Status and contents of the Regulations
Article 1
1.1 These Regulations are complementary to the rules and regulations (from time to time)
applicable to the Supervisory Board under primary and secondary legislation, the
Dutch Corporate Governance Code, the regulations (terms of references of the
Committees and the Company’s Articles of Association.
1.2 Where these Regulations are inconsistent with primary and secondary legislation or
the Company's Articles of Association, the law or, as the case may be, the Articles of
Association shall prevail. Where these Regulations conform to the Articles of
Association but are inconsistent with primary and secondary legislation, the latter
shall prevail. If one or more provisions of these Regulations are or become invalid,
this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. The Supervisory Board
shall replace the invalid provisions by those which are valid and the effect of which,
given the contents and purpose of these Regulations, is to the greatest extent
possible similar to that of the invalid provisions.
1.3 The following annexes are attached to, and form an integral part of these
Regulations:
Annex A: the profile of the Supervisory Board’s size and composition;
Annex B: the Regulations governing the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board;
Annex C: the Regulations governing the Remuneration Committee of the
Supervisory Board;
Annex D: the Regulations governing the Selection and Appointment Committee of
the Supervisory Board;
Annex E: the Regulations governing the Voorbereidings (Preparatory) Committee
of the Supervisory Board;
Annex F: the Regulations governing the Americas Committee of the Supervisory
Board.
1.4
a.
b.
The Executive Board unanimously declared that:
it will comply with, and be bound by the obligations arising from, these Regulations
to the extent that they apply to it and its members;
on appointment of new members it will cause such members to issue a declaration as
referred to in a) above.
1.5 The external auditor of the Company declared that it will comply with, and be bound
by the obligations arising from, these Regulations to the extent they apply to
him/her.