The audit of the accounts is carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers S.p.A., an audit company entered in the special register under Art. 161 of TUF, appointed by the Ordinary Meeting of the Shareholders on February 24, 2006, after obtaining the favourable opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors. Such assignment, originally conferred for the years 2006-2011, was extended by the Ordinary Meeting on May 22, 2007, pursuant to Art. 159 of the TUF, on a justified proposal of the Board of Statutory Auditors, to the years 2012, 2013 and 2014.