REDACTED -IC Petrojam Investigation - Donations October 2019 final

Page 35 of 215 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 … So sometimes when it gets to me it’s already approved, it’s just for me to process” . 6 The DI notes that the Policy/ Procedure document for donations specifically states, under Section 4.0 Guidelines/Procedure, that “ Request in writing will be submitted to the HR&D Department by the employee or community organization ”, and as such it is a deviation from the policy that requests for donations be submitted directly to the General Manager of the company. Donations and Contributions made during the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 Financial Periods The following table details the number of contributions to schools, educational causes, sports and other organisations made during the stated financial periods and the corresponding totals expended. Table 3 Financial Period # of Donations Total ($) 2016/2017 207 32,954,369.38 2017/2018 102 74,823,041.08 The above resulted in a 50.72 percentage decrease in the number of donations issued by Petrojam Limited for the financial periods under review, however, for the same period, the company experienced a significant increase of 127.05 percentage in the amount expended for donations. The following graph illustrates the above presented information: 6 Transcript of hearing held on September 10, 2018 involving [REPRESENTATIVE] , pages 4-7