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PROTECTION OF

COMPANY’S ASSETS

Every member of the Company is responsible for safeguarding the tangible
and intangible assets that are under their control and should not be used for
their own benefit. Money, securities, furniture and equipment, business plans,
CODE OF ETHICS RESPECT IS THE GOLDEN RULE
Company information, systems and programs, among others, are considered
assets. The telephone, email and internet systems are property of the Company,
and it owns the information and software they contain. They should be used
exclusively as work tools and their use for personal communication activities
should be kept to a minimum, in accordance with current regulations.

Our employees and executives have the obligation to protect all the elements
that represent a competitive advantage for the Company, as well as its wealth. 8.2 COMPANY INFORMATION
All information and records owned, used and managed by the Company must
be accurate and complete. Every employee has the responsibility to safeguard
8.1 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
the integrity of the records, databases, interfaces, reports and information
The Company’s intellectual property is one of its most valuable assets. All under their control as well as the proper preserving, management, filing,
employees have an obligation to safeguard our trademarks, copyrights and destruction and confidentiality. Making false or misleading statements,
confidential information. A significant method to protect our intellectual delivering or sharing Company information to third parties without having
property and mitigate these risks is the periodic and timely review of our written agreements, as well as hiding information from the Administration,
products, services, processes and software for possible inventions and external or internal auditors or Company regulators, constitute serious
trade secrets, as well as potential infringements of third parties’ intellectual offences that will lead to sanctions.
property. Any invention, improvement, discovery or authorship work that
the staff make or conceive and that arises or relates to their work, will be 8.2.1 Financial Information Control
the Company’s exclusive property. Simultaneously, it is fundamental that we Records must be sufficiently detailed to reflect the accuracy of all transactions
respect the intellectual property rights of other companies or individuals. and the Financial Statements must always be prepared in accordance with
Unauthorized use of third-party intellectual property may expose our the current International Financial Reporting Standards.
Company and even its employees to civil lawsuits and damages’ payment,
including fines and criminal penalties. Employees who are aware of the Its regulation includes three fundamental elements: (1) rules that allow to
use of the unauthorized intellectual property rights of other companies or classify transactions appropriately; (2) systems and tools that protect assets
persons must immediately inform the Corporate Audit area and the Legal and accumulate information consistently and accurately; and (3) financial
Department. and transaction reports that are timely and objective.

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