(Finance) – General today filed an “urgent complaint with Consob” concerning unfounded and defamatory statements reported in an interview with Dr. Luciano Cirinà “published in the newspaper La Stampa and in other newspapers” on April 13, 2022, followed by those “equally serious issued by the engineer Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone” to the Sole 24 Ore on March 25 last.
This was announced by the same insurance company, with a note, underlining that “the complaint asks Consob to urgently exercise its powers, in relation to the information on listed companies and the lawfulness of the solicitation of proxies for voting on the occasion of the next Generali Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on April 29, 2022 “. The regulations in force – continues the note – “in fact require that the solicitation of proxies be inspired by diligence, correctness and transparency”.
“Given the seriousness of the violations of the obligations of fairness in the disclosure placed to protect shareholders, investors and the market, which threaten to alter market dynamics and the correct determination of the vote in the Shareholders’ Meeting, the Board of Directors of the company – the note concludes – it also resolved to proceed before the criminal and civil judicial authorities to sanction any conduct unlawfully carried out by anyone “.