Organization, Management, and Control Model pursuant to the Italian Legislative Decree nr. 231/2001 adopted by Kedrion S.p.A. and Kedrion Holding S.p.A.

With Italian Legislative Decree n. 231 dated 8 June 2001 “Regulations governing administrative responsibilities of legal entities, companies and associations, including those without legal entity”, a new form of  administrative and criminal liability for companies was introduced into the Italian legal system .

The Decree determines that Companies can be prosecuted and sanctioned for the crimes covered by the same Decree and  committed by the employees, the managers or by third parties (e.g., suppliers, contractors, agents, distributors,…) operating in the interest of the company or bringing an advantage to the company itself .

Article 6 of the Decree determines that the Companies can be exempt from this kind of liability, if :

• they can prove to have adopted and effectively implemented a Corporate Governance System (i.e., Compliance System) which can effectively prevent those crimes;
• they have nominated a “Surveillance Body” that operates independently from the management of the company and who can act and control the Compliance System is adequate and effectively implemented.

The Italian companies of KEDRION have adopted their own Organization, Management, and Control Model pursuant to Article 6 of Legislative Decree 231/2001, in compliance with Article 6 of the same Decree.

Employees and external stakeholders can report any (even potential) violations of the aforementioned Model by contacting, via email:
– the Supervisory Body of Kedrion S.p.A. at [email protected];
– the Supervisory Body of Kedrion Holding S.p.A. at [email protected];

Alternatively, reports can be sent by regular mail to the attention of the Supervisory Body of the relevant company, c/o Kedrion S.p.A. Loc. Ai Conti, 55051 Castelvecchio Pascoli – Barga, LU.

It is also possible to use the whistleblowing platform accessible through the page “Ethics & Compliance – Speak up”.