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Good regulation allows the timely disclosure of reliable and correct
information to the different authorities, our shareholders and investors,
employees and third parties. LEGAL DISPUTES
8.2.2 Relevant Information
As a public company, we are required to comply with the corresponding AND LAWSUITS
regulations; therefore, we must inform the public at all times of relevant
events that may influence securities’ prices registered in the National
Securities Registry through means established by the authorities.
Moreover, the members of the Board of Directors, executives and employees
must comply with the rules that apply to relevant events, acquisition and
purchase of securities and public offerings that must be disclosed. The
Company and its executives have the duty to comply in a timely manner
CODE OF ETHICS RESPECT IS THE GOLDEN RULE
with the legal requirements established by the securities commissions of the Employees who have knowledge of a legal
markets in which it participates. process in which the Company could be
involved in will be responsible for informing
8.2.3 General Corporate Information the Legal or Tax Department, as deemed
As employees, we all have the responsibility to take all necessary measures appropriate.
to ensure that the documentation related to the Company is issued,
copied, emailed, archived, stored and disposed of according to the means The Legal Department will be responsible for
implemented to minimize access risks by unauthorized persons to private or the management and supervision of each
confidential information, as well as to guarantee the adequate access control legal action (whether potential or real), in
to work areas, and the use of computer equipment and work tools. Comments order to prevent any Company shareholder
on sensitive or confidential issues in public or private places should be always or employee from attending it personally and
avoided. without guidance. Likewise, it will request
from any areas involved in a litigation all the
Our Company is committed to the responsible handling of personal data documentation, databases or information
and sensitive personal data and complies with the applicable laws regarding necessary for the trial which shall not be
information confidentiality; it reserves the right to monitor the use of this destroyed or purged in order to have the
information, which is considered its property (including computers, emails, necessary evidence during the process.
telephones, documents, etc.) in accordance with the applicable rules on the
matter. When the Company incurs an economic or
moral damage derived from the negligence,
8.2.4 Information Disclosure and External Communications fraud or incompetence of an employee
All information provided to third parties must be accurate and real; thus, we during a lawsuit’s management, it will be
must avoid issuing misleading communications and messages, intentionally considered a serious offense and will imply
omitting important data and facts, or making false statements. Only the termination of the individual employment
authorized personnel may publish materials, impart lectures, grant press contract at the time the Company deems it
interviews or make public presentations on topics related to the Company’s convenient without liability.
interests.
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