Corporate Governance
Directors
The Board of
Directors comprises three Executive Directors, two independent Non-executive
Directors, and one Non-executive Director.
The Board
generally meets a minimum of once every quarter and receives a Board pack
comprising a report from senior management together with any other material
deemed necessary for the Board to discharge its duties. It is the Board's
responsibility for formulating, reviewing and approving the Group's strategy, budgets,
major items of expenditure and acquisitions.
Audit
Committee
The Audit Committee consists of Amir Scharf, Chairman, and Andrea Mandel-Mantello, the independent non-executive directors, and meets at least once every quarter. Michael Galai, the Finance Director attends each meeting by invitation. The Audit Committee is primarily responsible for considering reports from the Finance Director on the half year and annual financial statements, and for reviewing reports from the auditors on the scope and outcome of the annual audit. The financial statements are reviewed in the light of these reports and the results of the review reported to the Board.
Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee consists of Andrea Mandel-Mantello, Chairman, Amir Scharf and Enrico Testa, and meets at least once a year. The Remuneration Committee has a primary responsibility to review the performance of the Company's executive directors and to set their remuneration and other terms of employment. The Remuneration Committee is also responsible for administering the employee share option scheme.
Shareholder relations
The Company meets with its institutional shareholders and analysts from time to time and uses the Annual General Meeting to encourage communication with private shareholders. In addition, the Company intends to facilitate communication with shareholders via the annual report and accounts, interim statement, press releases as required during the ordinary course of business and the Company web site (www.telit.com).
Financial performance
A budgeting process is completed once a year and is reviewed and approved by the Board. The Group's results, as compared against budget, are reported to the Board on a quarterly basis and discussed at each meeting of the Board.
Going concern
After making enquiries at the time of approving the accounts, the directors have satisfied themselves that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company and Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. Further information in respect of the Directors' consideration of going concern is included in note 1(b) to the financial statements.
Directors share dealings
The Company has adopted a code for dealings in its shares by Directors and senior employees which is appropriate for an AIM-quoted company.







