3.5.1Corporate Governance Structure
SBM Offshore N.V. is a limited liability company (‘Naamloze Vennootschap’) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its corporate seat in Amsterdam. The Company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. The Company has a two-tier board consisting of a Supervisory Board and a Management Board. Each Board has its specific roles and tasks regulated by laws, the articles of association, the Corporate Governance Code, the Supervisory Board rules and Management Board rules. Further to the implementation of the revised Corporate Governance Code, the Supervisory Board rules and Management Board rules were amended in August 2017 and are published on the Company’s website, together with the articles of association. The implementation of the Corporate Governance Code has not led to substantial changes in the corporate governance structure of the Company.
SBM Offshore complies with all applicable principles and best practice provisions of the Dutch Code, the full text of which can be found on www.mccg.nl. The details on compliance with the Dutch Corporate Governance Code can be found on SBM Offshore’s corporate website under ’Rules governing the Supervisory Board’.