Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Mar 17, 2020
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
Open in ViewerOpens in native device viewer
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA
Poste Italiane S.p.A. Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2019. Reports of the Board of Directors, the Board of Statutory Auditors, and the Audit Firm. Related resolutions. Presentation of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019.
A special file, that will be made available to the public at the Company's registered office and on its website within the time period established by the law, to which we therefore refer you, contains the proposed financial statements of Poste Italiane S.p.A. for the year ended 31 December 2019 – including the separate Accounts of BancoPosta's Ring-Fenced Capital (established by the Company with effect from 2 May 2011 by a resolution of the extraordinary shareholders' meeting held on 14 April 2011, and whose functioning is governed by special rules available at www.posteitaliane.it) – showing net income for the year of 660.5 million euro, as well as the Poste Group's consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 (showing a net result for the year attributable to the Group amounting to 1,342.5 million euro), which the Board of Directors approved on 5 March 2020.
Considering the foregoing, we submit the following
The present Shareholders' Meeting of Poste Italiane S.p.A.:
operations for the year ended 31 December 2019, with the report of the External Auditor;
having acknowledged the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019, with the related reports of the Board of Directors and the External Auditor;
to approve the financial statements of Poste Italiane S.p.A. for the year ended 31 December 2019, including the separate Accounts of BancoPosta's Ring-Fenced Capital.
We remind you that the dividend policy – which was approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on 26 February 2018 and communicated to the public at the presentation of the strategic plan 2018-2022 – provides (i) an amount of the dividend for the year 2017 equal to 0.42 euro per share, and (ii) an increase by 5% per annum up to 2020, and a minimum payout of 60% from 2021 onward.
In addition to the above, we remind you that during the year 2019 the Board of Directors has updated the above mentioned dividend policy, also providing – across the five-year duration of the above said Deliver 2022 Strategic Plan – the distribution of the annual dividend in two tranches: one as an interim dividend and one as a balance dividend.
In light of the above, on 5 November 2019 the Board of Directors has approved, pursuant to Article 2433-bis of the Italian Civil Code and Article 26.3 of the Corporate Bylaws, the distribution of an interim dividend for the financial year 2019 of 0.154 euro per share (for a total amount of about euro 200.3 million), that has been paid, gross of any withholding tax, from 20 November 2019.
Given the amount of the paid interim dividend and considering that the Poste Italiane Group's net consolidated income for 2019 amounts to 1,342.5 million euro (entirely attributable to the Group), in accordance with the dividend policy referred to above, we propose the distribution of a balance of the dividend amounting to 0.309 euro per share, to be paid in June 2020 in accordance with the dates communicated to the market on 30 January 2020, when the corporate calendar of events for the year 2020 was released, and precisely: (i) 24 June 2020 as the payment date, (ii) 22 June 2020 as the "ex dividend" date,
1
and (iii) 23 June 2020 as the record date (i.e., the date of entitlement to the aforesaid dividend).
Therefore, the total dividend for the financial year 2019 amounts to 0.463 euro per share, in increase of 5% in comparison with the dividend of 0.441 euro per share for the financial year 2018 and therefore in line with the said dividend policy.
Taking also into account that Poste Italiane S.p.A.'s net income for 2019, available for the distribution, amounts to approximately 551.9 million euro, in order to allow the distribution of the aforementioned balance of the dividend, it is envisaged that, in addition to Poste Italiane S.p.A.'s net income, an amount deriving from the partial distribution of the available reserves (amounting to approximately 1,065.1 million euro as of 31 December 2019) will be used, whose exact amount will be determined at the time of the payment of the aforementioned balance of the dividend on the base of the shares in circulation on the exdividend date.
In light of all the foregoing, and considering that:
we submit for your approval the following
The present Shareholders' Meeting of Poste Italiane S.p.A., having examined the report of the Board of Directors,
to pay the aforesaid balance of the dividend for 2019 of 0.309 euro per ordinary share – before withholding tax, if any – from 24 June 2020, with the "ex-dividend" date of coupon n. 6 falling on 22 June 2020 and the record date (i.e., the date of entitlement to the payment of the aforesaid dividend pursuant to article 83-terdecies of Legislative Decree n. 58 of 24 February 1998 and article 2.6.6, paragraph 2, of the Regulations of the markets organized and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.) falling on 23 June 2020.
In accordance with article 114-bis, paragraph 1, of Legislative Decree n. 58 of 24 February 1998 – the shareholders' meeting is called to approve the Equity-based Short Term Incentive Plan 2020, addressed to the Material Risk Takers of BancoPosta's Ring-Fenced Assets, based upon financial instruments (the "Plan"), as approved by the Board of Directors upon proposal by the Remuneration Committee.
The Plan provides for the award of Poste Italiane S.p.A. ordinary shares to their participants. Accordingly, the Plan falls within the definition of "compensation plan based on financial instruments" pursuant to article 114-bis, paragraph 1, of Legislative Decree n. 58 of 24 February 1998.
In accordance with the provisions of article 84-bis, paragraph 1, of Consob Resolution n. 11971 of 14 May 1999, the features of the Plan are described in detail in a specific information document – to which we refer you – made available to the public at the same time as this report.
We therefore submit to your approval the following
Having examined the report of the Board of Directors and the information document on the Plan prepared pursuant to article 84-bis, paragraph 1, of Consob Resolution n. 11971 of 14 May 1999, the Annual General Meeting of Poste Italiane S.p.A.
public at the Company's registered office, on the authorized storage mechanism "eMarket STORAGE" (), and on the Company's website
Building tools?
Free accounts include 100 API calls/year for testing.
Have a question? We'll get back to you promptly.