Company
Group
Total
Amount from other work other than audit work (thousands of euros)
1.388
205
1.593
Amount for work other than audit work / Total amount invoiced by the audit firm (%)
67,80
13,93
45,28
C.1 .38 State whether the audit report of the financial statements for the previous year included qualifications or reservations. If so, state
the reasons given by theChairman of theAudit Committee to explain the content and scope of these qualifications or reservations
NO
C.1 .39 State the number of consecutive years that the current audit firm has audited the financial statements of the company and/or its
group. Also, indicate howmany years the current audit firmhas been auditing the accounts as a percentage of the total number of
years over which the annual accounts have been audited.
Company
Group
Number of consecutive years
12
12
Company
Group
Number of years audited by the current audit firm /
Number of years that the company has been audited (%)
46,00
46,00
C.1 .40 State whether there is a procedure by which directors may access external advice. If so, describe said procedure:
YES
Explanation of the reasons
Article 28 of the Regulations of the Board of Directors expressly states that directors may request the use of legal, accounting or financial advisers, or other
experts, paid for by the Company, to help them in the discharge of their duties. Such helpmust relate to specifically defined and complex problems that arise in
the course of their work. The decision to hire these services must be reported to the Company Chairman and implemented through the Secretary of the Board,
unless the Board of Directors considers said hiring to be unnecessary or undesirable.
C.1 .41 State whether there is a procedure by which directors may access the information required to prepare for the meetings of the
administrative bodies with sufficient time. If so, describe said procedure:
YES
Detailed procedure
Article 27 of the board regulations reflects the right of members of the board of directors to be informed and their duty to inform. In that regard, it states that it
is the right and duty of every director to gather as much information as they deem necessary or appropriate at any given moment for the correct performance
of their duties.
To this end, the Board has been assigned the broadest possible powers to gain information about any aspect of the Company; to examine its books, registers
and documents and any other information concerning its operations that may be necessary or appropriate for the diligent exercise of its duties.
This right to information also extends to the different subsidiaries that comprise the consolidated group, and must always being exercised in good faith
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