Governance Information • Apr 6, 2018
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pursuant to Article 123-bis of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998 Approved by the Board of Directors on 27th March 2018
pursuant to Article 123-bis of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998 Approved by the Board of Directors on 27th March 2018
| 1.7 Authorisations to increase the share | |
|---|---|
| capital and to issue equity securities | |
| or purchase treasury shares | 15 |
| 1.8 Change of control clauses | 16 |
| 1.9 Directors' allowances for | |
| early cessation, also following | |
| a public tender off er | 20 |
| INFORMATION ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 21 | |
| 2. Corporate Governance System | 21 |
| 2.1 Shareholders' Meeting | 21 |
| 2.1.1 Powers and quorum | 21 |
| 2.1.2 Procedures for calling Shareholders' | |
| Meetings | 22 |
| 2.1.3 Eligibility to attend Shareholders' | |
| Meetings and voting procedures | 22 |
| 2.1.4 Shareholders' rights | 23 |
| 2.1.5 Shareholders' Meeting Proceedings | 23 |
| 2.2 Board of Directors | 24 |
| 2.2.1 Composition of the Board | 24 |
| 2.2.2 Professional qualifi cation and integrity | |
| requirements and reasons for ineligibility | |
| and incompatibility of Directors | 24 |
| 2.2.3 The Board's position on the maximum | |
| number of offi ces Directors can hold | |
| in other companies | 25 |
| 2.2.4 Appointment and replacement | |
| of Directors | 26 |
| 2.2.5 Tasks of the Board | 29 |
| 2.2.6 Meetings and functioning of the Board 34 | |
| 2.2.7 Chairman of the Board of Directors 35 |
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| 2.2.8 CEO | 35 |
| 2.2.9 Non-executive Directors | 36 |
| 2.2.10 Independent directors | 36 |
| 2.2.11 Assessment of the operation | |
| of the Board and of the Board | |
| Committees | 38 |
| 2.2.12 Remunerations | 38 |
| 2.3 Board Committees | 39 | 5. Relations with shareholders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3.1 Control and Risk Committee | 39 | and stakeholders | 71 |
| 2.3.2 Remuneration Committee | 43 | ||
| 2.3.3 Nomination Committee | 45 | ANNEX 1 | 74 |
| 2.3.4 Sustainability Committee | 47 | ||
| 2.4 Board of Statutory Auditors | 49 | Curricula vitae of Members of the Board | |
| 2.4.1 Composition of the Board of Statutory | of Directors | 74 | |
| Auditors | 49 | ||
| 2.4.2 Appointment and replacement | ANNEX 2 | 81 | |
| of Auditors | 50 | ||
| 2.4.3 Tasks of the Board of Statutory | Curricula vitae of Members of the Board | ||
| Auditors | 51 | of Statutory Auditors | 81 |
| 2.4.4 Meetings of the Board of Statutory | |||
| Auditors | 53 | TABLE 1 | 85 |
| 2.4.5 Remunerations | 53 | ||
| 3. Internal control and Risk Management | Structure of the Board of Directors | ||
| System | 53 | and of the Committees during 2017 | 85 |
| 3.1 Main features of the ICRMS | 54 | ||
| 3.2 Persons involved in the ICRMS | TABLE 2 | 86 | |
| and associated responsibilities | 59 | ||
| 3.2.1 Director in charge of the ICRMS | 59 | Structure of the Board of Statutory | |
| 3.2.2 Head of Internal Auditing and | Auditors During 2017 | 86 | |
| the Internal Auditing Department | 60 | ||
| 3.2.3 Risk Offi cer | 62 | ||
| 3.2.4 Offi cer in Charge of preparing | |||
| the Company's accounting records | 62 | ||
| 3.2.5 The Organisation System | |||
| pursuant to Legislative Decree | |||
| No. 231/2001 and the Supervisory | 63 | ||
| 3.2.6 Board of Statutory Auditors | 66 | ||
| 3.2.7 External auditors | 66 | ||
| 4. Regulation on related party | |||
| transactions and other Corporate | |||
| Governance documents | 66 | ||
| 4.1 Regulation on related party | |||
| transactions | 66 | ||
| 4.2 Inside Information | 68 | ||
| 4.3 Code of Conduct | 69 | ||
| 4.4 Anti-Corruption Laws | 70 |
FINCANTIERI FINCANTIERI
Board of Directors or Board The Board of Directors of Fincantieri
Borsa Italiana Borsa Italiana S.p.A.
Fincantieri's By-laws in force as of the date of this Report
The Code of Conduct adopted by the Company and described in paragraph 4.3 of this Report
The Committee involved in handling related party transactions pursuant to CONSOB (Stock Exchange Regulatory Authority) Regulation, approved by Resolution No. 17221 of 12 March, 2010, as amended
The Regulation adopted by CONSOB (Stock Exchange Regulatory Authority) by Resolution No. 17221 of 12 March 2010, as amended
The internal control and risk management Committee set up by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 7 of the Corporate Governance Code
The Corporate Governance Code of listed companies drafted by the Corporate Governance Committee of Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (Italian Stock Exchange)
The Off ering Circular for the public off er for sale and subscription and admission to listing on the Electronic Stock Market (MTA) organized and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. of Fincantieri ordinary shares
The Offi cer in Charge of drafting the accounting documents of the Company under Law No. 262/2005
The Organisation System adopted by the Company pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231 of 8 June 2001
The Committee established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 6 of the Corporate Governance Code
The Committee established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 4 of the Corporate Governance Code
The statement on non-fi nancial information drawn up under Legislative Decree No. 254 of 30 December 2016, and approved by the Board of Directors
This Report on Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure drafted pursuant to Article 123-bis of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF)
The Corporate Governance Committee established by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., ABI, Ania, Assonime, Confi ndustria and Assogestioni
The Director in charge of setting up and maintaining an eff ective internal control and risk management system (ICRMS) pursuant to Article 7 of the Corporate Governance Code
FINCANTIERI S.p.A.
Fincantieri and its subsidiaries pursuant to Article 93 of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF)
The Head of the Internal Auditing Department appointed pursuant to Article 7.1 of the Corporate Governance Code
The Regulations issued by CONSOB by Resolution No. 11971 of 14 May 1999 on issuers, as amended
Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended
The Committee established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 5 of the Corporate Governance Code
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The graphs and tables below detail the composition of the shareholder structure and type of investors.
(1) Member of the Control and Risk Committee to replace Director Palermo when the Committee - meeting as the RPT Committee - examines the most signifi cant related party transactions.
| DIRECTOR | OFFICE | EXPIRY OF TERM | ROLE | INDEP. BY LAW |
INDEP. BY CODE |
CRC CC NC SC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giampiero Massolo | Chairman | Sh. meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2018 |
Executive | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Giuseppe Bono | CEO | Sh. meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2018 |
Executive | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gianfranco Agostinetto | Director | Sh. meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2018 |
Non-executive | √ | √ | X1 | - | - | P |
| Simone Anichini | Director | Sh. meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2018 |
Non-executive | √ | √ | - | - | X | X |
| Massimiliano Cesare | Director | Sh. meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2018 |
Non-executive | √ | √ | P | - | - | X |
| Nicoletta Giadrossi | Director | Sh. meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2018 |
Non-executive | √ | √ | X | - | - | X |
| Paola Muratorio | Director | Sh. meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2018 |
Non-executive | √ | √ | - | P | - | - |
| Fabrizio Palermo | Director | Sh. meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2018 |
Non-executive | - | - | X | X | X | - |
| Donatella Treu | Director | Sh. meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2018 |
Non-executive | √ | √ | - | X | P | - |
| MEMBERS | ROLE | EXPIRY OF TERM |
|---|---|---|
| Gianluca Ferrero | Chairman | Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
| Roberto Spada | Standing Auditor | Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
| Fioranna Vittoria Negri | Standing Auditor | Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
| Alberto De Nigro | Alternate Auditor | Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
| Flavia Daunia Minutillo | Alternate Auditor | Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
| Massimiliano Nova | Alternate Auditor | Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
CHARACTERISTICS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS
| AVERAGE FOR LISTED COMPANIES (**) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FINCANTIERI | All-share | Mid Cap | |
| Number of Directors | 9 | 10.0 | 10.7 |
| % executive | 22.2 | 26.6 | 24.7 |
| % non-executive | 77.8 | 73.4 | 75.1 |
| % non-executive & not qualifi ed as | |||
| independent under the Code | 11.1 | - | - |
| % independent under the Code | 66.7 | 43.8 | 46.2 |
| % less represented gender | 33.3 | - | - |
| Average age of Directors | 59.2 | 57.2 | 57.8 |
| No. BoD meetings | 10 | 11.2 | 10.8 |
| % attendance at BoD meetings | 97.77 | 91.6 | - |
| Average duration of BoD meetings | 127.10 min. | 137 min. | 149 min. |
| Board evaluation | Implemented | 80.1% | 91.5% |
| Position on multiple offi ces | Adopted | 45.7% | 57.6% |
| No. of CRC meetings | 7(1) | 7.74 | 7.97 |
| % attendance at CRC meetings | 80.91 | - | - |
| Average duration of CRC meetings | 79 min. | 116 min. | 118 min. |
| No. of RC meetings | 6 | 4.65 | 4.63 |
| % attendance at RC meetings | 83.3 | - | - |
| Average duration of RC meetings | 84.16 min. | 71 min. | 70 min. |
| No. of NC meetings | 4 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
| % attendance at NC meetings | 74.94 | - | - |
| Average duration of NC meetings | 51.25 min. | 57 min. | 56 min. |
| No. of SC meetings | 4 | - | - |
| % attendance at SC meetings | 81.25 | - | - |
| Average duration of SC meetings | 94 min. | - | - |
(*) The statistical data of this table for Fincantieri refer to the composition and operation of the Board of Directors and of its internal Committees during 2017. (**) Latest available data taken from the Assonime - Emittenti Titoli S.p.A. report: "Corporate Governance in Italy: corporate governance, remunerations and complyor-explain (year 2017)" of February 2018. (1 ) Of which one as the RPT Committee.
(*) The statistical data of this table for Fincantieri refer to the composition and operation of the Board of Statutory Auditors during 2017. (**) Latest available data taken from the Assonime - Emittenti Titoli S.p.A. report: "Corporate Governance in Italy: corporate governance, remunerations and comply-orexplain (year 2017)" of February 2018.
| BODY/DEPARTMENT | COORDINATOR | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Director in charge | Chairman of the Board | – |
| of the ICRMS | of Directors | |
| Internal Auditing Department | – | Inside the Company |
| Head of Internal Auditing | Stefano Dentilli | Reports to the Board of Directors |
| Risk Offi cer | Stefano Dentilli | – |
| Offi cer in Charge | Carlo Gainelli | Group Accounting and |
| Administration Manager | ||
| Guido Zanardi (Chairman) | External member | |
| Supervisory Body | Giorgio Pani | External member |
| Stefano Dentilli | Internal member | |
| Gianluca Ferrero (Chairman) | ||
| Board of Statutory Auditors | Roberto Spada | – |
| Fioranna Vittoria Negri | ||
| External auditors | PricewaterhouseCoopers S.p.A. | Expiry of term: Sh. Meeting to approve |
| financial statements 2021 |
This Report contains the information required by Article 123-bis of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and by the regulatory provisions in force applicable to the corporate governance system adopted by the Company and the associated ownership structure. In line with the recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code 1, which the Company observes, this Report also contains complete and accurate information on the manner in which the Company complies with the principles and criteria of the Code, indicating (as relevant) any specifi c recommendations that the Company has not in fact adhered to.
Fincantieri is one of the most important shipbuilding groups in the world and the fi rst of its kind for diversifi cation and innovation. It focuses on high value-added segments, with a high level of engineering know-how and a high unitary vessel output value, holding, in all of these segments, a position of excellence. The Fincantieri Group is a world leader in designing and constructing cruise ships and is the point of reference for all areas of hightech shipbuilding, from off shore military support vessels (OPV), special ships and highly complex ferries to mega-yachts, ship repairs and conversions, producing marine systems and components and in providing after sales services.
| FINCANTIERI | FINCANTIERI | AVERAGE FOR LISTED COMPANIES (**) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (from 1st January to 19 May 2017) | (from 20 May to 31 December 2017) | All-share | Mid Cap | ||||
| Number of Auditors | 3 | 3 | - | - | |||
| Average age of Auditors | 56 | 55.6 | 56.4 | 56.6 | |||
| No. of meetings | 4 | 3 | 12.8 | 12.0 | |||
| Average duration of meetings | 243.33 min. | 300 min. | 145 min. | 145 min. | |||
| % attendance by Auditors | 100 | 100 | 95.6 | - |
Specifi cally, as regards the military, the Fincantieri Group off ers a wide range of products that include military combat, auxiliary and special vessels, including submarines, while as regards off shore, it is specialised in the design and construction of high range off shore support vessels.
In the context of the abovementioned operations, Fincantieri operates through three operating segments: Shipbuilding, Off shore and Systems, Equipment and Services.
The Shipbuilding operating segment includes the design and construction of cruise ships, ferries, naval vessels and mega-yachts, as well as ship repair and conversion activities.
The Off shore operating segment includes the design and construction of support vessels for the oil and natural gas exploration and production market. The Fincantieri Group operates in this industry through FINCANTIERI S.p.A., Fincantieri Oil&Gas S.p.A. and the VARD Group.
Finally, the Systems, equipment and services operating segment includes the design and manufacturing of systems and components as well as the provision of after-sales services for naval production. These activities are performed by FINCANTIERI S.p.A. and its subsidiaries Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A., Delfi S.r.l., Marine Interiors S.p.A., Fincantieri SI S.p.A, Seastema S.p.A. and FMSNA Inc.
The Fincantieri Group, based in Trieste, has approximately 19,800 employees, of whom approximately 8,300 are in Italy, and it has shipyards in 20 countries on 4 diff erent continents. Fincantieri has 72 subsidiaries, of which 15 are Italian and 57 foreign; the main subsidiaries are: Orizzonte Sistemi Navali S.p.A., Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A., Fincantieri Marine Systems North America Inc., Fincantieri Marine Group LLC, Marine Interiors S.p.A., Centro per gli Studi di Tecnica Navale – CETENA S.p.A. and VARD, a group with operating headquarters in Norway listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
The Company's share capital consists exclusively of ordinary shares without nominal value. The shares are registered, indivisible and each share entitles the holder to one vote. The shares are freely transferable. As of 31 December 2017, Fincantieri's share capital amounted to Euro 862,980,725.70 consisting of 1,692,119,070 shares. This fi gure is also confi rmed as of the date of this Report (for further information, see paragraph 1.7 below). The Company's shares are listed on the Italian Electronic Stock Market (MTA) organised and managed by Borsa Italiana.
Fincantieri's shareholders' register, reports to CONSOB received by the Company and other information available to the Company reveal that, as of the date of this Report, no person, with the exception of the controlling shareholder (see below), holds a shareholding in Fincantieri that exceeds 3%, nor are there any known shareholders' agreements pursuant to Article 122 of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) involving the Company's shares. 71.6% of the Company's share capital is held indirectly by Cassa depositi e prestiti S.p.A. (the Bank for Deposits and Loans, a company controlled by the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance) through its subsidiary Fintecna S.p.A. ("Fintecna").
Since the start date of trading on the Electronic Stock Market (MTA) of Fincantieri's shares (3 July 2014), the Company is no longer subject to direction and coordination under Articles 2497 et seq. of the Italian Civil Code, which Fintecna previously conducted as indicated in the Off ering Circular (to which reference is made). From that date Fintecna ceased all direction and coordination activities over the Company. Consequently Fincantieri: (i) operates in full independence in its dealings with clients and suppliers and is not subject to any outside interference; (ii) independently prepares the Company's and the Group's strategic, industrial, fi nancial and/or budget plans; (iii) is not subject to rules issued by Fintecna; (iv) has not entered into cash agreements with Fintecna and has not assigned to Fintecna any fi nancial assistance or coordination tasks; and (v) does not receive directives or instructions from Fintecna on fi nancial or lending matters, on the implementation of extraordinary transactions or on business strategies.
Pursuant to Article 3 of Law Decree No. 332 of 31 May 1994, converted with amendments into Law No. 474 of 30 July 1994, ("Law on Privatisations"), Article 6-bis of the Company's By-laws provides that no person or entity other than the Italian State or public bodies or entities controlled by it may, on any basis whatsoever, hold shares in Fincantieri representing more than 5% of its share capital unless permitted by applicable legislative and regulatory provisions. This equity interest ceiling is calculated also by taking into account the overall shareholding held by the controlling party, whether it be a natural or legal person or entity, by all direct and indirect subsidiaries, as well as by companies controlled by a single controlling entity, by affi liate entities and also by natural persons who are associated by family or kinship relations up to the second degree or by marriage, provided that the spouse
| MAIN SHAREHOLDERS | % SHARE CAPITAL FINCANTIERI |
|
|---|---|---|
| Indirect | Direct | |
| Cassa depositi Fintecna S.p.A. e prestiti S.p.A. |
71.64% |
in question is not legally separated. In calculating the abovementioned 5% ceiling, account is also taken of shares held through trust companies and/or indirectly through intermediaries in general.
Voting rights may not be exercised for shares held over and above this 5% limit, and the voting rights that would be exercisable by each of the parties subject to the shareholding ceiling shall be proportionately reduced, unless otherwise collectively indicated by the shareholders concerned. If the above rules are infringed, the shareholders' resolution may be challenged pursuant to Article 2377 of the Italian Civil Code if the required majority would not have been achieved without the votes that exceeded the maximum ceiling. Shares for which the voting rights may not be exercised are still taken into account, however, for purposes of determining whether the Shareholders' Meeting was duly constituted.
However, the Law on Privatisations dictates that the By-laws clause that limits shareholdings and voting rights will not apply if the 5% limit is exceeded following a public tender off er as a result of which the off er or acquires an equity interest amounting to at least 75% of the share capital with rights to vote on resolutions related to the appointment and removal of Directors.
By virtue of the type of activities carried out, the Company is subject to the provisions of Article 1 of Law Decree No. 21 of 15 March 2012 ("Law Decree No. 21/2012"), converted with amendments into Law No. 56 of 11 May 2012 ("Law No. 56/2012") on the Italian State's special powers concerning defence and national security ("golden powers"). Specifi cally, Article 1 specifi es that, with reference to companies that engage in "activities of strategic importance for the defence and national security system", the Italian State, in the event of a serious threat to its key national defence and national security
interests, and irrespective of any relevant provisions contained in the Company's By-laws 2, may:
a) impose specifi c conditions on the security of procurements, on the security of information, on technological transfers, on controls of exports where shareholdings are purchased (on any basis whatsoever) in enterprises that engage in business operations of strategic importance to national defence or national security interests;
b) prohibit the adoption of resolutions by the Shareholders' Meeting or management bodies of an enterprise referred to in letter a) related to the merger or demerger of the Company, transfer of the Company or business units thereof or of subsidiaries, transfer abroad of the Company registered offi ce, amendment of the corporate purpose, dissolution of the Company, amendment of any provisions of the Company By-laws adopted pursuant to Article 2351, paragraph 3, of the Italian Civil Code or introduced pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 1, of Law Decree No. 332 of 31 May 1994 3, sale of in remrights or rights of use related to tangible or intangible assets or acceptance of constraints on their use; and
c) oppose the purchase, on any basis whatsoever, of equity interests in a company referred to in letter a) by an entity other than the Italian State, Italian public entities or entities controlled by the same, if the purchaser comes to hold, directly or indirectly, including through subsequent acquisitions, through intermediaries or otherwise affi liated entities, equity interests with voting rights to an extent that could compromise national defence and national security interests in specifi c cases. To this end, the above rules apply to any shareholding held by third parties with whom the purchaser has entered into any of the agreements referred to in Article 122 of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) or those referred to in Article 2341-bis of the Italian Civil Code.
2 These powers are exercised by Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers adopted based a resolution of the Council of Ministers to be transmitted
simultaneously to the competent Parliamentary Commissions.
3 As most recently amended pursuant to Article 3 of Law Decree No. 21/2012.
In implementing Law Decree No. 21/2012, "activities of strategic importance for the defence and national security system" have been identifi ed by Decree No. 253 of the President of the Council of Ministers of 30 November 2012, ("DPCM No. 253/2012"), subsequently repealed and replaced by Decree No. 108 of the President of the Council of Ministers of 6 June 2014, ("DPCM No. 108/2014").
As described above, the Italian State has veto powers over resolutions adopted by the Fincantieri Shareholders' Meeting or Board of Directors, in the areas referred to in Article 1, paragraph 1, letter b) of Law Decree No. 21/2012 (see letter b) of paragraph 1.4 above. The Italian government, in assessing the possibility that key defence and national security interests could be adversely aff ected as a result of such resolutions, pursuant to Article 1, paragraph 2, of Law Decree No. 21/2012, takes into account - while also considering the resolution's subject matter - the strategic importance of the assets or enterprises being transferred, the ability of the structure that results from the resolution or from the transaction to guarantee the integrity of the national defence and national security system, the security of military defence information, the State's international interests, the protection of the national territory, critical and strategic infrastructures and borders, as well as any other elements that need to be evaluated in the event that equity interests are purchased in the situations referred to in paragraph 1.4.2. below.
In accordance with the provisions of Article 1, paragraph 4, of Law Decree No. 21/2012, for the purposes of the potential exercise of the veto power, Fincantieri shall provide the President of the Council of Ministers with
for the Italian State, Italian public entities or entities controlled by them - that acquires a shareholding in the Company that exceeds the threshold provided under Article 120, paragraph 2, of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) or a shareholding that exceeds the thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, shall, no later than ten days from such acquisition, inform the President of the Council of Ministers of the same. Following such notifi cation, the Italian State may impose specifi c conditions in accordance with Article 1, paragraph 1, letter a) of Law Decree No. 21/2012 (see the above letter a) of paragraph 1.4 above) or oppose the acquisition of the shareholding in accordance with Article 1, paragraph 1, letter c), of Law Decree No. 21/2012 (see letter c) of paragraph 1.4 above),
if it considers that the State's key national defence and national security interests are adversely aff ected as a result of such acquisition.
Pursuant to Article 1, paragraph 3, of Law Decree No. 21/2012, to assess the likelihood that the State's key national defence and national security interests will be adversely aff ected as a result of the acquisition of the shareholding, the Government will take into account the following - based on principles of proportionality and reasonableness and considering the purchaser's potential infl uence over the Company, also by virtue of the size of the shareholding acquired:
a) the adequacy (also considering the manner in which the acquisition is fi nanced) of the purchaser's economic, fi nancial, technical and organisational capabilities and of the industrial plan, related to the regular continuance of operations, to ensure the maintenance of technological assets, including key strategic assets, the security and continuity of procurements, as well as the prompt implementation of contractual obligations that the company, whose shareholding is
complete information on the resolution or act to be adopted - prior to adopting a resolution or other act on the abovementioned matters - and the President of the Council of Ministers will take any necessary decisions and notify them to Fincantieri in accordance with the procedures and deadlines envisaged by Law Decree No. 21/2012 and by Presidential Decree No. 35 of 19 February 2014 ("DPR No. 35/2014").
More specifi cally, the President of the Council of Ministers must notify his veto (if any) no later than fi fteen business days from the abovementioned notifi cation, and this term may be extended by an additional ten business days if a request for additional information is made. If there is no veto by the time this deadline expires, the transaction may be implemented (silence implying consent). This veto power may also take the form of specifi c requirements or conditions being imposed, provided this can ensure that the country's key defence and national security interests are safeguarded.
Resolutions or acts adopted in breach of the abovementioned veto power shall be null and void. The Presidency of the Council of Ministers may also require the Company and the counterparty in question to reinstate the status quo ante at their expense. Law Decree No. 21/2012, unless the even constitutes an off ence, imposes fi nes if these provisions as well as the reporting requirements are infringed, up to twice the value of the operation but no less than 1% of the enterprises' cumulative turnover in the most recent fi nancial year for which the fi nancial statements were approved.
Pursuant to Article 1, paragraph 5, of Law Decree No. 21/2012, any person - except
being acquired, entered into with public and government entities, whether directly or indirectly, specifi cally in relation to obligations associated with national defence, public order and national security; and
b) the existence (taking due account of the offi cial positions of the European Union) of objective reasons that suggest that links exist between the purchaser and third countries that do not recognise principles of democracy or the rule of law, or do not honour rules of international law or have engaged in conduct threatening to the international community inferable from the nature of their alliances, or that have dealings with criminal or terrorist organisations or with persons or entities related to such organisations.
Under Article 1, paragraph 5 of Law Decree No. 21/2012, decisions involving the possible imposition of conditions or the exercise of the power of opposition are taken by the President of the Council and notifi ed to the purchaser in accordance with the procedures and deadlines envisaged by Law Decree No. 21/2012 and Presidential Decree No. 35/2014.
More specifi cally, no later than fi fteen business days from the notifi cation (which may be extended by an additional ten business days if a request for further information is made), the President of the Council of Ministers shall communicate the imposition of conditions or the exercise of the power of opposition. Up to the expiry of the deadline for the imposition of conditions or for the exercise
of the power of opposition, voting rights and rights unrelated to economic rights associated with the shares representing the relevant shareholding, are suspended.
If the President of the Council of Ministers exercises the power to impose conditions, and if the conditions imposed upon the purchaser are infringed or not complied with (and for as long as any such infringement or non-compliance continues), the voting rights and rights, unrelated to the economic rights associated with the shares representing the relevant shareholding, are suspended. Any resolutions that are adopted with the casting vote of such shares or quotas, as well as resolutions, agreements or actions adopted in breach of the conditions imposed, shall be null and void. A purchaser failing to honour the conditions imposed will - unless the relevant conduct constitutes a criminal off ence - be fi ned an amount equal to twice the value of the transaction, but no less than 1% of the turnover generated in the most recent fi nancial year for which the fi nancial statements were approved. Unless the event constitutes an off ence, and without prejudice to the invalidity provided by law, any person that does not comply with the reporting requirements under Article 1 of Decree Law No. 21/2012 will be fi ned a monetary amount of up to twice the value of the transaction, but no less than 1% of the combined turnover generated by the enterprises involved in the most recent fi nancial year for which the fi nancial statements were approved.
If the power to oppose the shareholder's acquisition is exercised, the purchaser may not exercise voting rights or rights other than the property rights, related to the shares representing the shareholding in question, and will be obligated to transfer such shares within one year. If this requirement is infringed, the Court, at the request of the President of the Council of Ministers, will order the shareholding in question to be sold in accordance with the procedures envisaged by Article 2359-ter of the Italian Civil Code. Any Shareholders' Meeting resolutions adopted with the casting vote of such shares shall be null and void. Therefore, without prejudice to the mandatory ceilings on shareholdings envisaged by Article 6-bis of the Company's By-laws (see paragraph 1.3 above), any party - with the exception of the Italian State, Italian public entities or entities controlled by them - acquiring shareholdings
incentive plan called - "Performance Share Plan 2019-2021" (the "Plan") - which assigns shares free of charge to certain categories of employees. This Plan's validity is subject to approval by the Shareholders' Meeting called to approve Fincantieri's fi nancial statements as at 31 December 2017. The Plan does not limit the exercise of voting rights for shares that will be granted. For more information about the Plan, please refer to the Information Document prepared pursuant to Article 114-bis of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and Article 84-bis of the Issuers' Regulations, available on the Company's website www.fi ncantieri.com, in the section
"Governance - Meetings - Shareholders' Meeting 2018".
Note that a similar share plan had been approved, with reference to the period 2016- 2018 ("Performance Share Plan 2016-2018"), by the Shareholders' Meeting on 19 May 2017. For more information about the Performance Share Plan 2016-2018, please refer to the Information Document drafted under Article 114-bis of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and under Article 84-bis of the Issuers' Regulations, available on the Company's website at www.fi ncantieri.com, in the section relating to the Shareholders' Meeting of 19 May 2017 ("Governance - Meetings – Meetings' Archive - Shareholders' Meeting 2017").
The laws and regulations and provisions of the By-laws that govern the appointment and replacement of the Company's Directors are described in paragraph 2.2.4 of this Report. Amendments to the By-laws are adopted by the extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, observing the quora envisaged by applicable rules.
Subject to the foregoing, Article 25.3 of the
that exceed the thresholds provided for by Article 1, paragraph 5, of Law Decree No. 21/2012, will be subject to the procedure of notifi cation to the President of the Council of Ministers to enable the Italian State to exercise its special powers if necessary, and this may in specifi c circumstances lead to the State imposing conditions on or opposing the acquisition of corporate shareholdings in the Company by third parties. Moreover, note that under Article 3, paragraph
3, of Law Decree No. 21/2012, subject to the power to oppose the acquisition (referred to in Article 1, paragraph 1, letter c) of Law Decree No. 21/2012), any type of acquisition by a non-EU party 4 of shareholdings in Fincantieri is permitted on condition of reciprocity, in accordance with international agreements signed by Italy or the European Union.
Under Article 137, paragraph 3 of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF), the By-laws of listed companies may contain provisions aimed to facilitate proxy voting by shareholders who are employees. In line with the foregoing, Article 15.3 of Fincantieri's By-laws expressly provides that, to facilitate collecting proxies from Shareholders who are employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and members of associations of Shareholders who satisfy the requirements of applicable regulatory provisions, spaces to be used for communications and for collecting proxies should be made available to such associations of shareholders, according to the terms and procedures from time to time agreed with their legal representatives. As of the date of this Report, the Company has not been notifi ed of the establishment of any association of employee Shareholders. In relation to employee-held shareholdings, note that the Company's Board of Directors, by resolution of 27 March 2018 approved a share
By-laws empowers the Board of Directors, pursuant to Article 2365 of the Italian Civil Code:
4 Pursuant to Article 2, paragraph 5, last sentence, of Law Decree No. 21/2012, "non-EU party" means "any natural or legal person or entity that does not have its residence, habitual domicile, registered offi ce, administrative offi ce or main centre of business operations in a Member State of the European Union or of the European Economic Area or that is not based there".
also approved the purchase by the Board of Directors, in accordance with Article 2357 of the Italian Civil Code, in one or more tranches, over a period of eighteen months from the date of the resolution, Fincantieri's ordinary shares for the purposes, within the limits and at the conditions set out in the Explanatory Report of the Board of Directors, available on the Company's website at www.fi ncantieri.com, in the Section concerning the Shareholders' Meeting of 19 May 2017 ("Governance - Meetings' Archive - Shareholders' Meeting 2017").
By virtue of this approval, the share buy-back program to service the Performance Share Plan 2016-2018 commenced on 25 October 2017 and ended on 4 December 2017. The maximum number of own shares held by the Company at the end of the fi nancial year amounted to 4,706,890 equal to 0.28% of the share capital. Another similar purchase authorisation, pursuant to Article 2357 of Italian Civil Code, in one or more tranches, over a period of eighteen months from the date of the resolution, of Fincantieri's ordinary shares for the purposes, within the limits and at the conditions set out in the Explanatory Report of the Board of Directors, will be submitted to the Shareholders' Meeting convened to approve the fi nancial statements for fi nancial year 2017, and will be made available on the Company's website at www.fi ncantieri.com, in the Section "Governance - Meetings - Shareholders' Meeting 2018". The maximum number of shares to be purchased is equal to the maximum allowed by law.
In November 2013, Fincantieri issued an unsecured bond reserved to institutional investors totalling EUR 300 million to give the Company adequate fi nancial fl exibility to pursue its development plans and to complete the expansion projects already underway. The bond, the relevant agreement for cause pursuant to Article 1845, paragraph 1, of the Italian Civil Code. In the foregoing case, the lending bank may cancel the credit line granted and Fincantieri would be obligated to repay any amount disbursed in advance, including accrued interest, no later than 10 business days from the bank's notifi cation.
C) BNP Paribas S.A. Receivables Purchase Agreement
On 24 October 2017, Fincantieri and BNP Paribas-Milan entered into a Receivables Purchase Agreement intended to permit the assignment of the receivables, subject to fi nal payment, in favour of Fincantieri deriving from cruise ship construction contract No. 6243 intended for the ship-owner Carnival Corporation worth EUR 564 million for delivery scheduled on 28 March 2018. The uncommitted agreement lasts up to 28 September 2018, which is up to six months from the forecasted delivery date, for a maximum amount of EUR 300 million. In the agreement, a change of control is defi ned as the event or circumstance where one or more persons other than the Italian Republic (or a Ministry) and/or any other company directly or indirectly controlled thereby or by its Ministries ("Qualifi ed Italian Owner") acting in concert with one another: (A) in the case of a corporation or a partnership, they will hold: (i) the power to (a) exercise or control the exercise of more than half of the votes that could be cast at the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Fincantieri or (b) appoint or remove (as a result of the exercise of dominant infl uence under Article 2359, paragraph 1, Nos. 2 and 3, of the Italian Civil Code or otherwise) all or a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Fincantieri, or (c) issue binding instructions to the Board of Directors of Fincantieri concerning guidelines with a fi nancial and operational direction; or (ii) exercise a dominant infl uence under Article 2359,
placed at an issue price of 99.442% of its face value, pays 3.75% interest at a fi xed rate per annum to be paid through annual coupons in arrears, falling due every year on 19 November and redemption of principal in a single instalment on 19 November 2018. The bonds are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The terms and conditions of the bond issue entitle the bondholders to request early redemption of the bonds in the event of a change of control ("change of control clause"). The phrase "change of control" refers to a circumstance in which an entity other than the Italian State (or Ministries) or entities or companies directly or indirectly controlled by the Italian State or by its Ministries, comes to hold: (a) the power (i) to exercise or control the exercise of more than one half of the votes capable of being given in the ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of the Company or (ii) to appoint or remove (as a result of exercising a dominant infl uence under Article 2359, paragraph 1, Nos. 2 and 3, of the Italian Civil Code), or otherwise all or a majority of the members of the Company's Board of Directors or (iii) to give binding instructions to the Company's Board of Directors regarding operational and fi nancial guidelines and policy directives; or (b) the ability to exercise a dominant infl uence under Article 2359, paragraph 1, Nos. 2 and 3 of the Italian Civil Code on the Company or on the entity that controls it. B) UniCredit S.p.A. Construction Loan
On 21 November 2017 UniCredit S.p.A. granted a short-term credit line ("Construction Loan") to Fincantieri lasting 12 months, maturing on 22 November 2018 and for a maximum amount of EUR 90 million, to fi nance the working capital needs that may be required during the last months of construction of cruise ship No. 6253 intended for the ship-owner Viking Ocean Cruises Ship V LTD worth EUR 312 million for delivery scheduled on 8 June 2018. Under this loan, UniCredit S.p.A. is entitled, in the event of a change of control, to terminate
paragraph 1, Nos. 2 and 3, of the Italian Civil Code on Fincantieri or on its parent company; or (B) in the case of any other person other than a corporation or a partnership, they will exercise direct or indirect power to direct management and Fincantieri's procedures through holding voting shares, by virtue of an agreement or otherwise.
However, cases are not considered a change of control where, as a result of reorganisation, Fincantieri becomes, directly or indirectly, jointly owned by a Qualifi ed Italian Owner and by a similar public body of Germany, France, Norway, Spain, the Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom or another foreign government agency approved by the lending bank ("Qualifi ed non-Italian Owner"), provided that the fi nancial and operational strategic decisions are taken with the consent of the Qualifi ed Italian Owner.
In the event of a change in control there will be a period of thirty days of consultation where the bank and Fincantieri may arrange for the continuation of the relationship.
After thirty days without an agreement being reached, BNP Paribas has the right to terminate the agreement, in which case the credit line granted would be cancelled and Fincantieri would be bound to pay back any amounts disbursed in advance, including interest up to the last business day of the current month. D) Revolving Credit Facilities
As of 31 December 2017, Fincantieri has four existing committed revolving credit lines ("RCF"), although unused, granted by as many banking institutions, and more specifi cally by:
• Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A., as of 22 December 2016, lasting 18 months less one day (expiring on 21 June 2018) for a maximum amount of EUR 80 million with an interest rate equal to the Euribor for the period of its use plus 1.20% spread;
• Intesa SanPaolo S.p.A., as of 1 March 2017, lasting 18 months less one day (expiring on 31 December 2018) for a maximum amount of EUR 55 million with an interest rate equal to the Euribor for the chosen period of its use, increased by a 1.30% spread for uses lasting up to 2 months and by a 1.20% spread for uses exceeding 2 months;
• Société Générale, Milan Branch, as of 3 September 2015, lasting 36 months (expiring on 3 September 2018) for a maximum amount of EUR 60 million with an interest rate equal to the Euribor for the chosen period of its use increased by a 1.65% spread for uses lasting 3 or 6 months and by a 1.80% spread for uses lasting 1 month;
• Banco Santander S.A., Milan Branch, as of 20 December 2017, lasting 18 months (expiring on 20 June 2019) for a maximum amount of EUR 40 million with an interest rate equal to the Euribor for the chosen period of its use increased by a 1.20% spread.
Fincantieri took out these credit lines to meet its general fi nancial needs, including those related to carrying out its current activities. The lines may be used in one or more payments within the RCF's validity period and each use may last, at Fincantieri's choice, for one or more weeks or one or more months (up to six maximum). On the expiration of the chosen period, the amounts used must be repaid together with the interest accrued and they may be reused again up to the fi nal expiration date.
Change of control clauses are included in all individual agreements that, where triggered, could allow the fi nancing bank to terminate the agreement and cancel the credit line.
These clauses are very similar in the four agreements and may be summarised as follows:
The change of control is defi ned as the event or circumstance under which one or more entities other than the Italian State, other than its subdivisions and/or an entity of the same (including Ministries), and other than
contract for the "HAL II - Hull 6244" project, for a maximum of EUR 123 million (entirely used) expiring on 14 March 2020.
The agreement serves as a credit line and indemnity document for all guarantees issued by BNP Paribas Italian Branch and counterguaranteed by Intesa Sanpaolo for 60% of the value of those guarantees.
In the event that a change of control occurs, this agreement allows the fi nancing banks to request Fincantieri (i) for release from the commitment no later than 60 business days there from, by cancelling the guarantees issued if the bank reasonably fi nds that the change of control could adversely aff ect Fincanctieri's ability to meet its payment obligations; (ii) if the release does not occur by the abovementioned 60-day deadline and if, in the banks reasonably fi nd that the change of control could adversely aff ect Fincantieri's ability to meet its payment obligations, then Fincantieri shall establish - no later than the following 10 business days - an escrow account for BNP Paribas to cover the outstanding secured debts.
F) Participation Agreement for the issuance of guarantees for P&O AUSTRALIA - Hull 6272 On 19 July 2016 a Guarantee Facilities and Participation Agreement was signed between Fincantieri, BNP Paribas Italian Branch and UniCredit to facilitate the issuance of the guarantees provided for by the commercial contract for the "P&O AUSTRALIA - Hull 6272" project, for a maximum of EUR 142 million (used at time of writing for approximately EUR 32 million) expiring on 14 February 2021. The agreement serves as a credit line and indemnity document for all guarantees issued by BNP Paribas Italian Branch and counterguaranteed by UniCredit for 60% of the value of those guarantees.
In the event that a change of control occurs, this agreement allows the banks to request Fincantieri (i) for release from the commitment no later than 60 business days there from, by cancelling the guarantees issued if the bank
any entity directly or indirectly controlled by the Italian State or by any of its subdivisions (including Ministries), acting in conjunction with one another, acquire control of Fincantieri, and specifi cally (i) the power (as a shareholder, by virtue of proxy, contractual obligations, representation or otherwise) to (a) arrange, or verify the availability of, the majority of the votes that may be cast in the ordinary shareholders' meeting, or (b) appoint or remove (by virtue of exercising a dominant infl uence under Article 2359, paragraph 1, Nos. 2) and 3), of the Italian Civil Code ("Dominant Infl uence") or otherwise) all, or the majority, of the members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body), or (c) issue directives in relation to operative and fi nancial policies binding on the members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body), or (ii) the possibility to exercise a Dominant Infl uence over Fincantieri or over the parent company Fincantieri.
Under the change of control clause included in these agreements, where a change of control occurs, Fincantieri must repay in advance all withdrawals made on the RCF, accrued interest and any other amounts potentially payable no later than the set deadline (from fi ve to thirty business days) and the line is consequently cancelled defi nitively.
Under the RCFs of Intesa SanPaolo and Santander, a period is provided (20 or 30 business days, respectively) during which the parties may meet to discuss potentially adopting the contractual amendments necessary to maintain the RCF. In the absence of an agreement, change of control clause comes into force.
E) Participation Agreement for the issuance of guarantees for II HAL - Hull 6244 On 28 January 2016, a Guarantee Facilities and Participation Agreement was signed between Fincantieri, BNP Paribas Italian Branch and Intesa Sanpaolo to facilitate the issuance of the guarantees provided for by the commercial
reasonably fi nds that the change of control could adversely aff ect Fincanctieri's ability to meet its payment obligations; (ii)if the release does not occur by the abovementioned 60-day deadline, and if, in the banks reasonably fi nd the change in control could adversely aff ect Fincantieri's ability to meet its payment obligations, then Fincantieri shall establish - no later than the following 10 business days – an escrow account for BNP Paribas to cover the outstanding secured debts.
G) Facility Indemnity and Agreement (First Bank of Abu Dhabi) for the issuance of guarantees On 6 November 2012 a Guarantee Facility Indemnity and Agreement was signed between Fincantieri and First Bank of Abu Dhabi (the former national bank of Abu Dhabi) to facilitate the issuance of guarantees envisaged for Fincantieri's commercial contracts, for a maximum of EUR 34.37 million (used at time of writing for approximately EUR 27.42 million). Since this is an uncommitted credit facility, there is no expiration date.
This agreement provides that if a change of control occurs, the banks will be able to request either: (i) no later than 90 days, the issuance of one or more counter-guarantees in their favour, to cover the outstanding amounts; (ii) an escrow account for the bank on the portion of the commitment not secured by counter-guarantees as collateral acceptable to the bank.
H) Guarantee Issuance and Indemnity Agreement - Qatar
On 12 July 2017, a Guarantee Issuance and Indemnity Agreement was signed between Fincantieri, UniCredit, SACE, Intesa Sanpaolo and Deutsche Bank to facilitate the issuance of the guarantees provided for by the commercial contract N GHQ/3/CA/003/16of 16 June 2016 between Qatar's Armed Forces and Fincantieri S.p.A. for a credit line with a maximum of EUR 1140 million (entirely used at the time of writing) expiring on 14 January 2025.
The agreement serves as a credit line and indemnity document for all guarantees issued by
UniCredit and counter-guaranteed by SACE for EUR 380 million, Intesa Sanpaolo for EUR 285 million and Deutsche Bank for EUR 95 million, distributed in proportion to the value of the same guarantees.
In the event that a change of control occurs, after a negotiation period intended to keep the existing agreements unchanged, this agreement allows the banks to request Fincantieri no later than 30 business days (i) for release from the commitment, by cancelling the guarantees issued; (ii) where the foregoing is not possible, to provide a counter-guarantee; and (iii) where this is not possible, establish an escrow account available to cover the outstanding secured debts.
I) BLB Uncommitted Bond Issuance Facility Agreement
On 18 December 2017, an Uncommitted Bond Issuance Facility Agreement was signed between Fincantieri and Bayerische Landesbank to facilitate the issuance of the guarantees provided for by Fincantieri's commercial contracts, for a maximum of EUR 150 million (unused at the time of writing). Since this is an uncommitted credit facility, there is no expiration date.
In the event that a change of control occurs, the bank will be able to request: (i) the cancellation of the guarantees in force; or (ii) where the foregoing is not possible, the issuance of one or more counter-guarantees to cover the commitment in force; or where this latter is not possible, (iii) establish an escrow account available to cover the outstanding secured debts.
L) Establishment of the joint venture in China – CSSC - Fincantieri Cruise Industry Development Ltd.
On 4 July 2016, a joint venture agreement to establish the company CSSC - Fincantieri Cruise Industry Development Ltd. (the "JVPC") in Hong Kong was signed by Fincantieri (with a 40% stake) and CSSC Cruise Technology Development Co. Ltd. (with a 60% stake) as shareholders, to design, to develop, to market and to sell cruise ships intended for the Chinese market to be constructed at one of the shipyards
Fincantieri's Corporate Governance system has the following structure:
of CSSC Cruise Technology Development Co. Ltd. ("CSSC").
On 17 July 2017, after meeting the relevant conditions precedent, the agreement became enforceable. The agreement envisages a change of control, in respect of which, in the event that a transaction on Fincantieri's shareholding results in a change of control in favour of a competitor that designs and develops or constructs cruise ships in Asia (as defi ned in the agreement)
(i) the other shareholder may exercise the option to acquire the defaulting shareholder's stake and require it to sell such stake,
or (ii) the company will be wound up. A further consequence of the change of control will be to terminate (i) the Technology License and Consultancy Services Agreement entered into by Fincantieri and JVPC, and (ii) the Technology Licence and Consultancy Services Agreement and the Supply Chain Management Services Agreement entered into by Fincantieri and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., the local shipbuilder previously chosen by CSSC to construct the cruise ships covered by the joint venture.
For a description of the allowances payable in the event of early termination of the relationship, see paragraphs 2.3.6 (Section I) and 5 (Section II) of the Remuneration Report approved by the Board of Directors on 27 March 2018 pursuant to Article 123-ter of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and available on the Company's website at www.fi ncantieri.com, in the Section "Governance – Remuneration" and in the Section "Governance - Meetings - Shareholders' Meetings 2018".
The Shareholders' Meeting is the corporate body where Shareholders participate in the Company's decisions on matters reserved to them by law and the By-laws. At the Shareholders' Meeting called to approved the fi nancial statements for 2017, the Board of Directors will report on activities that were planned and implemented, and will ensure that the Shareholders are given adequate information on matters necessary to enable them to take informed and considered decisions.
The Shareholders' Meeting resolves upon all
matters reserved to it by law or the By-laws. The ordinary Shareholders' Meeting is therefore competent to resolve upon the following (among other things): (i) approval of the fi nancial statements and allocation of profi ts; (ii) appointment and remunerations of the corporate bodies; (iii) removal/dismissal of corporate bodies and offi cers, and liability actions; (iv) appointment of the independent auditor; (v) purchase of treasury shares; and (vi) approval of the Shareholders' Meeting Regulations.
The extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting resolves upon amendments to the By-laws and extraordinary transactions such as mergers, demergers and capital increases, subject to the
Board of Directors' competence in the areas mentioned in paragraph 1.6 above. Resolutions of the ordinary and extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting in fi rst, second or third call, or in single call, are generally adopted in accordance with the majorities required by law in specifi c cases. The corporate bodies and offi cers are elected in accordance with the "slate voting" system, as described in paragraphs 2.2.4 and 2.4.2 below. Article 29 of the By-laws requires specifi c majorities for related party transactions where the Shareholders' Meeting is called to adopt resolutions (i) in urgent cases associated with company crisis where the audit body forms a negative assessment as to the presence of urgent conditions, (ii) if the Related Party Transaction Committee (RPT Committee) forms a negative opinion about the most signifi cant transactions (defi nitions are given in paragraph 4.1 below). In such cases, Shareholders' Meeting resolutions are considered approved if (a) the quora for valid meetings and for valid resolutions under the By-laws have been met, and (b) if the non-related shareholders attending the Shareholders' Meeting represent at least ten per cent of the voting share capital and the majority of the non-related voting shareholders do not vote against the transaction.
Ordinary and extraordinary Shareholders' Meetings are normally held on single call, pursuant to Article 13.1 of the By-laws. The Board of Directors may decide, however, that ordinary and/or extraordinary Shareholders' Meetings should be held in more than one single call, if it considers this appropriate. The ordinary Shareholders' Meeting must be called at least once a year to approve the fi nancial statements, and no later than one hundred eighty days from the end of the fi nancial year.
convened. Pursuant to Article 15 of the Bylaws, each Shareholder entitled to attend the Shareholders' Meeting may be represented by a proxy - given in written or electronic form pursuant to applicable regulatory provisions. The Company may be notifi ed of the voting proxy by certifi ed electronic mail or through the relevant section of its website, as specifi ed from time to time in the meeting call notice. Furthermore, to facilitate the process of obtaining proxies from Shareholders who are employees of the Company and its subsidiaries associated with associations of Shareholders that satisfy the requirements of applicable regulatory provisions, the By-laws provide that areas should be made available to such associations for communications purposes and for collecting proxies, in accordance with the terms agreed from time to time with their legal representatives.
The Company may also - for each Shareholders' Meeting - appoint a person to whom shareholders may grant proxies with voting instructions in relation to all or some of the items on the agenda, as envisaged by applicable regulatory provisions. In such cases, the proxy will not be valid for agenda items for which no voting instructions were given. Pursuant to the By-laws, the notice of call may also provide, on a case-by-case basis, that shareholders with voting rights may (i) attend Shareholders' Meetings using telecommunications means, and/or (ii) exercise their voting rights by correspondence and/or electronically, in accordance with applicable regulatory provisions.
Pursuant to applicable regulatory provisions:
The Shareholders' Meeting is convened by a notice of call formulated in accordance with law and published at least thirty days prior to the scheduled date of the Shareholders' Meeting in accordance with the procedures envisaged by applicable regulatory provisions 5. The deadline is brought forward by forty days in the event that the Shareholders' Meeting is called to appoint the corporate bodies. The Board of Directors – unless otherwise provided by law – releases a report on the items on the Shareholders' Meeting agenda, in accordance with the same procedures and by the same deadline for publishing the notice of call.
The right to attend Shareholders' Meetings and the procedures for exercising voting rights are regulated by applicable legislative and regulatory provisions.
More specifi cally, Article 83-sexies of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) states that eligibility to participate in Shareholders' Meeting and to exercise voting rights must be certifi ed by a qualifi ed intermediary, who notifi es the Company of such eligibility on behalf of the eligible shareholder. The "record date" is used as a basis for the intermediary's notifi cation, i.e. the accounting records at the end of the accounting day on the seventh trading day prior to the scheduled date of the Shareholders' Meeting. Credit or debit entries made on the intermediary's accounts after this seven-day deadline are not relevant for purposes of eligibility to vote in the Shareholders' Meeting.
The Company must receive the intermediary's notifi cations by the applicable regulatory deadlines, without prejudice to the shareholder's right to attend and vote in cases where the Company receives the notifi cations after the above mentioned deadline, but before the start of the Shareholders' Meeting thus
the Shareholders' Meeting decides based on a proposal from Directors or based on plans or reports prepared by them): (i) request that specifi c items be added to the agenda, specifying the proposed additional items in this request, and (ii) submit draft resolutions on matters already on the agenda; and - shareholders with voting rights may ask questions on the items on the agenda even before the Shareholders' Meeting, no later than the deadline indicated in the call notice. Replies will be given to these questions - at the latest during the Shareholders' Meeting.
In any case, shareholders with voting rights will also be entitled to submit questions or draft resolutions - individually or otherwise - during the Shareholders' Meeting.
Pursuant to the By-laws, the Shareholders' Meeting is chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, where the latter is absent or indisposed, by the Deputy Chairman if appointed; if the latter is absent or indisposed, the meeting will be chaired by another person delegated by the Board of Directors. If this other person is not present, the Shareholders' Meeting will elect its own Chairman. The Shareholders' Meeting appoints a Secretary, who need not be a shareholder, and it may appoint one or more scrutineers from among the meeting's attendees.
On 5 May 2014, the ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of the Company approved the Shareholders' Meetings Regulations with eff ect from the start of trading of Fincantieri shares on the Electronic Stock Market (MTA). These Regulations (among other things) regulate the procedures for ascertaining shareholder eligibility to attend Shareholders' Meetings, access to Shareholders' Meeting venues, voting procedures, the role of the Shareholders' Meeting Chairman - who is
5 The call notice is published on the company website, and an abridged form thereof is published in at least one daily newspaper with national circulation, and also as required by applicable regulatory provisions.
also responsible for directing the meeting's proceedings, ensuring that fair procedures are followed for the meeting discussions and for ensuring that attendees' rights are respected. Accordingly, the Chairman of the Shareholders' Meeting - upon opening the meeting's proceedings - sets the maximum duration of each attendee's contribution, which should not generally exceed fi fteen minutes. A shareholder may request the Chair for permission to address the meeting on specifi c agenda items, after the Shareholders' Meeting has been validly constituted but before the Chairman has actually opened discussions on each specifi c agenda item. Each participant may make only one contribution for each item on the agenda. After discussions are closed, only brief voting declarations are allowed. The Chairman and the Secretary draw up and sign the minutes of Shareholders' Meetings. A Notary Public must draw up the minutes of extraordinary Shareholders' Meetings. All the provisions of the Shareholders' Meeting Regulations are given in the full text published on the Company website www.fi ncantieri.com, in the Section "Governance – Shareholders' Meetings – Tasks and Regulations".
Pursuant to Article 19 of the By-laws, the Board of Directors has seven or more members, up to a maximum of thirteen members, appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting in accordance with the procedures described in paragraph 2.2.4 below. The Shareholders' Meeting determines the number of Board members from time to time, subject to the abovementioned limits.
The acting Board of Directors, whose term of offi ce will expire at the meeting to approve the fi nancial statements for the year ended on 31 December 2018, consists of: Giampiero Massolo (Chairman), Giuseppe Bono (CEO) 6 ,
must satisfy the integrity requirements provided for by the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and by associated implementing regulations, and also by any other regulatory provisions in force applicable to the Company's Directors.
According to the Company's By-laws, the failure to satisfy the abovementioned requirements results in ineligibility for offi ce or in the automatic forfeiture of offi ce; where a Director forfeits his/her offi ce, he/she will not be entitled to compensation for damages.
Directors who during their term of offi ce no longer satisfy the abovementioned integrity requirements shall immediately notify the Board of Directors of this.
Without prejudice to the foregoing, a Director will become ineligible for the offi ce of Director with delegated powers, or will automatically forfeit that offi ce for cause if interim measures are imposed that prevent those delegated powers from being exercised, following proceedings pursuant to Article 309 or Article 311, paragraph 2, of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure, or after the expiration of the deadline for bringing those proceedings, without entitlement to compensation for loss, and all associated delegated powers will be instantly revoked. Where particular cases/facts fall within the jurisdiction of foreign legal systems, the Board of Directors shall ascertain the existence of the situations described above by conducting an assessment of substantial equivalence. In addition to the foregoing, pursuant to Article 19.4 of the By-laws and the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 25 May 2012, on the "Criteria, conditions and procedures for adopting the ownership separation model for SNAM S.p.A. pursuant to Article 15 of Law No. 27 of 24 March 2012", the Company's Directors may not hold offi ce in the governing or audit bodies of, or perform executive tasks at, Eni S.p.A. or its subsidiaries, or be involved in any direct or indirect professional or economic capacity with those companies.
Gianfranco Agostinetto, Simone Anichini, Massimiliano Cesare, Nicoletta Giadrossi, Paola Muratorio, Fabrizio Palermo and Donatella Treu. The Board of Directors was appointed by the ordinary Shareholders' Meeting held on 19 May 2016 for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. This appointment complied with Article 19 of the Company's By-laws 7.
Therefore the Board of Directors has nine members, two of who (the CEO and the Chairman of the Board of Directors) are executive Directors.
The remaining Directors are non-executive; six of these are independent pursuant to law and the Corporate Governance Code 8. The Directors' curricula vitae are attached to this Report, which detail the key personal and professional information demonstrating their expertise and experience in the corporate management area (see Annex 1).
Pursuant to Article 19.5 of the By-laws, Directors must be selected using criteria of professional qualifi cation and expertise, from among persons who have received a total of at least three years' experience in:
a) management or control activities, or management tasks in companies, or b) professional activities or academic positions in law, economics, fi nance or in technicalscientifi c areas related to or useful for business or corporate activities, or c) administrative/management/executive roles in public or government administrations or entities operating in sectors related to the Company's sectors of activities, or in public or government administrations or entities operating in unrelated sectors on condition that the responsibilities in question involved the management of economicfi nancial resources.
In accordance with applicable rules, Directors
In line with provisions of the Corporate Governance Code, on 19 December 2014 the Board of Directors - on a proposal from the Nomination Committee - set out its position on the maximum number of offi ces as director or standing auditor compatible with the eff ective performance of a director's duties, also taking into account the Directors' participation in Committees set up within the Board.
Its position is that Directors may accept and continue to hold offi ce if they consider that they are able to devote the necessary time commitment to eff ectively perform their duties, taking into account the number and nature of their positions in the management and supervisory/audit bodies of other large companies, and also taking into account the commitment required by the additional professional activities engaged in and by the associated offi ces held.
In this context, the term "large companies" means:
a) companies whose shares are listed on regulated markets, including foreign markets; b) Italian or foreign companies whose shares are listed on regulated markets and operating predominantly in the insurance, banking, securities brokerage, asset management or fi nancial sectors;
c) other Italian or foreign companies whose shares are not listed on regulated markets and that, while operating in sectors other than those indicated in letter b) above, have assets exceeding EUR 1,000 million and/ or revenues exceeding EUR 1,700 million, as showing in the most recently approved fi nancial statements.
More specifi cally, the Board's policy provides as follows:
6 Mr Giuseppe Bono was appointed for the fi rst time as the Company's CEO on 29 April 2002.
7 For this appointment, the outgoing Board of Directors did not submit its own slate of candidates or give the Shareholders any guidelines on the composition of the incoming Board of Directors.
8 For a complete description of the characteristics of executive, non-executive and independent Directors, please refer to the following paragraphs 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9 and 2.2.10.
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1) for the acting CEO and for the executive Directors (with specifi cally delegated management powers) of Fincantieri: (i) no person may as a general rule - unless expressly warranted and justifi ed by the Board of Directors - act as CEO in the companies indicated in letter a) above; (ii) holding a maximum of 3 offi ces as Director (as executive director with specifi cally delegated management powers or as non-executive director) and/or as Standing Auditor is allowed in the companies indicated in paragraph (i) above; (iii) holding a maximum of 5 offi ces as Director (as executive director with specifi cally delegated management powers or as nonexecutive director) and/or in a supervisory body is allowed in the companies indicated in letters b) and c) above.
In any case, unless otherwise expressly warranted and justifi ed by the Board of Directors, Fincantieri's CEO may not act as a director in any of the companies indicated in letter a) above that do not belong to the Fincantieri Group and whose CEO is a Director of Fincantieri;
2) for Fincantieri's Directors other than the CEO and the executive Directors (with specifi cally delegated management powers), the number of offi ces held in the management or audit/supervisory bodies of other companies referred to in letters a), b) and c) may not exceed 5.
In calculating the number of offi ces indicated in paragraphs 1) and 2) above, offi ces held in direct and/or indirect subsidiaries or affi liates of Fincantieri are not taken into account. Moreover, if a Director holds offi ces in several companies from the same group, only one offi ce within such group is taken into account for the purpose of calculating the number of offi ces. Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Board of Directors may grant exemptions (temporary or otherwise) from the parameters specifi ed in paragraphs 1) and 2) above, based
Shareholders' Meeting on the basis of slates submitted by the Shareholders and by the Board of Directors and in accordance with applicable regulatory provisions on equal access to corporate bodies by the less represented gender (gender balance).
Each Shareholder may submit or contribute to the submission of only one slate. Shareholders are entitled to submit slates only if they represent - individually or collectively with other Shareholders - at least 1% of the share capital or such other percentage, if lower, that is established by CONSOB in the CONSOB Regulation.
Ownership of the minimum shareholding required to submit slates must be proven in accordance with the procedures and by the deadline laid down by regulatory provisions applicable from time to time.
Candidate slates may also be submitted by the outgoing Board of Directors. Each person with voting rights may vote for only one slate.
Each candidate may be presented on one list only, under penalty of ineligibility. Candidates must be listed in sequential order in the slates.
Each slate must include at least two candidates who satisfy legally-required independence criteria, and must specify the names of those candidates and indicate one of the candidates in the fi rst position on the slate.
Furthermore, slates that present three or more candidates must include candidates of diff erent genders, as detailed in the Shareholders' Meeting call notice, thus ensuring that the composition of the Board of Directors is compliant with the applicable laws on gender equality.
The slates must be fi led with at the Company's headquarters in accordance with the deadlines
upon the total number of offi ces held by the relevant Directors in the governing and audit/ supervisory bodies of other large companies. In granting such exemptions, the Board of Directors takes the following factors into consideration: (i) the specifi c characteristics of the offi ces held by the person in question, also taking into account the nature and size of the company in which such offi ces are held; (ii) the commitment demanded by any additional professional activities in which that person engages and by any offi ces in associations which he/she holds; and (iii) the commitment demanded from that person in the Board of Directors (particularly where a non-executive Director is involved who is not a member of any Committee).
Based upon information that the Directors gave the Company - verifi ed by the Secretary of the Board of Directors and by the Nomination Committee, and submitted for review by the Board of Statutory Auditors on 15 February 2018 – the number of offi ces currently held by Fincantieri's Directors in the management and audit/supervisory bodies of other large companies is in line with the policy indicated above.
Information on the offi ces held by Fincantieri's Directors in the management and audit/ supervisory bodies of other large companies is provided in the table attached to this Report.
Directors are appointed by the ordinary Shareholders' Meeting in accordance with the procedures described below, for a term not to exceed three fi nancial years, and they may be re-elected after their mandate expires. The appointment of Directors is regulated by Article 19 of the By-laws, which provide a full description of the relevant provisions 9.
The Board of Directors is appointed by the
and procedures envisaged by applicable rules (i.e. at least twenty-fi ve days prior to the date of the Shareholders' Meeting called to appoint the Board of Directors).
The professional curricula vitae of the candidates and the declarations by which they accept their candidature and state - accepting full responsibility - that no causes of ineligibility or incompatibility exist and declare that they satisfy the integrity requirements envisaged by applicable rules and by the By-laws (see paragraph 2.2.2 above), and the declaration (as relevant) that they satisfy the independence requirements laid down by law and/or by the Corporate Governance Code (see paragraph 2.2.10 below) must also be fi led at the Company's headquarters with each slate.
Directors are elected as follows:
a) the following are taken from the slate that obtains the majority of votes, in the sequential order in which they are listed on that slate: • two-thirds of the Directors, with fractions being rounded down to the next lower integer, where the Board consists of 9 members at most;
• 7 Directors, if the Board consists of 10 members; • 8 Directors, if the Board consists of 11 members; • 9 Directors, if the Board consists of 12 members; and
• 10 Directors, if the Board consists of 13 members;
b) the remaining Directors are drawn from the other slates (subject to applicable regulations protecting minority shareholders), which are not associated in any way, even indirectly, with shareholders who submitted or voted for the slate that obtained the highest number of votes. Accordingly, the votes obtained from these slates are subsequently divided by one, two or three, depending upon the number of Directors to be elected. The ratios thus obtained are assigned in sequential order to the candidates of each of these slates, in the
9 The Bylaws may be consulted on the Company website at www.fi ncantieri.com, in the section "Governance– System of Corporate Governance".
order respectively envisaged by each. The ratios thus assigned to the candidates on the various slates are then arranged in a single descending ranking. Candidates who obtain the highest ratios are elected;
Where more than one candidate has obtained the same ratio, the candidate elected will be the candidate from the slate that has not yet elected a Director or that has elected the lesser number of Directors. If none of these slates has elected a Director or if all have elected the same number of Directors, the candidate elected will be the candidate from the slate that has obtained the highest number of votes. In the event of a tie in slate votes and in circumstances where the ratios are tied, the Shareholders' Meeting will vote again - subject to legally applicable majorities - from among candidates who attained the same ratio from the slates that elected the same number of Directors (or no Director) and obtained the same number of votes;
c) if, following the application of this procedure, the minimum number of independent Directors required by applicable rules has not been elected (see paragraph 2.2.10 below), the ratio of votes attributable to each candidate drawn from the slates is calculated, by dividing the number of votes obtained from each slate by the ranking number of each of the candidates, thus forming a single ranking in descending order; candidates who do not satisfy applicable independence requirements and who obtain the lowest ratios among the candidates taken from all of the slates will be replaced beginning from the last and until the minimum number of independent Directors required under applicable rules has been achieved - by independent candidates indicated on the same slate as the replaced candidate (following the order in which they are indicated) or by persons who satisfy the relevant independence criteria and who are appointed in accordance with the procedure referred to in letter e) of Article 19 of the By-laws.
If candidates on diff erent slates achieve the same ratio, the candidate to be replaced is the candidate from the slate from which the highest number of Directors has been drawn or, if the same number of Directors are elected, the candidate from the slate that has obtained the lowest number of votes or, in the event of a tie, the candidate who obtains fewer votes in a special vote of the Shareholders' Meeting (subject to the legally-required quorums) from among all of the candidates who obtained the same ratio from slates that elected the same number of Directors and obtained the same number of votes;
d) if the application of the procedure described in letters a) and b) above fails to ensure compliance with applicable rules on gender balance, the ratio of votes to be assigned to each candidate drawn from the slates comprised of at least three candidates is calculated by dividing the number of votes obtained from each slate by the ranking number of each of these candidates, thus forming a single ranking in descending order; candidates of the better represented gender who have the lowest ratios among the candidates taken from the abovementioned slates are replaced - until the number of Directors is achieved that ensures compliance with applicable gender balance rules and subject to the minimum required number of independent Directors - by the candidate of the less represented gender who is (as relevant) indicated (with the next lowest slate ranking number) on the same slate as the candidate who is replaced.
If candidates on more than one of the abovementioned slates have achieved the same ratio, the candidate to be replaced is the candidate from the slate from which the highest number of Directors has been drawn or, if the same number of Directors are elected, the candidate from the slate that has obtained the lowest number of votes or, in the event of a tie, the candidate who obtains fewer votes
in a special vote of the Shareholders' Meeting (subject to the legally required quorums) from among all of the candidates who obtained the same ratio from slates that elected the same number of Directors and obtained the same number of votes.
The slate voting procedure described above applies only where the entire Board of Directors is appointed.
Directors who, for any reason, are not appointed in accordance with the above procedure are appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting subject to the legally required majorities, thus ensuring that the Board's composition complies with law and with the By-laws, and with applicable rules on gender balance.
If one or more Directors should cease from offi ce or become available during the year, due to resignation or for any other reason, the procedure detailed in Article 2386 of the Italian Civil Code shall be applicable.
In any case, the Board of Directors must have the legally required minimum number of independent Directors, and the rules relating to gender balance and protection of minorities must be complied with.
If the majority of Directors should cease from offi ce due to resignation or for any other reason, the entire Board shall cease to hold offi ce and the Shareholders' Meeting shall be called to reconstitute the Board in accordance with the procedures envisaged by Article 2386 of the Italian Civil Code.
The Board of Directors is the key body of the Company's corporate governance system, as it has the broadest powers of ordinary and extraordinary administration thereof, and these extend to determining the Company's and the Group's strategic, organisational and control policies.
More specifi cally, the Board of Directors - in accordance with applicable provisions of law, of the By-laws and of its own resolutions (most recently, the resolution adopted on 26 May 2016) and in accordance with the Corporate Governance Code's recommendations:
• may delegate all or some of its powers except those that cannot be delegated by law - to one or more of its members and/or to an executive committee;
• appoints a Secretary of the Board of Directors, who need not be a company member; • defi nes the Company's strategic and organisational lines by approving industrial plans and annual budgets, and determines the nature and level of risk compatible with the objectives of those strategic and organisational lines, including in its assessments all risks which may prove signifi cant in the context of medium to long term sustainability;
• convenes ordinary and extraordinary Shareholders' Meetings in compliance with the procedures and deadlines envisaged by applicable regulatory provisions, ensuring that the Shareholders are provided with detailed knowledge and information that enables them to adequately participate in such meetings; • establishes Committees within the Board of Directors with powers of consultation and powers to propose draft resolutions, as recommended by the Corporate Governance Code, appointing its members and determining their duties and the associated operational rules and, as relevant, approving associated remunerations and budgets;
• as to internal control and risk management: − appoints from within it one or more Directors to set up and maintain an eff ective ICRMS, as well as an Internal Control and Risk Committee tasked with supporting (by adequate investigative activities) the Board of Directors in its assessments and decisions related to the ICRMS and related to the approval of periodic reports;
− establishes guidelines for the internal control and risk management system (ICRMS), subject to the opinion of the Control and Risk Committee;
− appoints the Head of Internal Auditing, ensuring that he/she has adequate resources to fulfi l his or her responsibilities, determining his/her remunerations in line with Company policy - on a proposal of the Director in charge of the ICRMS, and after having received approval from the Control and Risk Committee and consulted with the Board of Statutory Auditors;
− assesses annually - subject to the Control and Risk Committee's opinion - the extent to which the ICRMS is adequate to the nature and risk profi le of the Company, and also to assess its eff ectiveness;
− approves annually the work program prepared by the Head of Internal Auditing, after consulting with the Control and Risk Committee and with the Board of Statutory Auditors, and with the Director in charge of the ICRMS;
− describes the key characteristics of the ICRMS in the Report, after having received the opinion of the Control and Risk Committee, giving an assessment of its adequacy;
− assesses the results presented by the independent auditor in the letter of suggestions, if any, and in the report on key issues arising during the audit, subject to the Control and Risk Committee's opinion and after having consulted with the Board of Statutory Auditors;
− appoints the Offi cer in Charge, after having received the mandatory opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors, such appointment to last at least for the duration of the Board's term of offi ce and for no more than six fi nancial years, determining the term of offi ce and the duties, powers and remunerations; it may also revoke this appointment if necessary;
− approves the Organisation, Management and Control System pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231 of 8 June 2001 ("Legislative Decree 231/2001");
• adopts company procedures for the internal management and outbound communication of information on the Company, particularly with reference to inside information;
• determines rules that ensure the transparency and substantive and procedural propriety of related party transactions;
• has reserved for itself responsibilities in the following areas:
− engaging in strategically relevant agreements;
− incorporating companies, associations or entities and purchasing and selling shareholdings, enterprises or business units; − drawing up, amending and cancelling binding letters of intent or contracts (if not already included in those letters of intent) for the supply of goods or services by the Company for amounts in excess of EUR 500 million per contract;
− purchasing, exchanging and selling real estate, establishing other in rem rights and leases exceeding 9 years for amounts in excess of EUR 40 million;
− engaging in medium/long-term lending/ borrowing transactions for amounts in excess of EUR 500 million per transaction;
− issuing guarantees for amounts exceeding EUR 500 million per transaction; however, the CEO will be authorised to issue same if urgently required;
• hiring, appointing and revoking the appointment of General Managers;
• granting assignments for professional services for amounts in excess of EUR 100,000 (individually or collectively) in the case of natural persons and EUR 500,000 in the case of professional associations or legal persons, excluding assignments granted to: (i) natural persons enrolled in professional rolls or registers; (ii) professional associations between such natural persons; and (iii) legal persons of national and international standing.
In accordance with the foregoing, the Board of Directors during 2017:
• after investigation by the Nomination Committee, ascertained that the independence and integrity requirements applicable to members of the Board of Directors were duly satisfi ed, and that there was no basis for their incompatibility or lapse;
• after investigation by the Nomination Committee, verifi ed that the number of offi ces held by Directors and Auditors complied with policy on the maximum number of offi ces as director or auditor that can be held in large companies consistently with the proper performance of the offi ce of Director of the Company, adopted by the Board of Directors on 19 December 2014;
• examined the report on the Board of Directors' self-assessment relating to the fi nancial year 2016, prepared by the Nomination Committee;
• after investigation by the Nomination Committee, confi rmed the decision adopted previously, related to the Company's nonadoption of succession plans for the executive Directors, given the nature of the Company's shareholder structure and the fact that Directors are appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting based on slates submitted by Shareholders, in accordance with law and with the Company's By-laws;
• based on a proposal from the Remuneration Committee, approved the Remunerations Policy for Directors, the General Manager, Executives with Strategic Responsibilities and for the other Key Executives for 2017, to be submitted for consultative vote by the Shareholders' Meeting convened to approve the fi nancial statements for
2016;
• based on a proposal from the Remuneration Committee, approved the Remuneration Report pursuant to Article 123-ter of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF); • after receiving the opinion of the Remuneration
Committee, approved the Information Document relating to the Performance Share Plan 2016- 2018, submitted for the Shareholders' Meeting's approval on 19 May 2017;
• after investigation by the Control and Risk Committee, examined the periodic report of the Head of Internal Auditing for 2016, which also contains an assessment of the adequacy of the ICRMS;
• based on the opinion of the Control and Risk Committee, considered adequate and eff ective the ICRMS with respect to the business characteristics and the risk profi le undertaken; • after having consulted with the Director in charge of the ICRMS and received the Control and Risk Committee's approval and consulted with the Board of Statutory Auditors, ascertained that the Head of Internal Auditing has adequate means and resources to carry out the relevant responsibilities;
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's views and after consulting with the Board of Statutory Auditors and with the Director in charge of the ICRMS, approved the annual Audit plan for 2017 prepared by the Head of Internal Auditing;
• after investigation by the Control and Risk Committee, assessed the adequacy of the organisational, administrative and accounting structure of the Company and of the main subsidiaries, also ascertaining that the preparing the Company's accounting records has adequate powers and resources to perform the duties assigned to him/her, and overseeing said Manager's actual compliance with administrative and accounting procedures;
• examined the periodic reports transmitted by the Board Committees and by the Supervisory Body;
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's views, approved the impairment tests applied to shareholders' equity and goodwill to 31 December 2016, and related results;
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's views, approved the draft fi nancial statement and the consolidated fi nancial statements as at 31 December 2016;
• approved the 2016 Reporting Package for the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. (Bank for Deposits and Loans, a company controlled by the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance);
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's views, approved the Corporate Governance Report for 2016;
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's views, approved the periodic fi nancial reports, positively acknowledging the absence of observations and compliance with the relevant legislation in drafting the same;
• based on a proposal from the Remuneration Committee, reported the 2016 operating results related to the short-term variable incentive plan ("MBO") for the Chairman and the CEO;
• based on a proposal from the Remuneration Committee, defi ned the 2017 performance objectives ("MBO") for the Chairman and the CEO;
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's views, approved the 2017 version of the Handbook under Law No. 262/2005;
• approved the amendments to the Sustainability Committee's Regulations;
• after investigation by the Remuneration Committee, approved the Company's proposal on identifying the targets and recipients of the second cycle of the Performance Share Plan 2016 - 2018, and identifying the criteria to calculated the number of rights to assign to each of these;
• examined the corporate security activities implemented by the Company during the second half-year of 2016 and the fi rst half-year of 2017;
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's views, implemented the plan to expand and optimise the ICRMS (Enterprise Risk Management Project - ERM) and examined the fi rst ERM - Risk Management Report - June 2017; • after receiving the Control and Risk
Committee's views, approved an updated version of the Organisation, Management and Control System pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231/2001;
• after receiving the Nomination Committee's views, resolved to entrust the board evaluation process for 2017 to the Nomination Committee with the support of the Corporate Secretary.
In the fi rst months of 2018, moreover, the Board of Directors: :
• received the reporting from the Company's top management concerning Fincantieri Group's strategies and business;
• after investigation by the Nomination Committee, ascertained that the independence and integrity requirements applicable to members of the Board of Directors were duly satisfi ed, and that there was no basis for their incompatibility or lapse;
• after investigation by the Nomination Committee, verifi ed that the number of offi ces held by Directors and Auditors complied with policy on the maximum number of offi ces as director or auditor that can be held in large companies consistently with the proper performance of the offi ce of Director of the Company, adopted by the Board of Directors on 19 December 2014;
• after receiving the Sustainability Committee's views, approved the sustainability model for the purposes of the Sustainability Budget;
• after the Nominations Committee's analyses made at the meetings of 15 February 2018 and 8 March 2018, examined the recommendations contained in the annual report on the issuers' implementation of the Corporate Governance Code ( the "Report"), drawn up by the Italian Corporate Governance Committee (the "CG Committee") and the cover letter drawn up by the Chairman of the CG Committee and sent to the Chairmen of Italian listed companies on 13 December 2017. Specifi cally, the Board analysed in detail the most relevant points of the Report and the improvements that the CG Committee counted on, considering that the Company is substantially compliant with the issues pointed out in the Report and that it is carrying out improvements concerning the thoroughness of the pre-board meeting documentation. • after receiving the Nomination Committee's views, decided not to adopt any diversity policy for the members of the Board of
Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors, in consideration of the nature and composition of Fincantieri's current shareholding structure, in accordance with the assessments of the Company's Board of Directors regarding it not adopting a succession plan for Executive Directors. The Board confi rmed that, notwithstanding the foregoing, with regard to the composition of the management and control bodies, the laws, regulations and By-laws in force are nevertheless applicable as well as the recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code, which require
that Directors and Statutory Auditors have the requirements of integrity, professionalism, ability and independence, as well as an appropriate representation of both genders, which are considered suffi cient to ensure a suitable composition of the governing bodies; • examined the report on the Board of Directors' self-assessment for the 2017 fi nancial year, drafted by the Nomination Committee;
• after examination by the Control and Risk Committee, studied the Head of Auditing's periodic report for 2017, also containing the assessment on the adequacy of internal controls and risk management;
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's views, considered the ICRMS adequate with respect to the characteristics of the enterprise and the risk profi le undertaken; • after having consulted with the Director in charge of the ICRMS and received the Control and Risk Committee's approval and consulted with the Board of Statutory Auditors,
ascertained that the Head of Internal Auditing has adequate means and resources to carry out the relevant responsibilities;
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's views and after consultation with the Board of Statutory Auditors and with the Director in charge of the ICRMS, approved the annual Audit plan for 2018 prepared by the Head of Internal Auditing;
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's acknowledged that no changes were made to the impairment test procedure approved by the Board of Directors during the meeting held on 9 March 2017, which was then reappointed and approved related results; • after investigation by the Control and Risk Committee, assessed the adequacy of the organisational, administrative and accounting structure of the Company and of the main subsidiaries, also ascertaining that the Offi cer in Charge has adequate powers and resources to perform the duties assigned
to him/her, and overseeing said Manager's actual compliance with administrative and accounting procedures;
• examined the periodic report of the Control and Risk Committee;
• after investigation by the Control and Risk Committee, approved the draft fi nancial statements and consolidated fi nancial statements as at 31 December 2017;
• approved the 2017 Reporting Package for the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A.;
• after receiving the Control and Risk Committee's views, approved the Corporate Governance Report for 2017;
• approved - on a proposal of the Remuneration Committee - the Remuneration Policy for Directors, the General Manager, Executives with Strategic Responsibilities and for the other Key Executives for the 2018 and 2019 fi nancial years, only with respect to the medium-long term variable component provided under the Performance Share Plan 2019-2021, to be submitted for consultative vote by the Shareholders' Meeting convened to approve the fi nancial statements for 2017;
• based on a proposal from the Remuneration Committee, approved the Remuneration Report pursuant to Article 123-ter of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF);
• after receiving the Remuneration Committee's views, approved the Information Document relating to the Performance Share Plan 2019 - 2021;
• after the Sustainability Committee's examinations, approved the Sustainability Budget;
• examined the periodic report transmitted by the Supervisory Body;
• approved Fincantieri's Industrial Plan 2018 - 2022.
Further activities performed by the Board of Directors in connection with the internal control and risk management system (ICRMS) are described in paragraph 3 below.
The Board of Directors met ten times in 2017, and the average meeting lasted approximately two hours. The meetings were attended by an average of 97.7% of Directors and by an average of 96.66% of independent Directors. The meetings were regularly attended by members of the Board of Statutory Auditors and also, at the Chairman's invitation, by the heads of the corporate Departments whose purview extended from time to time to the individual items on the agenda. The Chairman duly convened all of the meetings, generally with at least fi ve days' notice. The Chairman also guaranteed that all Directors and Auditors would receive any documents related to the items on the agenda in good time, prior to each meeting and, where this was not possible, that an accurate and adequate in-depth analysis of the individual items on the agenda would occur during the meetings.
Eleven meetings so far (as of the date of this Report) are scheduled for 2018, of which four have already been held earlier this year. The tables attached to this Report indicate the attendance record (as a percentage) of each Director at meetings of the Board of Directors and associated Committees. During 2017 and the fi rst months of 2018, the Company - through the Chairman of the Board of Directors who played a coordinating role - promoted Directors' and Auditors' participation in initiatives to develop knowledge of Fincantieri's sectors of activity and its strategies, and to promote knowledge of topics related to the Company's organization and of the main elements of the regulatory framework for listed companies, paying particular attention to the Board of Directors' duties and responsibilities (known as board induction) Trainers with competence in the abovementioned sectors, including the Heads of the various Departments, provided training programs supported by specifi c
documentation provided by Directors and Auditors.
The Chairman enjoys all powers provided for by law and by the By-laws in relation to the functioning of the corporate bodies (Shareholders' Meeting and Board of Directors) and legal representation of the Company, and also the power to verify that the Board of Directors' resolutions are implemented. Moreover, on 26 May 2016, the Board of Directors resolved to grant the following delegated powers to the Chairman Giampiero Massolo, to be exercised in coordination with the CEO in order to ensure uniformity and eff ectiveness of the Company's operations:
• representing the Company before institutions, entities, national and international organisations with a view to promoting the Company's image and activities, subject to the CEO's responsibility for the Company's administration and management;
• contributing to the defi nition of international strategies and to the internationalisation activities of the Company, with particular reference to the military, civilian and off shore sectors;
• supervising and coordinating the ICRMS of the Company and its subsidiaries, the continuous improvement of its eff ectiveness and effi ciency, and the implementation of specifi c resolutions on internal control adopted by the Board of Directors, based on a mandate from the Board;
• supervising and coordinating the development and management of the Company's security system aimed at safeguarding its tangible and intangible assets and resources, including the assets referred to in Articles 12 et seq. of Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers No. 4 of 22 July 2011 on the administrative protection of State secrecy and classifi ed information and the management
of relations in the area of industrial safety with the National Safety Authority.
The Board of Directors' meeting held on 8 June 2016 also assigned the Chairman to act as Director in charge of the ICRMS (see paragraph 3.2.1 below).
Subject to the responsibilities reserved to the Board, the CEO - acting as the leading fi gure in the Company - has the power to legally represent the Company subject to the limits of the powers conferred, and to manage the Company, in accordance with guidelines drawn up by the Board of Directors and in conformity with the disclosure obligations referred to in Article 2381 of the Italian Civil Code, and the CEO also has the following tasks and delegated powers, to be exercised with individual signatory authority:
a) to submit to the Board of Directors the business plans and budgets in which the Company's strategic lines are defi ned; b) to implement the resolutions of the Company's governing bodies, carrying out any acts resolved by the latter, including acts of extraordinary administration;
c) to carry out all acts of ordinary and extraordinary administration of the Company, except for acts that cannot be delegated by law and those that are reserved exclusively to the Board of Directors.
The CEO's powers include the following (for purposes of illustration only):
• to represent the Company as claimant or defendant before any administrative, tax or judicial authority and to appoint lawyers and general and special and special attorneys ad
litem;
• to represent the Company before public and private, national and international bodies, entities and operators;
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• to issue third parties - including state administrations, banks and lending institutions - with guarantees for a maximum of EUR 500 million per transaction/operation as collateral for obligations undertaken and to be undertaken towards any party, including by Fincantieri's subsidiaries or any other company in which Fincantieri may have an interest, according to terms and conditions that may be sought and, in cases of urgency, guarantees for over EUR 500 million, subject to the duty to report same to the Directors at the next Board meeting; • to enter into any lending/borrowing transaction for amounts not exceeding EUR 500 million per transaction/operation, including loans, undertaking the necessary commitments and implementing the necessary formalities; • to draw up, sign, amend and terminate any act, deed or contract related to the corporate purpose; also to establish, renew, reduce, subordinate and cancel mortgages and liens on ships or other products under construction or already built by the Company including for third parties, settling any disputes in which the Company may be involved;
• to represent the Company – for this purpose delegating other persons as necessary – before entities and companies in which Fincantieri holds equity interests, units, shares or shareholdings or represents and, therefore, also in ordinary and extraordinary Shareholders' Meetings of such entities and companies, exercising all other rights pertaining to such shares or interests;
• to determine the corporate organisation, after informing the Board of Directors;
• to recruit, appoint and revoke the appointment of personnel at all levels including managers, but excluding General Managers; to engage in personnel management at all levels without limitation, also altering contract and remunerations terms and conditions contained in employment agreements and settling any related disputes;
• to grant assignments for professional services
where total remunerations are less than EUR 100,000 (individually or collectively) in the case of natural persons and EUR 500,000 in the case of professional associations or legal persons, subject to the power to grant assignments for remunerations exceeding those limits if granted to: (i) natural persons enrolled in professional rolls or registers; (ii) professional associations between such natural persons; and (iii) legal persons of national and international standing.
The CEO may - in the context of the abovementioned delegated powers - issue and revoke general and special powers of attorney for individual acts or transactions or for categories of acts or transactions to/from employees of the Company and to third parties, including those not intended to be temporary. The CEO ensures that the Company's organisational and accounting structure is adequate to the nature and dimensions of the Company, and this fi gure reports at least on a quarterly basis to the Board of Directors and to the Board of Statutory Auditors on the Company's operating performance, on its anticipated development, on any signifi cant transactions and on the exercise of the delegated powers.
Non-executive Directors bring their specifi c professional skills and experience to bear on discussions of the Board of Directors, and their specifi c concern is to ensure that the Board's decisions are properly considered and justifi ed, particularly in areas that are particularly sensitive from the point of view of confl ict of interest.
The number, competence, and availability of non-executive Directors (who represent the majority of the Board) ensure that their judgement has a signifi cant infl uence on Board decisions.
Pursuant to Article 147-ter, paragraph 4, of the
Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF), at least two members of the Board of Directors – when it has over seven members – must satisfy the independence requirements required for auditors by Article 148, paragraph 3, of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF). Article 3 of the Corporate Governance Code also recommends that an adequate number of non-executive Directors should be independent, in the sense that they do not have dealings or have not had recent dealings - direct or otherwise - with the issuer or with persons/entities associated with the issuer, which could compromise their independence of judgment. The Code also recommends that the number and the expertise of independent Directors should be adequate to the size of the Board and to the activities of the issuer, and should also facilitate the establishment of Committees within the Board.
The Board of Directors assesses the independence of its non-executive members by paying more attention to substance rather than form, while noting that a Director does not generally satisfy independence criteria in the cases (not exhaustive) described in Article 3.C.1 of the Corporate Governance Code. In accordance with the foregoing, the Company's Board of Directors has an adequate number of independent Directors, who contribute signifi cantly to the Board through their independent and unbiased judgement on the matters for discussion and decision, and the presence of independent Directors ensures that the Board Committees have a composition that refl ects the recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code.
More Specifi cally, the Board of Directors in offi ce on the date of this Report consists of six independent Directors pursuant to law and the Corporate Governance Code.
These Directors submitted special declarations testifying to their independence at the time of their appointment. After investigation by the Nomination Committee, the verifi cation
procedure was repeated at the Board of Directors' meeting of 15 February 2018, where the criteria referred to in the abovementioned Article 3.C.1 of the Corporate Governance Code were applied. At this meeting, the Board also ascertained that the independence requirements provided for by Articles 147-ter, paragraph 4, and 148, paragraph 3, of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and also required by the Corporate Governance Code were satisfi ed by the Directors Gianfranco Agostinetto, Simone Anichini, Massimiliano Cesare, Nicoletta Giadrossi, Paola Muratorio and Donatella Treu. Here, the Board examined the position of the Director Massimiliano Cesare and, having evaluated the circumstances referred to in Article 3, letter d) of the Corporate Governance Code and taken due account of his declaration, concluded that he satisfi es the independence requirements demanded by the Corporate Governance Code.
At the meeting of 15 February 2018, the Board of Statutory Auditors verifi ed the proper application of the verifi cation criteria and procedures adopted by the Board to assess the independence of its members.
The Board of Directors did not designate a lead independent director, given that the conditions for such appointment envisaged by the Corporate Governance Code were not met. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is not, in fact, the key person responsible for managing the Company, nor does he hold a controlling stake in the Company.
The independent Directors met once on 15 December 2017 and on 25 January 2018 and on 14 February 2018 to agree on the operational guidelines for their offi ce on the Fincantieri Board of Directors. Here, the Independent Directors also discussed the eff ectiveness of the Board, broken down into its various Committees, including the exercise of powers, the involvement of the Directors concerning Company decisions,
the eff ectiveness of the information fl ow, handling the items on the Board's agenda, relationships with related parties, specifi cally as regards the controlling Shareholder, and the functioning of the Board's Committees.
The "board review" procedure commenced during the second half of 2017 on the initiative of the Nomination Committee, concluded in early 2018.
The Board of Directors acknowledged the results of the Board evaluation activities at the meeting of 8 March 2018.
The analysis was conducted with the support of the Board of Directors' secretarial staff , by compiling a self-assessment questionnaire and by conducting individual interviews of the members of the Board Committees, in order to glean individual perspectives about the size, composition, functioning and eff ectiveness of the Board and of its Committees.
The results suggested that the Board conducts its operations in a manner that is consistent with and appropriate to its mandate.
The analysis was an important opportunity to gain greater in-depth knowledge of the Board's performance and eff ectiveness, in relation to which the Directors submitted generally positive views, particularly with reference to the adequacy of representation on the Board of the interests of the majority of the Shareholders; as well as knowledge of the operating rules of the same and of the Board Committees' and the compliance with the recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code, guaranteeing the fairness of its role and thorough management of any potential confl icts of interest.
More specifi cally, in view of the signifi cant international growth of the Company in 2017, the Directors expressed their general satisfaction with the composition of the Board, both with regard to its structure as well as in relation to
its executive component, which is deemed adequate in relation to the complexity and to the increased internationalisation of activities. The Board, showing an improvement over last year's Self-assessment Report, recorded greater eff ectiveness of relations between Board Committees and the Board, by favourably pointing out the consideration given within the Board of Administration to the results and proposals formulated by the Committees. The Board also favourably assessed the timely recording of the topics discussed and their resolutions, as well as the general support provided by the Board's Secretary in executing the performances relating to holding the meetings. Certain recommendations were formulated that emphasised the opportunity to continue the ongoing process of improvement and articulating the reporting of the Company's activities, with particular reference to business initiatives, fi nancial activities and future developments of the diff erent business areas.
Directors' remunerations are established by the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting at the time of appointment. The remunerations of Directors vested with the particular tasks referred to in Article 2389, paragraph 3, of the Italian Civil Code is, on the other hand, established by the Board of Directors in compliance with applicable regulatory provisions.
More information on the remunerations of Directors, of the General Manager and of other Executives with Strategic Responsibilities and of Key Executives is provided in the Remuneration Report drawn up by the Company pursuant to Article 123-ter of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and available on the Company's website at www.fi ncantieri.com inside the Section "Governance - Remunerations" and the Section "Governance - Meetings - Shareholders' Meeting 2018 ".
The Board of Directors has set up four internal Committees with proactive proposal and consultation tasks, namely: the Control and Risk Committee, the Remuneration Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Sustainability Committee 10.
The composition, duties and operating procedures of the Committees, and also their powers and resources, are governed by special regulations approved by the Board of Directors at the time when those Committees were established, which were subsequently amended based on periodic changes made to the Corporate Governance Code including, most recently, the amendments of July 2015. After those amendments were made, the Company's Board of Directors updated the regulations of the Board Committees to adapt them to applicable regulatory provisions in force. The Control and Risk Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee consist of three Directors, while the Sustainability Committee consists of four Directors. All Committee members are non-executive Directors, the majority are independent and their powers and competences enable them to carry out the tasks entrusted to them. Moreover, at least one member of the Control and Risk Committee must have adequate knowledge and experience in fi nancial and accounting areas or in the risk management area, while the Remuneration Committee must include at least one member with adequate knowledge and experience in the fi nancial or remunerations policy area. The Chairman of each Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors and informs the next Board of Directors meeting of the items discussed at the relevant meetings. The Secretary of the Board of Directors acts as Secretary of the various Committees; this fi gure draws up the minutes of meetings. The Committees meet with the frequency required to perform their tasks. Meetings are
convened by the Chairman of the Committee, or if requested by at least two committee members, to discuss a specifi c matter considered to be of particular importance. The notice of call is transmitted by the Secretary at the Committee Chairman's request, in general at least three days before the meeting.
The Secretary provides the committee members with any available documentation related to the items on the agenda, usually to accompany the notice of call. A committee meeting is validly constituted if the majority of committee members in offi ce are present, and resolutions are passed by the absolute majority vote of those present. In the event of a tie, the vote of the Committee Chairman prevails.
The Committees are entitled to access the Company information and corporate Departments needed to enable them to perform their duties.
In order to carry out their duties, the Committees may rely on external consultants using the Company's structures and at the Company's expense, provided that they are subject to the necessary confi dentiality obligations. In addition, the Committees, if they consider it necessary, may prepare an annual budget to be submitted to the Board of Directors for its approval.
The Control and Risk Committee consists of the Directors Massimiliano Cesare (non-executive and independent), Nicoletta Giadrossi (non-executive and independent) and Fabrizio Palermo (non-executive and independent), appointed by the Board of Directors on 8 June 2016. The Director Massimiliano Cesare was made Chairman at the same Board of Directors' meeting. At the time of appointment, the Board
10 The Sustainability Committee was established by the Board of Directors on 8 June 2016, and the Control and Risk Committee and the Nomination Committee were established by the Board of Directors on 5 May 2014, to come into eff ect only after the commencement of trading of the Company's shares on the Electronic Share Market (MTA) managed by Borsa Italiana. The Compensation Committee had already been established. The composition of the Committees - in conformity with the Corporate Governance Code's recommendations - was thus determined for the fi rst time by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 21 July 2014.
acknowledged that all the Committee members satisfi ed at least one of the following requirements: (i) adequate experience in the accounting and fi nancial fi elds; and (ii) adequate experience in the risk management area.
Subject to the foregoing, when the Control and Risk Committee meets to decide upon the most signifi cant related party transactions (c.f. paragraph "Tasks" below), it consists of three independent, non-executive Directors and, therefore, the non-independent member, Director Fabrizio Palermo, is replaced by the non-executive and independent Director Gianfranco Agostinetto, whom the Board of Directors selected at the meeting of 8 June 2016. The meetings of the Control and Risk Committee are attended by the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors or a Standing Auditor appointed by the latter. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, (also acting as Director in charge of the ICRMS), the CEO and the Head of Internal Auditing may also attend. The other Auditors and - at the Committee's invitation - other persons including other members of the Board or people belonging to the company structure may also attend these meetings, to provide information on and to assess (within their respective competencies) the individual items on the agenda.
The Control and Risk Committee tasked with supporting the Board of Directors - by adequate investigative activities including consultative and proposal powers - in its assessments and decisions related to the ICRMS and related to the approval of periodic fi nancial reports. The Committee submits its opinion in advance to the Board, on the following:
• on the guidelines of the ICRMS, to enable the main risks to Fincantieri and its subsidiaries to
be properly identifi ed and adequately measured, managed and monitored;
The Committee, in assisting the Board, also has the following duties:
• to request the Internal Auditing Department to carry out checks on specifi c operating areas, simultaneously notifying this to the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Director in charge of the ICRMS, except where the subject-matter of the request relates to the activities of these persons;
Furthermore, the Control and Risk Committee was provisionally assigned Committee tasks with competence in the area of related party transactions pursuant to the CONSOB Regulation on Related Party Transactions, as described in greater detail in paragraph 4.1 below. The Remuneration Committee was provisionally assigned to act as a committee with competence in the area of related party transactions for remunerations policy, as described on the paragraph 2.3.2. below.
The Control and Risk Committee met seven 11 times in 2017, and the average meeting lasted approximately one hour and twenty minutes. The meetings were attended by an average of 80.91% of its members. The meetings were regularly attended by at least one member of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
The meetings were all duly convened by the Committee Chairman, with at least three days advance notice. The members were provided with documentation on the items on the agenda by the same deadline.
The Secretary wrote the minutes for all the meetings.
Following the amendments to the Corporate Governance Code of July 2015, the Committee Chairman reports on the Committee's activities and presents the Committee's periodic report at each Board of Directors meeting.
For 2018, the Committee decided to make its meetings coincide as a rule with Board of Directors meetings.
Table 1 attached to this Report specifi es the percentage of attendance of each member in the Committee meetings.
During the meetings held in 2017, the Committee:
• assessed the results of the audit activities implemented in 2016 and presented by the Head of the Internal Auditing Department; • received and examined the periodic report of the Head of Internal Auditing for 2016, which also contains an assessment of adequacy of the internal control and risk management system (ICRMS);
• assessed the adequacy of the organisational, administrative and accounting structure of the Company and of the main subsidiaries, also ascertaining that the Offi cer in Charge has adequate powers and resources to perform the duties assigned to him/her, and overseeing the administrative and accounting procedures; • gave the Board of Directors its views on the approval of the annual Audit plan for 2017, drawn up by the Head of Internal Auditing; • after consulting with the Director of ICRMS, expressed its views to the Board of Directors to the eff ect that the Head of Internal Auditing has adequate resources to carry out the relevant duties;
• judged the ICRMS to be adequate and eff ective considering the nature of the Company and its risk profi le, giving the Board of Directors its views and monitoring the independence, adequacy, eff ectiveness and effi ciency of the Internal Auditing Department;
11 Of which one exclusively as the RPT Committee.
• examined the main Company risks with reference to the analyses carried out in 2016;
• gave the Board of Directors its views on the impairment tests applied to shareholders equity and goodwill to 31 December 2016, and related results;
• reported to the Board every six months on the activities carried out as well as on the adequacy and eff ectiveness of the ICRMS' operation, also submitting the associated reports; gave the Board of Directors its views on the external auditor's fi ndings indicated in the letter of suggestions and in the report on key issues arising during the statutory audit;
• assisted the Board of Directors by evaluating - together with the Offi cer in Charge after consultation with the external auditors and the Board of Statutory Auditors - the proper application of accounting standards and their uniformity for the purposes of drawing up periodic fi nancial reports;
• examined the draft fi nancial statements and consolidated fi nancial statements as at 31 December 2016;
• gave the Board of Directors its views on the degree to which the risks to Fincantieri and to its subsidiaries are compatible with managing the Company in a manner consistent with the strategic objectives identifi ed;
• gave the Board of Directors its positive opinion with regard to the approval of the Corporate Governance 2016 Report;
• expressed its approval of the 2017 version of the Handbook under Law No. 262/2005;
• received the reporting from the Company's top management concerning management procedures for work orders;
• monitored the development of the ERM Project - Enterprise Risk Management and examined the fi rst ERM - Risk Assessment Report;
• gave its opinion to the Board of Directors on updating the Organisation, Management and Control System pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231/2001;
• supported the Board of Directors in its assessments and decisions related to the approval of periodic fi nancial reports;
During the early months of 2018, the Committee:
• assessed the results of audit activities during 2017 and presented by the Head of the Internal Auditing Department;
• received and examined the periodic report of the Head of Internal Auditing for 2017, which also contained an assessment of adequacy of the ICRMS;
• assessed the adequacy of the organisational, administrative and accounting structure of the Company and of the main subsidiaries, also ascertaining that the Offi cer in Charge of preparing the Company's accounting records has adequate powers and resources to perform the duties assigned to him/her, and overseeing the Offi cer in Charge's compliance with administrative and accounting procedures;
• after consultation with the Board of Directors gave its approval of the annual Audit plan for 2018, drawn up by the Head of Internal Auditing;
• after consulting with the Director in charge of the ICRMS, gave the Board of Directors its views to the eff ect that the Head of Internal Auditing has adequate resources to carry out the relevant duties;
• judged the ICRMS to be adequate and eff ective considering the nature of the Company and its risk profi le, giving the Board of Directors its views and monitoring the independence, adequacy, eff ectiveness and effi ciency of the Internal Auditing Department;
• gave the Board of Directors its views on the impairment tests applied to shareholders equity and goodwill up to 31 December 2017, and related results;
• reported to the Board of Directors, semiannually, on the activities carried out, also by presenting the relevant report;
• gave the Board of Directors its views on the
external auditors' fi ndings indicated in the letter of suggestions and in the report on key issues arising during the statutory audit;
• assisted the Board of Directors by evaluating - together with the Offi cer in Charge and after having consulted with the external auditors and the Board of Statutory Auditors - the proper application of the accounting principles and their uniformity for the purposes of drawing up periodic fi nancial reports;
• examined the draft fi nancial statements and consolidated fi nancial statements at 31 December 2017;
• gave the Board of Directors its views on the level of compatibility of the risks concerning Fincantieri and its subsidiaries with business management consistent with the strategic objectives identifi ed;
• gave the Board of Directors its favourable opinion on the approval of the Corporate Governance 2017 Report.
In conducting its activities the Committee uses and benefi ts from the Company's means, resources and corporate structures and, as necessary, also the cost centre provided for the Board of Directors.
The Control and Risk Committee consists of Directors Paola Muratorio (non-executive and independent), Donatella Treu (non-executive and independent) and Fabrizio Palermo (nonexecutive and non-independent), appointed by the Board of Directors on 8 June 2016. Director Paola Muratorio was made Chairman at the same Board of Directors' meeting. At the time of appointment, the Board acknowledged that all Committee members satisfi ed at least one of the following requirements: (i) adequate knowledge and experience in the fi nancial area; and (ii) adequate knowledge and experience in the
remunerations policy area.
The meetings of the Remuneration Committee may be attended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the CEO and the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors or a Standing Auditor designated by the latter. The other Auditors and - at the Committee's invitation - other persons including other members of the Board or people belonging to the company structure may also attend these meetings to provide information on and to assess (within their respective competencies) the individual items on the agenda. No Director, however, may attend meetings of the Committee that drafts proposals to the Board relating to that Director's remunerations.
Tasks The Remuneration Committee, pursuant to the Corporate Governance Code of listed companies and to its own Regulations, carries out the following proactive proposal and consultation tasks in the area of remunerations policy:
• draws up proposals for the Board of Directors on the Remunerations Policy for Directors, for the General Manager, for Managers with Strategic Responsibilities and for the other Key Executives, periodically assessing the adequacy, overall consistency and concrete application of the Policy adopted, using the information provided by the CEO on the implementation of this Policy with regard to Executives with Strategic Responsibility and the other Key Executives; • submits proposals and gives its views to the
Board of Directors on remunerations payable to the Chairman, the CEO and to other Directors who carry out particular offi ces, and on establishing performance targets linked to the variable component of such remunerations; • monitors the application of Board decisions, ascertaining in particular that the performance
targets in question have been achieved; • reports on activities carried out at each Board meeting;
• reports on its own operating procedures at the Shareholders' Meeting called to approve the annual fi nancial statements, through the Chairman of the Committee or through a member nominated by him/her.
Furthermore, the Remuneration Committee was provisionally assigned to act as a committee with competence in the area of related party transactions where resolutions are to be adopted in the area of remunerations.
During 2017 the Remuneration Committee met six times, for an average of about one hour and ten minutes. All of the Committee meetings were attended by an average of 83.30% of its members and by at least one member of the Board of Statutory Auditors. The meetings were all duly convened by the Committee Chairman, with at least three days advance notice. The members were provided with documentation on the items on the agenda by the same deadline.
The Secretary took the minutes for all the meetings.
Following the amendments to the Corporate Governance Code of July 2015, the Committee Chairman reports on the Committee's activities to each Board of Directors meeting.
For 2018, the Committee decided to make its meetings coincide with Board of Directors meetings as a rule.
Table 1 attached to this Report specifi es the percentage attendance of each member in the Committee meetings. During 2017, the Remuneration Committee met on several occasions in order to:
• propose to the Board of Directors the Remunerations Policy for the Directors, the General Manager, Executives with Strategic Responsibilities and for the other Key Executives for 2017;
• gave its opinion on the Remuneration Policy of the Directors, the Chief Executive Offi cer, Executives with Strategic Responsibilities and other Key Executives for the approval of the
Board of Directors for the year 2018;
As part of the abovementioned activities, the Committee has also actively participated in the corporate process of preparing the Performance Share Plan 2019 - 2021 intended for the Company's management (the "Plan").
On a proposal from the Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors, by resolution of 27 March 2018, approved the project of the Plan that will become eff ective after it is approved by the Shareholders' Meeting, to be called to approve the fi nancial statements as at 31 December 2017.
In conducting its activities the Committee uses the Company's instruments, resources and corporate structures and, where necessary, also the cost centre provided for the Board of Directors.
The Nomination Committee consists of Directors Donatella Treu (non-executive and independent), Simone Anichini (non-executive and independent), and Fabrizio Palermo (nonexecutive and non-independent), appointed by the Board of Directors on 8 June 2016. The Board of Directors appointed Director Donatella Treu to act as Chairman. The meetings of the Nomination Committee may be attended by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the CEO and - for matters within the purview of the Board of Statutory Auditors - the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors or a Standing Auditor designated by the latter. The other Auditors and - at the Committee's invitation - other persons, including other members of the Board or people belonging to the company structure, may also attend these meetings, to provide information on and to assess (within their respective competencies) the individual items on the agenda.
The Nomination Committee has proactive proposal and consultation powers in relation to the Board of Directors and, more specifi cally it:
• provides opinions for the Board on the size and composition of the Board of Directors, and makes recommendations about the professional offi ces that should be represented on the Board; • provides opinions for the Board of Directors upon its reappointment, when it presents a slate of candidates for the offi ce of Director; • proposes candidates to the Board for the offi ce of Director in the event of co-optation, or where Independent Directors need to be
replaced; • proposes to the Board a policy on the maximum number of directorships or auditorships that a Director may hold, and conducts the relevant periodic investigations and assessments, to be submitted to the Board; • if the Shareholders' Meeting authorises, in general, prior exemptions from the prohibition on competition provided for by Article 2390 of the Italian Civil Code, the Committee formulates observations for the Board on any Directors' activities that are in competition with the Company's activities;
• supervises the annual self-assessment of the Board and of its Committees and, taking into account the results of that assessment, makes its views known to the Board about the size and composition of the Board and its Committees, and also about the general competences and professional offi ces considered desirable to have on the Board or the Committees to ensure that the Board can make its position known to Shareholders before the new Board is appointed;
• investigates the annual assessments of the Directors' independence and integrity, based on applicable criteria, and of whether or not a basis exists for their incompatibility or ineligibility; • reports on the actions taken at each Board meeting.
During 2017 the Remuneration Committee met four times, for an average of about fi fty minutes. All of the Committee meetings were attended by an average of 74.94% of its members and the participation of at least one member of the Board of Statutory Auditors. The meetings were all duly convened by the Chairman, generally with at least three days' advance notice. The members were provided with the documentation on the items on the agenda by the same deadline.
The Secretary took the minutes for all the meetings.
Following the amendments to the Corporate Governance Code of July 2015, the Committee Chairman reports on the Committee's activities to each Board of Directors meeting. For 2018, the Committee decided to make its meetings coincide with Board of Directors meetings as a rule.
Table 1 attached to this Report specifi es the percentage attendance of each member in the Committee meetings. During the meetings held during 2017, the Committee:
• supported the Board of Directors in investigating assessments of the Directors' independence and integrity, based on applicable criteria, and of whether or not a basis exists for their incompatibility or ineligibility;
• supported the Board of Directors in investigating assessments of the number of offi ces held by Directors and Auditors, in connection with the policy on the maximum number of offi ces as director or auditor in large companies that can be considered compatible with the eff ective performance of the Company Director's duties, adopted by the Board of Directors on 19 December 2014;
• completed the activities relating to the Board of Director's board evaluation for 2016, including: (i) preparing a questionnaire - with the assistance of the Board of Directors' secretarial staff - addressed to all members of the Board of Directors; (ii) examining the results of this questionnaire; (iii) conducting interviews with Board Committee Chairmans; (iv) preparing a report containing the results of the abovementioned board evaluations; and (v) presenting this report to the Board of Directors; • gave its views on whether or not it would be
in the Company's interest to adopt succession plans for executive Directors;
• submitted to the Board of Directors the periodic report on the Committee's activities carried out in 2016;
• analysed the activities carried out by the Board of Directors following suggestions that materialised from the 2016 board evaluation;
• approved the expediency of continuing with conducting the annual internal self-assessment process on the functioning of the Board of Directors and of the Committees for 2017, with the support of the Company Secretary.
During the fi rst months of 2018, the Committee: • supported the Board of Directors in investigating assessments of the Directors' independence and integrity, based on applicable criteria, and of whether or not a basis exists for their incompatibility or ineligibility; • supported the Board of Directors in investigating assessments of the number of offi ces held by Directors and Auditors, in connection with the policy on the maximum
number of directorships or auditorships in large companies that can be considered compatible with the eff ective performance of the Company Director's duties, adopted by the Directors on 19 December 2014;
• completed tasks involving the board evaluation of the Board of Directors for 2017, including: (i) drafting, with the support of the Secretary of the Board of Directors, a questionnaire for all members of the Board of Directors; (ii) examination of the fi ndings of the abovementioned questionnaire; (iii) interviews with Board Committee members; (iv) drafting a report containing the results of the abovementioned board evaluation; and (v) presenting the report to the Board of Directors;
• furthermore, on 15 February 2018 and on 8 March 2018 the Nomination Committee examined the recommendations set out in the annual report on the implementation by the issuers of the Corporate Governance Code (the "Report"), drafted by the Italian Corporate Governance Committee (the "CG Committee") and the cover letter drafted by the Chairman of the CG Committee and sent to the Chairmans of Italian listed companies on 13 December 2017. Specifi cally, the Board analysed in detail the most relevant points of the Report and the improvements that the CG Committee counted on, considering that the Company is substantially compliant with the issues pointed out in the Report and that it is carrying out improvements concerning the thoroughness of the pre-board meeting documentation.
• gave its opinion on the decision not to adopt any diversity policy for the members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors, in consideration of the nature and composition of Fincantieri's current shareholding structure, and in accordance with the assessments of the Company's Board of Directors regarding it not adopting a succession plan for Executive Directors. The Board pointed out that, notwithstanding the foregoing, with regard
to the composition of the management and control bodies, the laws, regulations and Bylaws in force are nevertheless applicable as are the recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code, which require that Directors and Statutory Auditors have the requirements of integrity, professionalism, ability and independence, as well as an appropriate representation of both genders, which are considered suffi cient to ensure a suitable composition of the governing bodies.
In conducting its activities, the Committee uses the Company's instruments, resources and corporate structures and, where necessary, also the cost centre provided for the Board of Directors.
The Sustainability Committee consists of Directors Gianfranco Agostinetto, Simone Anichini and Massimiliano Cesare, appointed by the Board of Directors on 8 June 2016. Director Nicoletta Giadrossi was appointed as the fourth member of the Committee at the Board of Directors' meeting held on 21 June 2016. All Sustainability Committee members are non-executive independent Directors.
The Board of Directors meeting of 8 June 2016 assigned the tasks of Chairman to Director Gianfranco Agostinetto.
Meetings of the Sustainability Committee may be attended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the CEO, the Director in charge of the ICRMS, the Head of the Internal Auditing Department and, for matters falling within the competence of the Board of Statutory Auditors, by the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors or a Standing Auditor designated by it. The other Auditors and - at the Committee's invitation - other persons, including other members of the Board or people belonging to the company structure, may also attend these meetings, to provide information on and to assess (within their respective competencies) the individual items on the agenda.
The Sustainability Committee defi nes the strategic lines, commitments, plans and projects in the area of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. From this point of view, the following issues must be considered of material importance: those which directly or indirectly impact upon the organisation's ability to generate, preserve or impair the economic, environmental and social value of the organisation, of its stakeholders and of the Company more generally.
The Committee benefi ts from the participation of a multifunctional team (the "Team") coordinated by the Group Accounting and Administration Department, whose participants include representatives nominated for this purpose by the Legal Aff airs Department; Human Resources and Industrial Relations Department; Marketing, Communication and Media Relations Department; as well as the Internal Auditing and Research and Innovation Departments.
The Sustainability Committee has proactive proposal and consultation powers in relation to the Board of Directors and, more specifi cally it:
• carries out suitable investigative activities related to sustainability issues associated with the Company's activities and with its interaction dynamics with all stakeholders; • supports the Board in matters related to the Company's compliance with and promotion of human rights, labour rights, environmental rights, transparency and combating corruption, health and safety of corporate activities, the rights of all stakeholders, product liability and product innovation.
The Sustainability Committee met four times during 2017, and the meetings lasted approximately ninety four minutes on average. All the Committee meetings were attended by 81.25% of its members and by at least one member of the Board of Statutory Auditors. The meetings were all duly convened by the Chairman, generally with at least three days' advance notice. The members were provided with the documentation on the items on the agenda by the same deadline. The Secretary took the minutes for all the
meetings.
Following the amendments to the Corporate Governance Code of July 2015, the Committee Chairman reports on the Committee's activities to each Board of Directors meeting. For 2018, the Committee decided to make its meetings coincide with Board of Directors meetings as a rule. Table 1 attached to this Report specifi es the percentage attendance of each member in the Committee meetings. During the meetings held during 2017, the Committee set its own workload, with the
participation of the corporate Departments involved in the areas dealt with.
During the meetings held in 2017, the Committee:
• submitted a periodical report to the Board of Directors on activities carried out by the Committee in 2016;
• carried out a preliminary examination of sustainability issues associated with the Company's activities and with its interaction dynamics with all stakeholders;
• carried out a preliminary macro-analysis of the issues related to compliance with and promotion of human rights, labour rights, environmental rights, transparency and combating corruption, health and safety of corporate activities, the rights of all stakeholders, product liability and product innovation contained in the draft of the Sustainability Budget so as to support them and
a valuation of the Board of Directors ;
During the fi rst months of 2018, the Committee:
In conducting its activities the Committee uses the Company's instruments, resources and corporate structures and, as necessary, also the cost centre provided for the Report of Directors.
Pursuant to Article 30.1 of the By-laws, the Board of Statutory Auditors consists of three Standing Auditors and three Alternate Auditors appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting in accordance with the procedures described in paragraph 2.4.2 below. The acting Board of Statutory Auditors appointed by the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of the Company on 19 May 2017 whose term of offi ce will expire at the meeting to approve the fi nancial statements for the year ended on 31 December 2019, is composed
of the following Statutory Auditors: Gianluca Ferrero (Chairman), Fioranna Vittoria Negri and Roberto Spada.
The Shareholders' Meeting of 19 May 2017 also appointed Alberto De Nigro, Flavia Daunia Minutillo and Massimiliano Nova as Alternate Auditors.
From 28 May 2014 until the Shareholders' Meeting of 19 May 2017, the Board of Statutory Auditors was composed of the standing auditors, Gianluca Ferrero (Chairman), Alessandro Michelotti and Fioranna Vittoria Negri. The alternate auditors were Claudia Mezzabotta and Flavia Daunia Minutillo. The acting Statutory Auditors satisfy the integrity and professionalism requirements of Article 148, paragraph 4, of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and by the Regulation adopted by Ministry of Justice Decree No. 162 of 30 March,2000. For the purposes of Article 1, paragraph 2, letters b) and c), of this Decree, the Company's activities are closely associated with the areas of commercial law, tax law, business economics and corporate fi nance, as well as areas related to naval engineering.
The members of the Board of Statutory Auditors also satisfy the independence requirements provided for by Article 148, paragraph 3, of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) as well as those recommended by the Corporate Governance Code. The satisfaction of the abovementioned requirements was certifi ed by suitable declarations formulated for this purpose and signed by the Auditors and, lastly, verifi ed by the Board of Statutory Auditors at its meeting held on 15 February 2018.
The Auditors, also by virtue of the foregoing, act independently from all Shareholders. Therefore, an Auditor who - independently or on behalf of third parties - has an interest in a particular transaction/operation of the Company must promptly and fully inform the other Auditors and the Chairman of the Board
of Directors about the nature, terms, origins and extent of this interest.
The Auditors are also obligated to respect the limits on multiple offi ces held as director and auditor in Italian joint stock companies provided for by applicable regulatory provisions and by the By-laws (see Table 2 on the "Structure of the Board of Statutory Auditors" attached to this Report). In compliance with the provisions of the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 25 May 2012 and of the By-laws, the Auditors do not hold any offi ce in the governing or audit bodies of, or perform executive tasks at, Eni S.p.A. or its subsidiaries, and are not involved in any direct or indirect professional or economic capacity with those companies. The Auditors' curricula vitae are attached to this Report, which detail the key personal and professional information relating to them (see Annex 2).
The Board of Statutory Auditors is appointed by the ordinary Shareholders' Meeting in accordance with the procedures described below. The Auditors remain in offi ce for three years, and they will cease from offi ce at the date of the Shareholders' Meeting called to approve the fi nancial statements for their third year of offi ce; they may be re-elected.
The appointment of Auditors is governed by Article 30 of the By-laws, in which a full description of the relevant provisions is given 12.
The Board of Statutory Auditors is appointed on the basis of slates submitted by the Shareholders and, in any case, in accordance with applicable regulatory provisions on equal access by the less represented gender to corporate bodies.
Shareholders are entitled to submit slates only if they represent - individually or collectively with other Shareholders - at least 1% of the share capital or such other percentage, if lower, that is established by CONSOB in the CONSOB Regulation related to the appointment of the Board of Directors.
The provisions of the By-laws related to the appointment of the Board of Directors (see paragraph 2.2.4 above) and other relevant regulatory provisions in force are applicable, in so far as relevant, to the submission, fi ling and publication of voting slates.
Candidates must be listed in sequential order in the slates, in a number not exceeding the number of members to be elected. The slates are divided into two sections: one for candidates for the offi ce of Standing Auditor and the other for candidates for the offi ce of Alternate Auditor. The fi rst candidate in each section must be enrolled in the Roll of Certifi ed Accountants and must have at least three years of experience in statutory auditing. Furthermore, slates that - taking into account both sections - present three or more candidates must include (in the fi rst two positions of the section of the list related to Standing Auditors and in the fi rst two positions of the section of the list related to Alternate Auditors) candidates of diff erent genders, thus ensuring that the composition of the Board of Statutory Auditors complies with applicable regulatory provisions on gender balance.
Auditors are elected as follows:
a) two Standing Auditors and two Alternate Auditors are drawn from the slate that obtained the highest number of votes, in the sequential order in which they are listed in the sections of that slate;
b) the remaining Standing Auditor and the remaining Alternate Auditor are appointed in accordance with the rules in force and based on the procedures of the By-laws applicable to the appointment of Directors drawn from the minority slates (see paragraph 2.2.4 above), to be applied separately to each of the sections comprising the other slates.
The Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors is appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting from the Statutory Auditors elected by the minority. The slate voting procedure described above applies only where the entire Board of Statutory Auditors is appointed.
If it should prove necessary during the year to replace one of the Auditors drawn from the slate that obtained the highest number of votes, the fi rst of the Alternate Auditors drawn from that slate will be appointed instead. If this replacement procedure does not allow a Board of Statutory Auditors to be reconstituted in conformity with applicable gender balance rules, then the second of the Alternate Auditors drawn from that slate will be appointed in place of the outgoing Auditor.
If it should prove necessary to replace the other Auditor drawn from the slate that obtained the highest number of votes, the fi rst of the Alternate Auditors drawn from that slate will be appointed in place of the outgoing Auditor.
If it should prove necessary to replace the Chairman, this offi ce will be assumed by the Alternate Auditor who has been appointed by the same procedures as the Chairman.
Pursuant to Article 149 of the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF), the Board of Statutory Auditors monitors: (i) compliance with the law and with the By-laws; (ii) compliance
with the principles of proper administration; (iii) the adequacy of the Company's organisational structure for the matters under its responsibility, of the ICRMS and of the administrative-accounting system, and the ability of that system to reliably and accurately represent the operations carried out; (iv) the procedures for the concrete implementation of the corporate governance rules envisaged by the Corporate Governance Code, including those related to resolutions approving remunerations and other benefi ts; (v) the adequacy of the Company's directions to its subsidiaries in ensuring the proper fulfi lment of disclosure obligations provided for by law. Additionally, Article 19, paragraph 1, of Legislative Decree No. 39 of 27 January 2010 (as amended by Legislative Decree No. 135 of 17 July 2016 13) confers upon the Board of Statutory Auditors additional tasks as "internal control and auditing Committee". In that capacity, the Company's Board of Statutory Auditors is tasked with: (a) informing the Board of Directors of the outcome of the statutory audit and transmitting to the Board the additional report referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No. 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 ( 14), accompanied by observations if any; (b) monitoring the fi nancial reporting process and submitting recommendations or proposals with a view to ensuring its integrity; (c) monitoring the eff ectiveness of the Company's internal quality control and risk management systems and, if applicable, of its internal auditing process, insofar as the Company's fi nancial reporting process is concerned, without violating its independence; (d) monitoring the statutory audit of the fi nancial statements and consolidated fi nancial statements, also taking into account the results and conclusions of CONSOB's quality controls, as relevant; (e) determining and monitoring the independence of external auditors or audit fi rms, particularly in the context of the adequacy of the provision
12 The Bylaws are available for consultation on the Company website at www.fi ncantieri.com, in the section "Governance – System of Corporate Governance". 13 Pursuant to Article 27, paragraph 9, of Legislative Decree No. 135 of 17 July 2016, the amendments to Article 19 apply as from 1 January 2017.
14 This Regulation, which is directly applicable also in Italy, contains the regime of "special requirements related to the external statutory audit of accounts of public interest entities".
of services other than auditing services; and (f) responsibility for the procedure to select external auditors or audit fi rms, and to recommend external auditors or audit fi rms for appointment.
Pursuant to Article 13 of Legislative Decree No. 39 of 27 January 2010, the Board of Statutory Auditors is responsible for drawing up a draft proposal for the Shareholders' Meeting, duly reasoned, to appoint an independent auditor and determine the appropriate fees. The Board of Statutory Auditors is also requested to give its views for the purpose of determining the remunerations of Directors holding particular offi ces, pursuant to Article 2389, paragraph 3, of the Italian Civil Code and for the purpose of appointing the Offi cer in Charge pursuant to Article 154-bis, paragraph 1, of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF). In line with the recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code, the Board of Statutory Auditors:
The Standing Auditors (also acting individually) may, for the above purposes, request the Company's Internal Auditing
Department to check specifi c operating areas or company transactions/operations. The Board of Statutory Auditors also ensures that information is promptly exchanged with the Control and Risk Committee, which is relevant to enable them to perform their respective tasks.
The Board of Statutory Auditors monitors compliance with the law and with the Bylaws, compliance with the principles of sound administration, and specifi cally the adequacy of the organisational, administrative and accounting structure adopted by the Company and its proper functioning.
Within the scope of their activities, the Statutory Auditors may request the internal audit department to audit specifi c operational areas or business operations. The Board of Statutory Auditors and the CRC shall promptly exchange information relevant to the fulfi lment of their duties.
In the application of Article 19 of Legislative Decree No. 39/2010, FINCANTIERI S.p.A. established the internal control and auditing Committee that converges with the Board of Statutory Auditors and that, in public interest, oversees:
The Board of Statutory Auditors, pursuant to Article 13 of Legislative Decree No. 39/2010, is tasked with presenting to the Meeting the reasoned proposal for the appointment of the external auditing fi rm. Furthermore, it expresses the opinion required on the appointment of the
Offi cer in Charge of preparing the Company's accounting documents.
The Board of Statutory Auditors met seven times in 2017, four of which were prior to 19 May 2017 and three from 20 May 2017. The meetings held in the fi rst time frame lasted on average approximately 240 minutes, while, with reference to the second time frame, on average the meetings lasted approximately 300 minutes. The meetings were attended by 100% of the Standing Statutory Auditors. Eleven meetings have been scheduled for 2018, of which four were already held earlier this year. The number of meetings may be changed during the year.
Table 2 attached to this Report specifi es the attendance record (expressed as a percentage) of each Standing Auditor at the meetings of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
During 2017, the Company - through the Chairman of the Board of Directors who played a coordinating role - promoted Directors' and Auditors' participation in initiatives to develop knowledge of all the sectors of activity of Fincantieri and of the latter's strategies, and to promote knowledge of topics related to the Company's organisation and of the main elements of the regulatory framework for listed companies (known as board induction). The training programs were given by trainers with competence in the abovementioned sectors, including the Heads of the various Departments, and with the support of specifi c documentation provided by Directors and Auditors.
The remunerations of the standing members of the Board of Statutory Auditors are determined by the ordinary Shareholders' Meeting at the time of appointment. Information on the remunerations of Auditors is provided in
the Remuneration Report drawn up by the Company pursuant to Article 123-ter of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and available on the Company's website at www.fi ncantieri.com inside the Section "Governance - Remunerations" and the Section "Governance - Meetings - Shareholders' Meetings 2018 ".
The Company's internal control and risk management system ("ICRMS") consists of a set of tools, organisational structures and corporate procedures (codifi ed in a special "Organisational Handbook" that is periodically updated and disseminated within the Company) which seek to contribute - by a process of identifying and managing and monitoring the main risks within the Company - to the Company being managed soundly and correctly and in a way that is consistent with the predetermined objectives defi ned by the Board of Directors.
The ICRMS is integral to the organisational and corporate governance framework adopted by the Company, and it takes its inspiration from relevant models in the sector, recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code and from the best practices that are applied both at national and international levels.
Fincantieri has adopted the "CoSO" framework (Internal Control Integrated Framework) and the "COBIT 5" framework (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) as the main company-wide tools for assessing the ICRMS, particularly with reference to fi nancial reporting. The ICRMS also facilitates identifying, measuring, managing and monitoring the main risks, as well as the credibility, accuracy, reliability and promptness of the fi nancial reporting. Fincantieri is cognizant that an eff ective ICRMS contributes toward managing the enterprise consistently with the corporate objectives determined by the Board of
Directors, facilitating the adoption of fully informed resolutions. More specifi cally, the ICRMS contributes to safeguarding corporate assets and optimising effi cient and eff ective corporate processes, ensuring the provision of reliable information to the corporate bodies and the market, and ensuring compliance with applicable legislative and regulatory provisions and with the Company's By-laws and Company procedures.
This system, determined based on international leading practices, has the following three levels of control:
• 1 st level: the operating Departments identify and assess risks and implement specifi c actions to manage them;
• 2nd level: the Departments responsible for risk management defi ne risk management methods and tools, and conduct monitoring activities; • 3rd level: the Internal Auditing Department independently assesses the entire system.
The ICRMS guidelines (the "Guidelines") of the Company, aligned with the Corporate Governance Code of companies listed on the Borsa Italiana S.p.A., in its most updated version, were approved by the Board of Directors on 26 September 2016.
The plan to develop and optimise the ICRMS, which began in 2015, was assigned to the Risk Offi cer, a role covered by the Head of Internal Auditing, whose tasks are:
• to support the Director in charge of the ICRMS in defi ning the methods of managing and in identifying and monitoring the main corporate risks on an ongoing basis; • to coordinate the activities of risk management and of support to management, verifying compliance with the Company's Enterprise Risk Management ("ERM") methods; • to issue periodic reports to the various organisational levels.
On 31 March 2017, after risk management policy was issued at the end of 2016, a procedure to identify the operating procedures that are common to all business areas and corporate departments on risk assessment and corrective activities was passed; the process of aligning the ERM concepts with process-specifi c procedures (work order risk management – which was updated on 3 July 2017 – and cyber security – currently being updated) commenced; the half-yearly reporting on the Company's risk assessment updates implementing the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) procedure, for the benefi t of the ICRMS managers,
The Audit Plan that the Internal Auditing Department prepared for 2018, duly approved by the Board of Directors on 8 March 2018, is based on the analysis and the prioritisation of risks, as shown by the periodic company-level assessment carried out.
The guidelines approved by the Board of Directors identify the main parties involved in bringing to fruition and implementing an eff ective ICRMS, defi ning their duties and responsibilities and providing for a system of information fl ows that can maximise the results. Fincantieri's internal control and risk management system involves the following bodies/offi cers, each within their own purview: (i) Board of Directors; (ii) Control and Risk Committee; (iii) Director in charge of the ICRMS; (iv) Risk Offi cer; (v) Head of Internal Auditing and the Internal Auditing Department; (vi) Offi cer in Charge of preparing the Company's corporate and accounting documentation and records; (vii) Supervisory Body; and (viii) Board of Statutory Auditors. All of the Group's personnel, furthermore within the purview and responsibilities of each - are expected to actively participate in the maintenance, updating and proper functioning of the ICRMS, as defi ned by the Group's internal rules and procedures.
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2.2.5 and 2.3.1 relating to the internal control and risk management responsibilities assigned to the Board of Directors and the Control and Risk Committee, respectively, and subject to the observations made below with specifi c reference to the other subjects involved, the main features of the ICRMS adopted by the Company will be described below.
The risks are identifi ed based on the following criteria:
a) nature of the risk, with particular reference to operating and fi nancial risks, risks related to accounting rules (reporting risks) and to compliance risks that could signifi cantly impact upon the Company's reputation; b) signifi cant extent of the risk; c) signifi cant likelihood that the risk will materialise;
d) limited ability of the Company to reduce the risk's impact on its operations
The ICRMS consists of and refers to policies, procedures and conduct that, considered together, enable the Group:
a) to make its operations more effi cient, enabling it to react appropriately to operating, fi nancial, legal or other risks that impede the achievement of its business objectives; b) to ensure the quality of its internal and external reporting system. This requires using an eff ective registration system, as well as processes that generate a fl ow of relevant and reliable information inside and outside the organisation;
c) to facilitate compliance with applicable legislative and regulatory provisions as well as internal procedures;
d) to safeguard the Company's assets from loss or from inappropriate or fraudulent use.
To this end, the Director Responsible for the ICRMS ensures that the ICRMS:
a) is an integral part of the Group's business ethic and operations, to this end implementing appropriate information, communications and training processes as well as disciplinary and reward systems which incentivise the proper management of risks and discourage conduct that is contrary to the principles dictated by those processes;
b) can react promptly to signifi cantly risky situations arising within the Group or arising from changes in the Group's operating environment;
c) includes procedures for reporting immediately to the relevant level of the Group hierarchy, to this end implementing organisational solutions that ensure access by the Departments directly involved in the ICRMS to the necessary information and to the Company's senior managers;
d) regularly verifi es the eff ectiveness of the ICRMS and the possibility of activating specifi c controls if weaknesses in the ICRMS are reported;
e) facilitates the identifi cation and prompt implementation of corrective actions.
The periodic verifi cation of the adequacy and eff ective operation of the ICRMS - and its updating as appropriate - represents an essential activity of the ICRMS, aiming to ensure that this system is functioning properly and completely. The Board of Directors is responsible for conducting this periodic verifi cation, with the support of the Control and Risk Committee. In conducting these verifi cation activities, the Board of Directors is careful not only to verify the existence and implementation of an ICRMS within the Company, but also to regularly examine the structure of that system in detail, as well as its suitability and its actual concrete operation.
To this end, the Board of Directors receives an information briefi ng on the audit activities conducted (already examined by the Control and Risk Committee), from the Head of Internal Auditing to verify whether the Company's ICRMS is actually eff ective in pursuing its objectives and whether any shortcomings reported indicate a need to improve the system. The Board of Directors, at its meeting to approve the fi nancial statements, also:
• examines the material business risks as notifi ed by the Director Responsible for the ICRMS, and assesses the manner in which these risks have been identifi ed, assessed and managed. Here, special importance is devoted to examining changes occurring during the most recent reference year, to analysing the nature and extent of the risks and to assessing the Company's response to those changes;
• assesses the eff ectiveness of the ICRMS in dealing with such risks, focusing particular attention on any reported ineffi ciencies;
• considers what actions have been taken or should be promptly taken to remedy any shortcomings identifi ed;
• prepares any additional policies, processes and rules of conduct that would enable the Company to react appropriately to new risk situations or those that have not been properly managed so far. The periodic verifi cation of the adequacy and eff ective operation of the ICRMS - and its updating as appropriate - represents an essential activity of the ICRMS, aiming to ensure that this system is functioning properly and completely.
During 2017, the risk assessment process of the main entities of the Group, with the coordination of Fincantieri's Risk Offi cer, continued with a view to the ERM, in compliance with the guidelines of the Group's Parent Company, with the objective of having the Group pursue a uniform system of internal control and risk management.
In order to enable the various parties involved in the ICRMS to adequately carry out their duties within that system, special information fl ows are defi ned between the various levels of control and the competent management and control bodies, suitably coordinated in terms of content and times.
In addition to the information fl ows described in the paragraphs below, special information fl ows are also established between the corporate Departments assigned to second and third level controls. In particular, the Managers of the second level control Departments notify the Head of Internal Auditing of the critical issues found while carrying out their activities, which could be of interest to the Internal Auditing Department in conducting the checks within its purview. In turn, the Head of Internal Auditing informs the Managers of the other control Departments about any ineffi ciencies, weaknesses or irregularities found during the verifi cations conducted on specifi c areas or matters falling within the purview of such Departments.
The Internal Auditing Department has developed the Compliance System pursuant to Law No. 262/2005 to analyse the signifi cant items of Fincantieri's consolidated fi nancial statements and to trace back to the corporate processes that assist in the formation/preparation of economicfi nancial information. This Compliance System, among other things: i) defi nes the specifi c components of administrativeaccounting disclosure, envisaging a system of administrative-accounting procedures that is supported and, occasionally, suitably supplemented by "risk and control Matrices"; and ii) defi nes procedures and timetables for the administrative-accounting risk assessment process, to identify the most important processes for the purposes of accounting and fi nancial disclosure.
Fincantieri has adopted the following program of activities to support the certifi cations due pursuant to Law No. 262/2005:
• Scoping: identifi cation of the area to be analysed i.e. the selection of the Companies, accounts and processes that materially aff ect items on the fi nancial statements, using quantitative and qualitative parameters. Scoping activities also aim to identify the companies, processes and sub-processes that are relevant for the purposes of the Fincantieri Group's fi nancial statements, by applying quantitative and qualitative analyses. The quantitative analysis has been conducted beginning with the consolidated fi nancial statements of Fincantieri for the year ended 31 December 2016. Qualitative analysis was used to validate the results of the quantitative
analysis and to identify the Group companies most vulnerable to signifi cant risks or impacts, irrespective of the implications for the consolidated fi nancial statements. • Assessment of "entity level" controls: assessment of controls implemented at the level of the entity identifi ed during the scoping phase, to verify whether they have been properly defi ned and operate eff ectively. Entity level controls are applied by management in the confi dence that they will ensure appropriate conduct that is in line with the Company's approach and also maximise the eff ectiveness of the company bodies and Departments that are considered critical to fi nancial reporting integrity (including the Group accounting and Administration Departments and the Project Management team, the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Board of Directors). Under the CoSO framework, this type of control also includes controls related to risk management, change management, integrity and ethical values, as well as controls related to the proactive involvement of the Board of Directors and of its Committees (if present) and controls related to the philosophy and operations of the Company and to the eff ectiveness of the Company's communications, policies and procedures.
• Assessment of "process level" controls: assessment of controls put in place at the process level to verify whether they are properly defi ned and operate eff ectively, in relation to the entities identifi ed during the scoping phase. The management responsible for preparing the Company's accounting records must identify the processes and controls of business activities that are of critical importance for the fi nancial statements and for the fi nancial reporting process, and then document these processes and controls as a basis upon which to assess the control system and its operational eff ectiveness. To be eff ective, the internal controls must
be correctly designed. Furthermore, the internal controls that are necessary to provide reasonable certainty about the accuracy of the Company's accounting records must be implemented and carried out by suitably qualifi ed persons with the authority and responsibility to implement them (process owners). Based on a verifi cation of the documentation related to the processes taken into consideration, the Internal Auditing Department gives the Offi cer in Charge its assessment of the eff ectiveness of the process controls design.
• Assessment of IT level controls: assessment of IT controls implemented within the organisation to verify whether they have been properly defi ned and operate eff ectively. Transaction fl ows generally involve the use of application systems to automate the processes and to support high transaction volumes. These application systems are based upon various diff erent IT support systems, including corporate networks, databases, operating systems and other. Collectively, these defi ne the IT systems involved in the fi nancial reporting process and, consequently, they should be considered in the design and evaluation of internal controls. For these reasons, IT controls have a pervasive eff ect on the achievement of many control objectives. The General Computer Controls (GCC) are controls used to manage and control IT activities as well as the IT environment. The automated control procedures and the manual control procedures that use information generated by the IT systems ("Application Controls"), depend on the eff ectiveness of the GCC. The relationship between the Application Controls and the GCC is based on the fact that the latter are necessary to support the operation of the Application Controls, and both are necessary to guarantee the complete, accurate and valid processing of information. The corporate organisations require IT
support to ensure that the general control environment as well as the application controls exist and adequately support the compliance objectives of the corporate activity. Since 2015, Fincantieri adopted COBIT 5 as a reference model for the assessment of internal controls in the IT area; this - the latest version of that framework can provide a representation of IT governance that refl ects the central role of information and technology in creating value for the enterprise. The Corporate Disclosure Systems Department (CO or COCIO), supported by the Internal Auditing Department, is responsible for assessing the level and adequacy of internal controls in the IT environment. The assessment process developed by Fincantieri to assess GCC compliance is based upon the following key activities:
selecting control objectives: assessing the signifi cance and applicability of the control objectives proposed by the reference framework of relevance in supporting the certifi cates required pursuant to Law No. 262/2005;
identifying existing IT GCC, based on interviews with IT management and examination of existing documentation, and their association with the Governance & Management Practices of COBIT 5; - verifying the coverage level of the controls, in relation to the control objectives identifi ed as applicable and relevant;
designing additional control schemes for the relevant test procedures where gaps have emerged in the context of the control objectives identifi ed.
• Testing: activities conducted by the Internal Auditing Department to assess the eff ectiveness of the ICRMS by conducting audit activities preparatory to certifi cation by management. Once the control schemes have been shown to be eff ective, the controls must then undergo eff ectiveness tests to prove their operational status.
This assessment is applied to each control individually and the following are the main steps involved in reaching the assessment:
(i) defi ning the test plan; (ii) testing activities; (iii) identifying operating defi ciencies in the controls; and (iv) discussing and identifying corrective measures. The Internal Auditing Department carries out these activities at the parent company and at the relevant judging entities downstream of the scoping process, makes the test results offi cial by communicating them to the relevant companies/entities/process owners and monitors the implementation of the action plans agreed to mitigate the defi ciencies identifi ed. The process owners are responsible
for implementing the action plans with a view to improving the internal control environment, on the basis of which management in charge of drafting the corporate accounting documents makes its certifi cation.
• Self-certifi cation by control owners: selfassessment process by which the control owners certify the eff ective operation of the controls within the processes/sub-processes of direct relevance.
• Internal certifi cations (Fincantieri): made available by process owners to accompany the self-certifi cations (preceding paragraph).
• External certifi cations (subsidiaries included in the area of consolidation): the process by which the management certifi es the formal assessment of the eff ectiveness of the internal control structure and the related procedures.
The activities of testing, the self-certifi cation of control owners and the issuance of the internal and external certifi cations represent the totality of the verifi cation activities associated with the compliance program. The Control and Risk Committee and the Board of Directors are notifi ed of the results of these activities when approving the half-year report and the annual fi nancial statements.
With reference to the tasks and activities conducted by the Board of Directors, by the Control and Risk Committee and by the Board of Statutory Auditors in relation to the ICRMS, please refer to the descriptions provided in paragraphs 2.2.5, 2.3.1 and 2.4.3 above.
The Director in charge of the ICRMS is responsible for:
• identifying the main business risks, taking into account the nature of the activities of the Company and its subsidiaries, and ensuring that they are periodically examined by the Board of Directors;
• implementing the guidelines defi ned by the Board of Directors, looking after the design, realisation and management of the ICRMS, and verifying its adequacy and eff ectiveness on an ongoing basis;
• adapting the ICRMS to operational dynamics and to the legislative and regulatory environment;
• formulating proposals for the Board of Directors - with the agreement of the Chairman - relating to the appointment, removal and payment of the Head of Internal Auditing, taking care to ensure that the latter has adequate means and resources to perform the relevant tasks and is remunerated consistently with company policies; • requesting the Internal Auditing Department to check specifi c operating areas and verify
compliance with internal rules and procedures when carrying out company transactions/ operations, simultaneously notifying same to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Control and Risk Committee and the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors;
• reporting to the Board of Directors in good time about any problematic and critical issues that have emerged during the course of the Director's activities or that have come to the latter's attention, thus enabling the Board itself to take the appropriate action.
During 2017 and in the fi rst few months of 2018, the Director in charge of the ICRMS:
• implemented the ICRMS Guidelines, overseeing the planning, realisation and management of the ICRMS and ensuring its adequacy and eff ectiveness on an ongoing basis, also taking into account operating conditions as well as the legislative and regulatory environment;
• oversaw, with the support of the Risk Offi cer, identifying, assessing and mitigating the most important risks at the Group level and requested the Risk Offi cer to present them to the Control and Risk Committee and to the Board of Statutory Auditors, then submitting them to the Board of Directors for its examination at the meeting of 8 and 9 November 2017;
• monitored the development and implementation of the risk management procedures;
• received and examined reports transmitted by the Head of Internal Auditing.
The Head of Internal Auditing is Mr Stefano Dentilli, whose offi ce was confi rmed by the Board of Directors' meeting of 21 June 2016, on a proposal from the Director in charge of the ICRMS, having received a favourable opinion from the Control and Risk Committee and consulted with the Board of Statutory Auditors. On this occasion the Board of Directors - after having received the views of the Director in charge of the ICRMS as well as a favourable opinion from the Control and Risk Committee
and consulted with the Board of Statutory Auditors, also ascertained that the Head of Internal Auditing has adequate means and resources to carry out the relevant responsibilities.
The Board of Directors confi rmed the foregoing at its meeting of 8 March 2018. The Internal Auditing Department's mission
is to monitor the adequacy of the internal control system of the Parent Company and the subsidiaries, ensuring that its effi ciency and eff ectiveness are improved on an ongoing basis by carrying out independent and objective activities of verifi cation, validation and consultancy.
The Board of Directors has appointed the Head of Internal Auditing to perform the following tasks and responsibilities:
• to verify - on an ongoing basis and also depending on specifi c requirements - the operational status and suitability of the ICRMS within the Group, with reference to company procedures, the management of risks and the measures implemented to safeguard against those risks, by means of an Audit plan approved by the Board of Directors, based upon a process of analysis and prioritisation of the most important risks;
• to prepare periodic reports containing adequate information on the activities of the Head of Internal Auditing, on the manner in which the risk management activities are carried out, and on compliance with the plans drawn up to contain those risks. The periodic reports contain an assessment of the suitability and adequacy of the ICRMS;
• to draw up reports on particularly important events in good time;
• to submit its periodic reports to the Director in charge of the ICRMS, to the Control and Risk Committee, to the Board of Statutory Auditors and to the Board of Directors;
• to verify, in the context of the Audit plan, the reliability of the information systems including
the accounting systems, and the separation of tasks;
• to analyse circumstantiated reports of problems associated with the fi nancial statements, the internal and/or external Audit and with accounts auditing in general;
• to assist the Boards of Statutory Auditors of the Company and of the Group in the preliminary selection and assessment of the external auditors' proposals pertaining to the statutory audit of accounts;
• to assist the Supervisory Bodies (pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231/2001) of the Company and the Group in performing their tasks;
• to compare and exchange information with the Director in charge of the ICRMS, the Supervisory Body, the Board of Statutory Auditors, the Offi cer in Charge and the external auditors.
Depending upon the tasks assigned, the Head of Internal Auditing:
• has no responsibility over any operating area, and reports to the Board of Directors;
• holds no corporate offi ces of any kind (except as member of the Supervisory Body) in the Company and/or any of its operating subsidiaries;
• has ongoing, unconditional access to all company information, data, persons, databases and assets that may be useful for performing the tasks assigned to him/her;
• submits a report to the Board of Directors on his/her activities at least twice a year, liaising with the Director in charge of the ICRMS, with the Control and Risk Committee and with the Board of Statutory Auditors and, in carrying out his/her tasks, also interacts with the Supervisory Body and with the Offi cer in charge;
• independently manages the expenditure budget determined for his Department and for the Supervisory Body, both approved by the Board of Directors, subject to agreement with the Director in charge of the ICRMS;
• may assign an external consultancy fi rm
During 2017 and in the fi rst few months of 2018, the Head of Internal Auditing:
• verifi ed - on an ongoing basis and also in relation to specifi c requirements and in accordance with international standards - the operational status and suitability of the ICRMS, by means of an Audit plan approved by the Board of Directors that is based on a structured process of analysis and prioritisation of the most important risks;
• has had direct access to all information useful for performing the assignment;
• prepared periodic reports containing adequate information on the activities carried out, and sent them to the Director in charge of the ICRMS, to the Control and Risk Committee and to the Board of Statutory Auditors, and gave the Board of Directors its assessment of the suitability and adequacy of the ICRMS, in its annual report on the Audit plan implemented; • verifi ed, in the context of the Audit plan, the reliability of the information systems including accounting systems.
• performed a maintenance and testing of the General Computer Controls, developed according to the reference framework COBIT 5 IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley (with the support of an outside party);
• implemented the audit interventions envisaged by the Audit plan;
• coordinated Audit activities at companies that qualifi ed within the scope of work of Law No. 262/2005;
• provided operating support in optimising the framework of controls pursuant to Law No. 262/2005 in the Group companies;
• supported the Supervisory Body's work in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 231/2001;
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• conducted targeted assessments on the implementation status of the SoD governance and provided support on developing adequate reporting.
The Head of Internal Auditing, in carrying out his duties, has adequate fi nancial resources assigned in the budget to this Department, which are necessary to ensure that the activities can be carried out independently or with the use of external support.
The role of Risk Offi cer, currently held by the Head of Internal Auditing, was created by the Company's CEO on 22 November 2016. These two roles are compatible since the Risk Offi cer does not carry out operational risk management tasks, but is involved exclusively in coordinating and in supporting management in the area of risk assessment tools and methodologies, and collecting and consolidating of risk mitigation outcomes.
More specifi cally, the Risk Offi cer is responsible for:
• supporting the Director in charge of the ICRMS in identifying the main risks to which the Companies is exposed, taking into account the nature of the Company's operations and activities, and also those of its subsidiaries, and ensuring that they are submitted on a regular basis to the Board of Directors for its examination;
• supporting the Director in charge of the ICRMS in defi ning integrated analysis methodologies for the measurement of risks, to ensure that those risks can be viewed in a comprehensive manner and are uniformly evaluated, and also accurately measured and monitored on an ongoing basis;
• supporting the operational activities of the Director in charge of the ICRMS and of the Control and Risk Committee by
means of periodic information briefi ngs and suggestions, ensuring compliance with the ERM methodology used at all phases of the risk management process;
During 2017 and in the fi rst few months of 2018, the Risk Offi cer:
• met with management to investigate the issues relating to risk management.
The role of Offi cer in Charge (the "Offi cer in Charge") of drawing up the corporate accounting documents was assigned to Mr Carlo Gainelli, Head of the Group Accounting and Administration Department, and this offi ce was confi rmed by the Board of Directors at its meeting of 8 June 2016, after consultation with the Board of Statutory Auditors, to expire only when the acting Board of Directors ceases from offi ce.
In compliance with the provisions of Article 26 of the By-laws, the above mentioned Offi cer in Charge is an expert in the areas of administration, fi nance and control, and satisfi es the integrity requirements imposed on Directors by applicable regulatory provisions. In compliance with the provisions of the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 25 May 2012, furthermore, he does not hold any offi ce in the governing or audit bodies of, or perform executive tasks at, Eni S.p.A. or its subsidiaries, nor is he involved in any direct or indirect professional or economic capacity with those companies.
The above mentioned Offi cer in Charge has implemented suitable administrative and accounting procedures for preparing the fi nancial statements and consolidated fi nancial
statements, and any other communications of a fi nancial nature.
The Company's acts and communications notifi ed to the market pertaining to accounting disclosure, including interim disclosure, must be accompanied by a written declaration by the above mentioned Offi cer in Charge certifying that the fi nancial disclosure correspond to the data contained in the Company's accounting books and records.
More specifi cally the Offi cer in Charge, together with the CEO, certifi es the following, in a special report on the annual fi nancial statements, on the consolidated fi nancial statements and on the short-form half-year fi nancial statements:
• that the documents truthfully and accurately represent the capital, profi t and loss and fi nancial position of the Company and of all of the companies included in the consolidation; • for the annual fi nancial statements and the consolidated fi nancial statements, that the management report includes a reliable analysis of the business performance and operating result, and of the situation of the Company and all of the companies included in the consolidation, as well as a description of the main risks and uncertainties facing same; • for the abbreviated half-yearly fi nancial statements, that the interim management report contains a reliable analysis of the information specifi ed in paragraph 4 of Article 154-ter of the
Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF).
To facilitate information fl ows, the Offi cer in Charge may attend Board of Directors'
meetings where issues arise pertaining to accounting matters. He prepares periodic reports on the planning of activities required, and on the results of controls carried out, which are made available to the Board of Directors. He opens a direct and reciprocal information channel with the Board of Statutory Auditors, by organising regular meetings to examine signifi cant administrative issues and to assess the results of the work carried out; he opens a similar channel with the Supervisory Body, by sending it periodic reports on the results of the controls carried out where these are of relevance to the Supervisory Body's specifi c purview.
Fincantieri has adopted its own Organisation, Management and Control System ("Organisation System") pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231/2001, the most recent version of which - approved by the Board of Directors on 9 November 2017 - consists of a "General Part"
illustrating the principles, tasks and essential parts of the Organisation System, and a "Special Part" that identifi es - for the individual criminal off ence categories considered relevant - "atrisk" activities (i.e. those subject to the risk of commission of off ences), as well as principles of conduct and the relevant control procedures. The Organisation System is available on the Company's website at www.fi ncantieri.com, inside the Section ["Sustainability - Business Ethics – System 231"].
The Company's Supervisory Body is established, pursuant to the Organisation System, in the form of a collegial body with an adequate level of independence, professional expertise and continuity of action. In particular, the Supervisory Body consists of:
• two members (one of whom acts as Chairman) selected outside the Company from persons of proven experience, independence and professional expertise;
• one member from with the Company, who holds the role of Head of the corporate Department that is most involved in the activities provided by law (Internal Auditing Department).
The Supervisory Body is appointed by the Board of Directors and remains in offi ce for three years. The Supervisory Body operates on the basis of "Rules governing the Supervisory Body's Activities" that it adopts independently, and that are transmitted to the Board of Directors for its information. These rules establish the procedures to be followed by the Supervisory Body in formulating an annual spending budget that is duly approved together with the annual budget. The following are the main activities within the Supervisory Body's purview:
• monitoring the effi cacy of the Organisation System, which consists in verifying that actual conduct is in line with the System established; • reviewing the adequacy of the Organisation System i.e. its actual (and not merely formal)
capacity in general to prevent undesirable conduct;
• analysing whether the Organisation System continues, over time, to satisfy the requirements of reliability and practicality;
Furthermore, the Supervisory Body may support the corporate Departments in charge of promoting initiatives aimed at raising awareness of the Organisation System and reporting the need for disciplinary measures in the event of breach of the same and of the Code of Conduct. To perform its tasks, the Supervisory Body has free access to all of the corporate Departments and may request that such Departments provide - on a periodic basis and/or upon request information, data and news that are considered useful for the performance of its duties. The verifi cations are conducted with support from the Internal Auditing Department and also, for specifi c topics, other corporate Departments and external consultants.
The Supervisory Body receives reports on alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct and of the Organisation System from members of the corporate bodies, from Departmental Managers and from employees, external collaborators,
suppliers and customers, also anonymously. The Supervisory Body decides whether to carry out more in-depth investigations or to dismiss and fi le away the report, giving adequate reasons for its decision. At the end of each year, the Supervisory Body drafts a report on activities carried out, which it sends the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors. For further information on the requisites, tasks and responsibilities of the Supervisory Body, see the Organisation System that is available on the abovementioned website.
The Supervisory Body, currently in offi ce for the three-year period 2015-2017 and duly confi rmed in offi ce by the Board of Directors on 25 January 2018 for the subsequent three-year period 2018- 2020, consists of:
During 2017 and in the fi rst few months of 2018, the Supervisory Body:
• continued to support and update the Organisation System, also - together with the Company - by analysing the risk profi les associated with the new predicate off ences included in Legislative Decree No. 231/2001. More specifi cally, it examined the draft of the new System prepared by the Company that includes the new predicate off ences of "Incitement to corruption between individuals" and "unlawful intermediation and labour exploitation", subsequently approved by the Board of Directors on 9 November 2017;
• examined a number of analyses required by the Internal Auditing Department, with a view to enhancing the safeguards referred to in Legislative Decree No. 231/2001, concurring with the results of these analyses and with the suggestions made to improve the existing procedural framework;
• within the scope of the training course relevant to Legislative Decree No. 231/01, it determined the continuation of the program commenced in 2016 that was followed by providing an online course focusing on occupational and environmental safety; furthermore, it noted the start of a new edition of the general course on Decree No. 231 intended for personnel who did not participate in the previous edition;
• the Head of Coordination of the Risk Prevention and Protection Services (Safety and Environment) and the head of the Italian Legal Aff airs inside the Legal Aff airs Department contributed at all of the meetings during 2016, providing prompt updates - from within their own respective purviews - on any inspections to be carried out at production facilities and on the legal implications (actual or potential) associated with Legislative Decree No. 231/2001. The information provided was used as a guide to independent verifi cation activities involving safety and environment;
• met the Board of Statutory Auditors, the external audit fi rm and certain Heads of institutions and Departments in the course of its activities, including the Deputy General Manager and the Manager of the Human Resources and Industrial Relations Department;
• during the year, requested further analyses from various corporate Departments, and made suggestions and gave information on a number of sensitive matters;
• focused on the issue of occupational safety and the environment, both by monitoring the causes of accidents through special reports and by intervening in situ, entrusted to the Internal Auditing Department, alongside the competent Department during safety and environmental audits at the facilities;
• periodically assessed the periodic "reports of notifi cations" issued by the company Departments and, based upon their results, conducted (where deemed necessary) special indepth analyses and/or issued cautions reiterating the need for compliance with the company procedures;
• examined all of the notifi cations received through dedicated channels; after they were carefully evaluated, the ones deserving attention were further investigated through actions requested and specifi cally conducted by the Internal Auditing Department;
• approved its own annual report at the meeting held on 1 February 2018.
For a description of the specifi c activities of the Board of Statutory Auditors on the matter, refer to the contents cited in paragraph 2.4 of this Report.
The external audit of accounts is entrusted by law to an external auditor appointed by the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting, on a proposal (duly justifi ed) from the Board of Statutory Auditors. By resolution of 28 February 2014, the Company's Shareholders' Meeting approved PricewaterhouseCoopers S.p.A. as the external auditor from fi nancial year 2013 to fi nancial year 2021. On 5 May 2014, the Company's Board of Directors extended the abovementioned external auditors' mandate to include a "limited" review of the abbreviated half-yearly fi nancial statements (pursuant to Article 154-ter, paragraph 2, of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and Article 81 of the Issuers' Regulations), and an assessment of the Report on Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure (pursuant to Article 123-bis, paragraph 4, of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF).
4.1 Regulation on related party transactions In compliance with the provisions of Article 2391-bis of the Italian Civil Code and with CONSOB rules on related party transactions,
on 5 May 2014 the Company's Board of Directors adopted the "Regulation governing related party transactions" (the "RPT Regulation"), which identifi es the principles that Fincantieri adheres to in order to ensure the transparency and the substantive and procedural propriety of the Company's related party transactions, engaged in directly or through its subsidiaries.
On 3 December 2015, the Company also adopted the "Management of Related Party Transactions" procedure (the "Procedure") with a view to describing and defi ning the process and the terms and operating procedures for properly managing related party transactions, defi ning the responsibilities of the various corporate organisational units involved in such transactions, engaged in by Fincantieri directly or through its subsidiaries pursuant to the RPT Regulation.
The RPT Regulation – the full version of which is available on the Company's website at www.fi ncantieri.com, inside the Section entitled "Governance – Internal Control and Risk Management System - Brief Explanation of the System" – distinguishes between:
(i) "More Signifi cant Transactions" i.e. related party transactions that surpass the thresholds described in Articles 6.1 and 6.2 of the RPT Regulation; and
(ii) "Less Signifi cant Transactions" i.e. related party transactions that do not reach the thresholds of signifi cance referred to in point (i) above.
The provisions of the RPT Regulation apply to the abovementioned transactions, except where they fall within any of the exclusions provided for by that Regulation or where exemptions under that Regulation apply in relation to: (i) transactions of lesser value; (ii) remuneration plans based on fi nancial instruments approved by the Shareholders' Meeting; (iii) resolutions on the remuneration of Directors assigned particular duties (and of the other Executives with Strategic Responsibilities) which are consistent with the Company's current Remunerations Policy; (iv) ordinary transactions concluded at conditions equivalent to market or standard conditions; (v) transactions with or between subsidiaries and with associated companies; and (vi) urgent transactions.
According to the RPT Regulation, Less Signifi cant Transactions are approved by delegated bodies ("Delegated Bodies") that are granted competence in relation to a specifi c Less Signifi cant Transaction, based on powers granted to them under the Board resolution appointing them as delegated bodies. Where no Delegated Bodies exist, competence for the approval of Less Signifi cant Transactions rests with the Company's Board of Directors. Less Signifi cant Transactions are approved through the non-binding opinion of a Committee set up within the Board of Directors (the "RPT Committee") comprised of nonexecutive Directors, the majority of whom are independent.
Bodies that approve Less Signifi cant Transactions fully brief the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors about the implementation of those transactions, on a quarterly basis at least.
The minutes of resolutions approving Less Signifi cant Transactions should give adequate reasons justifying the Company's interest in the transaction and the suitability and substantive fairness of the relevant conditions.
If the RPT Committee issues a negative opinion on one or more Less Signifi cant Transactions, the Company (no later than fi fteen days from the end of each fi nancial quarter) shall publicise a document specifying the counterparty, the subject matter and the consideration pertaining to all Less Signifi cant Transactions approved in the relevant quarter
notwithstanding the abovementioned negative opinion, and also stating the reasons for distancing itself from that opinion. By the same deadline, the RPT Committee's opinion is made available to the public as an attachment to the information document or on the Company's website.
According to the RPT Regulation, responsibility for resolving upon More Important Transactions rests exclusively with the Board of Directors, which makes this decision after an indepth examination of the transactions and their typical conditions. This examination should be supported by adequate documentation illustrating the reasons for the Transactions, their appropriateness and the substantial fairness of the conditions under which they are concluded.
The Board of Directors resolves upon More Signifi cant Transactions subject to the favourable opinion (duly justifi ed) of the RPT Committee, composed exclusively of nonexecutive and independent Directors. The company representative or offi cer that commenced the negotiations - or, as relevant, the Board of Directors (through its Chairman or any of its members) - promptly informs the RPT Committee of the commencement of the
negotiations and the status thereof. The RPT Committee or one or more members delegated by it ("Member(s) Delegated to Negotiations"), participate in the phase of negotiations and in the preliminary investigatory phase relating to the More Signifi cant Transactions, by promptly receiving a full fl ow of information, with the entitlement to request information and to make observations to the Delegated Bodies and to the individuals assigned to lead the negotiations or the preliminary investigatory phase.
The Delegated Body of the Company responsible for implementing individual More Important Transactions fully briefs the Board of Directors, the Board of Statutory Auditors and the RPT Committee on the implementation of those transactions, at least every quarter. The minutes of resolutions approving More Signifi cant Transactions should give adequate reasons justifying the Company's interest in the transaction and the suitability and substantive fairness of the relevant conditions.
The Board of Directors may approve the More Signifi cant transactions despite the contrary opinion of the RPT Committee, provided that the completion of those RPTs is authorised by the Shareholders' Meeting pursuant to Article 2364, paragraph 1, number 5) of the Italian Civil Code. In accordance with the provisions of Article 11, paragraph 3, of the CONSOB Regulation on Related Party Transactions (the "whitewash mechanism"), the Shareholders' Meeting authorization resolution is deemed approved: i) if the quora for valid meetings and for valid resolutions required by the Company's By-laws have been achieved; and ii) where non-related shareholders attending the Shareholders'
Meeting represent at least 10% of the voting share capital, if the majority of non-related voting shareholders do not vote against the transaction (on this point, see also paragraph 2.1.1. above) 15.
The provisions of the RPT Regulation (available on the abovementioned website) should be consulted for additional information related to the following, inter alia: (i) the defi nition of "related party" and "related party transaction"; (ii) exemptions from the application of the RPT Regulation; (iii) the RPT Committee and equivalent safeguards; (iv) procedures in the event that responsibility or authorisation rests with the Shareholders' Meeting; (v) procedures for transactions concluded by the Company through subsidiaries; (vi) disclosure obligations related to the completion of More Signifi cant and Less Signifi cant Transactions; and (vii) the adoption of "framework resolutions".
On 11 June 2014, the Company's Board of Directors, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1.C.1, letter j) of the Corporate Governance Code, approved the "Procedure for the management and market disclosure of corporate information". The Company also adopted a procedure for keeping and updating the "Insiders Register" and an "Internal Dealing Procedure".
On 21 June 2016, the Board of Directors was extensively briefed on the new provisions introduced by the new European Community system proposed by Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 ("Market Abuse Regulation" or MAR) and by the relevant implementing regulations, to which the Company has promptly substantially adhered to, without in fact formally amending the abovementioned procedures.
On 31 July 2017, the Company took steps to update the above procedures, in line with the abovementioned European ranking legislation, with the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) and the Issuers' Regulations, where applicable.
The internal Company procedures "Procedure for the management and market disclosure of corporate information", "Insiders' Register" and "Internal Dealing Procedure" shall also take account of the guidelines issued on the subject by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and by Consob and the recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code for listed companies. Subject to the foregoing, note that the "Procedure for the management and market disclosure of corporate information" defi nes the terms and procedures for Fincantieri's internal management and public disclosure of corporate information in relation to the Company and its subsidiaries, particularly taking into account: (i) the obligation to publicly disclose inside information to the
market, (ii) the obligation to restore parity of information in the event that inside information is prematurely disclosed to third parties or not bound by confi dentiality obligations arising from laws, regulations, By-laws or contracts, and (iii) the need to ensure prudent, effi cient and confi dential management of all corporate information, including information other than inside information.
From a general standpoint, the internal management of inside or relevant information (i.e. information that may subsequently become inside information) is referred to the CEO's responsibility. To ensure the confi dentiality of such information, all members of the corporate bodies as well as managers and employees are, in any case, bound by a general confi dentiality obligation, and they are forbidden from disclosing outside the corporate information and documentation that is obtained during the performance of their duties. More specifi cally, all such persons shall: (i) maintain the utmost confi dentiality of information acquired in the performance of their work duties and, in particular, of inside information and confi dential information; (ii) keep and fi le with the utmost diligence the confi dential documentation obtained in the performance of their work duties, in order to ensure that authorised persons alone can access the same; (iii) adopt all necessary precautions to ensure that the information circulates internally without negatively impacting the privileged or "insider" or confi dential nature thereof, and also in compliance with personal data protection laws and regulations in force; (iv) ensure that the information may be disclosed exclusively in accordance with procedure and, in any case, in compliance with the principles of correctness, transparency, veracity and protection of the integrity of such information.
The public disclosure of inside information directly involving the Company and its subsidiaries shall occur promptly and in
accordance with the following principles: clarity, symmetry of information, consistency and promptness.
For further information on the procedure in question, see the full version of the document available on the Company's website at the address indicated above.
All of the Company and Group activities are conducted in compliance with the law, with International Conventions (e.g. the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention of 1997) and in strict accordance with the human rights enshrined in the UN Universal Declaration.
Fincantieri operates according to the principle of fair competition, with honesty, integrity, fairness and good faith, respecting the legitimate interests of Shareholders, employees, customers, commercial and fi nancial partners and of the general public and local communities in which the Company conducts its activities.
More specifi cally, Fincantieri promotes and fosters Corporate Social Responsibility, whereby the Company integrates its social and environmental concerns into its strategic vision, disclosing its initiatives in this context in Sustainability Budget.
All those who work for Fincantieri, without exception or distinction, are committed to observing and ensuring the observance of such principles in the context of their own tasks and responsibilities.
For the purposes of the foregoing, the Company has adopted a Code of Conduct. Compliance with this Code of Conduct by all company employees is of fundamental importance for the smooth operation, reliability and reputation of the Group, factors that represent a key asset for the Company's ongoing success.
More particularly, Fincantieri's employees, in addition to fulfi lling their general duties of loyalty, fairness and good faith in implementing their employment contracts, shall refrain from
15 The same quorum also applies to transactions falling within the competence of the Shareholders' Meeting in urgent cases associated with company crises.
activities that are in competition with the Group's activities, comply with the Company's rules and regulations and adhere to the principles of the Code of Conduct. Relations between employees, at any level, should be characterised by principles of transparency, honesty, fairness and mutual respect. Directors and all persons working in the Company shall familiarise themselves with the Code of Conduct, contribute actively to its implementation and report any shortcomings and instances of non-compliance. The Board of Directors and the company management is responsible for verifying the Code of Conduct's implementation and application, and these corporate bodies/ offi cers may also make proposals to supplement or amend its provisions. For a description of the provisions of the Code of Conduct, please refer to the Code itself, the full version of which is available on the Company's website www.fi ncantieri.com, inside the Section ["Sustainability – Business Ethics"].
Given the extensive geographic context in which Fincantieri operates, the Company has adopted various internal rules aimed at identifying and applying a global anti-corruption policy that defi nes expectations for conducting business operations in strict compliance with the best international standards on anti-corruption legislation.
The fi rst of such internal resources is the "anti-corruption policy" (the "Policy") that the Company adopted in 2014. The primary goal of this Policy, together with the associated procedures, is to underline the Company's and the Group's commitment to combatting corruption in all its forms and to maintain a zerotolerance stance on corruption, by continually reinforcing the integrity and transparency of internal conduct in a way that positively impacts upon the Company's reputation in the areas and industries in which it operates.
In particular, through the Policy, Fincantieri prohibits all practices that are corruptive in nature: illegitimate favours, collusive conduct, requests (made directly and/or through third parties) for personal or career favours for oneself or for others.
Firstly, it is forbidden to procure, promise or off er items of value to any person, including Public Administration offi cials, so as to improperly obtain or retain a deal or other favour or to secure an undue advantage in one's business aff airs. Specifi cally, it is prohibited to make payments with a view to obtaining new contracts or to retaining old contracts, to speed up the processing of offi cial documentation (e.g. customs services or environmental certifi cation) or to improperly infl uence any person. Secondly, it is prohibited to accept payments or items of value in connection with conduct that infringes the principles of the Policy, of the Code of Conduct or of applicable documents and laws.
Thirdly, since Fincantieri could in certain cases be held liable for conduct that corrupts third parties such as agents, intermediaries, consultants and business partners, it collaborates only with commercial partners of proven repute; therefore each commercial partner must undergo a mandatory preliminary process that establishes its ethical credentials. Fourthly, Fincantieri and the Group companies must keep accurate accounting books and records: all transactions must be properly recorded and supported by reasonably detailed documents.
The Group's commitment to combating corruption - established in primis by the Code of Conduct - is refl ected in a series of corporate documents that are its existing means to combat corruption ("anti-corruption documents") in the functional and geographical areas in which the Group operates. This regulatory system that, moreover, is continually evolving and can be supplemented at various stages, includes the following matters considered to be sensitive in nature, each of which is regulated by specifi c documents: (i) Management of Dealings with the Public Administration; (ii) Agency, Intermediation and Services Provision Agreements; (iii) Grants, Donations, Sponsorships, Gifts, and Hospitality; (iv) External Collaborations and (v) Confl icts of
Interest. In 2017, a structured process was studied and outlined related to contracts with foreign governments or companies that require off set agreements, with the aim of generating activities or creating production capacity or economic value in the customer's country. This working document, which will result in an
operating procedure in 2018, will expand and will further strengthen the procedural framework of the Company with regard to anti-corruption safeguards, providing uniform criteria to manage a type of particularly sensitive contracts for companies operating on an international level. In addition to the foregoing, the Company has also - since 2009 - adopted a system for the "Reporting of infringements to the Supervisory Body" ("whistleblowing"), also defi ned in the Organisation System, which enables employees and third parties to report issues involving noncompliance with the provisions of the Code of Conduct, the Organisation System or of the corporate procedures adopted by the Company or, otherwise, the law. The main characteristics of the Company's "whistleblowing" system provide for:
• application of the system of penalties against persons who violate the commitments, obligations and protections guaranteed by the Company.
This system complies with recent legislative provisions on the matter (Law No. 179 of 30 November 2017).
For further information on the "whistleblowing" system and on all anti-corruption rules and regulations in force, see the Section entitled "Sustainability - Business Ethics" on the Company's website at www.fi ncantieri.com.
In accordance with the Corporate Governance Code's recommendations, the Company has had an ongoing dialogue with its shareholders, institutional investors and other stakeholders since the date when its shares were listed on the Electronic Share Market (MTA), and the aim of this dialogue is to ensure that these fi gures promptly receive full information on its activities.
To this end, the Company has set up a special corporate structure that facilitates the management of relations with Shareholders and the market (Investor Relations Department).
To promote ongoing dialogue with Shareholders and stakeholders, the Company has set up a special Section on "Investor Relations" and a Section on "Corporate Governance" on its website, which it keeps updated, and where all relevant information is available.
Specifi cally, the "Investor Relations" Section provides the principle economic-fi nancial data and documentation pertaining to the Company (e.g. fi nancial statements, half-yearly and quarterly reports, fi nancial calendar, presentations to the fi nancial community, stock performance data, fi nancial press releases).
Events, signifi cant transactions and economicfi nancial results are circulated through press releases, meetings and conference calls with institutional investors and fi nancial analysts, and are promptly made available also online. The "Corporate Governance" Section, however, provides documents and information on the Company's governance structure, including the Company's By-laws, information on the composition of corporate bodies, the remuneration of Directors, Statutory Auditors and Managers with Strategic Responsibilities, as well as information on the ICRMS. Inside this Section, the Company has created an area dedicated to Shareholders' Meetings where all documents related to the upcoming Shareholders' Meeting will be published and additional information will be provided to facilitate attendance at the Shareholders' Meeting.
He graduated in Political Science with a specialisation in International Politics at the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS) in Rome in 1976.
Positions: Chairman of Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI), Member of the Governing Board of the Società Italiana per l'Organizzazione Internazionale (SIOI), Member of the Steering Committee of the Istituto Aff ari Internazionali (IAI), member of the Executive Committee of the Aspen Institute Italia and member of the Steering Committee of the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS). He is a Consigliere Centrale of the "Società Dante Alighieri" and Chairman of the Scientifi c Committee of "Diplomatia".
He is a member of the strategic policy group of the LUISS School of European Political Economy (SEP) and Chairman of the strategic committee of the graduate program in "Global Governance" at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He is a Cavaliere di Gran Croce (i.e. highest ranking honour for meritorious service or achievement) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Career: In 1977-78, he worked for FIAT in Turin, at the Directorate for Economic and Social Relations and subsequently at the Directorate for European
Community Aff airs and International Aff airs.
He graduated in 1970 with a degree in Business Economics from the University of Messina with a thesis on "Budget and Long-term Strategies in a Large Company." On 20 October 2006 he was awarded an honorary degree in Naval Engineering from the University of Genoa. On 27 November 2017 He received an honorary MBA in International Business from the MIB Trieste School of Management. He was Chair of the course on "Management Control Systems (Planning and Control)" at LUISS – Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali in Rome until 2010. He is a member of the RUC (the Italian Register of Offi cial Auditors). On 23 May 2014 he was decorated with the Italian Order of Merit for Labour. On 25 January 2017 he was decorated as Chevalier of the Legion of Honour of the Italian Republic. On 14 June 2017 the French Chamber of Commerce in Italy awarded him the Trofeo della Personalità Italiana 2017. Positions: Since 2013, he is Chairman of Confi ndustria Friuli Venezia Giulia. Since 2015, he is a member of the General Council of Confi ndustria. Since 2016, he is President of Promostudi La Spezia University. From October 2000 to April 2002 he was Chief Executive Offi cer of Finmeccanica and since 1997 its General Manager, as well as interim
manager of some companies of the Group companies such as Alenia Difesa and Ansaldo.
In May 1978, he began a career in diplomatic service. From 1980 to 1982 he served at the Embassy to the Holy See, and thereafter, from 1982 to 1985, as First Secretary to the Economics and Commerce Sector at the Embassy in Moscow. From 1985 to 1988, he was spokesman of the Italian delegation in the work groups overseeing environment and energy policy, State aid and industrial policy at the Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels. In 1990 he served at the Diplomatic Offi ce of the President of the Council of Ministers, when in 1993, in Prime Minister Ciampi's Cabinet, he became Deputy Diplomatic Advisor. In 1994, he was is at the head of the Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers during Prime Minister Berlusconi's fi rst Cabinet, and then in Prime Minister Dini's Cabinet. In June 1996, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs as Head of the Press and Information Service and the Minister's Spokesman. On 23 December 1997 he was appointed Envoy. From December 2001 to March 2004, he was Deputy Secretary General of the Italian Foreign Ministry; from March to November 2004 he was Director General for Multilateral Political Aff airs and Human Rights; and from 20 November 2004 he was Head of the Cabinet of the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs under Minister Gianfranco Fini. On 2 January 2006 he was appointed Ambassador. From May 2006 to September 2007 he was Directorate-General for Personnel.
In September 2007 he was appointed Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs, the highest appointment in the Italian diplomatic career. From April 2008 to 31 December 2009, he was appointed as personal representative (Sherpa) of the President of the Council of Ministers for the G8 and the G20 Forums and was inter alia responsible, in that capacity, for coordinating the general topic of the Italian Council for the G8 Forum in 2009 and the preparation of the Summit in Aquila. On 11 May 2012, he was appointed by the Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Monti, as Director General of the Security Intelligence Department. At the expiration of his term of offi ce, he was nominated as Chairman of the Board of FINCANTIERI S.p.A. in May 2016.
From 2014 to March 2016 he was Director of the Italian Strategic Fund. From 2012 to 2014, he was Chairman of Confi ndustria Gorizia.
From March 2013 to September 2016 he was Chairman of Vard Holdings Limited and from January 2013 to September 2016 he was Chairman of Vard Group AS.
Career: In 1963, he attended a training course in administration and on management control at Fiat-Finmeccanica. From 1963 to 1971, he was the person in charge of General Accounting, Financial Statements, Business Planning and Management Control in Omeca (Fiat-Finmeccanica Group and from 1968 in EFIM).
From 1971 to 1993, he worked at EFIM where he held positions with increasingly more responsibility: Deputy Director of Programs and Management Control; Managing Director of SOPAL (food industry); Chief Executive Offi ce of Aviofer (defence and transport industry), until he became, in 1991, Managing Director of the company itself.
Specifi cally, within the scope of EFIM's Management Inspectorate and Management Control, he developed the Group's strategic planning system and management control, organising a unifi ed information system, using standard industrial accounting procedures. He devised the processing of the consolidated balance sheet of the Group by adopting a program for the consolidated chart of accounts and for standard accounting principles (fi rst organic body of such principles in Italy) participating, inter alia, in the Committee established ad hoc at the Ministry of State Holdings. He joined Finmeccanica in 1993, and after having held the position of Director of Central Planning and Administration and Finance Control, he was appointed in December 1997 as Managing Director and interim head of Alenia Difesa and Ansaldo. In October 2000, he was appointed as Chief Executive Offi cer and Managing Director of the Group. He held those positions until April 2002 when he was appointed Chief Executive Offi cer of Fincantieri.
He received a degree in architecture from the University Institute of Architecture in Venice. Positions: He is a member of the Board of Directors of INARCASSA since 2010. He was President of the Chamber of Architects of Belluno from 1998 to 2000, the Provincial Delegate of INARCASSA from 2000 and a member of the General Council of the Cariverona Foundation from 2005 to 2015.
Career: In April 1978 he qualifi ed as an architect after successfully completing the State exam in Venice and is a member of the Order of Architects, City Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservators of Belluno.
During his career, he developed numerous architectural and urban planning projects as well as planning and project management for public and private institutions throughout the Belluno, Treviso, Udine and Verona provinces.
A graduate of Business Economics, he is a Chartered Certifi ed Accountant. Assignments: Assignments: since 2010, he has been the CEO of the Sandro Fratini group with responsibility for coordinating the CEOs of the operating companies Rifl e Jeans, Why the Best Hotels and Belvedere Angelico, of which he has been CEO since 2013, and companies operating in the biogas sector.
Since 2010 he has been the CEO of CO.FI. GI S.p.A. Between 2012 and 2015 he acted as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ABR-Società Agricola A r.l., Agrisolar 2 Società agricola A r.l., Colline Senesi – Società Agricola S.r.l., Società agricola Bio Energia S.r.l.
Career: He began his professional career in 1985 in the company Vicano Firenze S.p.A. as Assistant to the Administrative Director until 1988. From 1988 to 1989, he was Chief Financial Offi cer of the All.Co. S.p.A. Group, and was then appointed Head of Administration and Control of the Italian and Foreign Trade Areas at Marchesi Antinori S.r.l., a position he held for one year. Subsequently, from 1990 to 1993, he was Financial Director of the All.Co. S.p.A. Group and Assistant to the Chairman with responsibility for Group strategies.
From 1993 to 1998, he was Head of Administration, Finance, Control and IT systems at MALO Manifatture Associate Cashmere. From 1998 to 2004, he acted as Chief Financial Offi cer at Fingen S.p.A with responsibilities in Administration, Finance and Control and Organization of the Holding and its subsidiaries (84 companies worldwide).
From 2004 until 2009, he was CEO and assistant to the Chairman of Nautor Holding - Florence / Gosport (GB) / Petersaari (Finland) with fi nancial responsibilities for all the Group companies: Nautor's Swan, Camper & Nicholsons and Marina Management. He was also Chairman and CEO of the latter and Chairman of Marina Yacht Service S.r.l.; he was Chairman and CEO of Marina di Viareggio S.p.A. and of PROMOMAR S.p.A; he was CEO of Lavoratori del Mare S.r.l. and Deputy-Chairman of SEAM S.p.A. Società Esercizio Aeroporto Maremma.
A graduate of Law from the University "Federico
II" of Naples.
Assignments: He is currently Chairman of the Board at Banca Mezzogiorno – MedioCredito Centrale and Chairman of F2i SGR S.p.A. Career: Attorney since 1997, as receiver of corporate and fi nancial assets for the Court of Naples and the Offi ce of the Public Prosecutor, he administered frozen corporate and real estate
assets of Italian criminal families leading to their seizure, collaborating with the organised crime investigative group (G.I.C.O.) of Naples to implement such measures, thus gaining considerable experience in the management and administration of corporate and real estate assets subject to seizure (under Article 321 of the Italian Criminal Code) and/or preventive measures. He has worked on behalf of the Government Commission set up to develop proposals, including of a fi nancial nature, to fi ght organised crime, ensuring in particular the examination of the relationships between the
economy and organised crime.
He has contributed through studies to managing turnaround operations in situations of fi nancial stress, more specifi cally fi ling and managing settlement with creditors and bankruptcy procedures, and bankruptcy, acquisitions and corporate governance procedures. An expert in company and business law, focusing on the fi eld of corporate law and corporate litigation, he was legal trustee of the bankruptcy and corporate section of the Court of Naples in disputes
concerning liability actions against directors under Article 2393 of the Italian Civil Code et seq. In 2013 he was economic and legal Advisor to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for the executive branch of the Letta Government representing the Presidency in dealings with Italian businesses and companies.
He represented the Presidency in relations with the undersecretary and the Economic Ministries thus directly acquiring experience in the formative procedure of legislative and administrative measures. He also supervised the formal and substantial correctness of these procedures, providing evidence of the grounds for criticality and unlawfulness. He is advisor to the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. as to determining the strategic lines of the group.
She graduated from Yale University with a degree in Mathematics and Economics in 1988, and with an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1992.
Positions: She serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Brembo S.p.A. since 2017.
She sat on the Board of Directors, from 2011 to
2017, of Faiveley Transport and, from 2013 to 2017, of Bureau Veritas.
Since 2015, she is a Senior Advisor to Bain Capital Partners.
Since January 2017, she is a member of the Board of Directors of Cairn Energy.
She was an independent member of the Board of Directors of Aker Solutions and of the
University of Trieste.
She was also Chairman of Technip France Sas, a member of the Boards of Directors of Technip India, of Aker Solutions Angolan JV and of GE Capital Italia, in addition to being Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dresser Rand SA. Career: She began her career in 1988 as Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, where she remained until 1994.
In 1995 she joined the General Electric Company, where she held strategic management positions in various divisions of the group until 2005. From 2005 to 2006, she was Operating Partner at LBO France in Paris, a private equity fund focused on small and mid cap companies in the construction, engineering and plant engineering industries, where she was responsible for managing portfolio companies.
In 2006 she founded H.F.M., a private equity holding through which she oversaw the restructuring and divestment of two small businesses.
From 2009 to 2012, she was Vice President and General Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa of Dresser-Rand, a company operating in machinery sector for the Oil and Gas and renewable energy industries, where she was responsible for a budget of USD 1.7 billion. From 2012 to 2014, she was Executive Vice President/Head of Operations and member of the Board of Directors at Aker Solutions Asa in Oslo, a global operator in the off shore Oil&Gas service and plants industry, with responsibility for overseeing nine business units. From 2014 to 2016, she was President Region A (Europe, Africa, Middle East, Russia, India) of Technip, a leader in engineering and technology services in the fi elds of energy and infrastructures.
She graduated with honours in architecture from the Engineering University (Politecnico) of Turin in 1973.
Positions: Chairman of the Board of Directors of 2iRete Gas.
She has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Fimit sgr, Member of the Advisory Committee of the Kairos Centauro fund, Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Comparto Due of the real estate fund Fondo Immobiliare Inarcassa RE and Independent Director and Member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee of Enel Green Power. Career: She is a qualifi ed architect and member of the Order of Architects since February 1974. During her career, she developed many urban development projects and infrastructure construction and service industry projects, including the project for the marina of Santo Stefano al Mare (Province of Imperia), with a berth capacity of a thousand vessels, and the project for the new headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce of Imperia, which included renovating an industrial building from the 1920s.
As regards her experiences involving the Order of Architects and the welfare system, from 1985 to 1996 she was President of the Order of Architects of Imperia and elected delegate to INARCASSA for the Liguria Region in 1990. In 1995, she was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of INARCASSA. From 2000 to 2015, for three successive mandates,
she was Chairman of INARCASSA, engaged in expanding the fi nancial assets of INARCASSA (the fi rst Asset Allocation was developed at the beginning of her chairmanship in 2000). With the adoption of a fi nancial management based on risk control, she achieved remarkable results in terms of equity investments; she led reforms that guarantee the fi nancial sustainability of INARCASSA within 50 years as required by the "Salva Italia" Decree. She was also a member of the Governing Board of Adepp, the private pension association for the architecture trade.
She has been "rapporteur" at many conferences on welfare and fi nancial issues. She has participated in continuing education courses at Assogestioni on related party transactions, remunerations and responsibilities of the directors and statutory auditors in listed companies.
He graduated with honours in Business Economics from La Sapienza University in Rome in 1994.
Positions: He has been a member of the Boards of Directors of Fincantieri USA Inc., Vard Group AS and Vard Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange for which he was also a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Career: He began his career in London as a fi nancial analyst in the Investment Banking
Division of Morgan Stanley, where he worked on stock and bond placement transactions, acquisition, divestiture and merger transactions and creating joint ventures for major fi nancial and industrial groups in Italy and Europe. From 1998 to 2005, he then worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & co., specialising in restructuring, transformation and relaunching transactions for major Italian and European industrial and fi nancial groups (ranging from the banking and insurance sector to the telecommunications, utilities, mechanics and electronics industries up to postal services). In 2005, he joined Fincantieri as Director of Business Development and Corporate Finance and reports to the Chief Executive Offi cer, carrying out - since joining - a key role in the Company's process of restructuring and turnaround (during the expansion stages, including through major cross-border acquisitions, post fi nancial distress restructuring and fi nally listing) thus transforming the Group into a Western leader in the industry in terms of size and product diversifi cation. He was Deputy Managing Director of the Fincantieri Group from 2011 to 2014 as well as Chief Financial Offi cer from 2006 until October 2014.
In October 2014, he joined Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. as Chief Financial Offi cer and Offi cer in charge of drafting the accounting documents for the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group.
He currently sits on the Boards of Directors of Risparmio Holding S.p.A..
A graduate of Business Studies in 1988, and a Certifi ed Chartered Accountant. Enrolled since 1995 in the Roll of Certifi ed Accountants, also a Court Technical Expert at the Court of Turin.
Positions: He is Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Luigi Lavazza S.p.A, Alberto Lavazza e C. S.a.p.a., Emilio Lavazza e C. S.a.p.a, Italia Independent S.p.A., Praxi Intellectual Property S.p.A., Biotronik Italia S.p.A., Italia Independent Group S.p.A. and P. Fiduciaria S.r.l. He also acts as Standing Auditor in Fenera Holding S.p.A., Fenera Real Estate S.p.A. and in Gabriel Fiduciaria in liquidazione. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of S.E.I. – Società Editrice Internazionale S.p.A., as Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Banca del Piemonte, as a member
of the Board of Directors of Francesco Franchi S.p.A., ACBGROUP S.p.A. and LOL S.r.l. Finally, he is the Sole Director of San Carlo 2016 Immobiliare S.r.l.
She graduated with a degree in Business Economics in 1982 and is a Chartered Certifi ed Accountant and Independent Statutory Auditor.
Positions: She was Sole Director of Negri S.r.l. in liquidazione and is a Limited Partner of Negri Carlo Legnami S.a.s. since 1986.
She was shareholder and from 2014 also Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of PKF Italia S.p.A., and from 2013 also Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer of IFIREVI S.r.l.
She is Executive Deputy Chairman of ISMIGEO S.r.l. (Istituto Sperimentale Modelli Geotecnici) as of 2000. Since February 2017, she is Equity
Partner of BDO Italia S.p.A. and shareholder of the same since 14 February 2017.
Since December 2016, she is a member of the "Committee for the continuing education of statutory auditors" established by the MEF.
Since 14 February 2017, she is President of the Commission of Corporate Law for the
Association of Certifi ed Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Milan.
Since 21 November 2017 she has been a member of the "Audit Study Area" of the Foundation of the Order of Chartered Accountants and Auditors (ODEC) of Milan.
As of 2 February 2018, she is Chairman
DATE OF BIRTH: 1963 PLACE OF BIRTH: TURIN ROLE: CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS SINCE MAY 2014
She graduated with a degree in Business Economics from the Bocconi University of Milan. Career: She began her career at Ipsoa Editore in 1982. After the company joined the Wolters Klower group, within a few years, she took over the positions of Editorial Director, Managing Director and then Chief Executive Offi cer. In 2009, she was appointed Regional Manager for Central Europe and Russia and subsequently Chief Executive Offi cer of the Legal Division worldwide.
From March 2010 to April 2016, she was Chief Executive Offi cer of the 24 ORE Group.. She was responsible for establishing the 24 ORE Business School and multiple cultural and presentation activities of the 24 ORE Culture. Through intensive cultural, managerial and technological changes, she aligned the group with an increased orientation towards customers and their information and training needs and implemented a more fl exible and effi cient management of business processes specifi cally by revising the production structure. She implemented all kinds of eff ective cost-cutting policies, renegotiated the credit facilities with the most important Italian banks. She has the honourable title of Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana conferred by the Italian Government. In addition, she was personally awarded the Ambrogino d'Oro Prize from the city of Milan and is the person responsible for the Marisa Bellisario Fondazione in the Lombardy Region, the foundation from which she was awarded the Marisa Bellisario (Golden Apple) Prize in 2007.
of the Board of Statutory Auditors of the company Life Care Capital S.p.A.
The experience gained in more than 30 years of auditing has developed within the context of diff erent types of companies operating in the commerce, industry, publishing, tourism and service industries sectors, as well as the fi nancial sector, including even companies listed on the Milan stock market and on the AIM of Milan. During this period, she also cultivated diff erent experiences within the scope of all professional activities that are relevant to the analysis of procedures at various levels and for diff erent purposes.
She began her career in 1982 at Italaudit S.p.A. (formerly Grant – Thornton S.p.A.), as a manager starting in 1988 and as a partner starting in 1996. She then joined Fidalta S.p.A., acting as operating representative up to 2006.
From 2007 to 31 January 2017 she was signatory partner of P.K.F. Italia S.p.A., a company in which she was the Director of National Technical Management, of training courses and technical continuing education courses as well as Head of the Quality Control Committee and member of the Risk Management Committee, of the PKF Scientifi c Committee and of the Quality Control Committee of PKF International. Since 2014 she has been Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of PKF Italia S.p.A., and since 2013 she has been Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer of IFIREVI S.r.l..
She was also a member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Marni Holding S.r.l. (for the 2009- 2011 three-year period), now Break Holding S.r.l. (company in liquidation). She is a contributor to the journal "Il Revisore legale" published by Sole 24 Ore Group, as well as a member of the Scientifi c Committee of the journal. She is a member of several technical study and work groups of Assirevi and a member of the Steering Committee of Assirevi itself. She was one of the university lecturers of the training course, organised by the school of higher education (Scuola di Alta Formazione - SAF) of the Association of Chartered Having graduated from university with a degree in Business Economics in 1986 and a degree in Law in 1993, he is a Chartered Certifi ed Accountant and Statutory Auditor.
Positions: He began his career in 1986 at Studio Arlotio Bonelli of Turin as a chartered accountant until 1987. In that year, he took on the position of assistant to the Chairman responsible for management control in Alumnia S.p.A. (Efi m Group), which he held until 1988.
In 1989, he joined Spada Partners (formerly Studio Spadacini), a fi rm of chartered accountants, as an associate mainly dealing with tax and corporate issues, such as corporate restructuring, insolvency proceedings, mergers and acquisitions and taxation of the fi nancial, banking, brokerage company, and AMC sectors and other regulated fi nancial activities.
He has a decade-long experience as a member of the statutory board of auditors and member of the board of directors of the bank Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo Foundation. He is a member of Boards of Directors and
Boards of Statutory Auditors of prominent Italian companies.
Certifi ed Accountants of Milan on the topic of "The professional activity of the board of statutory auditors charged with statutory audits in SMEs". She is one of the faculty lecturers at the Statutory Auditor Masters Program organised by the Order of Chartered Accountants and Auditors (ODEC) of Milan and of its relevant Foundation.
Having graduated from university with a degree in Business Economics in 1981, he is a Chartered Certifi ed Accountant and Statutory Auditor, registered in the Register of Technical Consultants of the Court.
Positions: From March 1982 to May 1983 he was a reserve offi cer of the Guardia di Finanza (Italian Finance Police).
From July 1983 to November 1997 he worked for the Studio di Consulenza Legale Tributaria (the Milan correspondent of Anderson Worldwide) where he was partner from 1994. From 1998 to 2012, he was a partner of CBA Studio Legale Tributario. Since 2013, he is partner of Legalitax Studio Legale e Tributario, a law and tax advisory fi rm, with offi ces in Rome, Milan, Padua and Verona.
Career: He mainly provides advice on the corporate and tax aspects of restructuring and merger and acquisition operations made by national and international corporate groups, having specifi c expertise with corporate valuations in both the industrial and the fi nancial sectors. He focuses on the issues involving non-profi t organisations, where he has signifi cant experience especially in the area of taxation of specifi c associations, banking foundations and various sports associations. He has advised on, and continues to provide advice on, troubleshooting specifi c and considerable corporate, fi scal and budgetary issues to leading companies including: Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, Lottomatica, Acea, Atac, Trambus, Met.Ro., AMA, Erovita Insurance, AIM Group International, Atradius Credit Insurance, Ondeo Italy (Group GDF Suez), Kidco (Arab Radio Television) and Telecom Italy.
He has held the following offi ces: Standing Statutory Auditor of Acea S.p.A. and Telecom Italia Media S.p.A.; Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Ama S.p.A.; Statutory Auditor of STA S.p.A. (Agency for the Mobility of the City of Rome), of Società Italiana CauzioniS.p.A. Italian Securities Company, of Ergo Assicurazioni S.p.A. and of Ego Previdenza S.p.A. (Muoniche RE Group); Statutory Auditor of Tim Real Estate S.r.l. (Telecom Italia Group); Deputy Commissioner of the Italian Equestrian Sports Federation; Member of the Board of Directors of the mutual insurance company Assicurazioni di Roma Mutua Assicurazione del Comune di Roma; Member of the Board of Directors and member of the Control and Risk Committee of Rai Way S.p.A. (a company listed on the Borsa Italiana S.p.A.) and of Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.; member of the Board of Auditors, representing the Ministry for Policies on Youth and Sports, of the public body Sportass Pension Fund for Sports Insurance and member of the Supervisory Committee of Faro Assicurazioni e Riassicurazioni S.p.A. in compulsory liquidation.
He currently holds the offi ces of Liquidator of Consorzio SICTA in Liquidazione (ENAV Group), of Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Vianini S.p.A. (a company listed on the Borsa Italiana S.p.A.), of Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Banca Finnat S.p.A. (a company listed on the Borsa Italiana S.p.A.) and Toyota Motor Leasing Italy S.p.A., of Standing Auditor of Atlantia S.p.A. (a company listed on Borsa Italiana S.p.A.), of Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A., of Olivetti S.p.A. and of F2i SGR S.p.A. He is Chairman of the Board of Auditors of the CONI (Italian Olympic Games Committee) on the designation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Banca Finnat S.p.A., EF Solare Italia S.p.A., of Olivetti S.p.A. and of the Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli" (general hospital foundation) and in the past he was a member of the Supervisory Boards of Tim Real Estate S.r.l., Telecom Italia Media S.p.A., Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. and Telsy S.p.A. He is a member of the Committee on International Tax and Community Law of the Order of Chartered Accountants and Auditors of Rome.
She graduated with a degree in Business Economics in 1995, is a Chartered Certifi ed Accountant and Statutory Auditor, and is a certifi ed professional mediator. She is Founding Partner of Simonelli Associati.
Positions: From 1998 to date, she has held and still holds the position of Standing Auditor and Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors in banks, listed companies, securitisation companies, trust companies, holding companies, factoring companies, brokerage fi rms and IMCOs, as well as in real estate companies and industrial enterprises. Specifi cally, she has served as Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Generali Real Estate SGR since 2015; she is Standing Auditor of the listed companies Banca Generali S.p.A., Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. and Molmed S.p.A. Over the years she has received numerous awards, of which she was included in the 50 TOP WOMEN with "D Value" in 2012 and in the collection of "1000 curricula eccellenti" of the Fondazione Marisa Bellisario and on the list "Ready for Board Women" of PWA under the auspices of the Ministry of Equal Opportunities.
of the Board of Statutory Auditors in Allianz Bank Financial Advisor S.p.A. and in Allianz S.p.A. He is a Statutory Auditor in CreditRas Vita S.p.A., Fondazione Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi S.p.A., SIAE, Diners Club Italia S.p.A., Rev Gestione Crediti S.p.A. and E4 Impact Foundation. He is the author of numerous publications on fi nancial statements, international accounting standards, valuations of economic capital and cultural business administration.
Graduated with a degree in Business Administration in 1992, he is a Chartered Certifi ed Accountant and Statutory Auditor.
Positions: He is Associate Professor of Business Administration at the University of Valle d'Aosta since 2003. He is Senior Professor of the ACFAI (Administration, Control, Business Finance, and Real Estate) Department at SDA Bocconi University. From 1992 to 2006 he worked at the Provasoli Firm where he continued his professional consulting activities. From 1992 to 1994 he was a member of the Commission for the decree of the Accounting Standards of the National Board of Accountants and Auditors.
In 2006, he was a founding partner of Partners S.p.A. where has served as Deputy Editor of the Italian Journal of Chartered Accountants since 2014. Career: He specialises in assisting Italian and foreign companies operating in the industrial, commercial, fi nancial and services sectors, providing advice mainly on drafting and analysing fi nancial statements and consolidated fi nancial statements, national and international accounting standards, valuations of companies and investments, extraordinary company transactions (mergers, contributions, demergers and transformations), insolvency proceedings, technical consultancy before the Court as party-appointed expert and court-appointed expert in arbitration, civil or criminal proceedings, corporate restructuring processes and budget reviews. He was a member of the Supervisory Committee, appointed by the Bank of Italy, of BCC Euganea in A.S. and Credito Trevigiano in A.S. He currently serves as Chairman
| BOARD OF DIRECTORS | BOD | CRC | RC | NC | SC | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFFICE | MEMBERS | YEAR OF BIRTH |
DATE OF FIRST APPOINTMENT |
IN OFFICE SINCE |
IN OFFICE UNTIL LIST | EXEC. NON EXEC. |
INDEP. CODE |
INDEP. TUF |
NO. OF OTHER ASSIGN MENTS: (*) |
% () % () () % (*) (*) % | () () % () (**) | ||||
| BoD Chair person |
Giampiero Massolo |
1954 19/05/2016 19/05/2016 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2018 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
√ –– | – | 100 –––––––– | ||||||||
| CEO | Giuseppe Bono 1944 29/04/2002 19/05/2016 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2018 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
√ –– | – | 100 –––––––– | |||||||||
| Director | Gianfranco Agostinetto 1 |
1952 19/05/2016 19/05/2016 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2018 |
INARCASSA – √√ | √ | 100 100 X2 –––– 100 P | |||||||||
| Director | Simone Anichini 1961 03/07/2014 19/05/2016 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2018 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
– √√ | √ | 100 –––– 75 X 100 X | |||||||||
| Director | Massimiliano Cesare |
1967 03/07/2014 19/05/2016 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2018 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
– √√ | √ 1 | 90 100 P –––– 50 X | ||||||||
| Director | Nicoletta Giadrossi |
1966 19/05/2016 19/05/2016 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2018 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
– √√ | √ 2 | 100 86 X –––– 100 X | ||||||||
| Director | Paola Muratorio |
1949 19/05/2016 19/05/2016 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2018 |
INARCASSA – √√ | √ – | 100 – – 100 P –––– | |||||||||
| Director | Fabrizio Palermo |
1971 19/05/2016 19/05/2016 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2018 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
– √ – | –– | 100 58 X 50 X 50 X – – | ||||||||
| Director | Donatella Treu |
1957 19/05/2016 19/05/2016 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2018 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
– √√ | √ – | 90 – – 100 X 100 P – – |
CRC: Control and Risk Committee.
RC: Remuneration Committee. NC: Nomination Committee.
SC: Sustainability Committee.
C: Chairman of the Committee. (√): Satisfi es the requirements.
(X): Member of the Committee.
(-): Not applicable. (1
) Member of the Control and Risk Committee to replace Director Palermo when the Committee - meeting as the RPT Committee - examines the most signifi cant related party
transactions. (2 ) Note that in 2017, the RPT Committee met once with the participation of Mr Gianfranco Agostinetto.
(*) This column indicates the number of offi ces held by the relevant party as director or auditor in other companies listed on regulated markets (including foreign markets), in fi nancial companies, banks, insurance companies or companies of signifi cant size. (**) This column indicates Directors' participation rate (as a percentage) at meetings of the Board of Directors and of the Board Committees during 2017.
No. of meetings held in 2017: CdA 10, CCR 7, CR 6, CN 4, CSOST 4,
Average duration of meetings held in 2017: CdA 127,10 min., CCR 79 min., CR 84,16 min., CN 51,25 min., CSOST 94 min. Quorum required for the submission of slates by minorities to elect Auditors (pursuant to Article 147-ter of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF): 1%
| BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS IN OFFICE | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFFICE | MEMBERS | YEAR OF BIRTH |
DATE OF FIRST APPOINTMENT |
IN OFFICE SINCE |
IN OFFICE UNTIL |
LIST | INDEP. CODE |
% PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS (*) |
% PARTICI PATION IN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (**) |
NO. OF OTHER ASSIGNMENTS IN LISTED COS. |
NO. OF OTHER ASSIGNMENTS (***) |
|
| Chairman | Gianluca Ferrero 1963 28/05/2014 19/05/2017 | Sh. Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
INARCASSA √ | 100 | 100 | none | 17 | |||||
| Standing Auditor Roberto Spada 1963 19/05/2017 19/05/2017 | Sh. Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
√ | 100 | 100 | none | 95 | |||||
| Standing Auditor Fioranna Vittoria Negri |
1958 28/05/2014 19/05/2017 | Sh. Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
√ | 100 | 100 | none | 6 | ||||
| Alternate Auditor Alberto De Nigro 1958 19/05/2017 19/05/2017 | Sh. Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
INARCASSA √ | – | – | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| Alternate Auditor Massimiliano | Carlo Nova | 1967 19/05/2017 19/05/2017 | Sh. Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
√ | – | – | none | 9 | |||
| Alternate Auditor Flavia Daunia | Minutillo | 1971 28/05/2014 19/05/2017 | Sh. Meeting to approve fi nancial statements 2019 |
Fintecna S.p.A. |
√ | – | – | 6 | 22 |
| BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS WHO CEASED OFFICE IN THE REFERENCE YEAR | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFFICE | MEMBERS | YEAR OF BIRTH |
DATE OF FIRST APPOINTMENT |
IN OFFICE SINCE |
IN OFFICE UNTIL |
INDEP. CODICE |
% PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS (*) |
% PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (**) |
NO. OF OTHER ASSIGNMENTS IN LISTED COS. |
NO. OF OTHER ASSIGNMENTS (***) |
||||
| Standing Auditor Alessandro | Michelotti | 1960 28/05/2014 28/05/2014 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2016 |
√ | 100 | 100 | none | 13 | ||||||
| Standing Auditor Claudia | Mezzabotta | 1970 28/05/2014 28/05/2014 | Sh. Meeting to approve financial statements 2016 |
√ | – | – | 4 | 16 |
(*) This column specifi es the Auditors' participation rate (as a percentage) at meetings of the Board of Statutory Auditors during 2017.
(*) This column specifi es the Auditors' participation rate (as a percentage) at meetings of the Board of Directors during 2017.
(***) This column specifi es the number of other assignments relevant for the purposes of Article 148-bis of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF). CONSOB publishes the full list of appointments on its website pursuant to Article 144-quinquiesdecies.
No. of meetings held in 2017:7
Average duration of meetings held in 2017: 5 hours
Quorum required for the submission of slates by minorities to elect Auditors (pursuant to Article 148 of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF): 1%
(*) This column specifi es the Auditors' participation rate (as a percentage) at meetings of the Board of Statutory Auditors during 2017. (*) This column specifi es the Auditors' participation rate (as a percentage) at meetings of the Board of Directors during 2017. (***) This column specifi es the number of other assignments relevant for the purposes of Article 148-bis of the Italian Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF). CONSOB publishes the full list of appointments on its website pursuant to Article 144-quinquiesdecies of the Issuers' Regulation.
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