CONTENTS
1. GENERAL INFORMATION AND
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
ANNUAL REPORT AND FOR THE
AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS 6
1.1 Responsibility for the contents of
this document 7
1.2 Responsibility for the audit of
the financial statements 7
1.3 Availability of the Annual Report 8
1.4 Forward-looking information 8
2. MESSAGE FROM THE CEO 10
3. MANAGEMENT REPORT
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 14
3.1 Key Figures 15
3.2 Activities of Oxurion 15
3.3 Comments to Consolidated
Financial Statements 21
3.4 Comments to Statutory Accounts 22
3.5 Description of the Principal Characteristics
of the Company’s Risks 24
3.6 Other information in accordance with
Belgian Company law 38
4. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 42
4.1 General provisions 43
4.2 Compliance with the Corporate
Governance Code 43
4.3 Description of the Principal Characteristics
of the Company’s Internal Controls
and Risk Analysis 44
4.4 Fees to the Statutory Auditor 49
4.5 Notification of Important Participations 49
4.6 Composition and functioning of the
Company’s management 51
4.7 Policy regarding Transactions and other
Contractual Relationships between the
Company, including Affiliated Companies,
its Directors and the CEO 57