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The Audit and Control Committee has competency to examine the circumstances which motivated
the external auditor to resign, in the event this occurs.
On an annual basis, the Audit and Control Committee will issue a report in which it will express an
opinion on whether the independence of the auditor has been compromised. In any case, this report
must provide a legitimate assessment on the provision of all additional services, individually and globally
considered, other than the legal audit and in relation with the independence system or the audit
regulations.
The notes to the financial statements and this Corporate Governance Report contribute information on
the audit and other services provided by the external auditor in the year.
C.1.36
Indicate whether the Company has changed its external auditor during the year. If so, identify the
incoming and outgoing auditors:
Yes
No X
Outgoing auditor
Incoming auditor
If there were disagreements with the outgoing auditor, explain their grounds:
Yes
No X
Explanation of disagreements
C.1.37
Indicate whether the audit firm performs other engagements for the Company and/or its Group other
than the audit. If so, declare the amount of fees received for such work and the percentage of such fees
with respect to the total fees charged to the Company and/or its Group:
Yes X No
Company
Group
Total
Amount of engagements other than audit work
(thousands of euros).
35
0
35
Amount of engagements other than audit work/
total amount billed by the audit firm (in %)
15.42
0
12.32
C.1.38
Indicate if the auditors' report on the financial statements for the preceding year contains any
reservations or qualifications. If so, indicate the reasons given by the Chairman of the Audit Committee
to explain the content and scope of said reservations or qualifications.
Yes
No X
C.1.39
Indicate the number of years during which the current audit firm has been performing the audit of the
financial statements for the Company and/or its Group without interruption. Likewise, indicate the
percentage of the number of years audited by the current audit firm with respect to the total number of
years in which the financial statements have been audited:
Company
Group
Number of consecutive years
14
14
Company
Group
No. of years audited by the current audit firm/
No. of years that the Company has been audited (in %)
77.8
77.8