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FAQs Board of Statutory Auditors

Information on Statutory Auditors, appointment and length of role and responsibilities of the Board of Statutory Auditors.

How many standing Statutory Auditors and how many alternate Statutory Auditors are there?

The Board of Statutory Auditors is made up of 5 Standing Statutory Auditors and 2 alternate Statutory Auditors.

 On May 13, 2020, the Shareholders' Meeting appointed Eni’s Board of Statutory Auditors, for three financial years, up to the date of the Shareholders' Meeting called on May 10, 2023 to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2022, consisting of:

Rosalba Casiraghi (Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors), Enrico Maria Bignami (Standing Statutory Auditor) and Claudia Mezzabotta (Alternate Statutory Auditor), appointed from the slate submitted by Italian and foreign Institutional Investors (the “minority slate”), Giovanna Ceribelli (Standing Statutory Auditor), Mario Notari (Standing Statutory Auditor), Marco Seracini (Standing Statutory Auditor) and Roberto Maglio (Alternate Statutory Auditor), appointed from the slate submitted by the shareholder Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (the “majority slate”).

On September 2020, the Alternate Statutory Auditor, Roberto Maglio, replaced the Standing Statutory Auditor, Mario Notari, after his resignation.

On May 12, 2021 the Shareholders’ Meeting appointed Marcella Caradonna as Standing Statutory Auditor and Roberto Maglio as Alternate Statutory Auditor, both proposed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, for the integration of the Board of Statutory Auditors.

The current members of the Board of Statutory Auditors are: Rosalba Casiraghi (Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors), Enrico Maria Bignami (Standing Statutory Auditor), Marcella Caradonna (Standing Statutory Auditor), Giovanna Ceribelli (Standing Statutory Auditor), Marco Seracini (Standing Statutory Auditor), Roberto Maglio (Alternate Statutory Auditor) and Claudia Mezzabotta (Alternate Statutory Auditor). 

How are they nominated?

By slate voting system, pursuant to Article 28 of the By-Laws.

Pursuant to Article 28 of the By-Laws, the Shareholders’ Meeting appoints the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors among the standing Statutory Auditors drawn out from the candidate slates other than that which received the majority of votes.

In accordance with current legislation on gender balance, two standing auditors belong to the less represented gender.

Who can propose slates for the Board of Statutory Auditors?

Shareholders who, severally or jointly, represent at least 1% of the share capital or any other threshold established by Consob regulations shall be entitled to submit a slate.

Why is the Board of Statutory Auditors nominated by slate voting system?

To ensure the representation of all shareholders (relevant and minority shareholders).

The slate voting system was introduced in Eni By-Laws pursuant to the Article 4 of the Decree N° 332/1994 as converted by Law N° 474/1994.

How long is the mandate for Statutory Auditors?

The mandate for Statutory Auditors is 3 financial years; lapsing at the date of the Shareholders' Meeting called to approve the financial statements of the last financial year of their office. Statutory Auditors may be re-elected.

Which are the tasks of the Board of Statutory Auditors?

The Board of Statutory Auditors pursuant to the Consolidated Law on Financial Intermediation, monitors:

  • compliance with the law and the By-Laws;

  • observance of the principles of sound administration;

  • the appropriateness of the Company's organizational structure for matters within the scope of the Board's authority, the adequacy of the internal control system and the administrative and accounting system and the reliability of the latter in accurately representing operations;

  • the procedures for implementing the corporate governance rules provided for in the Corporate Governance Code, with which the Company complies;

  • the adequacy of the instructions imparted by the Company to its subsidiaries in order to guarantee full compliance with legal reporting requirements.

In addition, pursuant to Article 19 of Legislative Decree No. 39/2010, the Board of Statutory Auditors in its role as the "Internal Control and Financial Auditing Committee" is responsible for:

  1. informing the Board of Directors of the outcome of the statutory audit and provide it with the report prepared by the audit firm (the so-called additional report), along with its own comments;

  2. monitoring the financial reporting process and submit recommendations or proposals to ensure its integrity;

  3. monitoring the effectiveness of the company’s internal quality control and risk management systems and its internal audit, regarding Eni’s financial reporting, without breaching its independence;

  4. monitoring the statutory audit of the annual and consolidated financial statements, taking into account any findings and conclusions by Consob;

  5. reviewing and monitoring the independence of the audit firm, in particular the appropriateness of the provision of non-audit services;

  6. being responsible for the procedure for the selection of auditors or of the audit firm and recommend to the Shareholders’ Meeting the auditors or the audit firms to be appointed.

In accordance with Art. 153 of the Consolidated Law on Financial Intermediation, the Board of Statutory Auditors presents the results of its supervisory activity to the Shareholders’ Meeting in a report that accompanies the financial statements.

In the report, the Board of Statutory also discusses its monitoring of Eni’s procedures for compliance with the principles set out by Consob concerning related parties, as well as their comments based upon information received.

On March 22, 2005, the Board of Directors, electing the exemption granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to foreign issuers of securities listed on regulated US markets, designated the Board of Statutory Auditors as the body that, as from June 1, 2005, performs, to the extent permitted under Italian regulations, the functions attributed to the “Audit Committee” of foreign issuers by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC rules.

On June 15, 2005, the Board of Statutory Auditors approved internal rules governing its performance of the duties assigned to it under that US legislation. The text, subsequently updated following regulatory and organizational innovations of the rules is available on Eni’s website.

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