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Regulations for Shareholders' Meetings


The Shareholders Meeting is chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and he is assisted by a Secretary.

On December 4, 1998, Eni Shareholders' Meeting approved the Meeting Regulation in order to permit an orderly and effective conduct of the Shareholders Meeting and to guarantee the right of each shareholder to express his or her opinion on the matters under discussion.

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

  • NoticeNotice
  • How to attendHow to attend
  • Right to voteRight to vote
  • Additions to AGM agenda Additions to AGM agenda
  • ADRsADRs
  • How to get thereHow to get there

Calls for meetings are published at least 30 days prior to the date of the meeting on first call in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic and in the following newspapers: "Il Sole 24 Ore", "Corriere della Sera" and "Financial Times".

Shareholders may attend the meeting personally or be represented by a person appointed by written proxy in compliance with the law.

Admission to the shareholders' meeting is subject to the delivery of the communication issued by financial intermediaries at least two business days prior to the date of the meeting on first call.

Vote may be also exercised by proxy or by mail pursuant to current legislation.

Shareholders willing to exercise their vote by mail are entitled to request the Vote by Mail Card and a return envelope to the Company.
In order to consider the votes by mail valid, envelopes containing the Vote by Mail Card, duly filled in and signed, shall be received by Shareholders Corporate Secretary within forty-eight hours before the Shareholders' Meeting. Votes by mail contained in the Vote by Mail Cards received after said term will not be taken into consideration. The vote by mail may be withdrawn through a declaration to be delivered to the Company at least one day before the Shareholders' Meeting.

Article 14 of Eni's By-laws provides facilities for the collection of proxies from employee shareholders.

Right to request additions to the agenda of the General Meeting

Shareholders who, separately or jointly, represent at least 2.5% of the share capital may request, within five days from the publication of the notice of the meeting, additions to the agenda, specifying in the request the additional items they propose.

Additions to the agenda may not be made for matters on which the Shareholders' Meeting is required by law to resolve on proposals put forward by the Board of Directors or on the basis of a plan or report it has prepared.

Additions accepted by the Board shall be published at least ten days before the Shareholders' Meeting in the forms prescribed for the publication of the notice of the meeting.

American Depositary Receipts holders

Beneficial Owners of ADRs, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, each ADR representing two Eni ordinary shares, who are recorded in Eni ADRs register of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., ADRs Depositary, by the date indicated in the notice of meeting, will be entitled to participate in the Meeting, delegate the exercise of their voting right or to exercise votes by mail, after having complied with the deposit and registration requirements contained in Eni ADR Deposit Agreement; also Beneficial Owners who have taken advantage of Proxy Vote or Vote by Mail options are entitled to assist at the Meeting upon written request to be made to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Usually, the Shareholders Meeting is held in Rome, via del Serafico, n. 89/91.

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Last updated on 01/09/09