
CODEXACQUISITIONSPLC
CORPORATEGOVERNANCEREPORTFORTHEYEAR
ENDED31DECEMBER2022
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CorporateGovernanceStatement
TheBoardiscommittedtomaintainingappropriatestandardsofcorporategovernance.Thestatement
below,togetherwiththereportonDirectors’remunerationonpages 10‐11,explainshowtheCompany
hasobservedprinciplessetoutinTheUKCorporateGovernanceCodeissuedbytheFinancialReporting
Council in the UK from tim
e to time (the "Cod e") as relevant to the Company and contains the
information required by section 7 of the FCA’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules as the
Companyhassoughttoadoptthesepriortolisting.
TheCompanyhasdecidednottoapplytheCodeprovisionsinfullgivenitscurrentsizeandresources.The
Companyisasmallcompanywithmod
estresources.TheCompanyhasaclearmandatetooptimisethe
allocationoflimitedresourcestosourceacquisitionsandsupportitsfutureplan s.AssuchtheCompany
strivestomaintainabalancebetweenconservationoflimitedresourcesandmai
ntainingrobustcorporate
governance practices. As the Company waslisted on the Main Marketof the LSE, during theyear it is
requiredtofollowtheCodeintheyearended31December2022.
TheCompanyseekstocomplywiththeCodebutduetoitslimitedactivitiesandresourcesithasopted
nottof
ullyimplementtheCodeinrespectofthefollowingmatters:
BoardofDirectorsandCommittees
The Board currently consists of three Non‐Executive Directors, of whom 2 are considered to be
independent following completion of the admission of the Company’s ordinary shares to a Standard
Listing and to trading on the Main Market, bei
ng Julio Perez and Kate Osborne. It met regularly
throughouttheyeartodiscusskeyissuesandtomonitortheoverallperformanceoftheCompany.Atits
current stage of development, the Board considers all matters, such as Remuneration, Audit and
Nominations as a whole. The Directo
rs will actively seek to expand Board membership to provide
additionallevelsofcorporategovernanceproceduresattherelevantopportunity.
AuditCommitteeandfinancialreporting
TheAuditCommitteecomprisesJulioPerez(Chair)andJamesLawson‐BrownandKateOsborne,eachof
whomhaverecentandrelevantfinancialexperience
.TheAuditCommitteemeetsatleastthreetimesa
year at the appropriate times in the reporting and audit cycle. The committee has responsibility for,
amongst other things, the monitoring of the financial integrity of the financial statements of the
Company and the involvement of the Company’s auditors in that process. It focuses in part
icular on
compliancewithaccountingpoliciesandensuringthataneffectivesystemofinternalfinancialcontrolis
maintained.Theultimateresponsibilityforreviewingandapprovingtheannualreportandaccountsand
thehalf‐yearlyreports,remainswiththeBoard.
ThetermsofreferenceoftheAuditCommitteecov
erssuchissuesasmembershipand thefrequencyof
meetings, as mentioned above,together with requirementsof any quorum for and the rightto attend
meetings.ThedutiesoftheAuditCommitteecoveredinthetermsofreferenceare:financialreporting,
internal controls, internal audit, external audit and reserving. The terms of reference also set out the
authorityoftheco
mmitteetocarryoutitsduties.
TheBoard seekstopresenta balanced andunderstandableassessmentoftheCompany’spositionand
prospects in all interim, final and price‐sensitive reports and information required to be presented by
statute.
Externalauditor
TheBoardmeetswiththeauditordurin
gtheyeartoconsidertheresults,internalproceduresandcontrols
and matters raised by the auditor. The Board considers auditor independence and objectivity and the
effectiveness of the audit process. It also considers the nature and extent of the non‐audit services