Code and the applicable regulations, in addition to any consulting duties, upon request of the Chief Executive Officer, in connection with the general policy on remuneration and incentives for top management of the Company.
Pursuant to the recommendations of the Code of Conduct, in its meeting of 8 June 2016 the Board of Directors established, with effect from the Listing Date, the Remuneration and Appointments Committee.
The ENAV Remuneration and Appointments Committee comprises 3 members, the majority of whom are independent: Stefano Siragusa (Chairman), Nicola Maione and Alessandro Tonetti.
The composition of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee ensures that the necessary number of members possess the requirements of professionalism as required by the Code of Conduct.
As at 21 June 2016, the Board of Directors adopted, effective from the Listing Date, the Regulation of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee (the "Regulation") which governs its composition, duties an operation.
Pursuant to Article 2 of the Regulation of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee, and in line with the content of principle 5 of the Code of Conduct, the following duties are assigned which refer to the submission of proposals and the provision of consulting:
Furthermore, pursuant to Article 3 of the Regulation, in compliance with the provisions set forth under principle 6 of the Code of conduct, the following duties inherent in submission of proposals and provision of advice are attributed to the Remuneration and Appointments Committee:
For the execution of these duties, the Board of Directors, upon the proposal of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee, and after having obtained the opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors, has set a budget for the year of €50,000.
No Director takes part in the meetings of the Committee which formulates proposals for the Board of Directors relative to its own remuneration, unless the proposals refer to the members of the committees established within the Board of Directors.
Pursuant to the Regulation, the Chairman of the Committee reports at the first appropriate Board Meeting on the meetings held by the Committee.
In 2016, the Remuneration and Appointments Committee met 8 times, and the average duration of each meeting was 1 hour and 15 minutes, with 100% of its members present on the average. For additional information regarding the attendance of each member at the meetings of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee, please see table 2 attached to the Report. The Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors participated in all the meetings, with one exception where she was replaced by another Statutory Auditor. During its activities, the Committee invited certain managers of the Company to the meetings, in particular the head of Human Resources, occasionally with the support of external consultants, for in-depth examination of certain issues.
In particular, in the course of the year and the initial months of 2017, the Remuneration and Appointments Committee:
In exercising its functions, the Remuneration and Appointments Committee was able to access the necessary information and corporate functions in order to perform its duties in an appropriate manner.
With regard to 2017, as at the date of this Report, the Remuneration and Appointments Committee has planned 14 meetings, of which 5 have been held as from 1 January 2017 to the date of the present Report.
Minutes have been taken for all the meetings of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee.
The ENAV Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee comprises 3 members, the majority of whom are independent: Nicola Maione (Chairman), Stefano Siragusa and Mario Vinzia.
The composition of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee ensures that the necessary number of members possess the requirements of professionalism as required by the Code of Conduct.
The Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee is in charge of supporting, including by conducting adequate checks, the assessments and decisions of the Board of Directors relative to the Internal Control and Risk Management System and in regard to the approval of the periodic financial reports.
On 21 June 2016, the Board of Directors adopted the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee regulation (the " Regulation"), which governs its composition, duties and operations and is in effect as from the Listing Date.
Pursuant to Article 2 of the Regulation, the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee has been assigned the following duties:
Additionally, in line with application criterion 7.C.1 of the Code of Conduct and pursuant to Article 2 of the Regulation, the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee shall express its opinion to the Board of Directors:
In addition to the above, pursuant to Article 2.5 of the Regulation, the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee shall carry out the functions attributed by the Related Parties Regulation and the Procedure governing the Company's related party transactions, in regard to which the Committee may also propose amendments and integrations.
For the performance of the duties, the Board of Directors, upon the proposal of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee, and after having obtained the opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors, has allocated an annual budget of €50,000.
Pursuant to the Regulation, the Chairman of the Committee reports at the first appropriate Board Meeting on the meetings held by the Committee.
In 2016, the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee met 7 times, and the average duration of each meeting was 2 hour and 33 minutes, with 100% of its members present on the average. For additional information regarding the attendance of each member at the meetings of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee, please see table 2 attached to the Report. The Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors took part in all the meetings of the Committee. The Director in Charge of the Risk Management and Control System usually participates in all the meetings of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee. Furthermore, the Committee has requested the participation of the managers of various Company departments, for discussion of specific issues, including those which involve related parties. Moreover, the head of the Internal Audit department has always taken part in the Committee's meetings.
In particular, during the year and in the initial months of 2017, the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee:
In performing its functions, the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee was able to access the information and the corporate departments required for completion of its duties and also to avail itself of external consultants, within the limits of the budget established for it by the Board of Directors.
With regard to 2017, as at the date of this Report, the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee has planned 15 meetings, of which 6 held as from 1 January 2017 to the date of this Report.
The minutes of the meetings of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee were all duly recorded.
On 21 June 2016, the Board of Directors approved the "Procedure governing transactions with related parties" (the "RPT Procedure") pursuant to Article 2391-bis of the Italian Civil Code and the Related Parties Regulation.
That RPT Procedure governs the approval and execution of transactions with related parties carried out by ENAV, either directly or through subsidiary companies, and also determines the criteria and procedures for identification and mapping of the Company's related parties, so as to ensure the transparency and essential and procedural correctness of such transactions.
In particular, the RPT Procedure distinguishes between:
The RPT Procedures is available on the Company's website www.enav.it.
The Board of Directors approves the Transactions of Major Importance after securing the opinion of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee. This opinion shall express, clearly and exhaustively, the evaluations of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee regarding the interest the Company has in concluding such a Transaction of Major Importance and also the convenience and essential correctness of the relative terms and conditions.
Through the Legal and Corporate Affairs department, the Chief Executive Officer of ENAV will swiftly provide to the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee complete and adequate information regarding each Transaction of Major Importance, making certain to provide the appropriate updates subsequently.
To this end, in the negotiation phases, the corporate structure involved in the Transaction of Major Importance and/or the delegated entities in charge of handling the negotiations shall provide to the Legal and Corporate Affairs department a brief description of the Transaction of Major Importance and the interest of the Company to conclude it, identification of the related party involved and the nature of the relation. This communication will be supplemented during the preliminary assessment procedure.
In the event that the major significance of the Transaction of Major Importance is the result of a series of transactions that took place during the year with the same related party, or with entities/individuals related to the latter and the Company, the information must be provided for all the aforementioned transactions.
The Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee or one or more members delegated by it, are entitled to (i) request information or make observations on the corporate structure that is involved and/or the entities/individuals delegated to conduct the investigation and (ii) and enlist the assistance of one or more independent experts. In any case, the information requested will be provided to the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee.
The Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee will usually issue its opinion at least 7 (seven) days prior to the meeting of the Board of Directors called for approval of the transaction of major importance and within the same time shall also transmit this opinion to the Legal and Corporate Affairs department.
Usually, at least 5 days prior to the meeting of the Company's Board of Directors called for approval of the Transaction of Major Importance, the Legal and Corporate Affairs department will transmit to the members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors adequate documentation containing information on these Transactions of major importance, including the opinion of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee.
The opinion of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee is considered to be:
In the event of a negative opinion of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee, as provided by Article 10 of the Articles of Association, the Board of Directors may submit the Transaction of Major Importance for authorisation by the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting. In this case, notwithstanding the compliance with the quorum required for establishment and resolutions of the shareholders meeting and any provisions of the Articles of association required by the law, the Transaction of Major Importance cannot be concluded if the majority of the non-related shareholders with voting rights expresses a vote against concluding this transaction, provided that the latter represent at least 10% of the share capital with voting rights. Prior to the beginning of the Shareholders' Meeting work, the individuals with voting rights are required to communicate (i) that they are not a counter party in the specific Transaction of Major Importance which has been placed on the agenda and (ii) the existence of any relations with the counter party and the Company.
The minutes of the resolutions with which the Board of Directors approves the Transactions of Major Importance shall appropriately justify ENAV's interest in concluding the transaction and the convenience and essential correctness of the relative terms and conditions. These resolutions must also contain the names of the persons voting for or against the Transaction of Major Importance, or those which abstained, specifying the reasons for any dissent or abstention.
The transactions of Major Importance which are submitted to the Shareholders' Meeting pursuant to the requirements of the law or the Articles of association shall be subject, to the extent that it is compatible, to the previously described procedure for the negotiation phase, the investigation phase and the approval phase of the proposal submitted for resolution by the Shareholders' Meeting.
The proposal for the resolution to be submitted to the Shareholders' Meeting may be approved by the Board of Directors, even if the opinion provided by the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee is negative. In this case, notwithstanding the compliance with the quorum required for establishment and resolutions of the ordinary and extraordinary shareholders meeting and any provisions of the Articles of association required by the law, the Transaction of Major Importance cannot be concluded if the majority of the non- related shareholders with voting rights expresses a vote against concluding this transaction, provided that the latter represent at least 10% of the share capital with voting rights. Prior to the beginning of the shareholders meeting work, the individuals with voting rights are required to communicate (i) that they are not a counter party in the specific Transaction of Major Importance which has been placed on the agenda and (ii) the existence of any relations with the counter party and the Company.
The Board of Directors or the body delegated by it, approve the Transactions of Minor Importance upon the reasoned, non-binding opinion of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee regarding the interests of the Company to conclude the Transaction of Minor Importance and the convenience and essential correctness of the relative terms and conditions.
Should a relation exist with the competent body that has been delegated or with a related party through that body, the latter will abstain from concluding the Transaction of Minor Importance, allowing the authorising body to exercise its authority.
The Chief Executive Officer of ENAV or the department making the proposal, through the Legal and Corporate Affairs department, shall provide to the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee, appropriately in advance, normally at least 5 days prior to the date set for the issuing of the opinion by the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee, information that is complete and adequate regarding each Transaction of Minor Importance, taking care to provide the appropriate subsequent updates.
When it considers this necessary, the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee is entitled to enlist the assistance of one or more independent experts.
The Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee will issue its opinion, normally at least 7 days prior to the Board of Directors meeting called for approval of the Transaction of Minor Importance or, if the responsibility for approving the latter has been assigned to a delegated body, within 15 days from the date of the request for the opinion of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee. Within the same deadlines, the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee will transmit its opinion to the Legal and Corporate Affairs department.
At least 5 days prior to the meeting of the Board of Directors called for approval of the Transaction of Minor Importance or, if the responsibility for approving the latter has been assigned to a delegated body, within 5 days from receiving the opinion of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee, the Legal and Corporate Affairs department will provide to the members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors, or respectively, supply the delegated body in charge with adequate documentation on the Transactions of Minor Importance, including the opinion of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee.
The opinion will be considered to be in favour, even in the presence of one or more conditions, provided these conditions are actually complied with in the resolution and the conclusion of the Transaction of Minor Importance. If the aforementioned conditions are not complied with, the opinion of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee is to be considered as being against proceeding.
The minutes of the approval of the Transaction of Minor Importance by the Board of Directors or the resolution made by the competent delegated body will provide the reasoning regarding the interest of the Company to conclude the Transaction of Minor Importance, the convenience and essential correctness of the relative conditions, and the result of the opinion expressed by the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee.
The Transactions of Minor Importance which are submitted to the Shareholders' Meeting pursuant to the requirements of the law or the Articles of association shall be subject, to the extent that this is compatible, to the previously described procedure including the investigation phase and the approval phase of the proposal submitted for resolution by the Shareholders' Meeting.
The RPT Procedure does not apply to:
The following are also excluded from the RPT Procedure, notwithstanding the disclosure obligations:
The Guidelines of the Internal Control and Risk Management System ("ICRMS"), describe the internal control system adopted by the Issuer covering all the activities of the Company.
In particular, ENAV's ICRMS is comprised of the total instruments, organisational structures, corporate regulations and rules that ensure identification, measurement, management and monitoring of the main risks and implementation of the controls for achievement of the corporate objectives of:
The ICRMS features three separate levels of internal control:
ENAV has identified the following bodies/ main individuals involved in the Internal Control and Risk Management System:
With regard to the procedures for coordination, the following main initiatives have been taken:
provision is made for the presence of a member of the Supervisory Body pursuant to law decree 231/2001 who is the head of the Internal Audit department.
The following initiatives have been taken in relation to coordination between the II and III level controls:
The Board of Directors has appointed the Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Roberta Neri, as the Director in Charge of the ICRMS.
The latter is responsible for:
During the year and in the initial months of 2017, the Director in charge of ICRMS carried out the following operations:
The Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Devan de Paolis as Head of the Internal Audit department.
The Head of the Internal Audit department ensures that the Internal Control and Risk Management System is functional and adequate; in particular, he shall:
The Internal Audit Function has access to all information required for performance of these duties and prepares periodic reports containing adequate information on its activities, the procedures through which risks are managed and compliance with the content of defined plans. The periodic reports contain an assessment on the appropriateness of the ICRMS, with regard to the audit activities set forth in the audit plan and any additional verifications that are requested.
For the discharge of his duties, the Head of the Audit department has at it his disposal the financial resources allowed by the budget for the department, and which are necessary for conducting the department activities autonomously or with the support of external entities/individuals.
The Internal Audit department is not responsible for any operating area and depends hierarchically by the Board of Directors, with which it communicates directly through the chairman of the Board of Directors.
The Internal Audit department swiftly prepares reports on events of particular significance, transmitting its periodic reports and those on the particularly significant events to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and to the Director in charge of ICRMS and to the manager in charge of drawing up the Company's financial reports to the extent of the latter's responsibility. Moreover, the audit plan is used to verify the reliability of the Company's information systems, including its accounting systems.
As of the date of this Report, there were incentive mechanisms in place for the head of the Internal Audit department. The incentive mechanisms in place for the head of the Internal Audit department are commensurate with the duties assigned to him. In particular, the incentive and remuneration policies applicable to the head of the internal audit department and all the Company's managers, which consist of fixed and variable components, are based on classification and weighting of the organisational roles (certified periodically by an external company) which makes it possible to compare with the external market (fixed remuneration, variable remuneration and benefits); the systems are furthermore closely related to an annual performance evaluation process defined through a short-term managerial incentive system (the so-called MBO).
The head of the Internal Audit department is an internal member of the Supervisory Body pursuant to law decree 231/2001.
Following entry into effect of law 190/2012 and Legislative Decree 33/2013 ENAV has pro tempore adopted the anti-corruption safeguards indicated therein for companies in which public administrations are shareholders, appointing a manager in charge of prevention of corruption in person of the head of the Audit department, in addition to adopting a three-year anti-corruption plan. Having regard to normative and regulatory elaborations medio tempore intervened, which covered h the application of the law including, among other things, the ANAC Resolution 8 of 17 June 2015 and the regulatory amendments with reference to the scope of application of the aforementioned law, of which was also in ANAC Resolution 1310 of 28 December 2016, and with account taken of the Company's issuance of a bond listed on the regulated market and the listing of ENAV shares on the MTA, the differing discipline which is provided for listed companies now applies to ENAV.
In consideration of the above and also based on a comparison with best practices of other similar entities, ENAV opted to proceed with the adoption of an alternative model for management of corruption risk in addition to fraud, in line with best practices applied by listed companies and coherently with the applicable laws on this subject. Based on this option, the Company decided to revoke the appointment of manager for the prevention of corruption, eliminated the "transparency" section from the Company's website, eliminated the three-year plan on prevention of corruption and created a single figure within the group for the prevention of corruption extending the scope of this prevention to also include fraud and conferring upon the Internal Audit department the responsibility for managing the new anti-corruption and anti-fraud model.
Within the context of the anti-corruption and anti-fraud model adopted by ENAV, the Internal Audit mandate confers a broad range of action to this department in regard to such issues. ENAV has also identified alternative measures against corruption including the issuing of Anti-Corruption Guidelines, the whistle blowing system for the management of disclosures, with account taken also of ISO standard 37.001 in line with best practices applicable internationally and domestically, which guarantees a specific and confidential information channel and the anonymity of the discloser.
During the year and in the initial months of 2017, the head of the Internal Audit department carried out the following activities:
ENAV Group's control system for financial reporting ("CSFD") which is an integral part of the broader Internal Control and Risk Management System (" ICRMS") aims to ensure that the objectives of reliability, accuracy, trustworthiness are applied to financial reporting.
The CSFD has been structured according to the "Internal Controls – Integrated Framework" issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (the "COSO Report"), which provides for 5 components (control environment, risks and control activities information and communication and monitoring) which, in relation to their characteristics, operate both at the entity level and at the process level.
The responsibility for implementing and maintaining an adequate CSFD has been assigned to ENAV's Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial reports, whose position is envisaged in the Articles of Association since 2007.
The establishment, maintenance and valuation of the internal control system covering financial disclosure are guaranteed through a structured process that includes the following phases:
Each of the indicated phases is described in summary below.
a) The Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial report of ENAV identifies the companies which are significant within the internal control system covering financial disclosures, based on a top-down and risk based approach, in order to guarantee adequate monitoring of the areas that are the most exposed to the risk of significant error or fraud in the financial statements.
In particular, identification of the significant companies in quantitative terms is carried out based on the contribution of the different entities to specific values in the consolidated financial statements (total assets, total indebtedness, net revenues, result before taxes), and considering the existence of processes with specific inherent risks which would compromise reliability and accuracy of the financial information (and therefore risks of fraud) if they were to materialise.
Within the sphere of significant companies, the significant processes are then identified, these being those processes which result in significant financial statement items because their amounts are higher than a defined threshold (the so-called materiality threshold) or are considered as such in consideration of qualitative parameters (risky processes which are not connected to significant accounts due to the complexity of their accounting treatment or evaluation or estimation processes).
Given the above, the relative risks are identified for the significant companies and processes, these being potential events that could compromise the achievement of the control objectives inherent in the financial reporting (e.g. declarations contained in the financial statements). The risk valuation activity differs depending on whether the risks are identified at the entity level or at the process level. In the first case, the risks which are identified are considered to have a significant impact on the financial information in consideration of their pervasiveness, regardless of their probability of occurring. In the second case, the risks are evaluated regardless of the relative controls (inherent risk valuation) in terms of their potential impact and probability of occurring, based on quantitative and qualitative parameters.
After identification and valuation of the risks, a control system is defined. Its purpose is to reduce to an acceptable level the possibility of the occurrence of risks, whether at the entity or the process level.
The checks at the entity level are carried out every three years and in any case whenever significant changes take place.
e) Following the verifications which are carried out or any significant changes (including organisational), if the assessment indicate that there are inadequacies in the internal control system with regard to financial reporting, the relative corrective actions required for achievement of the objectives of reliability, accuracy, truthfulness and timeliness of the reporting itself are identified. Consequently, the Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial reports updates or if necessary prepares the relevant administrative accounting and publishing procedures to be published on the corporate Intranet, after sharing this information with the process owners.
Based on the results from the monitoring activity, the Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial reports prepares a report on the adequacy of the internal control system insofar as financial reporting is concerned. The report in shared with the Chief Executive Officer and communicated to the Board of Directors, after examination by the Risk Control and Related Parties Committee, on the occasion of the approval of the draft and annual financial statements and the half yearly financial report, for valuation on the internal control system insofar as financial reporting is concerned.
f) Based on the consolidation of the results obtained and the overall evaluation or of the control system for financial reporting, the Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial reports and the Chief Executive Officer issue a certification regarding the effectiveness and operation of the administrative and accounting procedures and the truthfulness and accuracy of the financial reporting. The certification regarding the financial statements for the year, the annual consolidated financial statements and the interim financial statements for the half year, together with the relative management reports, is also supported by a flow of internal certification letters, issued every half year by the managers of the corporate functions of ENAV which are involved in preparing the financial statements, the Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial reports of Techno Sky and the administrative offices of other subsidiaries.
Pursuant to Legislative Decree 231 of 2001, the Supervisory Body is responsible for overseeing the operation and observance of the Organisational model and the Code of ethics, as well as of updating the latter pursuant to the evolution of the organisational structure or of the regulatory context.
The ENAV Organisational Model in effect as at the date of this Report is structured as follows:
The ENAV Organisational Model is available on the Company's website, www.enav.it.
The Supervisory Body in office as at the date of this Report was appointed on 19 May 2016 and consists of two external members, Francesco Alfonso (Chairman) and Giovanni Fiori, and one internal member, Devan De Paolis; the Supervisory Body will remain in office until approval of the financial statements for 2018 and in any case until appointment of the new Supervisory Body.
As concerns the training of the employees, during 2016 a training plan was launched and concluded for personnel which included the managers and executives of ENAV and the subsidiary Techno Sky. The program which consisted of approximately 20 classroom sessions involved over 80% of the target population.
On 29 April 2016, the Shareholders' Meeting granted the auditing firm Reconta Ernst & Young S.p.A. (Now EY S.p.A.), the assignment to conduct the legal audit of the annual financial statements of ENAV, the consolidated financial statements of ENAV Group and the consolidated half year statement of the ENAV Group, for the financial years from 2016 to 2024.
After securing the opinion in favour of the Board of Statutory Auditors, pursuant to Article 18-bis of the Articles of Association, the Board of Directors of the Issuer appointed Ms. Loredana Bottiglieri as the Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial reports for the three-year period from 2014 until 2016, until approval of the financial statements as at 31 December 2016.
In performing her activities, the Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial reports prepares the adequate accounting procedures, verifies their effective and correct application and certifies in a specific report attached to the separate financial statements and the consolidated financial statements that they correspond to the results of the accounting records and truthfully and accurately depict the equity, income and cash flows of the Company and of all the companies included in the consolidation.
As resolved by the Board of Directors, the Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial reports can:
Furthermore, the Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial reports must implement the controls required by the law or regarding actual compliance with the administrative and accounting procedures, and take all actions required to ensure the truthful and accurate representation of the Company's equity, income and cash flows.
The Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial reports shall participate in the meetings of the Board of Directors when the agenda contains issues that affect the equity, income or cash flows of the Company or the group if the issues pertain to his/her activities and he/she is able to access all the documents and resolutions of the corporate bodies that affect the Company's equity, income and cash flows.
As of the date of this Report, there are no incentive mechanisms in place for the Manager responsible for drawing up the company's financial report as such.
The Company is subject to the auditing of its financial statements by the Court of Auditors which reports annually to the Parliament pursuant to Article 12 of Law 259 of 21 March 1958, on the legitimacy and regularity of the management and the operation of the internal controls.
As at December 2016, the Result of the audit of ENAV's financial management for FY 2015 was published. President Angelo Buscema, the judge in charge of such audit for the Company, attends the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
The information on the remuneration of the directors, the statutory auditors, the general managers and other key management personnel with major responsibilities is contained in the Remuneration Report prepared by the Company pursuant to Article 123-ter of the TUF and is available on the Company's website www.enav.it.
Pursuant to Article 21 of the Articles of Association, the Shareholders' Meeting appoints the Board of Statutory Auditors which is comprised of three standing auditors, among whom the chairman, and two alternate auditors. The composition of the Board of Statutory Auditors must comply with the provisions of the law and the regulations regarding gender balance, as applicable.
If, during the course of the mandate, one or more of the standing auditors are no longer in office, the alternate auditors will replace them in an order that will ensure compliance with the aforementioned provisions of the law and the regulations regarding gender balance.
The auditors will serve terms the duration of which shall be three financial years expiring upon the date of the meeting called for the approval of the financial statements of the third financial year of their term of office. The members of the board of statutory auditors are selected from among those that possess the requirements of professionalism and integrity indicated in the applicable laws and regulations. The areas which are closely related to the Company's operations are the areas of commercial law, tax law, business administration and corporate finance and sectors of activity involving communications, data transmission and IT, banking, financial and insurance operations.
As regards the composition of the Board of Statutory Auditors, the applicable provisions of the law and the regulations apply to situations of non-eligibility and limitations to the number of offices that can be held by the members of the board of statutory auditors.
Each year, the Board of Statutory Auditors verifies, through a self-evaluation process appropriately formalised with an internal regulation, the adequacy of its own composition and the effectiveness of its own operations.
Standing and alternate auditors shall be appointed by the shareholders' meeting based on a slate submitted by the shareholders, in which the candidates must be listed with a consecutive number and the number of candidates proposed must not exceed the number of members to be elected. Only shareholders who alone or together with other shareholders represent at least 2.5% of the share capital, or the percentage established by CONSOB through its own regulation regarding the submission of slates with candidates for appointment to sit on the Board of Directors, which was, for 2017, 1% of the share capital of ENAV, are entitled to submit lists (see CONSOB resolution no. 19856 of 25 January 2017). The curriculum vitae of each candidate must be submitted together with each slate under penalty of inadmissibility, as must the declarations with which the individual candidates accept their candidacy and certify, under their own responsibility, that there are no causes for ineligibility or incompatibility, and that they fulfil the requirements of integrity, professionalism and independence as prescribed by the applicable laws.
The standing auditors who are appointed must without delay notify if they no longer possess any of the requirements indicated, as well as the supervening of any causes for ineligibility or incompatibility.
Each person entitled to vote shall vote for only one slate.
The applicable laws shall apply to the submission, filing and publication of the slates.
The slate shall contain two sections: one for candidates for the office of standing auditor and the other for candidates for the office of alternate auditor. At least the first candidate for each section must be registered with the board of legal auditors and have worked as a legal auditor for a period of no less than three years.
Two standing auditors and one alternate auditor will be selected from the slate that obtained the highest number of votes, based on the consecutive order in which they are listed in the sections of the slate itself. The remaining standing auditor and the remaining alternate auditor are appointed pursuant to the procedures of Article. 11-bis.3, section b), of the Articles of Association, to be applied separately to each of the sections of the other slates.
For the appointment of statutory auditors who for any reason are not elected based on slates, the Shareholders' Meeting shall resolve with the legal majorities and without observing the procedure indicated above, but, in any case, in such a manner as to ensures that the composition of the Board of Statutory Auditors is compliant with the applicable laws, regulations and administrative provisions and with the applicable laws on gender balance.
The standing auditor who is elected pursuant to the procedures set forth under Article 11-bis.3b) of the Articles of Association, shall assume the chairmanship of the Board of Statutory Auditors. In the event of replacement of the chairman, this office shall be assumed by the alternate auditor who has also been elected pursuant to the procedures set forth under Article 11-bis.3b).
If one of the auditors selected from the slate with the highest number of votes is replaced, he or she will be replaced by the first of the alternate auditors selected from that slate. If the replacement does not provide for reconstitution of a Board of Statutory Auditors that is compliant with the applicable laws and gender equilibrium, the second of the alternate auditors drawn from that same slate shall take over. Where subsequently it becomes necessary to replace the other auditor selected from the slate with the highest number of votes, the other alternate auditor drawn from that slate shall replace him or her.
Statutory auditors may jointly or severally carry out inspections and audits at any time.
The Board of Statutory Auditors monitors compliance with the law, regulations and these Articles, the principles of good management and particularly the adequacy of the organisational administrative and accounting structures adopted by the Company and its correct operation, the adequacy and functionality of the overall risk management and control system. The Board of Statutory Auditors is an integral part of the overall internal control system. The Board of Statutory Auditors may request that directors provide information on corporate operations or regarding specific business.
On 29 April 2016, the Shareholders' Meeting appointed Franca Brusco (Chair), Donato Pellegrino and Gennaro Pappacena, as standing auditors and Maria Teresa Cuomo and Ivano Strizzolo, as alternate auditors.
On 16 June 2016, the standing auditor Gennaro Pappacena resigned and on 17 June 2016 the alternate auditor Ivano Strizzolo resigned. On 20 June 2016, the Shareholders' Meeting with entire shareholding, and all directors and auditors present supplemented the Board of Statutory Auditors by appointing Mattia Berti as a standing auditor with effect until the approval of the annual financial statements as at 31 December 2018.
It is hereby noted that in its meeting of 16 March 2017, the Board of Directors resolved to propose to the Shareholders' Meeting the integration of the Board of Statutory Auditors with the appointment of a second alternate auditor.
The members of the Board of Statutory Auditors will remain in office until approval of the financial statements as at 31 December 2018.
The following table shows the composition of the Board of Statutory Auditors as at the date of the Report and their respective offices.
| Name | Office |
|---|---|
| Franca Brusco | Chairman |
| Mattia Berti | Standing Statutory Auditor |
| Donato Pellegrino | Standing Statutory Auditor |
| Maria Teresa Cuomo | Substitute Statutory Auditor |
Annex 2 to the Report contains summary information on the personal and professional characteristics of the individual members of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
The meetings of the Board of Statutory Auditors can be held using audio-visual and teleconferencing facilities or similar telecommunications systems, provided that all the participants can be identified and are able to follow the discussion on the agenda items in real time and also to receive and transmit documents. If these requirements are met, the Board of Statutory Auditors will be considered to have been convened in the location in which the chairman is located.
In 2016, the Board of Statutory Auditors met 21 times, and the average duration of each meeting was 2 hours and 39 minutes, with 94% of its members present on the average. For additional information regarding the attendance of each member at the Board of Statutory Auditors meetings, please see table 3 attached to the Report.
In 2017, up to the date of this Report, the Board of Statutory Auditors met 4 times.
The Board of Statutory Auditors verified the independence of its members as soon as possible following their appointment, applying the valuation criteria relative to Article144-novies, paragraph 1-bis, of the Issuers' Regulation and Application Criterion 8.C.1 of the Code of Conduct; during the year, the Board verified that its members continued to fulfil the independence requirements.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors ensured that, subsequently to their appointment and throughout their mandate, the statutory auditors are able to participate in initiatives that provide them with adequate knowledge regarding the industry of the Issuer, the corporate dynamics and their evolution, and the regulatory and selfregulatory environment of reference. In particular, the statutory auditors participated and shall continue to participate in the same induction initiatives organised for the directors, indicated in section 5.6 of this Report, which in some cases were combined with the training activities organised by third parties.
The Court of Auditors judge in charge of auditing the Company is always invited to and participates in the meetings of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
As part of the duties assigned to it by the law and in compliance with the recommendations of the Code of Conduct, the Board of Statutory Auditors has the power to request the Internal Audit department of the Company to carry out checks on specific operating areas or Company operations and the power to swiftly exchange with the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee the information required for the pursuit of their respective duties.
In pursuing its activities, the Board of Statutory Auditors has constantly coordinated with the Internal Audit department and with the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee, always taking part in the relative meetings.
Furthermore, in pursuing its activities, the Board:
Pursuant to application criterion 8.C.4 of the Code of Conduct, if a statutory auditor has an interest in a specific Company transaction, whether on his or her own behalf or that of a third party, the statutory auditor concerned shall promptly and thoroughly inform the other statutory auditors and the Chairman of the Board of Directors on the nature, terms, origin and extent of his/her stake. None of the statutory auditors had any interest, whether on their own behalf or that of third parties, in significant transactions or in the relative conduct resulting there from.
During 2016, the Board of Statutory Auditors discharged its institutional duties pursuant to the Italian Civil Code, Legislative Decree 39/2010, Legislative Decree 58/1998 and the indications provided by CONSOB. The supervisory activity required by the law was conducted according to the provisions of the Code of Conduct for listed companies and the Code of Conduct for the Board of Statutory Auditors issued by the Italian accounting profession. In particular, these activities cover, inter alia, the following verifications related to:
On 29 March 2016 the Board of Directors, approved the "Procedure for the internal management and disclosure to the public of inside information", which was subsequently amended on 6 July 2016 following the entry into effect of (EU) regulation 596/2014 the "Sensitive Information Procedure").
The Sensitive Information Procedure defines the principles and rules relative both to the internal management and the communication outside the Company of documents and information regarding ENAV and its subsidiaries, with particular reference to Sensitive Information. The rules and principles contained in the Sensitive Information Procedure aim to ensure observance of the provisions of the law and the regulations applicable and to ensure maximum confidentiality and secrecy of the sensitive information or information that can become sensitive, in order to avoid selectively communicating documents and information which concern ENAV and the Group, i.e. Information which could be selectively released to specific individuals, such as, for example, shareholders, journalist or analysts, or is released in an incomplete or inadequate form.
The Sensitive Information Procedure aims to ensure that the members of the administration, management and control bodies and the employees of the Company and the Group, as well as the individuals who, due to their work or profession, have regular or occasional access to sensitive information relative to the Company or the companies belonging to the Group (the "Recipients"), (i) maintain maximum confidentiality of the information acquired during the pursuit of their work or profession duties, functions or office, in particular the sensitive information or the information which can become sensitive, and not to disseminate this information or reveal it to any person, (ii) use the sensitive information or the information that can become sensitive only in relation to their work or professional duties, function or office and therefore do not use it, for any reason or cause, for personal ends, (iii) ensure maximum secrecy and confidentiality of the sensitive information or the information that can become sensitive until such information is disclosed to the market in compliance with the procedures set forth in the Sensitive Information Procedure and (iv) immediately inform the competent functions, including the Investor Relations, Communication, Administration, Finance and Control and the Legal and Corporate Affairs departments in relation to information that is pertinent, regarding any action, fact or omission that could constitute a violation of the Sensitive Information Procedure.
Furthermore, on 29 March 2016, the Company adopted the "Procedure for establishment and updating of the register of persons with access to sensitive information", which was subsequently amended on 6 July 2016 following the entry into effect of the "EU" regulation the 596/2014 (the "Registry Procedure").
The Sensitive Information Procedure and Registry Procedure are available on the Company's website www.enav.it.
In line with the recommendations of principle 9 of the Code of Conduct, the Company has dedicated a specific section of its website to shareholders, containing information in regard to the Issuer of interest to the market.
In particular, the "Investor Relations" section of ENAV's website contains the Company's main economicfinancial data and documents, including the financial statements and interim financial reports. Disclosures to the market of the quarterly, semi-annual and annual economic and financial data are made through appropriate press releases published on ENAV's website and disclosed through the SDIR.
The "Governance" section of the website contains the main documents and information regarding ENAV's corporate structure and information relating to the participation in and conducting of ENAV's Shareholders' Meetings.
Furthermore, ENAV has established a specific "Investor Relations" department, which is run by Stefano Raffaello Songini. This department handles the relations with investors, financial analysts and stakeholders and manages the timely and correct issuance of the economic and financial information of the Company to the market.
The Shareholders' Meeting is the corporate body through which shareholders participate in the decisions of the Company on issues that fall under their competence pursuant to the law and the Articles of Association.
The Shareholders' Meeting called for approval of the financial statements as at 31 December 2016 will be the first meeting subsequent to the listing of the Issuer's shares on the MTA.
On this occasion, the Board of Directors will report on the activities it has carried out and on those which have been scheduled and will provide adequate disclosure to the shareholders to allow them to make knowledgeable decisions.
Pursuant to the law and to Article 7 of the Articles of Association, ordinary and extraordinary shareholders' meetings will be called through a message posted on the Company's website, and using other methods within the deadlines set by CONSOB with its own regulation, and shall be held at the registered office of the Company or in another location, in Italy.
The ordinary shareholders' meeting shall be called at least once a year within 120 days from the end of the year, or within 180 days from the end of the year, when there are particular requirements relative to the structure and objective of the Company, pursuant to the provisions of Article 2364 of the Italian Civil Code, last paragraph.
The shareholders' meeting shall be called in the cases and for the reasons provided by the law.
The shareholders' meeting is usually held in a single call. The Board of Directors may establish that the shareholders' meeting shall be held over several calls. The majorities required by the law shall be complied with to ensure the validity of the constitution of the shareholders' meeting, whether ordinary or extraordinary, and the validity of the relative resolutions.
Every shareholder entitled to intervene at the shareholders' meeting may be represented pursuant to the law, including by non-shareholders, upon written authorisation. The proxy may be notified to the Company electronically as well through the appropriate section on the Company's website indicated in the notice of call. The same notice of call may also indicate, pursuant to applicable laws, additional procedures for digital notification of proxies which can be used in the specific shareholders' meeting which the notice refers to. To facilitate the collection of the authorisations from the shareholders, employees of the company or its subsidiaries, who are associated to shareholders' associations that fulfil the requirements set forth by the applicable laws, areas to be used for the communication and the collection of the authorisation shall be provided to these associations, according to the terms and procedures agreed from time to time with their legal representatives.
For individual shareholders' meetings, the Board of Directors may provide that the persons allowed to attend a meeting and exercise a voting right can participate via electronic telecommunications methods. In this case, the notice of call shall specify, including with reference to the Company's website, the aforementioned procedure for participation.
The Company may designate for each shareholders' meeting an individual whom the shareholders may authorise and provide voting instructions to on all or some of the proposals on the agenda, following the procedures set by the law and the regulatory provisions, by the end of the second day that the market is open prior to the date set for the shareholders' meeting, including for further calls. The authorisation will not be effective with regard to proposals for which no voting instructions have been given.
The Chairman of the Shareholders' Meeting will be responsible for checking the regularity of the individual authorisations and, in general, the right to attend and to vote. He or she shall direct and regulate the discussion.
Managers or employees of the Company or of the Group, representatives of the Auditing Firm and other entities whose participation the Chairman considers useful with regard to the items on the agenda or the work to be conducted can attend the Shareholders' Meeting.
Experts, financial analysts and registered journalists may attend the Shareholders' Meeting at the Chairman's discretion, as can other individuals who must submit a specific request to this end to the Legal and Corporate Affairs department, according to the procedures and terms set forth in the notice of call.
Before setting out the subjects on the agenda, the Chairman informs the Shareholders' Meeting of the participation and attendance of the above-mentioned individuals.
The Shareholders' Meeting shall be chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his or her absence, by the vice chairman if appointed, or by another person designated by the Shareholders Meeting. The Chairman will be assisted by a secretary, who is not required to be a shareholder, appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting. When required by the law and in any other case in which he or she considers it appropriate, the Chairman shall be assisted by a notary for the drafting of the minutes.
The Chairman confirms the regularity of the constitution of the meeting, verifies the identity and the legitimacy of those present, regulates its execution and verifies the results of the voting; the outcomes of these actions must be reported in the minutes.
The resolutions made by the Shareholders' Meeting, in compliance with the laws and with the Articles of Association, are binding upon all shareholders, including those who are not present or who dissent.
Shareholders' meetings shall be recorded in minutes, signed by the Chairman and the secretary of the meeting, or by a notary.
The Company approves transactions with related parties pursuant to the provisions of the law and the regulations that are applicable, its own statutory provisions and the procedures adopted in this regard.
The Shareholders' Meetings are governed by a specific regulation approved with the resolution of the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting on 10 March 2016, which is available on ENAV's website.
Pursuant to the shareholders' meeting regulation, the Chairman of the meeting will facilitate the discussion, and grant the floor to the directors, statutory auditors and the persons that have requested it.
Persons entitled to vote and the common representative of the bondholders may request the floor regarding issues being discussed only once, putting forth observations and requesting information. Persons entitled to vote may also make proposals. A request to intervene may be made at the time that the Shareholders' Meeting is established and until the Chairman declares the discussion on the specific issue closed. To ensure that the Shareholders' Meeting is conducted in an orderly manner, the Chairman is entitled to establish, whether upon opening or during the discussion of individual issues, a time limit for the submission of requests to intervene.
The Chairman establishes how requests are made and the order of interventions.
The Chairman, and upon the latter's invitation, the person assisting the Chairman, shall answer the speakers upon completion of all interventions on the issues under discussion, or after each intervention, taking account of any questions put forth by shareholders prior to the Shareholders' Meeting to which the Company has not yet responded.
Those who have requested the floor may respond briefly.
Depending on the issue and significance of the individual arguments under discussion, the number of persons requesting the floor and any questions submitted by shareholders prior to the Shareholders' Meeting that have not been answered by the Company, the Chairman shall establish the duration of interventions and responses, which normally shall not exceed ten minutes for interventions and five minutes for responses, in order to ensure that the Shareholders' Meeting can conclude its work within a single session. Before the end of the time allowed for the intervention or reply, the Chairman asks the speaker to conclude.
At the end of the interventions, replies and any responses, the Chairman declares the discussion closed.
The rules of the Code of Ethics apply without exception to all the corporate bodies, the management, the employees, external associates, commercial partners, suppliers and all those who have relations with the Company and in general the companies that belong to the ENAV Group.
In particular, the Code of Ethics regulates all the rights, duties and responsibilities that ENAV expressly assumes toward its stakeholders with which it interacts on a daily basis as it pursues its activities.
The adoption of certain standards of conduct to be observed in interactions with third parties is part of the Company's commitments, including in relation to preventing the crimes envisaged under Legislative Decree 231 of 2001, and the prevention of corruption and fraud.
Furthermore, the Code of Ethics follows the principles set forth in the "Code of conduct for public employees" included in Presidential Decree No. 62 of 16 April 2013, issued by the Government to "ensure, […], compliance with the constitutional duties of diligence, loyalty, impartiality and exclusive service in the public interest".
ENAV's Code of Ethics recognises the following principles and fundamental values for the affirmation of the Company's mission, which the various stakeholders should refer to with regard to the good operation, the reliability and reputation of the Company:
The rules set forth in the Code of Ethics constitute an essential part of the contractual obligations assumed by the personnel pursuant to Article 2104 of the Italian Civil Code.
In terms of the discipline that is followed and pursuant to the applicable laws, the Company assesses behaviour that violates the principles of the Code of Ethics exercising its power to apply the sanctions that are warranted, based on the seriousness of the events.
On 16 March 2017, the Board of Directors, upon the proposal of the Supervisory Body, approved an update to ENAV's Code of Ethics, which had previously been updated on 29 March 2016.
The Code of Ethics is published on the Company's website www.enav.it.
There have been no changes to the Corporate Governance of ENAV from the end of 2016 up to the date of this Report.
Following are the curricula vitae of the members of the ENAV Board of Directors.
Ferdinando Franco Falco Beccalli, holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin and is a Senior Executive of Rhône Capital and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Neovia Logistics and Ranpak Corp. In 1975, he began a long career with General Electric. He sits on various Boards of Directors of academic and research institutions in Italy and abroad. He has been an International Consultant for the Bocconi University of Milan and the advisor of the French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1994-1995) and the Polish Minister of Finance in 1995. Since leaving his office as the Chairman and Managing Director of General Electric Europe and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Germany at the end of December 2014, he has been involved in private equity and management consulting, through Falco Enterprises which is based in Zurich. In 2007, the President of the Italian Republic awarded him the Order of Merit of Labour. In 2009, the President of the French Republic Nicholas Sarkozy awarded him with the Order of Légion d'Honneur.
As a member of the Science & Technology Advisory Council, he was the direct advisor of the Chairman of the European Commission, Josè Manuel Barroso.
He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ENAV since 30 June 2015.
Roberta Neri, obtained her degree in Business and Economics from Rome's "La Sapienza" University. She began her career 1989 with Italsiel - Società Italiana Sistemi Informativi Elettronici - S.p.A., where she was involved in analysis, planning and realisation of projects for management of information systems within corporate processes. In 1991, she joined ACEA S.p.A., a company listed on the Milan stock exchange since 1999, where she remained until 2009, holding positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of budget planning, controlling and strategic planning, until she became Chief Financial Officer.
She was a member of the boards of directors in numerous companies operating in the energy and environment sectors, including Acea Ato 2 S.p.A., Pubbliacqua S.p.A., Aceaelectrabel S.p.A., Aceaelectrabel Produzione S.p.A. e di Aceaelectrabel Trading and Tirreno Power S.p.A.
She was a member of the Board of Directors of Manesa S.r.l., (which was subsequently merged by incorporation into Byom S.r.l.) which provides technical/financial and co-investment consulting to financial and industrial investors for structured transactions. She was initially the Chairman and Managing Director of this Company and a director from 2015.
From 23 April 2015, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Acea S.p.A., where she also chairs the Control and Risks Committee and sits on the Related Party Transactions Committee and the Appointments and Remuneration Committee. She has been a director of Sorgenia S.p.A. since 27 March 2015. Until 1 September 2015, she was also a member of the Board of Directors, as well as a member of the Related Parties and Control, Risks and Corporate Governance Committees of Autostrade Meridionali S.p.A. She has chaired the Board of Directors of Techno Sky since August 2015.
With its resolution of 30 June 2015, the Board of Directors appointed Roberta Neri the Chief Executive Officer of ENAV.
Maria Teresa Di Matteo, holds a degree in Jurisprudence from "La Sapienza" University of Rome. She has experience in local rail roads, contracts, the transfer of functions to local entities and the operation of peripheral administrative offices. As administrative manager, she managed the office supporting the Department Head of land transport from 2003, handling, among other things, economic-financial management, organisation and human resources. She has been Deputy Head of Cabinet for issues concerning the transport sector since November 2011, a position she holds to date. From 5 July 2012, she was appointed general manager with consulting and research duties of the Department of Transportation, navigation and information and statistics and subsequently, effective 7 November 2014, she was appointed to the top management of the central committee for Hauliers, a position she continues to hold. She sat in the Board of Directors of Ferrovie dello Stato from 9 August 2012 until 29 May 2014.
From 19 September 2014 until 30 June 2015 she was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ENAV; she has been a Director of ENAV from 30 June 2015; she sat in ENAV's Remuneration Committee from 7 July 2015 to the Listing Date.
Nicola Maione, obtained a degree in jurisprudence from "La Sapienza" University of Rome. He is a barrister to the Supreme Court. He is the owner of the law firm of the same name located in Rome which assists major companies in the areas of civil, corporate and bankruptcy law. He has had several positions as a receiver and Court liquidator at the bankruptcy court of Rome and has been designated several times by the MISE as a Government Commissioner, liquidator for cooperative companies and Judicial Commissioner pursuant to Legislative Decree 270 of 8 July 1999. He currently sits on the Supervisory Committees, in an expert capacity, of Bernardi Group S.p.A., Go Kids S.r.l and Nuova Sofia S.r.l. which is under extraordinary administration. He is a legal advisor in significant corporate restructuring operations, bankruptcy proceedings and corporate groups, including some under extraordinary administration. He has chaired the Supervisory Body of a financial company specialised in salary backed loans and a director of Milano Assicurazioni S.p.A. and Prelios Credit Servicing S.p.A. He has also presided over several settlement agreements pursuant to Article 240 of Legislative Decree 163/06. He has extensive academic experience in civil law and corporate governance and is the author of numerous publications. He has been a Director of ENAV since 19 September 2014 and a member of ENAV's Remuneration Committee since 7 July 2015. With resolution of 8 June 2016 and effective from the date of listing, he was appointed Chairman of the Risk, Control and Related Parties Committee and a member of the new ENAV Remuneration and Appointments Committee;
Stefano Siragusa, was born in 1976 and is an electro-technical engineer and Senior Partner and Director of Bain&Company. He has an international managerial profile and has held positions of increasing importance in multiple multinational companies. His professional experience began as a product manager, in the year 2000 with Siemens AG A&D in Germany. In 2002, he joined BCG-The Boston Consulting Group, a multinational leader in management consulting, where he defined strategies for the creation of value to major industrial players in the aerospace and defence, steel, rail road, contract work and automotive industries in Europe and Asia Pacific, but above all in North America. In 2011, he became a Partner & Managing Director of the company, initially in charge of managing the industrial asset division for the Mediterranean area and then in 2012 for coordination of the aerospace and defence division for Europe and the Middle East. In 2013, he joined the Global Operations Leadership Team of BCG and moved to New York where he was in charge of coordinating restructuring and operating relaunches for the entire Group. In December 2013, he left BCG to become the CEO di Ansaldo STS S.p.A., a company listed on the Milan stock exchange (STS.MI). Once the turnaround of AnsaldoSTS was concluded with the transfer of Finmeccanica –Leonardo to the Hitachi Group, he left AnsaldoSTS for his current position as the Senior Partner and Director di Bain & Company in charge of Special Situations and restructuring.
He has been a member of the board of directors and governance committee of Saipem S.p.A., the chairman of Metro5 and a member of the board of directors of Marangoni S.p.A.
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of ENAV since 29 April 2016. With resolution of 8 June 2016 and effective from the Listing Date, he was appointed Chairman of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee and a member of ENAV's Risk, Control and Related Parties Committee;
Stefano Siragusa obtained his degree in electro-technical engineering with honours from the Politecnico of Milan. He completed his education with an MBA from the MIP and HBS Harvard Business School.
He teaches Corporate Strategy and M&A – Merger and Acquisition at the LUISS Business School and he is a member of the Aspen Institute and YPO – Young Presidents' Organisation.
Alessandro Tonetti (1977) is the Chief Legal Officer of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A.
He obtained his degree in jurisprudence with honours and two annual post graduate scholarships in the area of administrative sciences, with a particular focus on public law and the economy, studying under Professor Sabino Cassese. He subsequently was awarded a doctorate in Administrative law and organisation and the operation of public administrations from "La Sapienza" University of Rome and a specialised degree in European public law from the Academy of European Public Law of the Capodistrian University of Athens, delving further into the subject of competition and state aid. He is also licensed to practice law.
From June 2013 to February 2016, he was initially a member of the technical team for the coordination of economic policy supporting the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and then, from March 2014, became the Deputy Head of the Cabinet of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. While representing the Ministry of Economy and Finance, he was a member of the Group coordinating the implementation of the discipline governing special powers over corporate asserts under the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. He previously held managerial positions under the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and was a member of the consulting team for the regulation of public services, and the technical secretariat of the national steering committee for economic planning within the Council, supporting the inter-ministerial committee for economic planning.
He teaches Administrative Law at the graduate level at the "Roma Tre" University. In the past, he taught a course on Administrative Discipline for business at the University of Tuscia and was a fixed term professor of Finance Law at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples. He also taught courses at the Higher School of public administration and the higher school of economy and finance. He has published numerous essays and Articles in major legal reviews on national and European administrative law and economic public policy.
He has sat in the ENAV board of directors since 19 September 2014. From 7 July 2015 and up to the Listing Date, he chaired the Remunerations Committee in place at that time. Pursuant to the resolution of 8 June 2016, he was appointed as a member of the new Remuneration and Appointments Committee, effective from the Listing Date.
As of 27 April 2016, he has also been a director of Snam S.p.A, and from 11 May 2016, he has been a member of the latter's Remuneration and Appointments committees.
Mario Vinzia, is a graduate of the faculty of business administration of Bocconi University of Milan. He has published numerous books, articles and publications. He is a fixed term professor of the Accounting, Control, Corporate and Real Estate Finance sector at Bocconi University, focusing particularly on corporate finance, management of financial risks, financial planning, company evaluation and IAS/IFRS. He consults, primarily in civil and penal proceedings, with regard to derivatives and financial instruments in general and accounting standards and treatments.
He has been Head of Finance and Control at Eniservizi S.p.A. since 2006. Previously, between 1986 and 2006 he was Head of Corporate Finance of Snamprogetti S.p.A., and Director of Finance and Administration of Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., the Financial Director of Bull HN Information Systems Italia S.p.A., Group Treasurer of Zambon Group S.p.A. and Manager of low interest financing at Ciba-Geigy S.p.A.
He also sat in the Board of 24 ORE International S.A.
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of ENAV since 29 April 2016. With resolution of 8 June 2016 and effective from the date of listing, he was appointed as a member of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee and a member of ENAV's Risk, Control and Related Parties Committee;
Franca Brusco, is a graduate of the University of Messina. She has been registered with the Register of Chartered Accountants and the Register of Auditors and the special register of Level 1 Local Entity Auditors since 2002. She owns an accounting concern in Rome and Milan and provides consulting services on corporate issues, financial statements and tax issues to trade associations, public bodies, private companies and companies with state participation. She has gained extensive advisory, legal and tax auditing and supervisory experience Pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/01, with private companies operating in industry, shipping, services and non-profit companies, as well as economic and non-economic public entities. She has had many positions as a member and /or chairwoman of boards of statutory auditors of private and public entities.
From 2003 to date, her services have encompassed joint-stock companies and "no profit" entities operating in the areas of marine infrastructure, anti-pollution, renewable energy, logistics and commerce. Within these areas, she has assisted management in administrative, financial, accounting and tax management and the personalisation of accounting systems; the compilation of separate and consolidated financial statements; economic and financial planning with deviation analysis; auditing and the provision of advice on company law, taxation and corporate reorganisation.
She has participated in meetings and staff training courses as a speaker/instructor on tax, corporate, accounting issues including public accounting.
From 29 April 2016, she has been the Chairwoman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of NAV.
Mattia Berti, has degrees in Economics and Business and Jurisprudence from the University of Bologna, both of which with honours. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and has been a partner of the Bologna office of the La Croce firm since 2003, handling ordinary and extraordinary corporate consulting. He has received court appointments to provide independent technical advice, act as a receiver (in bankruptcy), bankruptcy commissioner and appraiser. He has published work on bankruptcy for the publishers Giuffrè and Giappichelli, and has spoken at many seminars on bankruptcy. In 2015-2016 he was a fixed term professor teaching "Financial statement technique and analysis" at the University of Ferrara. He often undertakes work with companies as a receiver, liquidator or statutory auditor, including legal auditing. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Micoperi S.p.A., Cura Gas & Power S.p.A., Cerindustries S.p.A. and Geminiani S.p.A., and has held this position with EN.E.R. S.p.A., Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio e Banca del Monte di Lugo, Primi sui Motori S.p.A., Liverani S.r.l. and Sub Sea Oil Services S.r.l. as well. He is a receiver without executive authority at Carimonte Holding S.p.A. and Soc. Coop. Lughese G. Mazzini, while he is the court appointed receiver of Rosa Real Estate S.p.A. He is a standing auditor with CO.R.A. S.p.A., Diemme Enologia S.p.A. and Futura S.p.A.; sole statutory auditor of Aqseptence Group S.r.l. He has been a statutory auditor at ACER Ravenna and A.C.C. Capital Coop. He is a member of the board of auditors of the AlmaLaurea University Consortium.
From 20 June 2016, he is a statutory auditor of the Board of Statutory Auditors of ENAV.
Donato Pellegrino, is an Economics and Business Administration graduate of "La Sapienza" University of Rome, and he is a member of the Order of Chartered Accountants and the Register of Auditors. He has been a high school professor of commercial and corporate techniques and disciplines since 1978. He has held the position of Chairman of the Consortium for the Industrial Development and Real Services of Lecce. He was a member of the Administrative Body of the Consortium Bonifica Ugento Li Foggi and was the deputy chairman thereof for eight years. He was an Auditor of the Consortium Bonifica Ugento Li Foggi and of the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate). He was the Mayor of the Municipality of San Donato di Lecce for fifteen years and a Regional Minister of Apulia under three different governments. He was appointed as a statutory auditor of the ENAV Board of Statutory Auditors on 20 July 2015, replacing the departing auditor.
From 29 April 2016, he is a statutory auditor of the Board of Statutory Auditors of ENAV.
Maria Teresa Cuomo, received her in Economics and Business in 1996, graduating from the University of Salerno with top grades. She has a PhD in Public Economics. A university researcher since 2001, she is currently an associate professor of "Economics and Business Management" at the "BiCocca" School of the University of Milan and at the University of Salerno. She became a tenured professor in 2012. She has gained academic and scientific research experience in Italy and abroad.
She has been an alternate auditor of Leonardo-Finmeccanica since 2015 (appointed from the list submitted by the MEF), and a member of the Assessment Organisation of the Hospital of Salerno. She has chaired the Supervisory Body of the Regional Agency for Residential Construction of the Province of Salerno since 2014. She has been chairwoman of the Board of auditors of the Municipality of Nocera Inferiore and the Board of Auditors of the "CRIS" Foundation of the Province of Salerno. From 2009 to 2012, she has been a member of the board of directors of CUEIM- the University Consortium for Management Economics. From 2009 to 2011 she chaired the Technical Control Committee of Ente di Ambito Ottimale Servizio Integrato Risorse Idriche of the ATO 4 Sele of Salerno. She writes a column for the newspaper: "Corriere del Mezzogiorno" -RCS Group Corriere della Sera. Since 2001, she has provided auditing and consulting services on management, financial and market issues for many private companies (e.g. Honda Palace spa, EDM spa, Seieffe Industrie).
She has authored over 90 scientific publications. She is the Italian Delegate at the Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy, United States. She is also a member of the Editorial Committee of Elsevier's "Journal of Innovation and Knowledge". In 2016, she was the recipient of a prestigious international award for scientific research: the "Best Paper Award", GIKA. She has also been conference chair and has spoken at numerous workshops and national and international conventions. She was appointed alternate auditor of the ENAV board of Statutory Auditors on 29 April 2016, and has performed the duties of statutory auditor, replacing a resigning auditor, until the body was reconstituted by the Shareholders' Meeting of 20 June 2016.
| SHARE CAPITAL STRUCTURE | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shares Cathegory |
Number of shares |
% of share capital |
Market | Rights and obligations | ||||||
| Ordinary shares | 541,744,385 | 100 | Mercato Telematico Azionario |
The shares are non divisible and every share confers one voting right. The shares are freely transferable |
As at the date of the present Report, the Company does not own treasury shares. The MEF holds 53.373% of the share capital; the floating share capital amounts to 46.627%.
| Board of Directors | Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee. |
Remun. and Appts. Committee |
||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Members | Year of birth |
Date of initial appointment * |
In office since |
In office until | Slate ** |
Exec. | Non. exec. |
Indep. Code |
Indep. TUF |
No. of other offices *** |
% (*) |
(*) | (**) | (*) | (**) |
| Chairman | Ferdinando Falco Beccalli |
1949 | 30/06/2015 30/06/2015 | Approval of 2016 financial statements |
- | - | X | - | - | 3 | 15/15 | - | - | - | - | |
| Chief Executive Officer (◊)(•) |
Roberta Neri | 1964 | 30/06/2015 30/06/2015 | Approval of 2016 financial statements |
- | X | - | - | - | 1 | 15/15 | 3/7 (as Director in charge of the SCIGR ) |
- | - | - | |
| Director | Maria Teresa Di Matteo |
1958 | 19/09/2014 | 19/09/2014 | Approval of 2016 financial statements |
- | - | X | - | - | 0 | 14/15 | - | - | - | - |
| Director | Nicola Maione | 1971 | 19/09/2014 19/09/2014 | Approval of 2016 financial statements |
- | - | X | X | X | 0 | 15/15 | 7/7 | P | 8/8 | M | |
| Director | Alessandro Tonetti |
1977 | 19/09/2014 19/09/2014 | Approval of 2016 financial statements |
- | - | X | - | _ | 1 | 15/15 | - | - | 8/8 | M | |
| Director | Stefano Siragusa |
1976 | 29/04/2016 29/04/2016 | Approval of 2016 financial statements |
- | - | X | X | X | 0 | 10/10 | 7/7 | M | 8/8 | P | |
| Director | Mario Vinzia | 1962 | 29/04/2016 29/04/2016 | Approval of 2016 financial statements |
- | - | X | - | _ | 0 | 10/10 | 7/7 | M | - | - | |
| No. of meetings that took place during the fiscal year: 15 | Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee.: 7 Remuneration and Appointments Committee: |
8 | ||||||||||||||
| Quorum required for presentation of the minority lists for election of one or more members (pursuant to Article 147-ter of the TUF): 1% |
In the column named "Office":
• this symbol indicates a Director in charge of the System of Internal Control and Risk Management;
◊ this symbol indicates the person who is the Issuer's (Chief Executive Officer or CEO);* the date of initial appointment is the date on which the director was appointed for the absolutely first time to the Board of Directors of ENAV;
* the date of initial appointment is the date on which the director was appointed for the absolutely first time in the Board of Directors of ENAV
** the Board of Directors in Office as at the date of this Report was not elected through the voting mechanism, since the appointment took place prior to the listing of the Company's shares. Appointment through the voting by list mechanism will take place at the time of the next renewal of the Board of Directors, in occasion of the Shareholders Meeting convened for the approval of the 2016 financial statements;
*** this column reports the number of positions held by the person concerned as director or statutory auditor in other companies listed on regulated markets, including abroad, as well as in financial companies, banks, insurance companies, or other significant companies. The present Report contains a full description of the duties;
(*) this column indicates the attendance of the directors at the meetings of the Board of Directors and the committees, respectively;
(**) this column indicates the position of the director within the Committee: "P": president/chair; "M": member.
| The Board of Statutory Auditors | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Members | Year of birth |
Date of initial appointment * |
In office since |
In office until | Slate ** |
Indep. Code | Attendance at the Board meetings *** |
No. of other offices **** |
|||
| Chairman | Franca Brusco | 1971 | 29/04/2016 | 29/04/2016 | Approval of 2018 financial statements |
- | X | 14/14 | 15 | |||
| Standing Statutory auditor |
Mattia Berti | 1968 | 20/06/2016 | 21/06/2016 | Approval of 2018 financial statements |
- | X | 9/11 | 13 | |||
| Standing Statutory Auditor |
Donato Pellegrino | 1948 | 20/07/2015 | 20/07/2015 | Approval of 2018 financial statements |
- | X | 14/14 | 0 | |||
| Substitute Statutory Auditor |
Maria Teresa Cuomoi 1973 | 29/04/2016 | 29/04/2016 | Approval of 2018 financial statements |
- | X | 0/1 | 2 | ||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - STATUTORY AUDITORS WHO RESIGNED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR----------------- | ||||||||||||
| Chairman | Paola Ferroni | 1950 | 11/06/2013 | 17/06/2013 | 29/04/2016 | - | - | 7/7 | ||||
| Standing Statutory auditor |
Gennaro Pappacena | 1967 | 20/07/2015 | 22/07/2015 | 16/06/2016 | - | - | 8/9 | - | |||
| Substitute Statutory Auditor |
Ivano Strizzolo | 1952 | 29/04/2016 | 03/05/2016 | 17/06/2016 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Substitute Statutory Auditor |
Daniela De Vincenzo | 1955 | 20/06/2013 | 17/06/2013 | 29/04/2016 | - | - | - | - |
| Substitute Statutory Auditor |
Riccardo Monaco | 1967 | 11/06/2013 | 13/06/2013 | 29/04/2016 | - | - | - | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of meetings that took place during the fiscal year: 21 |
||||||||||
| Quorum required for presentation of the minority lists for election of one or more members (pursuant to Article 148-ter of the TUF): 1% |
||||||||||
NOTES
* The date of initial appointment of each statutory auditor is the date on which he or she was appointed for the absolutely first time to the Board of Statutory Auditors of ENAV.
** The Board of Statutory Auditors in office as at the date of this Report was not elected through the voting mechanism, since the appointment took place prior to the listing of the Company's shares. Appointment through the voting by list mechanism will take place at the time of the next renewal of the whole body, in occasion of the Shareholders Meeting convened for the approval of the 2018 financial statements.
*** This column indicates the attendance of the statutory auditors at the meetings of the Board of Statutory Auditors compared to the total meetings held.
**** This column reports the number of positions held by the person concerned as director or statutory auditor pursuant to Article 148-bis of the TUF and the relative implementing provisions included in the CONSOB Issuers' Regulation. The complete list of these positions is published on CONSOB's website, in accordance with Article 144-quinquiesdecies of the CONSOB Issuers' Regulation.
i Maria Teresa Cuomo was appointed alternate auditor of the ENAV board of Statutory Auditors on 29 April 2016, and has performed the duties of statutory auditor, replacing a resigning auditor Gennaro Pappacena, until the body was reconstituted by the Shareholders' Meeting of 20 June 2016.
Building tools?
Free accounts include 100 API calls/year for testing.
Have a question? We'll get back to you promptly.