(Finance) – The assembly of UniCreditin ordinary session, it approved, with 98.15% of the share capital present and entitled to vote (votes against 0.06%), the Financial Statements as at 31 December 2021 accompanied by the Reports of the Board of Directors, of the Independent Auditors and the Board of Statutory Auditors.
The shareholders resolved, with 98.94% of the share capital present and entitled to vote (votes against 0.16%), to allocate profit for the year: to shareholders a unit dividend of € 0.5380 for each outstanding share, entitled to payment of the dividend on the expected dividend date, for a maximum amount of Euro 1,170,046,000.00; to social, charitable and cultural initiatives in favor of the UniCredit Foundation for an amount equal to Euro 4,000,000.00; to the reserve connected to the medium-term incentive system for Group personnel, for an amount equal to Euro 65,000,000.00; to the Statutory Reserve for the residual amount.
With 98.52% of the share capital present and entitled to vote (votes against 0.54%), the BoD was authorized to carry out purchase deeds, even in part and / or fractionally, for a maximum of ordinary shares of the Company corresponding to a total outlay of up to a maximum of Euro 2,579,954,000 and, in any case, not exceeding no. 215,000,000 shares, subject to obtaining authorization from the ECB.
The Shareholders’ Meeting appointed, with the list voting system, i members of the Board of Statutory Auditors for the years 2022 – 2024expiring on the date of approval of the financial statements relating to the financial year 2024. Three standing auditors and two alternate auditors were elected from the list that obtained the majority of shareholders’ votes (equal to 80.06% of the share capital present and entitled to vote), presented by Allianz Finance II Luxembourg S.à.rl (List no.1), owner of an equity investment equal to approximately 3.2% of the share capital
social; two standing auditors and two alternate auditors were taken from the list voted by the minority of shareholders, presented jointly by a plurality of Funds (List 2), holding a total stake of approximately 1.1% of the share capital.
The new Board of Statutory Auditors is therefore composed of Messrs Marco Giuseppe Maria RIGOTTI, as Chairman (belonging to the minority list), Claudio CACCIAMANI, Benedetta NAVARRA and Guido PAOLUCCI (belonging to the majority list) and Antonella BIENTINESI (belonging to the minority list), as standing auditors. The alternate auditors appointed are Mrs. Raffaella PAGANI and Paola MANES (belonging to the majority list), Mr. Vittorio DELL’ATTI and Ms. Enrica RIMOLDI (belonging to the minority list).
In an extraordinary session, the shareholders approved the amendments to art. 6, 20, 29 and 30 of the Articles of Association, the cancellation of treasury shares without reducing the share capital with consequent amendment of art. 5 of the Articles of Association.