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Shareholders' Meeting Regulations

The Shareholders’ Meeting is chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and is assisted by a Secretary.
In order to allow for the orderly and functional implementation of Shareholders’ Meetings and to guarantee the right of each shareholder to take the floor with regards to topics under discussion, the Shareholders’ Meeting approved the Shareholders’ Meeting Regulations on 4 December 1998.
In addition to the regulations, general information on the Shareholders’ Meeting is provided below.

Besides the Regulation, general information on the Meeting is provided hereafter.

Article 1 - Application

Article 2 - Participation to the Meetings

Article 3 - Control of the Conditions Allowing Participation to the Meetings

Article 4 - Admittance to the Meeting

Article 5 - Constitution and Opening of the Meeting

Article 6 - Interruption and Adjournment of the Meeting

Article 7 - Discussion

Article 8 - Voting Procedures

Article 9 - General Provisions

Amendments to the Regulation


  • Conv.  NoticeConv. Notice
  • How to attendHow to attend
  • Voting RightVoting Right
  • Int. Of The Agenda of the DayInt. Of The Agenda of the Day
  • ADRsADRs
  • How to get thereHow to get there


Convocation of the Shareholders' Meeting is implemented by means of notices which are published at least 30 days before the date of the first convocation in the Italian Official Gazzette and in the daily newspapers, "Il Sole 24 Ore", "Corriere della Sera" and "Financial Times".

Shareholders may personally attend or may be represented by means of a written proxy, in compliance with regulatory provisions.

Attendance in the Shareholders' Meeting requires a communication notice sent - at least two working days before the date of the first meeting  - by an authorized financial intermediary.



A vote may also be exercised by means of a proxy or by mail, in accordance with currently effective provisions in force.

The Vote by Mail and the relative envelope will be sent to shareholders which request them from the Company. The envelope containing the voting form, filled out and undersigned, must be received by the Secretary's Office of the Company within forty eight hours before the Shareholders' Meeting. Votes by Mail  which are received after this deadline will not be taken into account. Votes sent by mail may be revoked by means of an explicit declaration sent to the Company at least one day before the Shareholders' Meeting.

Article 14 of the By-laws provides for facilitations for the collection of proxies amongst employee shareholders.

The right to request integration of the agenda of the day

Shareholders which jointly represent at least 2.5% of the share capital may request - within five days from the date of publication of the convocation notice of the Shareholders' Meeting - an integration of the list of topics to discuss by specifying the proposed topics in the request.

Integration of the topics of the day is not allowed for topics on which the Shareholders' Meeting deliberates, in accordance with the law, upon proposal of the Board of Directors or on the basis of a project or report drafted by the Board.

Integrations approved by the Board of Directors are communicated at least ten days before the date set for the Shareholders' Meeting by utilizing the same formats used for publishing the convocation notice.

Parties with American Depositary Receipts

Beneficial Owners of ADRs, which are listed on the NYSE and  each representing two ordinary shares of Eni SPA , which recorded, at the date specified in convocation notice, in the Eni ADRs Register held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, custodian bank of Eni ADRswill retain the right to attend the Shareholders' Meeting and issue a voting proxy or exercise their vote by mail, given compliance with the filing and registration requirements specified in the ADR Deposit Agreement; these parties - even if they have issued voting proxies or if they availed themselves of vote by mail - will retain the right to attend the Shareholders' Meeting following a written request sent to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

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The Shareholders' Meeting is typically held in Rome, in via del Serafico, no. 89/91.

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Last updated on 04/05/10