Regulatory Filings • Apr 19, 2023
Regulatory Filings
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1.1 A joint-stock company (società per azioni) named "Industrie De Nora S.p.A.", is incorporated, governed by these by-laws.
3.1 The duration of the Company is set until 31 December 2050 and may be extended in accordance with the applicable legislation in force from time to time. The right of withdrawal is excluded for shareholders who did not participate in the approval of the relevant resolution.
solutions for use as sanitising agents, nutraceuticals, oxidants and curative and prevention treatments of bacteriological, fungal and viral diseases typical of fruit and vegetable plants in general; the assumption ofconcessions, agencies and commercial representations of national or foreign firms in the agricultural, food, mass retail and catering sectors; the supply ofservices, marketing and technical support of machines for the production of solutions suitable for disinfection, sterilisation and preservation of hygiene in general.
The Company may also carry out, on a non-prevailing basis, all commercial, industrial, financial, securities and real estate operations that are necessary and related to the achievement of the corporate purpose; it may therefore obtain investments, stocks and shares in other companies, enterprises, entities, institutions, associations and bodies, even consortia, in any form in which they are established, having a similar or related purpose to its own, within the limits permitted by law, even providing in favour of the same, where necessary, unfunded orother guarantees, including funded guarantees, even in relation to banks and credit institutions; the financial operations, therein including the purchase of investments, must not, however, be carried outin relation to the public.
5.1 The share capital is EUR 18.268.203,90, represented by 43.899.49951.203.979 ordinary shares (the "Ordinary Shares") and 157.785.675150.481.195 shares with multiple voting rights (the "Multiple Voting Shares"), with no indication ofthe nominal value. The Ordinary Shares and Multiple Voting Shares are subject to the dematerialisation regime and entered into the centralised management system for financial instruments pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations.
The share capital may also be increased by resolution ofthe Shareholders' Meeting by issuing shares with rights other than ordinary shares and by contributions other than in cash, or by offsetting liquid and payable debts to the Company, in accordance with and to the extent permitted by law.
the issue of ordinary shares with no indication ofpar value, having the same characteristics as those in circulation, with regular enjoyment, and the exclusion of option rights pursuant to Article 2441, paragraphs five and eight of the Civil Code, at an issue value equal to the accounting parity of the Ordinary Shares at the date of the implementation of the delegated powers with the allocation of the same amount as profits and/or profit reserves as resulting from the latest approved financial statements pursuant to Article 2349 of the Civil Code.
The occurrence of a case of conversion pursuant to paragraph (i)or (ii) shall be certified by the Board of Directors by a resolution passed with the legal majorities. In the event of omission by the Board of Directors, the occurrence of the conversion prerequisite shall be certified by the Board of Statutory Auditors with a resolution passed with the favourable vote of the majority ofthose present.
Under no circumstances may the Ordinary Shares be converted into Multiple Voting Shares.
For the purposes of the foregoing:
(i) "Affiliate" means, with reference to a subject: (a) any company orother entity which, directly or indirectly, is Controlled by such person or which, directly or indirectly, controls such person or which is, directly or indirectly, under common Control with such person, or
(b) in the case of a natural person, the spouse and/or first degree descendants of such person or their respective Affiliates pursuant to letter (a);
The Company may proceed with the issuance of Multiple Voting Shares limited to the cases of (a) capital increase pursuant to Article 2442 ofthe Civil Code or by means of new contributions without exclusion or limitation of option rights, in each case in combination with Ordinary Shares as described below; and (b) merger or demerger.
In the event of a share capital increase under option to be carried outthrough the issuing of Ordinary Shares only, the right to subscribe to the Ordinary Shares issued shall be granted to all shareholders in proportion and in relation to the number of shares - whether Ordinary Shares or Multiple Voting Shares - held by each of them at thetime the capital increase is carried out.
In the event of a capital increase to be implemented by issuing Ordinary Shares and Multiple Voting Shares: (i) the percentage of issued Ordinary Shares and Multiple Voting Shares shall be in proportion to the percentage of Ordinary Shares and Multiple Voting Shares into which the share capital is divided at the date of the relevant resolution and (ii) the newly issued Ordinary Shares and Multiple Voting Shares must be offered for subscription to the individual shareholder in relation and in proportion, respectively, to the Ordinary Shares and the Multiple Voting Shares held by same at the time the share capital increase is carried out, specifying that the Multiple Voting Shares may only be subscribed to by shareholders who already hold Multiple Voting Shares.
In the event that the Company participates in a merger by absorption as the acquiring company or in a merger of its own, the holders of the Multiple Voting Shares will be entitled to receive, within the scope of the exchange ratio, shares with the same characteristics - at least with respect to multiple voting rights - of the Multiple Voting Shares, within the limits of the law and compatibility.
related resolution.
6.1 Each Shareholder has the right to withdraw from the Company in the cases provided for by law, subject to Art.3.1 and Art.5.9 of these by-laws.
9.1 The right to participate in the Shareholders' Meeting and exercise voting rights is governed by the applicable legislation in force from time to time.
Each list must indicate which candidates meet the independence requirements established by the laws and regulations in force from time to time. Each list must also include at least one candidate meeting the aforementioned independence requirements, to be indicated at the top of the list. Lists that present a number of candidates equal to orgreater than 3 (three) must be made up of candidates belonging to both genders, in accordance with the regulations pro tempore in force concerning the balance between genders.
Only those shareholders who, alone or together with other shareholders, own shares (be they Ordinary Shares or Multiple Voting Shares) representing a percentage of the share capital not lower than the percentage laid down for the Company by the laws and regulations in force from time to time are entitled to submit lists. The call notice of the Shareholders' Meeting called to deliberate on the appointment of the Board ofDirectors states the percentage share of the share capital required for the submission of candidate lists.
Each shareholder (as well as (i) shareholders belonging to the same group, meaning the parent company, including non-corporate bodies, pursuant to Article 2359 of the Civil Code and Article 93 ofLegislative Decree No. 58/1998 and each company controlled by, or under the common
control of, the same company, or (ii) shareholders that are parties to the same shareholders' agreement pursuant to Article 122 of Legislative Decree No. 58/1998, or (iii) shareholders that are otherwise related to each other by virtue of relevant relations according to applicable laws and/or regulations in force at the time) may submit or concur to the submission of only one list, under penalty of the list being disqualified. Each candidate may only appear on one list under penalty of ineligibility.
Together with each list,within the terms provided for by the laws and regulations in force from time to time, declarations must be filed by each candidate accepting their candidacy and certifying, under their own responsibility, that there are no causes of ineligibility and incompatibility, and that they meet the requirements prescribed by the regulations in force for the respective positions. Together with the declarations, a curriculum vitae will be filed for each candidate concerning their personal and professional characteristics, with an indication of their suitability to qualify as independent, pursuant to the laws and regulations in force, as well as any codes of conduct on corporate governance that may have been adopted by the Company. Lists for which the aforementioned requirements are not observed shall be considered as not submitted.
Appointed directors must inform the Board of Directors without delay of the loss of independence requirements, as well as of the occurrence of grounds for ineligibility orincompatibility. If a director no longer meets the independence requirements, they will not be disqualified if the requirements continue to be met by the minimum number of directors required by the laws and regulations in force from time to time.
Each person entitled to vote (as well as (i) shareholders belonging to the same group, meaning the parent company, including non-corporate bodies, pursuant to Article 2359 of the Civil Code and Article 93 ofLegislative Decree No. 58/1998 and each company controlled by, or under the common control of, the same company, or (ii) shareholders that are parties to the same shareholders' agreement pursuant to Article 122 of Legislative Decree No. 58/1998, or (iii) shareholders that are otherwise related to each other by virtue of relevant relations according to applicable laws and/or regulations in force at the time) may only vote for one list.
At the end of the vote, the candidates from the two lists with the highest number of votes will be elected, according to the following criteria:
In the event of a tie in the list of votes, a new vote will be held by the entire Shareholders' Meeting and the candidates who obtain a simple majority of votes will be elected.
If, at the end of the voting, not enough directors are elected who meet the independence requirements provided for by the laws and regulations in force, the candidates who do notmeet such requirements, elected as the last in numerical order on the list that obtained the highest number of votes, shall be excluded and shall be replaced by the next candidate that meets the independence requirements drawn from the same list as the excluded candidates. This procedure, if necessary, will be repeated until the number of independent directors to be elected is completed. Furthermore, if the candidates elected in the manner described above do not ensure the composition of the Board of Directors in accordance with the laws and regulations in force from time to time concerning gender balance, the candidate of the most represented gender elected last in numerical order in the list that received the highest number of votes shall be replaced by the first candidate of the least represented gender that is not elected in the same list in numerical order. This replacement procedure shall take place until it is ensured that the composition of the Board of Directors complies with the applicable pro tempore regulations on gender balance. If this procedure ultimately failto secure the aforementioned result, the replacement will take place by
resolution passed by the Shareholders' Meeting by relative majority, subject to the submission of nominations of persons belonging to the less represented gender.
If only one list is submitted, the directors shall be taken from the list submitted, provided that it has obtained the approval of the simple majority of the votes cast, and if the number of directors thus elected does not correspond to the number of board members determined by the Shareholders' Meeting, or if no list is submitted, or if the list submitted does not allow for the appointment of independent directors in compliance with the laws and regulations in force, the Shareholders' Meeting shall resolve with the legal majorities; all of which shall be subject to compliance with the pro tempore regulations in force concerning gender balance.
For the appointment of directors who, for whatever reason, were not appointed pursuant to the above procedures, the Shareholders' Meeting shall resolve with the legal majorities, in such a way as to ensure that the composition of the Board of Directors complies with the applicable legislations and these by-laws.
The list system of voting applies only in the case of the appointment of the entire Board of Directors.
The Shareholders' Meeting, including during the term of appointment, may vary the number of directors, always within the limit set forth in Section 13.1, and shall make the relevant appointments with the legal majorities. The directors thus elected will leave along with the other appointees.
13.4 If one or more directors steps down from their position during the financial year, Article 2386 of the Civil Code shall apply. In any case, the replacement of outgoing directors is carried outby ensuring the presence of the necessary number of directors who meet the independence requirements established by law and in compliance with the pro tempore regulations in force concerning gender balance.
14.2 The Board, on the proposal of the Chairman, appoints a secretary, also chosen from outside its own members.
15.1 The Board is convened at the registered office or at a different location indicated in the call notice by the Chairman or, in the absence or incapacity thereof, by the Vice-Chairman, if one has been appointed. The Board may also be convened by the auditors, or when a written request is made by at least 2 (two) directors to deliberate on a specific matter to be indicated in the request.
16.1 The meetings of the Board are chaired by the Chairman or, in the absence or incapacity thereof, by the Vice-Chairman, if one has been appointed. Failing that, they are chaired by the administrator appointed by those present.
The above powers of the Board of Directors does not exclude the concurrent jurisdiction of the Shareholders' Meeting in the same matters.
19.3 The delegated bodies report to the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors - or, in the absence of delegated bodies, the Directors report to the Board of Statutory Auditors - at least on a quarterly basis, and in any event during the Board of Directors' meetings - on the activities carried out,the general performance of the business and its foreseeable evolution, as well as on the most significant economic, financial and asset-related transactions, and in any case, on the most significant transactions given their size or characteristics, carried outby the Company and its subsidiaries; in particular, they report on transactions in which they have an interest, either on their own oron behalf of third parties, or which are influenced by the person exercising management and coordination activities, if any.
Managers, Attorneys-in-fact and Agents, also within the Board of Directors, for specific acts or categories of acts, determining their powers, including powers of corporate representation, as well as any remuneration.
The manager responsible for preparing the company's financial reports shall have significant professional experience in accounting, economics and finance, of at least five years, and shall also have any additional requirements established by the Board of Directors and/or the legal and regulatory provisions in force from time to time.
22.3 Directors are entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
23.1 The Chairman performs the functions provided for by the law andregulations in force from time to time and by these by-laws. In particular the Chairman:
24.1 The Shareholders' Meeting apppoints the Board ofStatutory Auditors, consisting of3 (three) statutory auditors, and determines their remuneration. The Shareholders' Meeting also appoints 3 (three) alternate auditors.
The powers, duties and term of office of the Statutory Auditors are established by law.
Those who exceed the limits to the number of permitted positions, or for whom there are causes of ineligibility and disqualification, or who do not meet the requirements of integrity and professionalism established by the laws and regulations in force, cannot be elected as Statutory Auditors, and if elected, shall forfeit their position. For the purposes of Article 1(2)(b) and (c) of Ministry of Justice Decree No. 162 of 30 March 2000, which set forth the requirements of integrity and professionalism, the following matters shall be deemed to be closely connected with the scope of the Company's business: private, administrative and tax law, business administration and financial management and the matters related to the Company's business sector.
24.2 The Statutory Auditors and Alternate Auditors are appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting, in compliance with the applicable rules in force from time to time on gender balance, on the basis of lists submitted by the shareholders, in compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory provisions in force from time to time, in which the candidates must be listed with an assigned sequence number and their number must not exceed the number of members of the body to be appointed. Each list, if it contains more than one candidate, must consist of two sections: one for the appointment of statutory auditors and one for the appointment of alternate auditors. The first candidate in each section must be selected from among statutory auditors (revisori legali) listed in the appropriate register and must have exercised the activity of statutory auditor for a period of at least three years.
Lists that present a total number of candidates equal to or greater than 3 (three) must be made up of candidates belonging to both genders, in accordance with the regulations in force from time to time in relation to the balance between genders.
Only shareholders who, alone or together with other shareholders, own shares (whether Ordinary Shares or Multiple Voting Shares) representing a percentage of the share capital not lower than the percentage laid down for the Company by the laws and regulations in force from time to time, are entitled to submit lists. The call notice of the Shareholders' Meeting convened to resolve on the appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors indicates the percentage shareholding required for the submission of lists of candidates. Each shareholder (as well as (i) shareholders belonging to the same group, meaning the parent company, including non-corporate bodies, pursuant to Article 2359 of the Civil Code and Article 93 ofLegislative Decree No. 58/1998 and each company controlled by, or under the common control of, the same company, or (ii) shareholders that are parties to the same shareholders' agreement pursuant to Article 122 ofLegislative Decree No. 58/1998, or (iii) shareholders that are otherwise related to each other by virtue of relevant relations according to applicable laws and/or regulations in force at the time) may submit or concur to the submission of only one list, under penalty of the list being disqualified. Each candidate may only appear on one list under penalty of ineligibility.
Together with each list, within the deadline for submission prescribed by current legislation, declarations must be filed by each candidate accepting their candidacy and certifying, under their own responsibility, that there are no causes of ineligibility and incompatibility, and that the regulatory and statutory requirements for the position are met. Any list for which the above terms are not observed shall be deemed as not submitted. Together with the declarations, a curriculum vitae will be filed for each candidate regarding personal and professional characteristics and a list of directorships and auditing positions held by each candidate in other companies shall be included.
For the submission, filing and publication oflists, the provisions of the law and regulations in force from time to time shall apply. The lists are divided into two sections: one for candidates for
the office of Standing Auditor and the other for candidates for the office of Alternate Auditor.
Each person entitled to vote (as well as (i) shareholders belonging to the same group, meaning the parent company, including non-corporate bodies, pursuant to Article 2359 of the Civil Code and Article 93 ofLegislative Decree No. 58/1998 and each company controlled by, or under the common control of, the same company, or (ii) shareholders that are parties to the same shareholders' agreement pursuant to Article 122 of Legislative Decree No. 58/1998, or (iii) shareholders that are otherwise related to each other by virtue of relevant relations according to applicable laws and/or regulations in force at the time) may only vote for one list.
The Statutory Auditors shall be elected as follows:
In the event that only one list has been filed by the deadline for the submission of lists, or only lists submitted by shareholders who, on the basis of the declarations made pursuant to paragraph 9, letter b) of this Article, are connected with each other pursuant to Article 144-quinquies, first paragraph, of Consob Regulation 11971/1999, lists may be submitted up to the third calendar day following that date. In that case, the percentage of the share capital required for the presentation of the list is reduced to half.
If the above procedures do notensure that the composition ofthe Board ofStatutory Auditors, vis-à-vis its standing members, complies with the pro tempore regulations on gender balance, the necessary replacements will be made, from among the candidates for the position ofStatutory Auditor of the list that obtained the highest number of votes, according to the progressive order in which the candidates are listed.
In the event that the statutory and regulatory requirements are no longer met, the auditor shall forfeit their position.
If, for any reason, a statutory auditor ceases its office during the year, it shall be replaced, where possible, by the alternate auditor belonging to the same list as the departing auditor or, failing that, if the auditor taken from the list obtaining the second highest number of votes leaves its position, it shall be replaced by the next candidate on the same list to which the departing auditor belonged, or, secondarily, by the first candidate on the list obtaining the second highest number of votes.
This is without prejudice to the fact that the chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors shall be the auditor presented by the list that came second by number of votes obtained ("minority list") and that the composition of the Board of Statutory Auditors shall comply with the regulations in force from time to time in relation to gender balance.
Should the Shareholders' Meeting need to appoint statutory and/or alternate auditors necessary to complete the Board of Statutory Auditors, the following procedure shall apply: if it is necessary to replace auditors elected from the list that obtained the majority of the votes, the appointment is made by relative majority vote without any list restriction; if it is necessary to replace auditors elected from the list that obtained the second highest number of votes, the Shareholders' Meeting replaces them by relative majority vote, selecting them where possible from the candidates
indicated in the list to which the auditor to be replaced belonged, or from the minority list that obtained the second highest number of votes.
If the application ofthese procedures does not allow, for any reason, the replacement of the auditors designated by the minority, the Shareholders' Meeting shall proceed with a relative majority vote, subject to the submission ofcandidates by the shareholders who, alone or jointly with others, hold shares representing at least the percentage referred to above in relation to the list submission procedure. However, in ascertaining the results of this last vote, the calculation shall not include the votes of those shareholders who, according to the communications made pursuant to the applicable regulations, hold, even indirectly orjointly with other shareholders, who are parties to a shareholders' agreement pursuant to Article 122 of Legislative Decree No. 58/1998, a relative majority of the votes that can be exercised at the Shareholders' Meeting, as well as the votes of those shareholders that control, are controlled or are subject to joint control with the same.
The replacement procedures referred to in the preceding paragraphs must in any case ensure compliance with the applicable rules on gender balance.
approval of the financial statements must be convened in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations in force from time to time.
28.1 Dividends not collected within five years of the day on which they become payable shall be forfeited in favour of the Company by direct appropriation to a reserve.
29.1 In the event of the Company's dissolution, the Shareholders' Meeting shall determine the liquidation procedure and appoint one or more liquidators, establishing their powers and remuneration.
30.1 For anything not expressly provided for in these by-laws, the provisions of the Civil Code and the relevant special legislation shall apply.
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