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Internal control
Control and supervision of Alma Media's business operations take place in accordance with the administrative and management system described above. The Board of Directors is responsible for ensuring that the monitoring of the company's accounts and capital management is properly organised. The President and CEO ensures that the accounting procedures comply with legislation and that the company's capital management is organised in a reliable way.
 
The President and CEO, the Group Executive Team and the heads of the business units are responsible for ensuring that the accounting and administration of the areas within their spheres of responsibility comply with legislation, the Group's operating principles, and the guidelines and instructions issued by Alma Media Corporation's Board of Directors.
 
In Alma Media Group, the control over business unit administration and accounting is centralised in the Group financial department and the business unit financial departments. The Group financial department, working under the Group CFO, is the centralised source of financial statement data required by external accounting, as well as the analyses and result reports to Group and business unit management teams for following the profitability of business operations. Group internal control practices aim at ensuring the correctness of financial reporting within the Group. Business operations and capital management are monitored with the help of the reporting measures outlined above. The Group employs a reporting system following business unit financial matters. The reporting practices also assist in following the implementation of business unit action plans.
 

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