It is specifically prohibited to directly or indirectly receive, demand, give, offer and authorise compensation of any kind, gifts, benefits of an economic or other useful nature to or from a public or private subject and/or the body such subject directly or indirectly represents that: (a) exceed a modest value and the reasonable practical limits of courtesy and, in any event, (b) are capable of being interpreted as designed to unduly influence the relations between the Group Companies and the aforementioned subject and/ or body it directly or indirectly represents, irrespective of the aims pursued, including exclusive aims, in the interests or to the benefit of the individual Company or Group.