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“Opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors as regards conferral of the mandate for the
auditing of the Financial Statements to the Auditing Company, pursuant to Article 159
paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree 58/98”
The Board of Statutory Auditors of Tiscali SpA
Preamble
Whereas:
- the Board of Directors of the Company has passed a motion to propose to the Shareholders’
Meeting that the task of auditing the FY and Consolidated Financial Statements be conferred for the
three-year period 2002 – 2004, on the Deloite & Touche SpA Company, duly registered in the
professional register pursuant to Article 161 of Legislative Decree 58/98;
- to this end, a General Meeting of Shareholders has been convened to pass the required motion
pursuant to Article 159 of Legislative Decree 58/98;
having evaluated the contents of
Article 159 paragraph 1 Legislative Decree 58/98 and Article 79 of the Regulations issued by CONSOB
pursuant to its deliberation number 11520 of 1 Jul 1998
having examined
the proposal submitted by the auditing company Deloite & Touche SpA dated 25 March 2002;
having taken due note of the fact that
- said proposal contains the auditing plan for the FY and Consolidated Financial Statements for the
three-year period 2002 – 2004 in order to express judgement pursuant to Article 156 of Legislative
Decree 58/98 and that said plan is felt to be adequate and complete;
- said proposal contains a breakdown of procedures to be adopted for the performance of the
verifications foreseen in Article 155 paragraph 1 sub paragraphs a) and b) of Legislative Decree
58/1998 and that said procedures are deemed adequate;
- the auditing company in question fully meets the requirements of independence set out by law and
that, at the present time, there are no situations of incompatibility;
- the auditing company under consideration is fully equipped, both from an organisational and
technical point of view, for the performance of a task of this size and complexity;
- the fee requested appears fair in relation to the operating volumes of Tiscali SpA;
- Deloitte & Touche SpA has acquired a certain degree of familiarity with Tiscali SpA and the Group
since it has performed auditing duties over the last three years;
expresses
favourable opinion pursuant to Article 159 paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree 58/98 as to the conferring of
the commission for auditing FY and Consolidated Financial Statements relative to the three-year period
2002 – 2004 to the auditing company Deloitte & Touche SpA, on the basis of the proposal submitted by
said company on 25 March 2002.
Cagliari, 12 April 2002
THE BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS
DR. ANDREA ZINI
DR. RITA CASU
DR. PIERO MACCIONI