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| 61 >REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
through the examination of a report prepared each fiscal year. The Board of Directors
reviews and approves the Company’s governance code also in connection with the Group
structure.
The Board of Directors grants and revokes managing powers, defining their limits and
conditions of exercise. For a more detailed description of the managing powers currently
granted to directors as well as the frequency with which the bodies in question must report
to the Board on the activities performed in exercising such powers, please refer to the
following sub-section entitled Executive Directors of this Section II.
The Board of Directors evaluates the general performance of the Company, paying
particular attention to the information received from the managing bodies and by the
Internal Control Committee, periodically comparing the results achieved with the forecast
data within their area of responsibility.
In particular, the Board carries out its assessments taking into account the information
supplied by the CEO, who on the basis of the guidelines issued by the Board, supervises all
business structures and formulates proposals to be submitted to the Board with regard to
the organizational structure of the Company and of the Group, the general development
and investment plans, the financial plans and provisional financial statements as well as any
other matter submitted to him/her by the Board itself.
The Directors report to the other directors and to the Board of Statutory Auditors on the
transactions in which they hold an interest on their own behalf or on behalf of third parties.
Each Director is responsible for reporting to the Board and to the Board of Statutory
Auditors any such interest in a transaction.
Usually, the Board of Directors reviews and approves such transactions of the Company
and of its subsidiaries in which one or more Directors hold an interest.
For detailed information on the procedure for the approval of transactions with related
parties, please refer to Section III of this Report.
The members of the Board of Directors are called to carry out an annual evaluation, which
is prepared internally, on the size, composition and performance of the Board of Directors,
its Committees, Internal Auditing and Human Resources.
The questionnaire is made up of specific questions that concern, for example: the
adequacy of the number of its members and of the composition of the Board and of its
Committees, the type of professionals represented in the Board and its Committees, the
planning, organization, duration and number of meetings, the adequacy of documents
sent before the meetings, the information provided to the non-executive directors during
the meetings and the efficiency of the decision-making processes.
The results of the self-assessment are then processed annually and presented to the Board
of Directors by the Lead Independent Director, who anonymously reports on the opinions
put forward by the Directors and the suggestions made to improve the running of the
management bodies of the Company.