Corporate Governance

SAES Getters S.p.A. Corporate Governance model is basically aligned with the recommendations set forth in the Corporate Governance Code for Listed Companies updated in January 2020 by the Corporate Governance Committee and promoted by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (hereinafter the ” Code”), with which the Board of Directors resolved to comply. This decision is based on the belief that the principles and the provisions therein expressed contribute in a significant way to ensure a suitable corporate and business management, to create value for shareholders, to increase the level of interest and confidence both by national and international investors.

The Code of Ethics and Business Conduct of Saes Getters S.p.A. identifies the Company’s principles and values, drawing attention to rules of conduct which are of fundamental importance for the correct operation and the reliability of the SAES Getters’s management and image.

The adopts and promotes amongst its stakeholders an approach that is consistent with its strategic and operating objectives and compliant with the law and applicable regulations. The Supplier Code of Conduct applies to all SAES suppliers, which are, in turn, encouraged to share it and to promote its application amongst their own suppliers, thus supporting the sustainability of the overall supply chain.

With the aim at promoting compliance with ethical standards, national and international regulations related to the prevention of corruption of public and private entities, the Board of Directors of SAES Getters S.p.A. approved an Anti-Corruption Code on 18 April 2019 that applies to all Group companies.

Fully aware of the responsibilities towards its customers and the communities in which SAES operates, the Board of Directors of SAES Getters S.p.A. approved a Code of Business Conduct on April 18 2019 that defines and regulates the behaviors that employees, directors, collaborators and partners of SAES shall follow in the daily business management.

In response to the violence and human rights violations in the extraction of some minerals from the “Conflict Region”, located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries, SAES is committed to support the humanitarian goal of ending the violent conflict in those areas.

According to the Legislative Decree 231/2001, introducing the organizational, management and control model (hereinafter “Model”), Saes Getters S.p.A. (hereinafter “SAES”), sensitive to the need to ensure conditions of correctness and transparency in the conducting of company affairs and activities, and to the protection of its position and image, the expectations of its shareholders and the work of its employees, has decided to adopt its organizational, management and control instruments to the requirements expressed by the Decree.

This decision has been taken in the belief that the adoption of the Model may represent not only an effective way of raising the awareness of all those who work on behalf of SAES with regard to the correct and consistent behaviors that they must adopt in the performance of their duties, but also a necessary mean of preventing the risk of the crimes specified in the Decree being committed.