Corporate Governance Report
It is also responsible for making proposals to the General Meeting for the appoint-
ment of the statutory auditor and examining the auditor’s independence, particu-
larly as regards the provision of non-audit services.
The annual report on the work of the Audit Committee is published, together with
the financial statements, on the Company’s website.
To all effects, the Audit Committee represents the company in relation to the ex-
ternal auditor, ensuring that all the conditions of service provision are met, annu-
ally assessing the auditor’s performance, acting as the auditor’s main contact and
receiving its reports, jointly with the Board of Directors.
To perform its functions the Audit Committee obtains from the Board of Directors
the information it needs in order to carry out its activity, namely information on the
Group’s operations and finances, changes in the composition of the Group’s portfo-
lio of companies and businesses and the content of the main resolutions adopted by
the Board.
IV. STATUTORY EXTERNAL AUDITOR
39. Statutory External Auditor identification and the representing
partner
The statutory auditor of the Company is PriceWaterHouseCoopers and Associates
– Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, Lda.”, represented by Dr. Hermínio
António Paulos Afonso or Dr. António Joaquim Brochado Correia.
40. Permanence of functions
PriceWaterHouseCoopers and Associates has been acting as the Company’s statu-
tory auditor since 2005.
41. Other services provided to the Company
The statutory auditor is also the Company’s external auditor.
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