( a) individuals who are in the conditions provided for by Article 2382 of the Civil Code (i.e. disqualification from holding public office, incapacitation, or bankruptcy, or who have been sentenced to a punishment that entails disqualification, including temporary disqualification, from holding public office or legal incapacity to exercise executive functions); b) spouses and other relatives (including by marriage) up to the fourth degree of the directors of the company, as well as the directors and the spouses and other relatives (including by marriage) up to the fourth degree of the directors of its subsidiaries, of the companies that control it, and of those subject to joint control; c) individuals who are connected with the company or its subsidiaries or the companies that control it or those subject to joint control or the directors of the company and the parties referred to under letter b) above by employment relationships as employees or self-employed persons or by other relations of a patrimonial or professional kind that could compromise their independence.