Poste Italiane: Withdraws the previously called Shareholders’ Meeting and reconvenes the ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to 15 may 20202019 Annual Financial Report to be published on 25 march 2020.
 Dividend payment date confirmed at 24 june 2020.

The Board of Directors of Poste Italiane S.p.A. (the “Company”) met today as a matter of urgency and – as a result of the escalation and the consequences of the Covid epidemic, acknowledged the measures issued by means of the Law Decree 17 March 2020, n. 18 – resolved to:

1. withdraw the call for the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on 16 April 2020, in single call, as per the notice of call published (i) on the Company’s website on 6 March 2020, and (ii) on the newspaper “Il Sole 24 Ore” on 7 March 2020;
2. reconvene the same Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, in single call, for 15 May 2020 and provide that such Meeting takes place with the most appropriate structure and format in order to favor adequate participation from all shareholders.

 
The items on the agenda indicated in the notice of call previously published are confirmed, as well as the explanatory reports on such items of the agenda, as filed to-date and made available to the public and published on the Company’s website pursuant the terms set forth by the applicable law, except for the explanatory report on the fifth item (“Election of the members of the Board of Directors, by the slate voting system and in line with the applicable provisions of law and by-laws”) of the agenda, which will be published in due course, according to the terms set forth by the applicable law.
 
In the meantime, the following documents will be published by:

• 25 March 2020: the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2019, including Poste Italiane S.p.A. draft financial statements (also including the separate Accounts of BancoPosta’s Ring-Fenced Capital) and the Poste Italiane Group consolidated financial statements, together with (i) the relevant management report (including the “consolidated non-financial declaration”, prepared in accordance with Legislative Decree n. 254/16), (ii) the certifications pursuant to article 154-bis, paragraph 5, of the Legislative Decree February 24, 1998, n. 58 (“Consolidated Law on Finance”), and (iii) the reports of the external auditors of Poste Italiane S.p.A. and of the Board of Statutory Auditors;
• 25 March 2020: the Report on corporate governance and ownership structure for the year 2019, prepared in accordance to article 123-bis of the Consolidated Law on Finance;
• 26 March 2020: the Report on the policy regarding remuneration and fees paid, prepared in accordance to article 123-ter of the Consolidated Law on Finance;

 
The new notice of call of the Shareholders’ Meeting will be published according to terms and conditions defined by the law.
 
Therefore, considering the new date of the Shareholders’ Meeting, the Company confirms that the ex-dividend date and dividend payment date of the balance dividend for the year 2019 remain unchanged, as announced to the market in the calendar of corporate events published on 30 January 2020 and, lastly, on 6 March 2020. Dividend payment date is therefore confirmed on 24 June 2020.
 
As a consequence of the above, the calendar of corporate events has been amended to reflect that the Shareholders’ Meeting will take place in a single call on 15 May 2020.
 
 
For more information:
 
Poste Italiane S.p.A Investor Relations
Tel. +39 0659584716
Mail:  investor.relations@posteitaliane.it
 
Poste Italiane S.p.A.  Media Relations
Tel. +39 0659582097
Mail:  ufficiostampa@posteitaliane.it
 
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