In 2014 the Audit Committee met five times, in the presence
of all members, and primarily the following items were
handled:
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★
Discussion on financial reporting in general and the
unconsolidated and consolidated annual and interim
financial statements in particular;
★
★
Discussion, establishment and monitoring of the internal
audit activities, including the discussion of the annual
report of the Internal Audit department;
★
★
Discussion and evaluation of the internal control and risk
management systems as well as the 2014 “risk
management action plan”;
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★
Discussion of the risk survey 2014;
★
★
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the external audit
process;
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★
Evaluation of the functioning of the internal auditor;
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★
Monitoring of the financial reporting and its compliance
with the applicable reporting standards.
Evaluation of the Board of Directors, its committees and its
individual directors
Under its Chairman, the Board of Directors regularly
evaluates its own size, composition, performance and those
of its committees.
Thus in 2014, an evaluation was conducted on the composi-
tion of the Board of Directors and its committees, based on
the nature of the company and the future challenges, and
with due consideration for diversity within the Board with
regard to competences in various disciplines, experience in
various sectors, age and gender.
Next to that, a more thourough evaluation will take place in
the first semester of 2015, covering the following matters:
★
★
Assessment of the director selection and appointment
process;
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★
Assessment of the functioning of the Board of Directors
and its committees;
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★
Analysis of whether the most important items on the
agenda are properly prepared and discussed;
★
★
Assessment of the actual contribution of each director
based on his or her attendance at and constructive
participation in meetings, with due consideration for the
competences of each individual director;
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★
Assessment of the remuneration of the directors and
Executive Management;
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★
Interaction with Executive Management.
This evaluation process is initiated by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors on the basis of a written procedure, the
results of which are analyzed and discussed at the
Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as at the
Board of Directors, where the appropriate conclusions are
drawn.
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KINEPOLIS GROUP
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
03 / MANAGEMENT REPORT




