Governance Information • Mar 31, 2021
Governance Information
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pursuant to article 123-bis of the Consolidated Finance Act
(traditional administration and control model)
Issuer: Landi Renzo S.p.A.
Web Site: www.landirenzogroup.com
Financial period covered by the Report: year ended 31 December 2020
Date of approval of the Report: 15 March 2021
| 1. | ISSUER PROFILE 5 | ||
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| 2. | INFORMATION ON THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE (PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 123-BIS, SUBSECTION 1, OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCE |
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| ACT) AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2020 5 | |||
| 3. | COMPLIANCE 11 | ||
| 4. | BOARD OF DIRECTORS 12 | ||
| 4.1 | APPOINTMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF DIRECTORS, AND AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 123-BIS, SUBSECTION 1, LETTER L) OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCE ACT) 12 |
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| 4.2 | COMPOSITION (PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 123-BIS, SUBSECTION 2, LETTERS D) AND D-BIS) OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCE ACT) . 15 |
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| 4.3 | ROLE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 123-BIS, SUBSECTION 2, LETTER D) OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCE ACT) 23 |
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| 4.4 | DELEGATED BODIES 26 | ||
| 4.5 | OTHER EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 32 | ||
| 4.6 | INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS 32 | ||
| 4.7 | LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR 34 | ||
| 4.8 | GENERAL MANAGER 35 | ||
| 5. | HANDLING OF CORPORATE INFORMATION 36 | ||
| 6. | COMMITTEES WITHIN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 123-BIS, SUBSECTION 2(D), OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCE ACT) 37 |
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| 7. | APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE 37 | ||
| 8. | REMUNERATION COMMITTEE 37 | ||
| 9. | DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION 39 | ||
| 10. | AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE 39 | ||
| 11. | INTERNAL AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 42 | ||
| 11.1 | DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF SUPERVISING THE OPERATION OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 46 |
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| 11.2 | HEAD OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION 46 | ||
| 11.3 | COMPLIANCE MODEL PURSUANT TO LEGISLATIVE DECREE 231/2001 48 |
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| 11.4 | AUDITING FIRM 50 | ||
| 11.5 | EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF PREPARING CORPORATE ACCOUNTING DOCUMENTS 50 |
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| 11.6 | CO-ORDINATION OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE INTERNAL AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 50 |
| 12. | DIRECTORS' INTERESTS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES 50 |
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| 13. | APPOINTMENT OF STATUTORY AUDITORS 52 | |||||||||
| 14. | COMPOSITION AND ACTIVITY OF THE BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS (PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 123-BIS, SUBSECTIONS 2, Letter D) and D-bis) OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCE ACT) 55 |
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| 15. | RELATIONS WITH SHAREHOLDERS 61 | |||||||||
| 16. | SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS (PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 123-BIS, SUBSECTION 2(C) OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCE ACT) 61 |
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| 17. | FURTHER CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES (PURSUANT TO ART. 123-BIS, SUBSECTION 2(A) OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCE ACT) 62 |
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| 18. | CHANGES SINCE THE CLOSING OF THE REFERENCE PERIOD 62 | |||||||||
| 19. | CONSIDERATIONS ON THE LETTER DATED 22 DECEMBER 2020 FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE 63 |
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| TABLE 1: INFORMATION ON OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE 66 | ||||||||||
| TABLE 2: STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OF THE COMMITTEES 67 |
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| TABLE 3: STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS 69 |
Board of Statutory Auditors: the Issuer's Board of Statutory Auditors.
Board or Board of Directors: the Issuer's Board of Directors.
Borsa Italiana: Borsa Italiana S.p.A..
Civil Code: the Italian Civil Code.
Consob Market Regulations: the regulations issued by Consob by virtue of Resolution 20249 of 2017 regarding legislation for the stock markets.
Consolidated Finance Act: Legislative Decree 58 of 24 February 1998 (the Italian Consolidated Finance Act), as amended.
Instructions to the Stock Market Regulations: the instructions to the regulations of Borsa Italiana.
Issuer, Landi Renzo or the Company: Landi Renzo S.p.A..
Issuers' Regulations: the regulations issued by Consob by virtue of Resolution 11971/1999 (and subsequent amendments) regarding legislation for issuers.
Period: the financial period covered by the Report, i.e. the financial year ended on 31 December 2020.
Related Party Transactions Regulations: the Regulations issued by Consob by virtue of Resolution 17221 of 12 March 2010 (and subsequent amendments) regarding transactions with related parties.
Report: this report on corporate governance and the structure of ownership that companies are obliged to prepare in accordance with Article 123-bis of the Consolidated Finance Act for the reference Period.
Self-Regulatory Code: the self-regulatory code for listed companies approved by the Corporate Governance Committee in July 2018 and promoted by Borsa Italiana, Abi, Ania, Assogestioni, Assonime and Confindustria, publicly available on the Corporate Governance Committee website at http://www.borsaitaliana.it/comitato-corporate-governance/codice/codice.htm.
Stock Market Regulations: the regulations of the stock markets organised and managed by Borsa Italiana.
The Issuer has adopted a traditional system of governance based on the presence of three bodies: the Shareholders' Meeting, the Board of Directors and the Board of Auditors. The auditing of the accounts is entrusted by law to an auditing firm. The Issuer adheres to the Self-Regulatory Code in accordance with the method described below.
The Issuer falls within the definition of small and medium-sized businesses (PMIs) under Article 1(1)(w)-quarter. 1 of the Consolidated Finance Act and Article 2-ter of the Issuers' Regulations, having recorded in 2020 an average market capitalisation of Euro 73,390,020.
The following sections provide information regarding the ownership structure and describe the relative and actual methods of implementation that the Company has already adopted, namely the changes that the Company is pursuing with respect to the compliance model outlined in the Self-Regulatory Code.
This Report, prepared in accordance with the regulatory requirements laid down for companies listed on the screen-based equity market (Mercato Telematico Azionario) organised and managed by Borsa Italiana, together with all the documents referred to herein, may be downloaded from the Company's website www.landirenzogroup.com/it/, Investors section.
This section 2 has been prepared pursuant to the terms and effects of Article 123-bis, subsection 1, of the Consolidated Finance Act. Any information (i) required by the aforesaid Article 123-bis, subsection 1, letter i) of the Consolidated Finance Act is provided in the Report on the remuneration policy and compensation paid and published pursuant to Article123-ter of the Consolidated Finance Act, (ii) the information required by the aforesaid Article 123-bis, subsection 1, letter l) of the Consolidated Finance Act is provided in the chapter of the Report dealing with the Board of Directors (Section 4.1), and finally, (iii) the other information required by article 123-bis of the Consolidated Finance Act that is not mentioned in this section 2, is to be understood as not applicable to the Company.
Landi Renzo's share capital is equal to Euro 11,250,000, fully subscribed and paid up, and consists of 112,500,000 ordinary shares with a nominal value of Euro 0.10 each (the "Shares"), traded on the screen-based equity market (Mercato Telematico Azionario) organised and managed by Borsa Italiana. This information is also shown in table 1 attached to the Report. As of the date of this Report, no special classes of shares have been issued, such as shares without voting rights or with limited voting rights, nor other securities granting the right to subscribe newly issued shares.
On 9 April 2015, Landi Renzo's Board of Directors had approved by resolution the issue of a bond called "LANDI RENZO 6.10% 2015-2020", in the amount of Euro 34 million, having a term of five years and paying a gross fixed interest rate of 6.10%, with a coupon paid every six months in arrears, as provided under the rules approved on 9 April 2015 and subsequently amended. On 1 July 2019, following a resolution of the
Board of Directors held on 14 May 2019, the bond was redeemed early in full at par by the Issuer. .
Further details are available on the Company's website at http://www.landirenzogroup.com/it/_3.
As of the date of this Report, the Shares are freely transferable by deed inter vivos and/or by succession mortis causa and are subject to the circulation regime envisaged for shares issued by listed companies registered under Italian law.
As of the date of this Report, on the basis of the records in the shareholders' book and in the light of the notifications received under Article 120 of the Consolidated Text, the following parties, directly or indirectly, own more than 5% of the Company shares (this information is also presented in table 1, attached to this Report.
| Declarant | Direct shareholder | % of issued shares |
% of shares with voting rights |
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| Trust Landi (trust regulated by Jersey law, in which trustee is Stefano Landi) |
Girefin S.p.A. Gireimm S.r.l. |
54.662 4.444 |
68.709 5.587 |
| Aerius Investment Holding AG | Aerius Investment Holding AG |
8.2624 | 5.193 |
As of the date of this Report, the Company's Shares are registered, freely transferable and indivisible. Without prejudice to the provisions below on loyalty shares' increased voting rights, each share confers the same proprietary and administrative rights in accordance with the applicable provisions of law and of the articles of association.
On 24 April 2015, Landi Renzo's Shareholders' Meeting amended the Company's articles of association in order to introduce a loyalty shares mechanism giving rise to increased voting rights for such shares (as provided by article 20, first paragraph, of law decree no. 91 of 24 June 2014, converted by law no. 116 of 11 August 2014), whereby, if a shareholder is registered in the specific register kept by the Company for a certain number of shares, after a vesting period of 24 months, the shareholder will be entitled to a double vote in relation to such shares.
At the following meeting held on 27 August 2015, the Company's Board of Directors approved the Rules on loyalty shares giving rise to increased voting rights which govern, inter alia, the procedures for requesting registration in the dedicated special list provided under article 127-quinquies, paragraph 2, of the Consolidated Finance Act.
On 8 May 2020, the extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting resolved to amend article 6 bis of the articles of association in order to align the statutory discipline regarding increased voting rights to Consob's recent interpretative stance, expressed in notice no. 0214548 of 18 April 2019. According to such an interpretation, statutory autonomy is not granted any discretion in defining the legal and factual preconditions leading to an increase in voting rights, since such preconditions are already defined by the legislator, as well as limited to the instances in which the shares of the company: a) are registered in a specific register and b) were held by the same party for an uninterrupted period (at least twenty-four months) starting from the date of registration in the specific register.
Therefore, on 15 May 2020, the Board of Directors resolved to amend the Rules regarding increased voting rights, in order to render such provisions consistent with the new articles of association. The amendments are aimed at ensuring that the right to increased voting rights is granted automatically, upon expiry of the twenty-four months uninterrupted holding period of the shares, starting from the registration in the specific register kept by the Company pursuant to article 127-quinquies, paragraph 2, of the Consolidated Finance Act, without the need for such a circumstance to be acknowledged by a specific notice of the intermediary authorized to keep the accounts on which financial instruments are registered.
Further details are available on the Company's website http://www.landirenzogroup.com/it/maggiorazione_del_voto.
Pursuant to article 127-quinquies of the Consolidated Finance Act, and implementing the provisions of the Company's by-laws, on 7 November 2017, increased voting rights were granted in relation to 61,495,130 and 5,000,000 ordinary shares of Landi Renzo, owned respectively by Girefin S.p.A. and by Gireimm S.r.l. and, respectively, on 8 January 2018, 7 September 2018 and 7 October 2019, in relation to additional 700 ordinary shares of Landi Renzo, 5,000 ordinary shares of Landi Renzo, and additional 1000 ordinary shares of Landi Renzo. During the Period, there were no increases to voting rights.
Pursuant to article 6-ter of the Company's articles of association, increased voting rights do not affect any other right other than voting rights, to which shareholders are entitled and may exercise by virtue of their ownership in the corporate capital, and similarly, among other things, they do not affect the calculation of the percentage of corporate capital owned for the submission of slates of candidates for membership in the company's bodies, for exercise of liability actions pursuant to article 2393-bis of the Civil Code, and the percentage of corporate capital required to challenge, for any reason, the resolutions of the Shareholders' Meeting.
As of the date of this Report, the number of Landi Renzo's shares is 112,500,000, corresponding to 179,001,830 voting rights at the Company's ordinary and extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting.
(e) Employees' shareholdings: mechanism for the exercise of voting rights (pursuant to article 123-bis, subsection 1, letter e) of the Consolidated Finance Act)
As of the date of this Report, there are no arrangements for employees to hold shares in the Company.
Information regarding the performance shares plan 2019-2021, approved by the Shareholders' Meeting on 29 April 2019, is set out in the relevant section of the report on the remuneration policy and compensation paid published pursuant to article 123 ter of the Consolidated Finance Act.
As of the date of this Report, there are no restrictions on voting rights.
As of the date of this Report, the Company is not aware of any agreements among Shareholders as per Article 122 of the Consolidated Finance Act.
As of the date of this Report, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have stipulated any important agreements that take effect, are amended or are terminated in the event of any change in the Issuer's major shareholder, with the exception of:
an unsecured financing agreement entered into on 6 March 2020 by the Issuer, as borrower, and BPER Banca S.p.A., as lender (the "BPER Loan Agreement").
The Loan Agreement and the SACE Loan Agreement provide that the lender banks will have the right to be repaid early in case (i) Mr Stefano Landi, Ms Giovannina Domenichini and Ms Silvia Landi together cease to hold -- directly or indirectly (also through fiduciary companies, trusts or similar vehicles) – at least 66.7% of the voting share capital in Girefin S.p.A., or, although holding at least 66.7% in Girefin S.p.A.'s corporate capital, they cease to exercise control over Girefin S.p.A. within the meaning of Article 93 of the Consolidated Finance Act; and/or (ii) Girefin S.p.A. ceases to hold – directly or indirectly – at least 66.7% of the voting share capital in Gireimm S.r.l., or, although holding at least 66.7% of Gireimm S.r.l.'s share capital, it ceases to exercise control over Gireimm S.r.l. within the meaning of Article 93 of the Consolidated Finance Act; and/or (iii) Mr Stefano Landi (including through trustees, trusts or similar vehicles), through Gireimm S.r.l. and Girefin S.p.A. jointly, ceases to hold – directly or indirectly – at least 50.1% of the Company's shares with voting rights, or, although holding at least 50.1% in the Company's share capital, he ceases to exercise control over the Company within the meaning of Article 93 of the Consolidated Finance Act.
The BPER Loan Agreement provides that BPER Banca S.p.A. will have the right to be repaid early in case Girefin S.p.A. ceases to hold, directly, at least 51% of the corporate capital of the Issuer.
The Shareholders' Meeting of 29 April 2019, after it revoked the resolution it had approved on 24 April 2018 to the extent not yet implemented, authorised the Board of Directors, and the Managing Director acting on behalf of the said Board, also through its own attorneys appointed for this purpose, pursuant to, and for the purposes of, article 2357 of the Civil Code, to purchase Company's treasury shares, in quantities, at the price, and under the terms and conditions reported below:
the shares may be purchased on one or more occasions, within the 18 months following the date of the shareholders' meeting's resolution, within the limits of the reserves available and profit available for distribution shown in the last approved financial statements, and will be recorded in the accounts in accordance with the legislative provisions and applicable accounting principles, i.e., in accordance with the provisions of article 144-bis of the Issuers' Regulations and article 132 of the Consolidated Finance Act, and in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Market Regulations and of all other applicable regulations, including those established by Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 April 2014 and its EU and national implementing regulations, including among others the assignment to the shareholders, proportionally to shares owned by each, of a put option to be exercised within a term to be set in the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting that approves the purchase plan;
On the same occasion the Shareholders' Meeting also resolved:
The Board of Directors' meeting of 13 March 2020 also resolved to submit to the Shareholders' Meeting a proposal to extend the power to purchase and dispose of treasury shares under the same terms and conditions as approved by the previous shareholders' meeting, subject to withdrawal of the previous authorisation to the extent not used.
The proposal was submitted to the Shareholders' Meeting of 8 May 2020, which, however, resolved not to approve the proposal. In this regard, it should be noted that, as announced to the public by means of a press release on 28 April 2020, the majority shareholders, Girefin S.p.A. and Gireimm S.r.l., had communicated their intention to vote against the proposal to authorise the purchase and disposal of treasury shares. Such a dissenting vote was motivated by the desire not to preclude the Company from a possible access to measures to support business liquidity, which had been introduced by Decree Law no. 23 of 8 April 2020 (so-called "Decreto Liquidità").
The term of validity of the authorisation approved by the Shareholders' Meeting of 29 April 2019 has therefore expired on 29 October 2020.
As of the date of this Report, the Company has neither purchased nor disposed of any treasury shares.
The Board of Directors, on 15 March 2021, resolved to propose to the Shareholders' Meeting to authorise the purchase and disposal of treasury shares, under the same terms and conditions set out in the aforementioned resolution of 29 April 2019, described above.
Landi Renzo deems that Girefin S.p.A. does not carry out management and coordination activities, operating as the former does completely free of any entrepreneurial or corporate control by the latter controlling company. For example, Landi Renzo independently manages its treasury and business relations with customers and suppliers, and independently establishes its own industrial plans and/or budgets.
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The information requested by Article 123-bis, first paragraph, letter i), of the Consolidated Finance Act (benefits for directors in case of resignation, dismissal or termination of employment following public tender offers) are described in the report on the remuneration policy and compensation paid published pursuant to Article 123-ter of the Consolidated Finance Act.
The information requested under Article 123-bis, first paragraph, letter l) of the Consolidated Finance Act (appointment and replacement of directors and changes to the articles of association other than those required under the laws and regulations) are described in the section of the Report devoted to the Board of Directors.
Landi Renzo has complied with the provisions and recommendations of the Self-Regulatory Code drafted by the Corporate Governance Committee, publicly available on the Corporate Governance Committee's website at page http://www.borsaitaliana.it/comitato-corporategovernance/codice/codice.htm.
Neither the Issuer nor its subsidiaries of strategic importance, are subject to provisions of any laws other than Italian law affecting the Issuer's corporate governance structure.
The Shareholders' Meeting establishes the number of members of the Board of Directors, at the time of their appointment, within those limits set out in subsection 4.2 below. The directors shall hold office for a period of no more than three financial years, and they may be re-elected.
Under Article 14 of the Company's articles of association, regarding the appointment and replacement of the Board of Directors and/or its members, establishes that the members of the Board of Directors are elected from lists of candidates according to the following procedures, in compliance with legislation, including regulatory, on gender balance in force at the time. Shareholders holding, even jointly, at least 2.5% of the share capital representing shares that confer voting rights at shareholders' meetings held to deliberate the appointment of the members of the governing body, or such other proportion of the share capital as may be determined at any one time by Consob, in accordance with the rules applicable to the Company, may present a list of candidates, the number of which shall not be greater than the number of directors to be elected, where candidates are listed in a progressive order. This level of ownership is consistent with that determined by Article 144-quater of the Issuers' Regulations for companies with a market capitalisation of up to Euro 1 billion. The notice calling the shareholders' meeting will state the level of ownership required to present a list of candidates.
Each shareholder, the shareholders adhering to a shareholders' agreement relevant under Article 122 of the Consolidated Finance Act, the parent company, the subsidiary companies and companies subject to joint control, may not present or join in the presentation of more than one list, not even through a third party or a trust company, nor may they vote for different lists, and each candidate may only stand in one list, otherwise they will be adjudged ineligible. Candidatures and votes expressed in breach of this restriction shall not be attributed to any list.
Lists must be deposited at the Company's registered office at least 25 (twenty-five) days prior to the date scheduled for the Shareholders' Meeting, without prejudice to other forms of publicity provided for by law, including regulatory provisions, in force at the time. The notice calling the shareholders' meeting will provide instructions to allow remote deposit of the list by distance communication. Ownership of the amount of shares required to present a list must be proven with the methods and at the terms required under the law and regulatory provisions in force at the time. Should mandatory gender allocation criteria be applicable, each list that presents at least 3 (three) candidates shall include a number of candidates of the least represented gender equal to the minimum requested by applicable law and regulatory provisions in force at the time. Those documents provided for by article 14 of the Issuer's articles of association and by the applicable provisions of law and regulations shall be presented together with each list.
Within the above terms, the following must be deposited together with each list: (i) information regarding the identity of the shareholders that presented the list and the percentage of ownership they hold in the aggregate; (ii) the declarations whereby each candidate accepts to be a candidate and attests, under his or her own responsibility, that no circumstances giving rise to his or her ineligibility or incompatibility exists and that he or she meets all the requisites under the law to accept the office; (iii) any candidate's declaration whereby the candidate attests, under his or her own responsibility, that he or she meets the independence
requirements in accordance with applicable laws and regulations; and (iv) the curricula vitae of each candidate, containing exhaustive information on the candidate's personal and professional background, and listing any offices held by the candidate on the governing or supervisory bodies of other companies. Those lists presented without observing the aforesaid provisions shall be deemed as not presented.
Each eligible person has the right to vote for one list. When voting has been completed, those candidates from the two lists who have obtained the greatest number of votes shall be elected, according to the following principles:
The candidate chosen as number one candidate on the Majority List shall be elected Chairperson of the Board of Directors.
Unless otherwise provided for, in the event of parity of votes, the senior candidate shall be elected.
In the event that following the election of candidates in the aforesaid manner, a number of independent directors have not been appointed, in accordance with the provisions of the law governing auditors, equal to the minimum number established by law in relation to the overall number of members of the Board of Directors, then the first non-independent candidate elected in numerical order from the Majority List, shall be replaced by the first independent candidate (in numerical order) not elected taken from the same list, or in the absence thereof, by the first independent candidate (in numerical order) not elected taken from the other lists, according to the number of votes that each candidate has obtained. This replacement procedure shall be followed until the number of independent directors – pursuant to the legal provisions governing statutory auditors - elected to the Board of Directors is at least equal to the legal minimum. Finally, should this procedure fail to provide the aforesaid result, then replacement shall be established by a resolution passed by the relative majority of the Shareholders' Meeting, subject to the presentation of candidates possessing the aforesaid requirements.
In addition, in the event that following the election of candidates in the aforesaid manner, a composition of the Board of Directors has not been reached in accordance with the provisions of the law on gender balance in force at the time, then the last candidate of the most represented gender elected in a numerical order from the Majority List shall be replaced by the first candidate of the less represented gender (in numerical order) not elected taken from the same list, or in the absence thereof, by the first candidate of the less represented gender (in numerical order) not elected from the other lists, according to the number of votes that each candidate has obtained. This replacement procedure shall be followed until a composition of the Board of Directors is reached which complies with the laws on gender balance in force at
the time. Finally, should this procedure fail to provide the aforesaid result, then replacement shall be established by a resolution passed by the relative majority of the Shareholders' Meeting, subject to the presentation of candidates belonging to the less represented gender.
Should the first two or more lists obtain the same number of votes, then the shareholders' Meeting shall vote again, this time for those lists only. The same rule shall apply in the event of parity between those lists coming second in terms of numbers of votes that are not connected, directly or indirectly, with those shareholders who have presented or voted for the competing list.
In the event of further parity between lists, the list presented by shareholders possessing the majority shareholding, or subordinately by the list presented by the greatest number of shareholders, shall prevail. In all aforementioned cases, the composition of directors shall secure compliance with the aforesaid requirement of gender balance, where so required by law provisions and regulations in force at the time.
In the event of only one list, or no list, being presented, the Shareholders' Meeting shall decide according to the majorities established by law, without having to observe the abovementioned procedure, without prejudice for compliance with the gender balance requirement specified above, where required by law provisions and regulations in force.
For the purpose of the division of those directors to be elected, no account shall be taken of lists that have failed to gain a percentage of votes at least equal to one half of the number required by the present articles of association, or by Consob, for the presentation thereof.
If, during the course of the year, one or more Directors are missing, then in order to ensure that the majority continues to be constituted by directors appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting, the following procedure shall be followed, in accordance with article 2386 of the Civil Code:
In any case, the Board of Directors and the Shareholders' Meeting shall proceed to make the appointment in order to ensure the minimum number of independent directors required by the law in force at the time, subject to compliance with the aforementioned gender balance requirement, where so prescribed by law and regulatory provisions in force at the time.
However, should the majority of directors cease to exist, then the entire Board of Directors shall be deemed as having resigned, with effect from its reconstitution.
At least one of the members of the Board of Directors, or two if the Board is composed of more than seven members (or of a different minimum number required by the applicable regulation),
shall satisfy the criteria of independence called for in the case of statutory auditors by the law and regulatory provisions in force at the time.
The independent director, pursuant to the provisions of the law governing statutory auditors, who subsequent to his/her appointment, no longer satisfies the requirements of independence, shall immediately notify the Board of Directors of this circumstance, and shall no longer hold office. A director's loss of independence, as defined above, shall not automatically lead to loss of office if the said requirement is satisfied by the minimum number of directors as established by the laws in force, or by the codes of conduct that the Company has declared it abides by.
It should be noted that the Board of Directors, having considered the structure and the size of the Group, has not adopted any succession plan for executive directors as it deems that the replacement procedures adopted are adequate to guarantee the continuity and certainty of corporate governance.
Under Article 14 of the articles of association, the Company is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of five to nine members, who need not be shareholders, as previously decided by the Shareholders' Meeting at the times of the appointment of the Board of Directors.
On 29 April 2019 the Shareholders' Meeting appointed the Board of Directors, setting the number of its members at nine. The Directors will serve until the approval of the financial statements for the period ending on 31 December 2021.
The members of the Board of Directors have been elected from two different lists: a) eight Directors were elected from list number 1), presented jointly by the majority shareholders Girefin S.p.A. and Gireimm S.r.l., while b) one Director was elected from list number 2), presented by the minority Shareholders Aerius Investment Holding AG.
List number 1) set out the following candidates:
List number 2) set out the following candidates:
The candidates from list number 1) were elected with 132,990,260 favourable votes, whilst the candidate from list number 2) was elected with 13,101,545 favourable votes. With regard to the proposed lists, no dissenting votes were cast. The voting share capital in attendance at the shareholders' meeting represented 81.62% of the entire share capital.
Please note that, as communicated to the public by means of a press release on 19 October 2020, during the Period, Mr. Anton Karl resigned from the office of director of Landi Renzo because of work responsibilities which were incompatible with the commitments required for the performance of his duties. On the date of the resignation, Mr. Anton Karl was a nonexecutive and independent member of the Board of Directors, and he did not hold any office within the internal committees of Landi Renzo.
On 13 November 2020, the Board of Directors, with a resolution approved by the Board of Statutory Auditors, appointed Mr. Dario Patrizio Melpignano as non-executive and independent director of the Company, via cooptation (cooptazione) pursuant to Article 2386 of the Civil Code. The appointment was approved by the management body considering the fact that the Director leaving the office, Mr. Anton Karl, was elected from the minority list submitted by Aerius Holding AG, which just included one additional candidate, who was not willing to accept the office of Director of Landi Renzo. Upon his appointment, Mr. Dario Patrizio Melpignano declared and attested, under his own responsibility, that no circumstances giving rise to his ineligibility or incompatibility existed, that he met all the requirements under the law to accept the office, including good standing requirements (requisiti di onorabilità) set forth in Article 148, subsection 4, of the Consolidated Finance Act, as well as the independence requirements called for in the case of statutory auditors by the law in force at the time and by the provisions of the Self-Regulatory Code. The co-opted Director shall remain in office until the next Shareholders' Meeting.
Therefore, as of the date of this Report, the Board of Directors of the Company has nine members. The members of the Board of Directors serving as of the date of this Report are shown in the table below (for additional information, see table 2, attached to this Report).
| Full surname | Title | Place and date of birth |
Director Type | Audit and Risk Committee |
Remuneration Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefano Landi Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Reggio Emilia, 30 June 1958 |
Executive | |||
| Cristiano Musi Managing | Director | Parma, 27 April 1974 |
Executive | ||
| Giovanna Domenichini |
Honorary Chair of the Board of Directors |
Casina (Reggio Emilia), 6 August 1934 |
Non-Executive | ||
| Silvia Landi | Director | Reggio Emilia, 8 June 1960 |
Non-Executive |
| Vincenzo Russi |
Director | Lanciano, 1 January 1959 |
Non-Executive and Independent1 |
Member | Member |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara Fornasiero |
Director | Merate (Lecco), 9 September 1968 |
Non-Executive and Independent1 |
Chair | Chair |
| Paolo Ferrero Director | Torino, 13 February 1955 |
Non-Executive | |||
| Angelo Iori | Director | Reggio Emilia, 11 December 1954 |
Non -Executive | Member | Member |
| Dario Patrizio Melpignano |
Director | Milano, 15 January 1968 |
Non-Executive and Independent1 |
Directors Sara Fornasiero, Vincenzo Russi, and Dario Patrizio Melpignano stated that they met the qualifications required for Independent Directors at the time of their appointment, in accordance with Article 148 of the Consolidated Finance Act and Article 3 of the Self-Regulatory Code.
The purpose of the presence of three Independent Directors is to provide further safeguards of good corporate governance by means of discussion and debate among all the Directors. The contribution made by the Independent Directors also allows the Board to verify that cases of potential conflict between the interests of the Company and its majority shareholder are evaluated with an appropriate degree of independent judgment.
The members of the Board of Directors of the less represented gender are one-third of the members of the Board of Directors.
All members of the Board of Directors are domiciled at the Company's registered office by virtue of their office. There is a family relationship between Directors Giovannina Domenichini, Stefano Landi and Silvia Landi, in that Stefano Landi and Silvia Landi are Giovannina Domenichini's children.
Each Director's personal and professional history are briefly set out below in accordance with Article 144-decies of the Issuers' Regulations.
Stefano Landi. A shareholder of the Issuer, he was Managing Director from 1987 to 2010. From 24 April 2013 until 28 April 2017 he served both as Managing Director and as Chairman of the Board of Directors, in addition to holding offices in other companies of the Landi Renzo group and since April 2017 he has been serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors. In 2006 the specialised press included Stefano Landi among the top ten managers in the automotive sector and in December 2010 he received the award of E&Y "Entrepreneur of the Year". From July 2010 to July 2013 he was in office as President of the Industrial Association of the Province of Reggio Emilia, from January 2014 to December 2020 he was in office as Chairman of Reggio Emilia Chamber of Commerce and in December 2020 he was appointed as Extraordinary Commissioner of Reggio Emilia Chamber of Commerce. He also holds the office of director in Safe S.p.A. and Safe&Cec S.r.l.
Cristiano Musi. Was awarded a degree in law by the University of Parma and later earned an MBA from the Business School of the Milan Politecnico University. He started his professional
1 Independent as per Article 148 of the Consolidated Finance Act and Article 3 of the Self-Regulatory Code.
career in marketing, working in several companies, and then joining an international investment bank after his MBA. From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Musi worked for international and national banks, progressing in his profession, which focused mainly on business finance and structured finance. In 2012 he was appointed general manager of Dulevo International S.p.A. and Lampogas S.p.A., where he was responsible for coordinating the first phase of the reorganisation until the change of control caused by the purchase by a leading international private equity fund. Following this change of control, Mr. Musi became a member of the board of directors of Lampogas' holding company and general manager of the group, serving as Chairman, Managing Director, and Director of several of the group subsidiaries. In December 2016, he was elected as general manager (direttore generale) of Landi Renzo and remained in charge until April 2017, when he was appointed Managing Director. At present, he is also Director of Dulevo International S.p.A. and Managing Director of Safe S.p.A. and of Safe&Cec S.r.l.
Giovannina Domenichini. In 1954 Giovannina Domenichini founded Officine Renzo Landi together with her husband. Subsequently, following the Issuer's incorporation, she took on the position of Sole Director and in 1987 became the Chair of the Board of Directors. Since 22 April 2010 she has been non-executive Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors. In 1990 she was awarded the honour of Commendatore dell'ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana and, on 19 October 2011, the honour of Cavaliere del Lavoro.
Silvia Landi. She has been an employee of the Issuer since 1978, and in the role as public relations officer since 1987. Silvia Landi also has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Girefin S.p.A. since 2002.
Vincenzo Russi. Co-Founder and Chiex Executive Officer of e-Novia S.p.A., the "Farm of Enterprises" founded in Milan in 2015, which generated more than 30 business projects, among which eShock S.r.l., BluBrake S.r.l., Y.Share S.r.l., SmartRobots S.r.l., YAPE S.r.l., HiRide S.r.l., Weart S.r.l and BLIMP S.r.l.. These are all innovative Italian businesses with an international presence in the areas of Collaborative Mobility, Humanized Machines and Augmented Human. He has been working in the ICT sector for more than 35 years, and for more than 20 he devoted himself to management consulting and business management. He was also Chief Digital Officer of Messaggerie Italiane, the first Italian group in book publishing and distribution, and Vice President of eDigita, first digital distribution platform for Italian book publishing. Previously, he was Chief Operating and Technology Officer at CEFRIEL, and then General Manager, as well as professor at the International MBA of the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano and of Software Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Chiex Executive Officer at Fila Corp. in Boston, Partner of Ernst & Young Consulting and Vice President at Capgemini. He commenced his career in the laboratories of Selenia Spazio and, later, in the international laboratories of Olivetti in Italy and in Silicon Valley.
Sara Fornasiero. At present, she holds the office of Statutory Auditor of Leonardo S.p.A., Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors and of the Supervisory Body ("Organismo di Vigilanza") of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., Alternate Auditor of Avio S.p.A. and UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A., Auditor of Atos Italia S.p.A. and of Bricoman Italia S.r.l., as well as of Fata Logistic Systems S.p.A. and of MBDA Italia S.p.A., member of the Supervisory Body ("Organismo di Vigilanza") of Atos Italia S.p.A., Philips S.p.A., Philips Innovations S.p.A. and Philips Espresso Industries S.r.l.. Self-employed since 2016, she is involved in projects in the field of corporate governance, risk management, anti-bribery and corruption, and sustainability projects for listed and unlisted companies. Since 1995 she has been enrolled in the Register of Auditors and since 1996 she has been enrolled in the National Register of Certified Chartered
Accountants and Auditors in Milan. She is a member of the Italian Association of Chartered Accountants (AIDC), the Italian Association of Internal Auditors (AIIA), NedCommunity (community of non-executive and independent directors), co-chair of the Reflection Group "Women, Diversity and Disruption" ("Donne, Diversity e Disruption") and associate of Fuori Quota (not-for-profit organisation that brings together women who are involved in proactive actions for the empowerment of female talent). She is also a member of the "Governance of Listed Companies" and "Compliance and Organisational Models" committees of the Board of Certified Chartered Accountants and Auditors of Milan. With a degree in Economics from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, she began her work experience in KPMG S.p.A. in 1993 as statutory auditor; from 1995 to 1998 in the due diligence field; from 1998 to 2001 in the Forensic Accounting department; from 2001 in the Corporate Responsibility/Sustainability department; and from 2004 in the Risk & Compliance department. From 2006 to 2015 she joined KPMG Quality & Risk Management function as Senior Manager.
Paolo Ferrero. With a degree in mechanical engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, he acquired extensive experience in the automotive sector, having worked in numerous roles internationally. Throughout his career, Paolo Ferrero was responsible for the development and industrialisation of several types of transmissions and many diesel, gasoline and gas motors used both in passenger cars and mid-heavy duty vehicles. After starting in the racing sector (in Abarth, a division of the Fiat Group) he was Chief Executive Officer and General Manager for Italy of the joint-venture Powertrain between Fiat and General Motors (2001-2005), Vice President for engineering of Fiat Powertrain Technologies (2006-2008), Powertrain Senior Vice President of Chrysler (2009-2011), General Manager for Mercosur and Vice President of Product Engineering for South America of Fiat-Chrysler Powertrain (2011-2014). Paolo Ferrero has also held various offices on boards of companies of the FIAT Group. Following practice in advising and consultancy services, in 2017 he joined the Landi Renzo group, as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President for Strategic Business Development.
Angelo Iori. After completing his studies in accounting in 1974, he began his professional career with the Issuer in the administrative and commercial area in the automotive and car LPG and CNG systems industry. In 1979 Angelo Iori continued his activity at Autosonik S.p.A. and in 1985 he re-joined the Company as sales and marketing manager until 2003. In 2004 he was appointed CEO of MED S.p.A., a company in the Landi Renzo group incorporated in 2010. From 2010 to 2013 he dealt with activities in the field of operations for both the Issuer and Lovato Gas S.p.A. (merged by absorption in Landi Renzo with effectiveness as of 1 December 2020), also holding the position of director of operations for the Landi Renzo group. From 2014 to 2016 he was Sales and Marketing Aftermarket Director at the Issuer and at Lovato Gas S.p.A., A.E.B. S.p.A. and Emmegas S.r.l.
Dario Patrizio Melpignano. Formerly co-founder and director of DNM (which later became Inferentia DNM and then FullSix), one of the main European operators in the digital sector in the 2000s, from 2007 he devoted himself to the creation of a platform named Neosperience Cloud, functional to the creation of omnichannel services which innovate the so-called digital experience. His initial objective with Neosperience Could was to overcome the limitations of the fragmented smartphone market, allowing apps to be developed easily from a single design. Since 2011, he has developed the platform in order to transform business marketing and sales, democratizing the creation of apps and web services for a wide range of different uses, winning the Red Herring Top 100 (firs in Europe and then worldwide), gaining international recognition from Gartner Cool and winning the QUID Innovation Italy and Gran Prix Pubblicità Italia awards. In 2016 he co-founded Neosurance, a spin-off of Neosperience dedicated to the insurtech
sector, which became in less than one year the reference for innovation in the insurance sector in Europe, winning numerous awards. In 2017 he co-founded Bikevo, a sportech start-up dedicated to training cyclists, as well as WizKey, dedicated to legal-tech for the blockchainintegrated sale and purchase of credits. In 2018 he embarked on an ambitious development path aimed at the blending of empathy in technology through artificial intelligence. Neosperience is included among the new pioneers of AI and listed as the only European benchmark, along with Adobe, IBM and Microsoft. On 20 February 2019, Neosperience makes its debut on the Italian stock exchange in an IPO that registers a 38,6% increase on the first day. During 2020, the company's development accelerated with a number of acquisitions of software vendors which were homogeneous in their values and complementary in their offerings, creating the largest national hub dedicated to the development of application solutions in the digital field. With the defeatcovid.org project, he donates to the global community the first machine learning model that automates the diagnosis of Covid-19 from radiographic reports, subsequently building on such an experience with the launch of a business unit of the company dedicated to healthtech.
From the closing date of the Period there have been no changes in the membership of the Company's Board of Directors.
To be noted that, as to diversity policies pursuant to Article 123-bis, paragraph 2(d-bis) of the Consolidated Finance Act, on 14 March 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved a diversity policy applicable to the Board of Directors, which includes the following principles:
professionals who are sufficiently familiar with the peculiar issues affecting listed companies and international groups as well as of professionals who have a strong connection to the industrial sector in which the Company operates should be favoured to the extent possible.
Over the next financial years, the Board of Directors – also in light of the recent legislative and regulatory amendments and of the new Corporate Governance Code, applicable from 1 January 2021 – will review and evaluate, also for the purpose of future renewals of the members of the corporate bodies, any changes that need to be made to the aforementioned policy on diversity.
Moreover, in the context of the re-appointment of the members of the corporate bodies, on 14 March 2019, the outgoing Board of Directors issued guidance as the types of professional that would be suitable as members of the Board of Directors consistently with the recommendations under application criterion 1.C.1(h), of the Self-Regulatory Code.
The Company believes that fostering gender parity and offering equal opportunities is one of the key components of the corporate structure and, to such end, gives great importance to the professional growth and personal achievements of each member of its organisation. During financial year 2021, the Company also wishes to evaluate whether additional specific measures should be adopted aiming to further coordinate such components.
The table below shows the managerial and auditing positions held in listed and unlisted companies by member of the Company's Board of Directors as of 31 December 2020.
| Full name | Company in which an external position is held |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| Giovannina Domenichini |
Girefin S.p.A. | Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Immobiliare L.D. Parma S.r.l. | Sole Director | |
| Stefano Landi | Girefin S.p.A. | Managing Director |
| Gireimm S.r.l. | Sole Director | |
| Safe S.p.A. | Director | |
| Safe&Cec S.r.l. | Director | |
| Società Agricola BIOGUSS S.r.l. | Chairman of the Board of Directors | |
| Fondazione Museo Antonio Ligabue | Director | |
| IMW Industries Ltd | Director | |
| Cristiano Musi | Safe S.p.A. | Managing Director |
| Safe&Cec S.r.l. | Managing Director | |
| Landi Renzo Polska | Director | |
| Landi Renzo PAK | Director | |
| Landi Renzo Beijing | Director | |
| IMW Industries Ltd | Managing Director | |
| Silvia Landi | Girefin S.p.A. | Director |
| Vincenzo Russi | e-Novia S.p.A. | Managing Director |
| Blubrake S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | |
| Blimp S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | |
| e-Shock S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | |
| Esion S.r.l. | Sole Director | |
| Existo S.r.l. | Sole Director | |
| Feel-0 S.r.l. | Sole Director | |
| Hiride Suspension S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | |
| Measy S.r.l. | Sole Director | |
| Huxelerate S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | |
| Smart Robots S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | |
| Shiftic S.r.l. | Sole Director | |
| Stem S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | |
| Wahu S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | |
| Weart S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | |
| Yape S.r.l | Chairman and Managing Director | |
| Winnica S.r.l. | Sole Director |
| Yaxe S.r.l. | Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.Share S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | ||||||
| Dario Melpignano | Neosperience S.p.A | Chairman and Managing Director | |||||
| HOK Group S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | ||||||
| WorkUp S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | ||||||
| Myti S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | ||||||
| AdChange S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | ||||||
| NeosVoc S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | ||||||
| Neosperience US | Chairman and Managing Director | ||||||
| Value China S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | ||||||
| Neosurance S.r.l. | Director | ||||||
| Bikevo S.r.l. | Director | ||||||
| WizKey S.p.A. | Director | ||||||
| Neos S.r.l. | Chairman and Managing Director | ||||||
| Sara Fornasiero | Leonardo S.p.A. | Standing Auditor | |||||
| Area Lamaro S.p.A. | Alternate Auditor | ||||||
| Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. | Chairman of the Board of Statutory | ||||||
| Auditors and Member of the Supervisory | |||||||
| Board | |||||||
| Atos Italia S.p.A. | Standing Auditor and Member of the | ||||||
| Supervisory Board | |||||||
| Avio S.p.A. | Alternate Auditor | ||||||
| Fata Logistic System S.p.A. | Standing Auditor | ||||||
| La Scala Società tra Avvocati p.A | Alternate Auditor | ||||||
| UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A. | Alternate Auditor | ||||||
| Bricoman Italia S.r.l. | Standing Auditor and Chairman of the | ||||||
| Supervisory Board | |||||||
| MBDA Italia S.p.A. | Standing Auditor | ||||||
| Philips S.p.A. | Member of the Supervisory Board | ||||||
| Philips Innovations S.p.A. | Member of the Supervisory Board | ||||||
| Philips Espresso Industries S.r.l. | Member of the Supervisory Board | ||||||
| Safe S.p.A. | Member of the Supervisory Board | ||||||
| Vitrociset S.p.A. | Alternate Auditor | ||||||
| Paolo Ferrero | No office held | ||||||
| Angelo Iori | No office held |
It should be noted that, having regard to article 1.C.3 of the Self-Regulatory Code, which provides that that Board of Directors issues guidance regarding the maximum number of positions as director and auditor in listed companies, finance, banking and insurance houses or large-size companies, the Board of Directors, in the meeting of 13 November 2014 adopted the following general criteria also confirmed in the meetings held on 12 November 2015, 10 November 2016, 14 November 2017, on 13 November 2018, on 8 November 2019 and, most recently, on 13 November 2020.
It should be also noted that the limitation on the number of offices does not apply to offices held in companies of the Landi Renzo group.
Should the aforesaid limit be exceeded, the directors shall inform the Board of Directors forthwith, which shall assess the situation in light of the interests of the Company and shall invite the Director to take any decision stemming therefrom.
In order to maintain adequate knowledge of the business segment in which the Company is active, the directors receive, information and updates, periodically or at any time as necessary, on the business segment in which the Issuer operates, on the principles for proper risk management, and reference regulations, including through documents prepared by the Company or on the initiative of internal departments or functions. In particular, following appointment of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors currently in office, on 29 April 2019, a board induction session was held to provide insight into the industry and market dynamics as well as on current business context and perspectives. Moreover, on 11 November 2019 and 3 March 2020, focus sessions were held for the members of the Remuneration Committee in which legal advisors to the Company described the contents of the Shareholders' Rights Directive II, and the consequent changes to the Consolidated Finance Act and other national laws and regulations. Moreover, on 13 November 2020, legal advisors to the Company held an induction for the members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors concerning the new Corporate Governance Code approved by the Corporate Governance Committee on 31 January 2020. Lastly, on 16 February 2021, legal advisors to the Company held a specific induction for members of the internal committees in the Board of Directors, concerning the innovations brought by the Shareholders' Rights Directive II and by the new Corporate Governance Code. During the Period, in addition to specific induction training sessions, updates and clarifications were also provided during the Board of Directors' meetings on the business sector in which the Issuer operates and on the applicable regulations, where considered worthy of further elaboration by the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors is the corporate body responsible for the governance of the Company and has the powers assigned to it by law and by the articles of association. It is organised and operates in such a way as to ensure the effective and efficient performance of its functions. Its Directors act and adopt resolutions knowledgeably and autonomously, pursing the objective of creating value for the Company's Shareholders and reporting management performance at Shareholders' Meetings.
In accordance with article 18 of the Company articles of association, the Board of Directors is vested with the widest powers for the day-to-day and extraordinary management of the Company and has the power to carry out all the acts it considers expedient or helpful for the achievement of its corporate purpose, only excluding those for which the Shareholders' Meeting is solely responsible by law or under the articles of association.
The Board of Directors is also vested with responsibility for the following:
(iii) reducing the share capital in the event of the withdrawal of a shareholder;
(iv) adapting the articles of association in accordance with new provisions of law;
The Board of Directors must ensure that the executive in charge of preparing corporate accounting documents has sufficient powers and resources to perform the duties assigned to him by law and that administrative and accounting procedures are observed in actual practice.
In urgent circumstances relating to transactions with related parties that are not under the responsibility, or subject to the authorisation, of the shareholders' meeting, the Board of Directors will have the right to approve these transactions even where they are implemented through subsidiaries, departing from the customary provisions of the internal guidelines for related-party transactions adopted by the Company, subject to compliance with and at the conditions set out in the guidelines.
For the matters specified in article 1.C.1 of the Self-Regulatory Code no powers have been granted to the Managing Director and they must therefore be considered to be the sole responsibility of the Board of Directors. For example, it must be deemed that the Board is responsible for considering and approving:
In carrying out their duties, Directors examine the information they receive from the delegated bodies, also asking these bodies for clarification, further details or additional data that they consider necessary or appropriate. To this end, at least quarterly, the Managing Director provides the Board of Directors with adequate information regarding general management performance and its foreseeable prospects and on the most significant transactions carried out by the Company or its subsidiaries.
Although the Articles of association do not stipulate a minimum frequency of meetings, it is now the practice for the Board of Directors to meet at least once a quarter on the occasion of the approval of the interim financial statements. Board Meetings are scheduled on the basis of a calendar approved at the beginning of the year in order to help to ensure that as many members as possible attend. The corporate calendar may be consulted on the Company's website, in the Investors section.
During the Period, the Board of Directors held seven meetings, each lasting approximately 100 minutes on average, generally attended by all directors; indeed, the overall attendance was
equal to 89%. The attendance percentage regarding each Director is specified in the table reported at the end of the Report. The members of the Board of Statutory Auditors took part in all meetings of the Board of Directors.
At least five meetings are scheduled for the current financial period, of which two were held on 12 and 15 March 2021.
The meetings of the Board of Directors can be attended also by non-members of the Board of Directors, upon invitation. Specifically, they are regularly attended by executives of the Issuer and the Landi Renzo group, whose attendance provides a contribution to the necessary indepth review of the items on the agenda. All the meetings held during the financial period were attended by executives of the Issuer.
Directors and Auditors receive the papers and information necessary to enable them to express themselves knowledgeably on the subjects submitted for their examination and approval, with a suitable amount of time in advance of the meeting. The work of the Board of Directors is organised by the Chairman, who ensures that each item on the agenda is given the time necessary for a constructive debate.
The Company generally deems sufficient that the documentation be sent three days in advance and this term was complied with during the Period.
In order to implement article 1 and the relative criteria for the application of the Self-Regulatory Code, the Board of Directors, in its meeting held on 13 November 2020, completed a successful review of the size, composition and workings of the Board of Directors, of the Audit and Risk Committee and of the Remuneration Committee, including in relation to the independent directors. To this end, starting from 2018, all Directors in office are asked each year to complete a questionnaire to evaluate the functioning and efficiency of the Board of Directors and of the Committees, as well as their size and composition. The results following the completion of the questionnaire are submitted to the Board of Directors by the Managing Director in charge of the board review, to ensure its efficacy. The result of this self-evaluation questionnaire are also brought to the attention of the Remuneration Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee in relation to matters under their respective responsibility.
Moreover, at the meeting on 13 November 2020, the Board of Directors, also on the basis of reports from the executive manager in charge of supervising the internal audit and risk management system and from the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, reviewed the adequacy of the general organisational, administrative and accounting structure of the Issuer and that of its strategically relevant subsidiaries, in relation to the internal audit system and the management of conflicts of interest and has approved the Company's overall system of governance. In addition to the delegation of powers and functions, including provision for the formation of committees within the Board of Directors, of which further mention will be made below, this system also includes rules of procedure governing transactions with related parties and transactions in which a Director has an interest. The Issuer's Board of Directors has also identified the subsidiaries that are strategically relevant based on criteria which take into account the revenues, independence of production, research, development and innovation of products, as well as the range of products, the positioning of the product and of the brand. In light of the above-mentioned criteria, the Board of Directors identified Lovato Gas S.p.A. and Landi Renzo Polska Sp.Zo.o as strategically relevant companies. In this regard, please note that, as communicated to the public by means of a press release on 19 November 2020, Lovato
Gas S.p.A. was merged by absorption in the Company with effectiveness as of 1 December 2020.
The Board of Directors evaluated the general performance of operations, with regard in particular to the information received from the Company's delegated bodies and periodically comparing the results achieved with those forecasted.
The Board of Directors examined and approved in advance the transactions of significant strategic, economic and financial importance for the Issuer carried out by the Issuer and its subsidiaries.
Section 11 below includes information regarding the procedure followed by the Board in carrying out intra-group transactions and transactions with other related parties.
The Board of Directors adopted qualitative and quantitative criteria to identify own and its subsidiaries' significant transactions. Qualitative criteria refer to transactions concerning the acquisition or disposal of holdings, the setting up of new companies and/or joint ventures, of business units, assets and contributions in kind, corporate investments and/or divestiture, the raising of loans, the entry into and/or exit from geographical markets and/or strategic types of business. Quantitative criteria refer to transactions other than those described above, whose value exceeds the quantitative limit of the powers conferred to the Managing Director.
The Board of Directors adopts resolutions on the significant transactions identified as above, both of a qualitative and quantitative nature, based on the information and reports provided from time to time by the Managing Director.
Article 14 of the articles of association of the Company states that the Directors are subject to the non-competition rule laid down in Article 2390 of the Civil Code unless they are exonerated from this rule by the Shareholders' Meeting. As of the date of this Report, the Shareholders' Meeting has not given permission for any exceptions to the non-competition rule.
The Board of Directors' Meeting of 29 April 2019 vested the Managing Director, Cristiano Musi, with the powers necessary for the day-to-day management of the Company.
The following are Cristiano Musi's principal duties, together with the ceilings for the amounts and issues in respect of the powers bestowed:
b) the supervision, subject to his full decisional power and responsibility, directly and/or indirectly through chosen collaborators, without prejudice to the personal responsibility of the latter, of the Company's productive sector, in all its direct and indirect aspects, technical, marketing and financial sectors;
c) the stipulation, amendment and termination of leasehold agreements with terms of less than 9 years, of leasing agreements including those for real estate, of rental and gratuitous loan agreements for moveable properties and real estate, for a sum of no more than Euro 5,000,000 per agreement with powers to sign the same agreements with the terms and conditions that will be established; the payment and collection of the agreed prices, and the receipting and completion of any other related procedures;
l) the management of (i) institutional and other communication; and (ii) institutional investor relations, in each case for the Company as well as for the Group;
m) the representation of the Company vis-à-vis Health and Social Insurance Bodies, and the fulfilment of those obligations arising from the labour law provisions in force at the time, in particular as far as regards insurance, benefit and other contributions;
regulations and provisions regarding workplace health and hygiene and safety, the prevention, protection and safeguard with respect to workers' psychological and physical well-being, and the protection of the environment, with full financial independence and independent spending authority in executing these powers. More specifically, by way of example, but not limited thereto, the Managing Director has the following powers:
v) in performing the functions in subparagraph (u) above, the decision and implementation of organisational choices and expenses with full powers and discretion, including of a financial nature and with independent spending authority, with the Managing Director or his delegates or any sub-delegates assuming, each within the limits of his/her functions and powers, any criminal liability arising from any breach of the applicable obligations with regard to the health and safety of workers, the protection and safeguard of the environment, and the protection of personal data, and conferred with the relative resolution;
w) the power, in exercising the functions in subparagraph (u) above, to revoke powers of attorney, proxies, and generally any other appointment granted as of the date hereof by the Company within its organisational structure, pertaining to functions and powers in relation to worker health and safety, environmental safeguard and protection, and protection of personal information;
By virtue of the powers vested upon him by the Board of Directors, the Managing Director, Cristiano Musi, qualifies as the person mainly responsible for corporate governance. It should also be noted that no interlocking situation occurs with regard to Cristiano Musi.
The legal representation of the Company, before any authority with respect to, and to independently sign, any document or declaration pursuant to article 21 of the Company articles of association, without restriction other than pursuant to the articles of association or law, pertains to the Managing Director Cristiano Musi.
With respect to the powers granted to Cristiano Musi as General Manager, please refer to paragraph 4.8 below.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr Stefano Landi, who holds the position of trustee of the Landi Trust, which indirectly exercises control over the Issuer, is vested with the legal representation, severally, of the company.
The following are the management powers granted on 29 April 2019 by the Board of Directors to Stefano Landi, in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors, together with the ceilings for the amounts and issues in respect of the powers bestowed:
c) the receipt of the proposals prepared by the Managing Director and the authority to express to the Board of Directors his opinion in terms of the Company's and the Group's objectives, strategies, policies and macro-organisational choices;
d) the coordination of the Company's and the Group's growth strategy, both organically and externally, on the basis of the proposals submitted by the Managing Director;
At least every quarter, the Managing Director provides the Board of Directors with adequate information regarding general management performance and its foreseeable prospects, as well as regarding the transactions carried out by the Company and its subsidiaries that are of the greatest importance by size and characteristics.
The Directors report to the Board of Auditors in good time, and in any event at least every quarter, at Board of Directors' Meetings or meetings of the Executive Committee, if one has been appointed, or also in the form of a written memorandum to the Chairman of the Board of Auditors, on the activities performed and the transactions carried out by the Company and its subsidiaries that are of the greatest economic and financial importance and of the greatest significance for the Company's assets, in order to enable the Landi Renzo Board of Auditors to assess whether the transactions that have been resolved and implemented comply with the law and the articles of association or are not, on the other hand, clearly imprudent and in conflict with the resolutions passed by the Shareholders' Meeting, or are such as to impair the integrity of the Company's assets.
In particular, Directors report on transactions in which they have an interest, either on their own account or on behalf of third parties, and on any atypical or unusual transactions or any transactions with related parties.
Other than Managing Director Cristiano Musi and the Chairman of the Board of Directors Stefano Landi, no members of the Board of Directors are executive directors.
The Self-Regulatory Code recommends the election to the Board of Directors of a suitable number of independent directors. On the basis of the guidelines set out in the Self-Regulatory Code, a director shall not be considered independent if he/she:
with a person that, also together with others pursuant to a shareholders' agreement, controls the Issuer, or – in the case of a company or entity – with the relevant top managers;
or is, or was during the previous three years, an employee of one of the aforesaid subjects;
The current Board of Directors includes three directors, Sara Fornasiero, Vincenzo Russi, and Dario Patrizio Melpignano, who meet the independence requirements provided for by Stock Market Regulations and the Self-Regulatory code. Said directors meet the requirements set out in article 148, paragraph 3, of the Consolidated Finance Act. The number of independent directors, given the total number of members of the Board of Directors, is in line with both the provisions of article 148 of the Consolidated Finance Act and the Instructions to the Stock Market Regulations (article I.A.2.10.6).
The independent Directors Sara Fornasiero and Vincenzo Russi have identified themselves as independent directors in the lists for the appointment of the Board of Directors and, as far as the Issuer is aware, they have undertaken to preserve their independence during the term of their office. The Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors had verified the possession by Sara Fornasiero, Vincenzo Russi, and Anton Karl (who resigned during the Period) of the requirements of independence, on the first available occasion after their appointment, on the basis of the declarations these directors themselves made to this end pursuant to article 148 of the Consolidated Finance Act and to article 2.2.3., subsection three, letter l) of the Stock Market Regulations, applying inter alia the criteria set out in the Self-Regulatory Code.
In particular, at the meeting of 29 April 2019, the Board of Directors had carried out the due checks on compliance of the three non-executive directors Sara Fornasiero, Vincenzo Russi and Anton Karl (who resigned during the Period) with the aforesaid criteria of independence, based on the information provided by them. During the meeting, the Board of Statutory Auditors confirmed that it had performed all necessary checks as to the proper application by the Board of Directors of the criteria and the procedures adopted to assess the independence of its members.
During the Period, on 13 March 2020, the Board of Directors also verified the possession by each of the non-executive directors, Sara Fornasiero, Ivano Accorsi and Anton Karl (who resigned during the Period), of the requirements of independence, applying inter alia the criteria set out in the Self-Regulatory Code. During the meeting, the Board of Statutory Auditors confirmed that it had performed all necessary checks as to the proper application by the Board of Directors of the criteria and the procedures adopted to assess the independence of its members.
Following the resignation of Director Anton Karl, the Board of Directors, during the meeting of 13 november 2020, resolved to appoint as Director of the Company, by means of cooptation ("cooptazione") pursuant to Article 2386 of the Civil Code, Mr. Dario Patrizio Melpignano, and the resolution was approved by the Board of Statutory Auditors. Dario Patrizio Melpignano declared and attested, under his own responsibility, that he met the requirements provided by articles 147-ter, paragraph 4, and 148, paragraph 3, of the Consolidated Finance Act, in order to be qualified as independent. During the meeting, the Board of Directors had carried out the due checks on the possession by Dario Patrizio Melpignano of the independence requirements, also based on the information provided by him. During the same meeting, the Board of Statutory Auditors confirmed that it had performed all necessary checks as to the proper application by the Board of Directors of the criteria and the procedures adopted to assess the independence of its members.
During the Period, the independent Directors met one time without the other Directors of the Company.
On 29 April 2019, the Board of Directors meeting appointed independent director Ms Sara Fornasiero as lead independent director in accordance with article 2 of the Self-Regulatory Code. Non-executive directors and, specifically, independent directors, shall report to her for a better contribution to the activities and coordination of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors has considered it opportune to maintain the position of lead independent director, also at the time of the renewal of the company bodies, which you are reminded took place with the approval of the financial statements closed at 31 December 2018, because the Chairman was the trustee of the Landi Trust, governed by Jersey Law, which is the main shareholder of the company.
The lead independent director represents a point of reference and coordination for the applications and contributions of the non-executive Directors to improve the functioning of the Board of Directors, co-operates with the Chairman of the Board of Directors to ensure that directors receive complete and timely flows of information, and has powers to convene specific meetings of the independent directors to discuss matters considered to be of interest to the functioning of the Board of Directors and management of the company.
During the Period, the lead independent director actively participated to the meetings of the Board of Directors, coordinating as necessary and suitable, the requests and the contributions of the non-executive directors, and especially those of the independent directors.
From 29 April 2019, in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors, the Managing Director Cristiano Musi is also in office as General Manager of the Company.
The following are the management powers granted on 29 April 2019 by the Board of Directors to Cristiano Musi, in his capacity as Manging Director, together with the ceilings for the amounts and issues in respect of the powers bestowed:
including liability accounts, of the Company within the credit limits granted by the bank to the Company;
With respect to the powers granted to Cristiano Musi as Managing Director, please refer to paragraph 4.4 above.
The Company launched a procedure for the internal management and the public disclosure of inside information, implementing the provisions laid down in market abuse legislation, including the new provisions set out in Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse, Commission Delegated Regulation 2016/522 of 17 December 2015, and Commission Delegated Regulation 2016/523 of 10 March 2016, also establishing procedures for the registration of persons with access to inside information, last updated on 13 November 2018.
In general terms, the procedure vests the Managing Director, with the support of the executive in charge of preparing corporate accounting documents and of the Investor Relations Manager, with responsibility for the internal handling and the public disclosure of inside information. It provides specific sections devoted to the definition of inside information and the recipients of said procedure, the relevant methods of handling inside information, the obligations in terms of conduct of recipients, the identification of bodies in charge for managing and disclosing inside information to the public, the methods for disclosing inside information to the public and the approval process for press releases, the methods of handling market rumours, the rules to be applied in the event of late disclosure to the market or in the event of disclosure of inside information to third parties, the instructions for meetings with the media and the financial community, the rules to be adopted in market surveys, and the creation of a register of persons
with access to inside information, the persons authorised to conduct relations with the public and the persons bound by confidentiality obligations.
In compliance with the provisions of market abuse law, the Company has adopted an Internal Dealing Code, drafted pursuant to Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 April 2014 and Articles 152-sexies et seq. of the Issuers' Regulations, lastly amended by the Board of Directors on 14 November 2017.
In accordance with this Code, a number of key personnel, understood as those with normal access to inside information and with the power to take management decisions that may affect the Company's trend and prospects, as well as the persons closely connected to them, are under an obligation to make disclosures to the market regarding transactions carried out on the listed securities issued by the Company.
The Internal Dealing Code provides for ceilings and deadlines for market disclosures, with relative sanctions in line with the relevant Consob provisions. Said Code also contains clauses governing the black-out period.
During the Period, the Company issued ten announcements concerning internal dealing, available on the Company's internet site at http://www.landirenzogroup.com/it/, under section Investors, following receipt of relevant notices on significant transactions pursuant to Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 April 2014 and Articles 152-sexies et seq. of the Issuer's Regulations.
The Board of Directors has not set up any internal committees other than those provided for by the Self-Regulatory Code, other than the Committee for related-party transactions, in compliance with the provisions of the Related Party Transactions Regulations. Details of any said committees under the Self-Regulatory Code are given in the following chapters of this Report. Details of the Committee for related-party transactions are given in section 12 of this Report.
The Company has not created any committee that performs the duties of two or more of the committees under the Self-Regulatory Code, nor has it reserved such duties to the Board of Directors as a whole, under the co-ordination of the Chairman, or divided these duties inconsistently with the provisions of Self-Regulatory Code.
The Board of Directors has decided not to set up an internal committee to manage proposals of appointments because, as of the date hereof, it has not yet deemed it necessary, especially taking into account the Landi Renzo group structure and the Company's ownership structure.
Composition and functioning of the Remuneration Committee (pursuant to article 123 bis, subsection 2, letter d) of the Consolidated Finance Act)
As of the date of this Report, the Remuneration Committee is comprised of three directors: Sara Fornasiero as Chairman and, and Vincenzo Russi, both of whom are Non-Executive and Independent Directors, and Angelo Iori, Non-Executive Director. Sara Fornasiero, Vincenzo Russi, and Angelo Iori have suitable knowledge of and experience in accounting and financial matters. The members of the Remuneration Committee receive an annual gross remuneration for their work, as resolved by the Board of Directors on 29 April 2019.
The Remuneration Committee has its own internal rules, lastly updated on 15 March 2021.
The Directors are required to abstain from participating to meetings of the Board of Directors when proposals relating to their compensation are being discussed.
During the Period, three meetings of the Remuneration Committee were held, each lasting on average 75 minutes. During the Period, Sara Fornasiero, Angelo Iori and Vincenzo Russi attended 100% of the meetings. Upon invitation of the Remuneration Committee and in relation to certain matters, the executives of the Company, other Directors and the Company' s advisors attended, without the right to vote, the meetings of the Remuneration Committee. The meetings of the Remuneration Committee were attended also by the members of the Board of Statutory Auditors. The members of the Remuneration Committee attended inductions during the Period, concerning the innovations brought by legislative decree 49/2019 implementing Directive 2017/828/UE "Shareholder Rights Directive II" ("SHRD II") and by the new Corporate Governance Code. For further information in respect to the induction trainings held throughout the Period, see section 4.2 of this Report.
Considering the nature of the activity carried out by the Remuneration Committee, the Company elected not to provide the Committee with any predetermined spending amount, and to consider any spending requirements as they arise.
At least four meetings of the Remuneration Committee are planned for the current year, of which two were already held on 5 and 15 March 2020. Minutes of the Remuneration Committee's meetings have been duly kept and the Chairman of the Committee reported thereon during the first following meeting of the Board of Directors.
The duty of the Remuneration Committee is to formulate proposals or express opinions to the Board of Directors, in the absence of those directly concerned if these are members of the Committee, regarding the remuneration of the Managing Director and those directors who hold particular positions and the setting of performance goals related to the variable component of said remuneration; it also periodically appraises the criteria adopted for the remuneration of key executives, supervising their application and making general recommendations on the matter and monitors the application of the decisions adopted by the Board of Directors, verifying, in particular, the actual achievement of the performance goals.
For additional information on the duties of the Remuneration Committee, see the relevant sections of the report on the remuneration policy and compensation paid published pursuant to Article 123-ter of the Consolidated Finance Act.
As regards remuneration, under the articles of association the Shareholders' Meeting assigns the Board of Directors emoluments that may consist of a fixed and a variable portion throughout the term of its mandate. The variable portion is commensurate to the achievement of certain objectives and/or to the economic results attained by the Company.
As regards the variable portion of the remuneration, under Italian Stock Market Regulations, in order to enter the STAR segment, the Company is required to appoint an internal Remuneration Committee and to provide that a significant part of the remuneration of Executive Directors and other top executives be calculated on an incentive basis.
See the report on the remuneration policy and compensation paid, published pursuant to Article 123-ter of the Consolidated Finance Act for information regarding the remuneration policy generally, stock option incentive plans, and the compensation of executive directors, and executives with strategic responsibilities, and non-executive directors.
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Except as disclosed in the report on the remuneration policy and compensation paid published pursuant to Article 123-ter of the Consolidated Finance Act, as of the date of this Report, there are no agreements between the Company and the members of its Board of Directors that envisage the payment of indemnity in the event of their resignation, dismissal and/or termination of employment without due cause, or in any case of termination of employment following a takeover bid.
The Board of Directors ensures that its appraisals and decisions with regard to the internal audit system and risks management, the approval of the financial statements and half-year reports and the relations between the Issuer and the auditing firm are supported by satisfactory preliminary work. To this end, the Board of Directors set up an Audit and Risk Committee composed of Non-Executive Directors, the majority of whom are Independent Directors. At least one member of the Audit and Risk Committee should have satisfactory experience in accounting and financial matters, to be assessed by the Board of Directors at the time of his appointment.
As of the date of this Report, the Audit and Risk Committee is comprised of three directors: Sara Fornasiero as Chairman and Vincenzo Russi, both Non-Executive and Independent Directors, and Angelo Iori, Non-Executive Director. Sara Fornasiero, Vincenzo Russi and Angelo Iori have suitable knowledge of and experience in accounting and financial matters, as well as of a commercial and operational nature to enable them to have an organic view of the corporate risks.
The members of the Audit and Risk Committee receive an annual gross remuneration for their work, as resolved by the Board of Directors on 29 April 2019.
The Audit and Risk Committee has its own set of regulations, lastly updated on 15 March 2021. During the course of the Period, the Committee examined, inter alia, those activities pertaining to the internal audit system and risks management and the organisational Model provided for by Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001, and it provided the Board of Directors with assistance when called upon to do so.
During the Period, eight meetings of the Audit and Risk Committee were held, lasting on average 77 minutes each. During the Period, Sara Fornasiero and Vincenzo Russi took part to 100% of the meetings, whereas Angelo Iori took part to 88% of the meetings. Upon invitation of the Audit and Risk Committee and in relation to certain matters, the executives of the Company, other Directors and the Company' s advisors also attended, without the right to vote, the meetings of the Audit and Risk Committee. Meetings of the Audit and Risk Committee were also attended by the members of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
At least six meetings of the Audit and Risk Committee are planned for the current year and two of these were already held on 5 and 12 March 2021. Minutes of the Audit and Risk Committee's meetings have been duly kept and the Chairman of the Committee reported thereon during the first following meeting of the Board of Directors.
Upon receiving prior opinion of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Board of Directors:
Moreover, the Board of Directors, at the proposal of the Director in charge of the internal audit and risk management system, having received the preliminary favourable opinion of the Audit and Risk Committee, and having heard the Board of Statutory Auditors:
In addition to assisting the Board of Directors in the performance of the above duties, the Audit and Risk Committee:
During performance of its duties, the Audit and Risk Committee has the authority to access the company information and functions as necessary for it to perform its duties.
In the meetings held during the Period, the Committee focused in particular on the following:
the appointment of the Director in charge of the internal audit and risk management system;
regular meetings with the Head of the Internal Audit;
In the exercise of its duties, the Audit and Risk Committee has the right to avail itself of external consultants and to have access to the corporate information and functions it needs to perform its duties.
Considering the nature of the activities of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Company has decided not to grant the committee a predefined expense limit, preferring to consider on a case by case basis the expenses that may be needed from time to time.
The internal audit system and risk management is the collection of rules, procedures and organisational structures designed to allow proper management of the company, in line with the set objectives, through the identification, measurement, management and monitoring of the principal risks involved.
The Board of Directors assesses the effectiveness of internal audit and risk management system and its adequacy in consideration of the characteristics of the company on a yearly basis. As a result of the analysis performed during the Period, the internal audit and risk management system was found to be effective and adequate in consideration of the characteristics of the company and the risk profile assumed.
In defining strategic, business and financial plans, the Board of Directors defined the nature and level of risk as compatible with the strategic objectives of the Issuer, including in its assessments all risks which may acquire relevance for sustainability of the Company's business in the medium-long term, and determined the guidelines for the internal audit and risk management system.
The guidelines provided by the Landi Renzo group's internal audit system, as established by the company's Board of Directors with the aid of the Audit and Risk Committee, perceive the internal audit system and risk management as a transversal process integrated with all corporate activities, based upon the international principles of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). The internal audit system and risk management is designed to help the group achieve its own performance and profitability targets, obtain reliable economic-financial information and ensure conformity with the laws and regulations in force, thus avoiding damage to the company's image and financial losses. Within the framework of this process, particular importance is given to the identification of company objectives and to the classifications and management of those risks associated with these objectives, through the implementation of specific actions designed to contain such risks. Corporate risks may be of various kinds: strategic risks, operating risks (associated with the efficacy and efficiency of corporate operations), reporting risks (associated with the reliability of economic-financial information), and finally, compliance risks (concerning observance of the laws and regulations in force, thus avoiding financial losses and/or damage to the company's image). All risks may also be of an exogenous or endogenous nature vis-à-vis the Landi Renzo group.
The persons in charge of the various company departments identify and assess their respective risks, and see to identifying risk containment and reduction measures (so-called "primary line control").
The above activities are supplemented by the controls carried out by the Manager responsible for the preparation of corporate documents and his/her staff (the so-called "second-level control") and by the head of Internal Audit (the so-called "third-level control"), who assess, on an on-going basis, the effectiveness and efficiency of the internal audit system and risk management, through risk assessment, cyclical audit and follow-up management.
The following are details of the main structural elements on which the Company's internal audit system and risk management is based.
by the Human Resources Department, as recommended by the Managing Director. The Landi Renzo group's structure, the organisational charts and the organisational measures can be consulted by all employees on the Company's Intranet site;
Internal Audit function – The Landi Renzo group possesses an internal audit function with the scope of assessing, through continuous monitoring of the corporate risks and an ongoing program of audits, the soundness of the internal control system.
Corporate Ethics and Compliance Model pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001 – See section 11.3 below.
The abovementioned instruments of control are monitored not only by those persons in charge of the various company departments, but also independently by the head of Internal Audit, who shall constantly monitor the effectiveness and efficacy of the internal audit system and risk management, through risk mapping, the performance of audits, and the subsequent management of the follow up.
In relation to the financial reporting process, the risk management system should not be considered separately from the internal audit system, because they are both elements of the same system.
The aim of the risk management and internal audit system in relation to the financial reporting process is to guarantee the reliability, accuracy and timeliness of the same.
During the preparation of the latest audit plan by the internal Audit Function for the three-year period 2019-2021, the risks connected to the performance of the main corporate processes have been identified.
The monitoring and control activities are carried out on three levels:
On the basis of the information and findings received with the support of investigations carried out by the Audit and Risk Committee, the head of Internal Audit, and the Supervisory Body pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001, the Board of Directors believes that the Landi Renzo group's internal audit system and risk management is suitable and efficient and effectively operational, and thus apt to secure an acceptable level of overall risk in consideration of the business carried out by the company, the company's characteristics and the market in which it operates.
At the 29 April 2019 meeting, the Board of Directors, with the approval of the Audit and Risk Committee, selected Executive Director in charge of supervising the operation of the internal audit system and risk management as being the Managing Director Cristiano Musi, vesting him with the functions set forth by the Self-Regulatory Code.
The director in charge of the internal audit and risk management system: (a) identifies the major corporate risks, bearing in mind the nature of the business carried out by the Issuer and its subsidiaries, and submits them periodically for review to the Board of Directors; (b) implements the guidelines set by the Board of Directors, and sees to the planning, establishment and management of the internal audit and risk management system, and verifies on an on-going basis its overall suitability, effectiveness and efficiency; (c) procures that the system be adapted to the dynamics of operating conditions and to the legislative and regulatory framework; (d) may request the Internal Audit function to carry out controls on specific operational areas and on the compliance of corporate operations with internal policies and procedures, concurrently notifying thereof the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors; and (e) promptly notifies the Audit and Risk Committee (or the Board of Directors) of any issues or problems found in performing its tasks or learnt in any way whatsoever, so that the Committee (or the Board of Directors) may take appropriate measures.
The Board of Directors, in the meeting of 20 June 2018 – upon proposal of the executive Director in charge of supervising the functioning of the internal audit system, having received
the preliminary favourable opinion of the Audit and Risk Committee and having heard the Board of Statutory Auditors – had appointed Mr Filippo Alliney (formerly of counsel of Andersen Tax&Legal since 2017 and currently Sole Director of Alliney & Partners S.r.l.) as the Internal Audit Manager. This appointment was – upon proposal by the Executive Director in charge of supervising the functioning of the internal audit system and subject to the favourable opinion of the Audit and Risk Committee and having consulted with the Board of Statutory Auditors – confirmed by the Board of Directors at the meeting on 29 April 2019. At the same meeting, the Board also resolved to attribute to the Director in charge of supervising the functioning of the internal audit system daily compensation of Euro 1,050.00, plus VAT and social security contributions, for each day when he performs his duties, and to reimburse him for the expenses incurred in performance of the role.
The Internal Audit Manager, Filippo Alliney is not responsible for any area of operations and is not hierarchically under any operations area manager, including the Administration, Finance and Control department, so as to ensure greater independency, autonomy and professionalism and a wider consideration of the best practice in the market.
Mr Filippo Alliney satisfies the requirements of professionalism, independence and organization and lacks any corporate relationships with the Issuer.
The head of the Internal Audit function has, inter alia, the duty to verify that the internal audit system and risk management is always adequate, fully operational and functional and reports on his work to the Audit and Risk Committee, the Board of Auditors and the Director in charge of supervising the operation of the internal audit and risk management system.
The head of the Internal Audit function has access to all the information required for the performance of his duties, and has been provided with sufficient funds, for each year of his appointment, up to a maximum gross sum of Euro 50,000.
The activities of the head of the Internal Audit function, consistently with the three-year Landi Renzo group's audit plan approved by the Board of Directors on 29 April 2019 are aimed, through the audits and the participation in the company's activities, to express an assessment of the soundness of the internal control system.
The nature and purpose of the Internal Audit function is to verify that the internal control system is effective in limiting corporate risks. In this scenario, the Internal Audit function's objective is twofold: on the one hand, of a formal nature, to ensure that market best practices are respected, to guarantee an adequate flow of information to the corporate bodies and confrontation with other control functions, and, on the other hand, of a substantive nature, through verifications, also through testing activities, on the audits existing within the corporate processes (assurance) or by the adequate management of development/operational adjustment projects (control design).
In carrying out the activities provided for in the audit plan, the Internal Audit function will comply with the market practices referred to in the Regulations approved by the Board of Directors, interacting constructively with the stakeholders of the processes or of the activities under review.
The selection of the areas subject to verification took place through a process of risk analysis and assessment (risk mapping) involving the audit bodies (i.e. the Internal Audit and Risk Committee and the Supervisory Body) and the Issuer's management. However, the continuous
interaction with the corporate bodies and structures allows that the risk assessment becomes subject to continuous updates and, consequently and with the same resources, the audit plan may be subject to adjustments.
Coverage of all corporate risks (audit cycle) requires the preparation of an audit plan with a three-year horizon. The allocation of the audits within the three-year period has been established taking into account the greater or lesser relevance of the risk relating to each area. The three-year plan will in any case be subject to potential annual review in relation to the evolution of the company structure and the related risks.
The exceptional changes induced by the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent recourse, starting from the second quarter of the year, to the public unemployment fund ("cassa integrazione in deroga"), had a significant impact on the availability of internal resources, which would be the key interlocutors through which the Internal Audit function carries out its control activities; a change in the timing of the Audit Plan was required, although such a plan will resume its normal course from the second quarter of 2021.
The head of the Internal Audit function:
The Board of Directors, in compliance with the terms laid down in Article 2.2.3, paragraph 3 (j) of the Stock Market Regulations, approved its Corporate Ethics and Compliance Model in accordance with Article 6 of Legislative Decree 231/2001 (the "Model"), as subsequently amended. The Model was drafted on the basis of the guidelines of the Italian Confederation of Industrialists' and in compliance with applicable legislation.
With the adoption and effective implementation of the Model, the Company will not be liable for offences committed by "top" managers and persons subject to their supervision and instructions.
The Model lays down a series of rules of conduct, procedures and control activities as well as a system of powers and delegated responsibilities whose purpose is to prevent the occurrence of the criminal offences expressly listed in Legislative Decree 231/2001. A disciplinary system has also been introduced to be applied in the event of breaches of the provisions of the Model.
In order to implement the Model, a supervisory body (the "Supervisory Body") was set up, with the functions contemplated in Article 6, subsection 1(b) of Legislative Decree 231/2001. The Supervisory Body is composed of Jean-Paule Castagno, as chairman, Sara Fornasiero and Domenico Sardano, who have been appointed for a term of office ending upon approval of the financial statements for the period ending on 31 December 2021.
Every six months, the Supervisory Body informs the Board of Directors in writing on the implementation and actual awareness of the Corporate Ethics and Compliance Model within each Company department.
The Model has been updated over the years in order to take into account changes introduced from time to time by lawmakers. In particular, at the meeting held on 28 August 2012, the Board of Directors acknowledged and approved a number of amendments to the Model aimed at including environmental crimes among conditions of corporate liability pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001. Later, on 27 August 2013, the Model was again updated following the entry into force of Law 190/2012 ("Measures for the repression of corruption"). A further update to the Model was approved by the Company's Board of Directors on 12 November 2015 in order to include the new criminal offence of self-money laundering (art. 648-ter of the Italian Criminal Code). Throughout 2019, the Company has asked the support of the Supervisory Board for updating the Model, in accordance with the new regulatory and organizational changes. During the meeting held on 15 March 2021, the Board of Directors approved the latest updates to the Model, concerning the General Section, the Code of Ethics and the Whistleblowing procedure. As of the date hereof, the process for the update of the Special Section regarding market abuse, employment of foreign workers and health and safety in the workplace is still ongoing.
The Model has been published and circulated to all personnel, outside collaborators, customers, suppliers and partners.
Finally, again in the framework of the activities to be carried out in order to implement the Model, the Board of Directors adopted the Landi Renzo group's Code of Ethics, as last amended on 15 March 2021. In fact, as specified in the Italian Confederation of Industries guidelines, the adoption of ethical principles that have a role to play in the prevention of criminal offences is an essential element in a preventive control system. Specifically, the Landi Renzo Code of Ethics sets out corporate values and the combination of rights, duties and responsibilities of its addressees and provides for the imposing of sanctions, independently and autonomously of those laid down in the national collective labour agreement.
Pursuant to article IA.2.10.2, subsection 2, of the Instructions to the Stock Exchange Regulations, on 14 June 2019 the representative Mr Stefano Landi duly certified the Company's approval on 20 March 2008 of the Organizational, Management and Control Model pursuant to article 6 of Legislative Decree 231/2001 and the composition of the Supervisory Body. Said
certification is part of the documentation requested annually by Borsa Italiana from those companies listed in the STAR segment, in order that they may remain listed as such.
During the Period, the Supervisory Body met seven times. As of the date hereof, the Board of Directors did not deem it necessary to vest the Board of Statutory Auditors with the functions of supervisory body.
On 29 April 2016, at the reasoned proposal of the Board of Auditors, the Shareholders' Meeting appointed the PriceWaterhouseCoopers S.p.A. firm of auditors, with head office at Via Monte Rosa 91, Milan, as the Company's auditors of the statutory and consolidated financial statements for the period 2016-2024 and to carry out limited audits of the Landi Renzo group's consolidated half-year reports during the same period.
On 16 October 2017, auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers S.p.A. was also granted a mandate for a limited review, i.e., limited assurance, for the non -financial consolidated report pursuant to Legislative Decree 254/16 for the financial years from 2017 to 2024.
Chief Financial Officer Paolo Cilloni, executive in charge of the Issuer's administration, finance and control department, was appointed, pursuant to article 154-bis of the Consolidated Finance Act, by the Board of Directors of the Company on 29 April 2019, with the approval of the Board of Auditors, as the Executive in charge of preparing corporate accounting documents, as he satisfies the requirements for the appointment and, in particular, has a proven expertise in accounting and finance, in line with the requirements of Article 24 of the articles of association.
The Board of Directors' meeting of 29 April 2019 granted the Executive in charge of preparing corporate accounting documents, Mr Paolo Cilloni, sufficient resources and powers for him to perform his assigned duties, it being understood that the Managing Director is obliged to report on the matter to the Board of Directors and to ensure that such means and resources are provided and that administrative and accounting procedures are actually observed. In addition, the Board of Directors decided the remuneration the Executive concerned should receive for the performance of these duties.
As of the date hereof, the Issuer has not considered the adoption of any specific procedure to co-ordinate the various persons involved in the internal audit and risk management system, as it deems that the bodies and various functions are adequately and efficiently integrated with one another, without duplicating any activity.
In compliance with the Related Party Transactions Regulations and its successive interpretation communications, the Board of Directors has (i) adopted a new internal procedure on 29 November 2010, setting forth the rules and principles to follow to ensure the transparency
and fairness, in substance and procedure, of transactions with related parties entered into by Landi Renzo, directly, or through its direct or indirect subsidiaries, and (ii) on 29 April 2019 also appointed a Committee for related party transactions composed of two independent directors (Sara Fornasiero and Vincenzo Russi). In accordance with the Related Parties Regulation, the internal procedure was approved by the Board of Directors with the approval of the Committee for Related Party Transactions. During the Period, three meetings of the Committee for Related Party Transactions were held and attended by Sara Fornasiero and Vincenzo Russi, further to the members of the Board of Statutory Auditors and the chief financial officer of the Company. The members of the Committee for Related Party Transactions performed induction activities in both 2020 and early 2021 concerning the innovations brought by the legislative decree 49/2019 implementing the SHRD II and by the new Corporate Governance Code. For further information about the induction training sessions held during the Period, see section 4.2 of this Report.
In compliance with the suggestions under Consob Communication DEM/10078683 of 24 September 2010, the above procedure was subject to verification by the Board of Directors on 8 November 2019. As a result of such verification, the Board of Directors had deemed the procedure to be adequate in light of the applicable legislation and regulation, specifying however that the Company – with its legal advisors – was evaluating whether to perform a review of this procedure to align it with best practice and to adapt it to the procedures for newly listed companies, and (where necessary) to any legislative or regulatory amendments, also in light of the legislative decree 49/2019 implementing the SHRD II. In light of recent legislative and regulatory amendments, including the amendments to the Related Parties Regulation, the Company intends to carry out a review of its internal procedure during the Period.
The following are the most significant aspects of the procedure:
This Committee is responsible for ensuring the substantial fairness of transactions with related parties and issuing an opinion on the interests of the company in carrying out the transaction as well as the financial appropriateness (convenienza) and fairness of the relevant conditions. In the case of transactions classified as having Lesser Importance, the Company may in any case precede with the transaction despite an unfavourable opinion of the Committee for related party transactions. In this event, information regarding the transactions approved in the relevant quarter must be provided to the public within fifteen days of the close of each financial quarter,
despite the unfavourable opinion, specifying the reasons why the Company did not agree with the opinion of the Committee for related party transactions.
The Board of Directors is exclusively responsible for the approval of Transactions of Greater Importance and the Committee has a broader role. The Committee takes part in the negotiations phase of the transaction, during which it receives full and timely information from the delegated bodies and parties responsible for conducting the negotiations and may request additional information and provide any considerations. In addition, if the Committee for related party transactions gives an unfavourable opinion, the Board of Directors cannot approve the Transactions of Greater Importance.
In urgent circumstances relating to transactions with related parties that are not under the responsibility, or subject to the authorisation, of the shareholders' meeting, the Board of Directors will have the right to approve these transactions with related parties, even where they are implemented through subsidiaries, in derogation of the customary provisions of the internal procedure for related-party transactions adopted by the Company, subject to compliance with and at the conditions set out in the procedure.
The above procedure applicable to related party transactions is available on the Company's website at www.landirenzogroup.com/it/, in the Investors section.
Considering the limited number of circumstances in which a Director has an interest, for his or her account or on behalf of a third party, and because of the adequate functioning of the procedure for related party transactions, the Board of Directors has determined it is not necessary to adopt additional operating solutions to define and to manage circumstances where a Director has an own or third-party interest, which circumstances will be analysed on a case-by-case basis by the Managing Director.
Under Article 22 of the Company's articles of association, the Board of Auditors is composed of three Standing and two Alternate Auditors, who can be re-elected.
The Board's functions, duties and term are as laid down by law. When the members of the Board are appointed, the Shareholders' Meeting determines their remuneration, also in the light of their participation in any internal committees. Auditors are entitled to the refund of the expenses they incur in the exercise of their functions.
The members of the Board of Auditors must satisfy the requisites of good character, professionalism and independence required under the law and regulations.
The members of the Board of Auditors are elected, in compliance with gender- balance law in force at the time, from lists presented by the shareholders, in which the candidates must be listed in progressive number order, so that the minority is assured the appointment of one Standing and one Alternate Auditor. The lists must not contain a higher number of candidates than those to be elected.
In addition, where mandatory gender allocation criteria apply, each list with at least three candidates (considering both sections) shall include a number of candidates of the less represented gender equal at least to the minimum number envisaged under applicable law and
regulations in force at the time. Should the section of alternate auditors of these lists have at least two candidates, they shall be of different genders.
Shareholders holding, even jointly, at least 2.5% of the share capital representing shares that confer voting rights at shareholders' meetings held to deliberate the appointment of the members of the governing body, or such other proportion of the share capital as may be determined from time to time by Consob, in accordance with the rules applicable to the Company, may present a list of candidates. The notice calling the shareholders' meeting will state the level of ownership required to present a list of candidates. Such percentage of ownership is consistent with that provided under Article 144-quater of the Issuers' Regulations for companies with market capitalisation of up to Euro 1 billion.
Each shareholder, the shareholders adhering to a shareholders' agreement relevant under Article 122 of the Consolidated Text, the parent company, the subsidiary companies and companies subject to joint control may not present or join in the presentation of more than one list, not even through a third party or a trust company, nor may they vote for different lists, and each candidate may only stand in one list, on pain of ineligibility. Candidatures and votes expressed in breach of this prohibition shall not be attributed to any list.
Lists must be deposited at the Company's registered office at least 25 days prior to the date scheduled as prescribed by law, including regulatory provisions, applicable at the time. The notice calling the shareholders' meeting will provide instructions to allow remote deposit of the list by distance communication. Ownership of the amount of shares required to present a list must be proven with the methods and at the terms required under the law and regulatory provisions in force at the time.
In the event that upon expiry of the term for the presentation of lists only one list has been presented, or only lists presented by shareholders connected with each other under the laws and regulations in force have been presented, it will be possible to present lists until the third day after that date of expiry. In this case, shareholders that, alone or with other shareholders, own overall treasury shares representing half of the share capital threshold specified in the above provisions, may present lists.
If no list is presented, the Shareholders' Meeting adopt resolutions by the statutory majority without observing the procedure described below, provided it complies with the gender-balance requirement specified above, where so required by law and regulatory provisions in force at the time.
In all cases, the following documents must be deposited together with each list and within the times specified above: (i) information regarding the shareholders presenting the list and the total number of shares they hold; (ii) declarations from the individual candidates to the effect that they agree to stand for election and that they certify, on their own responsibility, that there are no causes of their incompatibility or ineligibility, including the accumulation of positions in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, and also that they satisfy any requirements that may be laid down for the positions involved; and (iii) CVs with full information regarding the personal and professional characteristics of each candidate, specifying the administration and auditing functions exercised in other companies. Lists presented by shareholders other than those holding, even jointly, a controlling or relative majority shareholding must also attach a certificate to the effect that there are no relationships connecting them with controlling or relative majority shareholders in accordance with the
regulation in force. Lists presented that do not comply with these provisions shall be considered as not having been presented.
The procedure for the election of the Auditors is as follows:
If the first two, or more than two, lists obtain an equal number of votes, a further ballot by the Shareholders' Meeting will take place, whereby only such lists will be voted for. The same rule applies in the event of an equal number of votes being cast for lists in second place, provided that they are not connected, even indirectly, in accordance with the laws and regulations in force.
In the event that the lists continue to obtain an equal number of votes, the list will prevail that is presented by the shareholders with more equity in the company, or, subordinately, the list that is presented by the greater number of shareholders. In all the events specified above, the composition of statutory auditors shall satisfy the aforementioned gender balance requirements, if so required by the law and regulatory provisions in force at the time.
If the above procedure does not ensure a composition of the Board of Statutory Auditors, in terms of standing members, which complies with the law on gender balance in force at the time, the last elected candidate of the most represented gender (in numerical order) in the Majority List shall be replaced by the first non-elected candidate of the less represented gender (in numerical order) of the same list, or in the absence thereof, by the first non-elected candidate of the less represented gender (in numerical order) of the other lists, based on the number of votes obtained by each of them. This procedure shall apply until a composition of the Board of Statutory Auditors is reached which complies with the law on gender balance in force at the time. Should this procedure not lead to the results specified above, the replacement will be made according to a resolution adopted by the Shareholders' meeting with the relative majority, subject to the presentation of candidates of the less represented gender.
The candidate elected in first place in the Minority List is appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Auditors.
Auditors lose office if they cease to satisfy the requirements laid down by law and in the articles of association.
In the event of the replacement of an Auditor elected from the Majority List, his place is taken by the first Alternate Auditor belonging to the same list as the replaced Auditor, or, if this does not secure compliance with the aforementioned gender balance requirement, the first alternate auditor who, following the numerical order in which the alternate auditors are listed, satisfies such requirement. Should the preceding provisions of this clause be not applicable, the replacement shall be made by the Shareholders' Meeting, which shall adopt resolutions with
the majorities set forth by applicable law provisions, subject to the presentation of candidates of the less represented gender.
If Standing and/or Alternate Auditors need to be appointed to make up the number of members of the Board after the replacement of a Standing and/or Alternate Auditor elected in the Majority List, the Shareholders' Meeting adopts a resolution by the statutory majority, should the application of the criteria set out in the preceding paragraph not result in the integration of the number of members of the Board, without prejudice to the aforementioned gender balance requirement, where so required by law and regulatory provisions in force at the time.
In the event of the replacement of an Auditor elected from the Minority List, his place is taken by the alternate auditor belonging to the same list of the replaced Auditor, or subordinately, by the candidate immediately following in the same list as that of the replaced Auditor, or, again subordinately, by the first candidate in the minority list that obtained the second highest number of votes, without prejudice to the aforementioned gender balance requirement, where so required by law and regulatory provisions in force at the time. In the absence thereof, the replacement shall be made by the Shareholders' meeting, which shall adopt resolutions with the relative majority and in compliance with the above requirements. This does not affect the fact that the Chairman of the Board of Auditors remains the Auditor from the Minority List.
If Standing and/or Alternate Auditors need to be appointed to make up the number of members of the Board after the replacement of a Statutory and/or Alternate Auditor elected in the Minority List, the Shareholders' Meeting adopts a resolution by the statutory relative majority, choosing from the candidates appearing in the list to which the Auditor to be replaced belonged, or appearing in the minority list that obtained the second highest number of votes, without prejudice to the aforementioned gender balance requirement, where so required by law and regulatory provisions in force at the time. In the absence thereof, the replacement shall be made by the Shareholders' meeting, which shall adopt resolutions with the relative majority and in compliance with the above requirements.
When the Shareholders' Meeting is called upon, in accordance with Article 2401, paragraph 1, of the Civil Code, to appoint or replace one of the Auditors elected from the Minority List, any votes cast by shareholders that hold a controlling or relative majority interest, even jointly, are not taken into consideration.
Board of Statutory Auditors' meetings may also be held by audio and video link in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Company Articles of association.
The Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting on 29 April 2019 appointed the Company's Board of Statutory Auditors, whose term will expire upon the approval of the financial statements at 31 December 2021.
The members of the Board of Statutory Auditors were elected on the basis of two different lists: (a) two Standing Auditors and one Alternate Auditor were elected from list number 1), presented jointly by the majority shareholders Girefin S.p.A. and Gireimm S.r.l., whilst (b) one Standing Auditor and one Alternate Auditor were elected from list number 2) presented by the minority shareholder Aerius Investment Holding AG.
List number 1) included the following candidates:
List number 2) included the following candidates:
The candidates from the list number 1) were elected with 132,990,260 favourable votes and the candidates from the list number 2) were elected with the 13,101,545 favourable votes. No dissenting votes were cast in respect of the proposed lists. The voting share capital attending the meeting represented 81.62% of the share capital.
| Full name | Title | Serving since | % attendance at Board | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| of Auditors' Meetings | |||||||
| Fabio Zucchetti | Chairman of the Board | 29 April 2019 | 100% | ||||
| of Auditors | |||||||
| Diana Rizzo | Standing Auditor | 29 April 2019 | 100% | ||||
| Domenico Sardano | Standing Auditor | 29 April 2019 | 100% | ||||
| Marina Torrelli | Alternate Auditor | 29 April 2019 | - | ||||
| Gian Marco Amico di | Alternate Auditor | 29 April 2019 | - | ||||
| Meane |
As of the date of this Report, the Board of Statutory Auditors is composed as follows:
Members of the less represented gender constitute a third of the standing members and of the alternate members of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
The personal and professional history of each Auditor is briefly set out below, in accordance with Article 144-decies of the Issuers' Regulations.
Fabio Zucchetti. With a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Torino, he practices as a certified public accountant since 1993, specialising in corporate tax matters, advising national and international clients. He has served and currently serves as member of the Boards of Directors, Chairman or standing member of the Boards of Statutory Auditors, member of the risk committees and of the committees for related-party transactions in a number of companies, including companies part of international groups, holding companies, regulated companies and listed companies.
Diana Rizzo. With a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Modena, she has been practicing as Chartered Accountant since 1983, specialising in the economic, business, and corporate tax fields. She acted as Official Auditor and at present she works as Auditor enrolled in the relevant Register - in which she has been registered since its creation and as Auditor for Local Public Authorities. Since over 35 years, she has been collaborating with the Courts of Modena and Bologna as expert witness in civil and criminal matters and as expert evaluator, and she also acts as receiver and judicial commissioner. She holds the office as statutory auditor in industrial companies and financial companies.
Domenico Sardano. With a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Genova, he worked from 1996 to 1997 as an auditor with the auditing firm of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Since 1997 he performs his professional activity with the accounting firm Studio Sardano in Genova and in 2000 he became a Chartered Accountant, registering with the Board of Chartered Accountants of Genova. Mr. Sardano acts as Bankruptcy Trustee, Judicial Commissioner and Judicial Liquidator in various insolvency proceedings and often acts as Court-appointed Technical Expert for the Court of Genova. He has also worked with a number of private equity funds. In particular, since 2002 he has developed his professional activity also in the field of structuring private equity and venture capital transactions both by collaborating with some private equity funds, including foreign ones, and by intervening in corporate transactions in the design and/or structuring of private equity and venture capital transactions and more generally of M&A. From 2013 to 2016 he held office as a member of the Council of the Board of Chartered Accountants of Genova. Moreover, Mr. Sardano currently holds office of Statutory Auditor in several industrial companies.
Marina Torelli. With a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Modena, she is registered on the Board of Chartered Accountants since 1989 and on the Register of Auditors since 1995. She practices as auditor, and in addition to her legal and accounting audit activity in the context of her offices as statutory auditor for several companies, she also consults and advises on accounting, administrative, financial, contractual, corporate, audit, tax and tax litigations matters. She serves in office as auditor and statutory auditor in industrial and commercial companies. Furthermore, she is Chairman and Managing Director of an industrial company and director in Azienda Speciale di servizi di assistenza agli anziani, a company providing services to the elder.
Gian Marco Amico di Meane. With a degree in Economics and Commerce at the University of Torino, he has been registered with the Board of Chartered Accountants and the Board of Auditors since 2006. From 1997 to 1999 he worked as auditor for auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers in London and Torino. From 1999 to 2004 he worked in the audit sector for Ernst & Young in Torino. Since 2004, he practices with the accounting and audit firm Studio Zucchetti, providing tax and corporate consultancy services, and managing his professional activities for corporates and personally. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors, auditor and director of several industrial companies.
From the close of the Period there have been no changes in the membership of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
As to diversity policies pursuant to Article 123-bis, paragraph 2(d-bis) of the Consolidated Finance Act, on 14 March 2019 , the Board of Directors of the Company has approved a diversity policy applicable to the Board of Statutory Auditors, which includes the following principles:
Over the next financial years, the Board of Directors – also in light of the recent legislative and regulatory amendments and of the new Corporate Governance Code, applicable from 1 January 2021 – will review and evaluate, also for the purpose of future renewals of the members of the corporate bodies, any changes that need to be made to the aforementioned policy on diversity.
The table below shows the administrative and auditing positions held in listed and unlisted companies by members of the Company's Board of Auditors as of 31 December 2020 (for additional information, see table 3, attached to this Report).
| Full name | Company for which the external work is carried out |
Title | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabio Zucchetti | ACB Group S.p.A. | Director | |||||
| AMUT S.p.A. Macchine per la lavorazione | Chairman of Board of Statutory Auditors | ||||||
| delle materie plastiche | |||||||
| Banca Albertini S.p.A. | Alternate Auditor | ||||||
| Cesea S.r.l. | Sole Director | ||||||
| Diageo Operations Italy S.p.A. | Director | ||||||
| Diageo Italia S.p.A. | Director | ||||||
| Ersel Investimenti S.p.A. | Standing Auditor | ||||||
| Ersel SIM S.p.A. | Standing Auditor | ||||||
| Finproject S.p.A. | Standing Auditor | ||||||
| Fudex Group S.p.A. | Standing Auditor | ||||||
| Hyva Capital Equipment S.r.l. | Sole Statutory Auditor | ||||||
| Hyva Italia S.r.l. | Sole Statutory Auditor | ||||||
| Imm.re Giorni di AM Chiaberge & C Sas | Limited partner | ||||||
| Imm.re Vincoma di AM Chiaberge & C | Non-limited partner | ||||||
| Sas |
| Megadyne S.p.A. Standing Auditor Moretta S.s. Quotaholder Director Online SIM S.p.A. Standing Auditor P&C S.p.A. Standing Auditor Padanaplast S.r.l. Chairman of Board of Statutory Auditors S.E.P. Società Energetica Piossaco S.p.A Director Simon Kucher Partners Italia S.r.l. Standing Auditor Susa S.s. Quotaholder Director Diana Rizzo OWL S.p.A. Alternate Auditor Autin S.p.A. Alternate Auditor BPER Banca S.p.A. Standing Auditor Fin Twin S.p.A. Alternate Auditor Finfloor S.p.A. Alternate Auditor Florim Ceramiche S.p.A. socio unico Alternate Auditor Hyle Capital Partners SGR S.p.A. Standing Auditor Kronos 2 Ceramiche S.p.A. Standing Auditor LB Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. Standing Auditor TAS S.p.A. Standing Auditor PLT Wind S.p.A. Standing Auditor Unicom S.r.l. Chairman of Board of Statutory Auditors FinFirel S.p.A. Chairman of Board of Statutory Auditors Domenico Sardano Finoil S.p.A. Standing Auditor Iplom S.p.A. Standing Auditor Dulevo International S.p.A. Standing Auditor and member of Supervisory Body AVM Energia S.p.A. in liquidazione Standing Auditor Madonnina S.p.A. per l'Edilizia e Standing Auditor l'Agricoltura Rupe Residenza Universitaria delle Standing Auditor Peschiere S.p.A. Safe S.p.A. Standing Auditor Safe&Cec S.r.l. Standing Auditor Ireos S.p.A. Standing Auditor Centro Calor S.r.l. Alternate Auditor Augusto Parodi Holding Alternate Auditor Marina Torelli T.I.E. S.p.A. Chairman of Board of Statutory Auditors – Auditor Assicura S.p.A. Alternate Auditor Emiliana Conglomerati Standing Auditor – Auditor S.p.A. Tecom S.r.l. Sole Auditor Firma S.r.l. Sole Auditor Beiplast S.r.l. Sole Auditor Ciclamini S.r.l. Sole Auditor Coop. Sociale Il Bettolino Alternate Auditor Carpenfer S.p.A. Alternate Auditor Lodi S.p.A. Alternate Auditor C.M.E. S.r.l. Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director Società Agricola Bioguss S.r.l. Sole Auditor Azienda Speciale i Millefiori Director Plastmeccanica S.r.l. Standing Auditor – Auditor Villa Aurora S.r.l. Sole Auditor Gian Marco Amico Amut S.p.A. Alternate Auditor di Meane Bureau Van Dijk S.p.A. Standing Auditor Diageo Italia S.p.A. Standing Auditor Diageo Operations Italy Standing Auditor S.p.A. Futura S.r.l. Director Industria Maimeri S.p.A. Alternate Auditor Tecnologie Avanzate S.r.l. Standing Auditor CLN S.p.A. Standing Auditor Rudra S.p.A. Standing Auditor Logitech S.p.A. Standing Auditor O.M.S. S.p.A. Sole Auditor |
Manval S.s. | Quotaholder Director |
|---|---|---|
Finprojec S.p.A . Alternate Auditor Megadyne S.p.A. Alternate Auditor Pencil S.p.A. Standing Auditor Valbormida S.p.A. Standing Auditor
Maider IBC S.r.l. Chairman of Board of Statutory Auditors
Eighteen meetings of the Board of Statutory Auditors were held during the Period, lasting in average 78 minutes each. At least eleven meetings of the Board of Auditors are planned for the current year, of which four were already held on 15 February, 26 February, 5 March and 12 March 2021. Percentages of attendance of individual Statutory Auditors are reported on the table at the end of the Report.
In order to maintain an adequate knowledge of the segment in which the Company is active, periodically and at any time as necessary, the auditors receive information and updates on the segment in which the Issuer operates, on proper risk management criteria and on reference legislation, including through documents prepared by the Company.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, also through the internal functions of the Company, ensures that the statutory auditors are able to participate to initiatives to allow them to acquire adequate knowledge of the sector in which the Company operates, of the company's dynamics and their evolution, and of the legislative and self-regulatory applicable frameworks. Further information on the induction training sessions held during the Period is set out in section 4.2 of this Report.
On being appointed, the members of the Board of Auditors declared, on their own responsibility, that they satisfied the independence criteria laid down in applicable laws and regulations.
The Board of Statutory Auditors, both during the Period and at the first meeting after the appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors, verified continuing compliance of its members with independence requirements, in line with the criteria set out in the Self-Regulatory Code, and submitted the results of its assessment to the Board of Directors. Moreover, at the meeting on 29 April 2019, the Board of Directors verified that the members of the Board of Statutory Auditors met the independence requirements; given that it was the first verification following their appointment, a press release announcing the results was published on the same date.
The remuneration of Auditors is commensurate to the requisite commitment, the relevance of their function and the Company's characteristics in terms of size and business segment.
Under paragraph 8.C.4 of the Self-Regulatory Code, Auditors that have an interest, either on their own account or on behalf of third parties, in a certain transaction to be carried out by the Issuer must give the other Auditors and the Chairman of the Board of Directors prompt and full information regarding the nature, the terms, the origin and the scope of their interest.
The Board of Auditors satisfied itself concerning the independence of the auditing firm, verifying both compliance with the regulatory provisions governing the matter and the nature and extent of the services other than accounts audit provided to the Issuer and its subsidiaries by the auditing firm and the offices belonging to its network.
In carrying out its business, the Board of Auditors cooperated with the Audit and Risk Committee, the Supervisory Body and the head of the internal audit.
The Issuer has set up a special section called "Investors" in its website, easily identifiable and accessible, which provides the information regarding the Issuer that is of importance to its Shareholders in order to enable them to exercise their rights knowledgeably.
Mr Paolo Cilloni (Chief Financial Officer of the Group) has been made responsible for the management of relations with Shareholders, acting as Investor Relations Manager.
In view of the Issuer's organisational structure, it was decided not to set up a separate Company office for the management of relations with Shareholders.
With regard to Shareholders' participation in Shareholders' Meetings, Article 11 of the Issuer's articles of association states: "Shareholders with voting rights may take part in Shareholders' Meetings if an attestation confirming their right to participate is provided in accordance with the terms and conditions set out the laws and regulations from time to time applicable. Each person entitled to vote may be represented at Shareholders' Meetings by third parties by issuing a written proxy in conformity to and within the limits laid down by law. Notice of the proxy can be given to the company electronically, via certified e-mail sent to the company e-mail address set out in the notice calling the shareholders' meeting. The company does not designate a representative to whom to confer proxies from the shareholders".
The Company has decided not to adopt rules for Shareholders' Meetings since it considers that the powers vested by the articles of association in the Chairman of the Meeting, who is responsible for directing the proceedings, including the determination of the order and system of voting, enable the Chairman to ensure that the Meeting takes place in an orderly manner, moreover averting the risks and problems that could arise from a failure on the part of the Meeting to comply with regulatory provisions.
The Board of Directors calls an Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting at least once a year within 120 days after the end of the financial period, or within 180 days if the conditions required under the law are met.
The governing body also calls a Shareholders' Meeting with a single call, either Ordinary or Extraordinary, whenever it deems it appropriate to do so or as required by law, or at the request of at least two members of the Board of Statutory Auditors in accordance with the provisions of current legislation.
Shareholders' Meetings are called by means of a notice specifying the day, hour and venue of the meeting, a list of the items on the agenda, and the other information as required under the applicable law and regulations. The Meeting notice must be published, within the times laid down by the provisions of the applicable legislation, on the website of the Company and as may otherwise be required by the laws and regulations applicable from time to time.
Shareholders that, even jointly, represent at least one-fortieth of the share capital may request items to be added to the agenda, specifying in their request the additional subjects that they propose, or submit proposals on subjects already reflected in the items on the agenda, to the
extent permitted, and at the terms and conditions, under the law. Persons entitled to vote may individually submit proposals to be resolved upon by the Shareholders' Meeting.
Requests to add items to the agenda as per the paragraph above, however, are not allowed with regard to matters on which the Shareholders' Meeting, by law, deliberates at the request of the Company Directors or on the basis of a project or report prepared by same, different than the report on the items on the agenda.
Within the terms set forth in the notice of a meeting, those entitled to vote can submit questions relating to the items on the agenda by certified electronic mail, using the specific company address set out for this purpose in the notice calling the Shareholders' Meeting.
The Company is not required to provide an answer if the relevant information is on the company website in a "question and answer format", or if it is so necessary to safeguard confidentiality and the interests of the company.
Both Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders' Meetings are at a single convening and are constituted and adopt valid resolutions by the statutory majorities.
The Chairman of the Shareholders' Meeting will ensure that each shareholder has the right to take the floor in relation to the items being discussed by coordinating speakers and managing the evolution of the meeting.
During the Shareholders' meeting, the Board of Directors reported on activities carried out and planned for the future, and took all the necessary steps to ensure that Shareholders were duly provided with the information required in order that they might knowingly take the decisions they were entitled to take. During the Period, five Directors took part in the Shareholders' Meeting.
During the course of the Period there were no significant variations in the composition of the Issuer's shareholding structure; the Board of Directors therefore deemed it unnecessary to consider proposing to the Shareholders' Meeting any amendments to the articles of association regarding the percentages established for the exercise of actions and of the prerogatives safeguarding minority shareholders' interests.
The Issuer has decided not to apply any practice for its corporate governance other than those described in the paragraphs above, and set forth as specific obligations by provisions of laws and/or regulations.
Following the close of the Period, on 15 March 2021, the Board of Directors approved several measures aimed at ensuring that the Company progressively adapts its governance solutions to the innovations brought by the new Corporate Governance Code, applicable from 1 January 2021. Such measures will be thoroughly described in the report on corporate governance for the financial year 2021. In particular, in compliance with the provisions of the new Code:
On the same date, the Board of Directors resolved to defer to a future meeting the approval of the policy for handling the dialogue with the shareholders, also in light of the current organisational structure of the Company and in order to further investigate certain aspects concerning engagement policies adopted by institutional investors and asset managers.
The recommendations set out in the letter sent on 22 December 2020 by the President of the Corporate Governance Committee were submitted to the attention of the Board of Directors on 15 March 2021 and of the Board of Statutory Auditors on 30 December 2020, as well as to the attention of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee, for those matters for which each is respectively responsible.
In relation to the first area of improvement identified in the letter and relating to the management of the sustainability of the business activities, the Board of Directors, in the context of determining the strategic, business and financial plans, as well as the guidelines for the internal audit, risk management and remuneration policy, included its assessment of the risk that may be important for the medium- to long-term sustainability. The Company, which has always been active in the field of sustainable motion, recognises that its ability to pursue the creation of value over the long term is very important, also taking into account the interest of the shareholders and therefore it deems sustainability to be fundamental when it determines the corporate and business strategy. In this perspective, the remuneration policy adopted by the Company is based on the Company's pursuit of sustainable success and links, in a significant manner, the compensation paid to executive Directors to the achievement of objectives that consist in the creation of value over the long-term for the shareholders and for the Company as a whole.
In relation to the second area of improvement identified in the letter and relating to the information being made available before meetings, the Board of Directors – similarly to the previous financial year – found that the documents and information necessary to discuss and vote on the items on the agenda for the meetings of the Board of Directors are provided in due time before the date of the meetings (also taking into account the possible need for urgency in relation to certain matters). Generally, the Company believes that it is suitable that the documentation be provided at least three days in advance, and – during the Period – this timing
was normally observed. In this respect, it is to be noted that pre-board meeting information has been made easier by the adoption of an IT platform, access to which is reserved exclusively to members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors. The Board of Directors therefore found that the procedures currently adopted are suitable to ensure that pre-board meeting information is timely, duly complete and easy to use, as confirmed also by the results obtained from the self-evaluation questionnaire by the Directors, who expressed a very favourable opinion on the timing, transmission modalities and contents of the pre-board meeting information. These procedures have been reflected into the new regulation of the Board of Directors, which was adopted on 15 March 2021, in compliance with recommendation no. 11 of the new Corporate Governance Code, applicable starting from 1 January 2021. In this respect, it should be noted that, in the said Regulation, it is not envisaged that the terms for making available the documentation for the purposes of board resolution can me derogated for confidentiality purposes. Lastly, in the context of the appointment of the new members of the corporate bodies, the Board of Directors deemed suitable to maintain the role of Lead Independent Director, whose responsibilities include contributing to ensure that the Directors are provided with timely and complete information.
In relation to the third area of improvement identified in the above letter, it shall be noted that the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors assess whether the independent Directors meet the independence requirements at the earliest opportunity after their appointment, and subsequently assess, the continued existence of the independence requirements at least once a year. For the purposes of assessing independence, the Company has not disapplied any of the criteria provided for in the Self-Regulatory Code. Moreover, on 15 March 2021, the Board of Directors, in the context of the progressive adaptation of the Company's corporate governance solutions and praxis to the new Corporate Governance Code, defined quantitative and qualitative criteria to be used in order to evaluate directors' independence, as provided for under recommendation no. 7 of the said Code.
In relation to the fourth recommendation contained in the letter, concerning the self-evaluation of the management body, it should be noted that the Board of Directors oversees the board review process, requesting each director to fill in, once a year, a questionnaire aimed at evaluating the functioning and efficiency of the Board of Directors and of the Committees, as well as their size and composition. The comments emerging from the questionnaire are brought by the Managing Director to the attention of the Board of Directors, in order to ensure their effectiveness. The results of the questionnaire are also brought to the attention of the Remuneration Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee, for those matters for which each is respectively responsible.
In relation to the fifth recommendation, concerning the appointment and succession of directors, it should be noted that the Board of Directors (i) has not adopted any succession plan for executive directors, as it deems that the replacement procedures adopted are adequate to guarantee the continuity and certainty of corporate governance, and (ii) has decided not to set up an internal committee to manage proposals of appointments because, as of the date hereof, it has not yet deemed it necessary, especially taking into account the Landi Renzo group structure and the Company's ownership structure. In this regard, it is worth pointing out that, upon renewal of the company's bodies, on 14 March 2019, the departing Board of Directors had formulated some guidelines regarding the professional figures whose presence would be appropriate within the Board of Directors, in accordance with the recommendations of criterion 1.C.1, letter h), of the Self-Regulatory Code. The Board of Directors believes that the resolution
proposals within the process of appointing the company's bodies meet the requirements of completeness and timeliness.
In relation to the sixth and last area of improvement identified in the letter, on the remuneration policies, it should be noted that the policy adopted by the Company provides that executive directors holding offices with strategic responsibilities are granted a remuneration consisting of a fixed and a variable component (with the latter being a significant part of the overall remuneration), clearly distinguishing between the fixed component, the short- to medium-term variable component and the long-term variable component. The variable component represents a significant portion of the remuneration granted to directors, as well as directors with strategic responsibilities. Moreover, the variable component is incentivizing, as it conditions payment to the achievement of short-medium and long-term performance objectives, predetermined and clearly defined. The possibility to pay amounts which are not linked to predetermined parameters is limited to exceptional cases. The Board of Directors, as emerged during the selfevaluation, considers the amount of compensation paid to non-executive directors and to members of controlling bodies to be appropriate to the competence, professionalism and commitment required by their office. Also in light of the results of the self-evaluation questionnaires, on the next renewal of the company's bodies, the Company will evaluate whether it is appropriate to adapt the remuneration of committees' chairmen and directors who engage more intensively in governance to the workload required by their role and functions. Currently, termination benefits are only in place for the Managing Director and General Manager of the Company, Cristiano Musi; such benefits are payable on the basis of predetermined criteria and procedures. For further details on the general remuneration policy, the remuneration paid to executive and non-executive directors, as well as to directors with strategic responsibilities, see the report on the remuneration policy and compensation paid published pursuant to Article 123-bis of the Consolidated Finance Act, available for consultation on the Company's website at http://www.landirenzogroup.com/it, Investors section.
| No. of shares | % of share capital | Listed (specify markets)/ not listed |
Rights and obligations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary shares | 112,500,000 | 100% | Listed (MTA) | As per Civil Code and regulations |
| Shares with limited voting rights |
- | - | - | - |
| Shares with no voting rights |
- | - | - | - |
| Declarant | Direct shareholder | % of issued shares | % of voting capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landi Trust (trust regulated by Jersey law, with Stefano Landi |
Girefin S.p.A. | 54.662 | 68.709 |
| as trustee) | Gireimm S.r.l. | 4.444 | 5.587 |
| Aerius Investment Holding AG | Aerius Investment Holding AG |
8.262 | 5.193 |
| BOARD OF DIRECTORS | AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE |
REMUNER. COMMITTEE |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS COMMITTEE |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Members | Year of birth |
In office since | In office until |
First appointed on |
List (M/m) * |
Exec. | Non exec. |
Indip. under Self Reg. Code. |
Indip. under Self Reg. Code. |
** (%) | No. Of other offices held *** |
**** | ** | **** | ** | **** | ** | |||
| Honorary Chair |
Giovannina Domenichini |
1934 | 16/05/2007 | M | x | 0% | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Managing Director |
Cristiano Musi |
1974 | 28/04/2017 | M | x | 100% | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Stefano Landi |
1958 | 16/05/2007 | M | x | 100% | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Director | Silvia Landi | 1960 | Ordinary | Approval . | 16/05/2007 | M | x | 100% | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Director | Angelo Iori | 1954 | shareholders'. meeting of 29 April 2019 |
of financial statements as at 31 December 2021 |
29/04/2016 | M | x | 86% | 0 | x | 88% | x | 100% | x | |||||||
| Director | Dario Patrizio Melpignano |
1968 | 13/11/2020 | m | x | x | x | 100%2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Director | Sara Fornasiero |
1968 | 29/04/2016 | M | x | x | x | 100% | 15 | x | 100% | x | 100% | x | 100% | ||||||
| Director | Vincenzo Russi |
1959 | 29/04/2019 | M | x | x | x | 100% | 19 | x | 100% | x | 100% | x | 100% | ||||||
| Director | Paolo Ferrero |
1955 | 29/04/2019 | M | x | 100% | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| DIRECTORS WHO CEASED OFFICE DURING REFERENCE PERIOD |
2 The percentage is calculated on the meetings held starting from the appointment of Mr. Dario Patrizio Melpignano on 13 November 2020.
| Director | Anton Karl | 1976 | Ord. meeting of 29 April 2019 |
October 2020 |
29/04/2016 | m | x | x | x | 100%3 | 4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ownership required to present a list of candidates at the last election: 2.5% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number of meetings held during the period | BoD: 7 | Audit and Risk Cmt: 8 |
Remun. Cmt: 3 |
RPT Cmt: 3 | |||||||||||||||
| NOTE | |||||||||||||||||||
| * | This column shows whether member was elected from the majority shareholder list (M) or the minority shareholder list (m). | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** This column shows the percentage of (Board of Directors' and each committee's) meetings attended by the Director (number of attendances/number of meetings held during actual period of office of the person involved). |
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| *** | This column shows the number of offices held as Director or Auditor by the person concerned in other companies listed on regulated markets, including foreign markets, in financial companies, banks, insurance firms or large companies. |
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| **** | This column shows with an "X" which Director is a member of this Committee. |
3 The percentage is calculated on the meetings held up to the resignation of Mr Anton Karl on 20 October 2020
| BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Members | Year of Birth |
In office since | In office until | First appointed on |
List (M/m) * | Independence under Self Reg. code |
** (%) | Number of other offices held*** |
| Chairman | Fabio Zucchetti | 1966 | Ordinary shareholders' meeting on 29 April 2019 |
Approval of financial statements as at 31 December 2021 |
29/04/2019 | m | x | 100% | 23 |
| Standing Auditor | Diana Rizzo | 1959 | 29/04/2016 | M | x | 100% | 13 | ||
| Standing Auditor | Domenico Sardano | 1970 | 17/10/2017 | M | x | 100% | 11 | ||
| Alternate Auditor | Marina Torelli | 1961 | 16/05/2007 | M | x | N/A | 15 | ||
| Alternate Auditor | Gian Marco Amico di Meane |
1972 | 29/04/2019 | m | x | N/A | 16 | ||
| AUDITORS WHO CEASED OFFICE DURING REFERENCE PERIOD | |||||||||
| Ownership required to present a list of candidates at the last election: 2.5% | |||||||||
| Number of meetings held during the period: 18 | |||||||||
| NOTE This column shows whether member was elected from the majority shareholder list (M) or the minority shareholder list (m). This column shows the percentage of Board of Statutory Auditors' meetings attended by the Auditor (number of attendances/number of meetings held during actual period of office of the person involved). ** This column shows the number of offices held as Director or Auditor by the person concerned bearing relevance for the purpose of Art. 148-bis of the Consolidated Finance Act. |
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