Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Mar 18, 2019
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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Registered Offices in San Giovanni in Marignano - RN Via delle Querce 51 Share Capital € 26,840,626.00 Rimini Companies Register and Tax Code No. 01928480407
prepared pursuant to para. 1 of art. 125-ter of Decree No. 58 dated 24th February 1998 and subsequent amendments ("TUF") and art. 84-ter of the regulations adopted by Consob Resolution No. 11971 dated 14th May 1999 and subsequent amendments ( "Issuers' Regulation").
Courtesy translation. In case of discrepancy with the Italian version, the latter will prevail.
1. Approval of the financial statements of Aeffe S.p.A. as of 31st December 2018 and the report of the Board of Directors on operations; reception of the reports of the Independent Auditors and the Board of Statutory Auditors. Presentation to the Shareholders' Meeting of the consolidated financial statements as of 31st December 2018. Presentation to the Shareholders' Meeting of the non-financial consolidated statement pursuant Legislative Decree 30th December 2016, no. 254
2. Resolutions regarding the results for the year ended 31st December 2018.
Shareholders,
With reference to the first two items on the agenda, you are invited, during the Shareholders' Meeting, to resolve on the approval of the Company's financial statements as of 31st December 2018 and on the Board of Directors proposal concerning the result's destination. You are also invited to take note of the results reported in the consolidated financial statements as of 31st December 2018. Please be informed that, as provided by the Legislative Decree 30th December 2016, no. 254, the consolidated financial statements includes the non-financial consolidated statement.
Regarding the above, please be informed that the draft financial statements as of 31st December 2018 and the related report on operations will be made available, by the legal deadline, at the registered offices of the Company and on its website at the address www.aeffe.com.
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3 Compensation Report pursuant to para. 6 of art. 123-ter of Decree No. 58/98; resolutions regarding the first section of the Compensation Report.
Shareholders,
You are reminded that the previous Shareholders' Meetings gave a consultative vote on the Company's remuneration policy pursuant to para. 6 of art. 123-ter of Decree 58/98. In this regard, the last Shareholders' Meeting resolved as follows: :
"The Ordinary Meeting of the Shareholders of Aeffe S.p.A., held with a voting quorum today, 12th April 2018, on the basis of the report of the Board of Directors and taking note of the remuneration policy contained in the first section of the Compensation Report pursuant to para. 6 of art. 123-ter of Decree No. 58/98,
to approve the Company's remuneration policy contained in the first section of the Compensation Report pursuant to para. 6 of art. 123-ter of Decree No. 58/98."
The Remuneration Policy adopted, as presented to the Shareholders' Meeting held on 18th April 2013, has not changed.
Without prejudice to the other parts of the Remuneration Policy already adopted, at the Shareholders' Meeting held on 18th April 2013 it was clarified that the Long-Term Incentive (LTI) designed to (a) keep the remuneration structure competitive overall in order to attract and retain the loyalty of experienced persons within the Company and the Aeffe Group; (b) guide the efforts of the directors and managers towards the achievement of long-term ratios and goals of strategic interest; (c) align the interests of directors and managers with those of the shareholders, may comprise a system of variable remuneration linked to objectives to be attained over the medium-long term (medium/long-term MBO) determined in three or four years, as well as remuneration plans based on financial instruments and plans for investment in the capital of the Company.
For further information about the Company's Remuneration Policy and about the remuneration of directors and executives with strategic responsibilities, reference is made to the Compensation Report prepared pursuant to art. 123-ter, TUF, which in accordance with art. 84-quater of the Issuers' Regulations will be made available, by the legal deadline, at the registered offices of the Company and on the following website www.aeffe.com.
At the Shareholders' Meeting, the Board of Directors will propose the following resolution to the Shareholders:
"The Ordinary Meeting of the Shareholders of Aeffe S.p.A., held with a voting quorum today, 18th April 2019, on the basis of the report of the Board of Directors and taking note of the remuneration policy contained in the first section of the Compensation Report pursuant to para. 6 of art. 123-ter of Decree No. 58/98,
1) to take note and approve the Company's remuneration policy contained in the first section of the Compensation Report pursuant to para. 6 of art. 123-ter of Decree No. 58/98."
4. Proposal to authorize the Board of Directors to purchase and make use of treasury shares pursuant to art. 132 TUF and art. 144-bis of the Issuers' Regulations; related and consequent resolutions.
Shareholders,
As indicated in the notice calling the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting, you are also requested to discuss and resolve on the proposed authorization of a plan for the purchase and use of ordinary shares in the Company, on one or more occasions, on a revolving basis and on the terms and in the manner indicated in this Report.
The Shareholders' Meeting is requested to authorize the purchase and use of treasury shares in compliance
with the related regulations, including the European and other legislation and regulations in force from time to time, and with the market practices allowed and recognized by Consob, respectively pursuant to art. 13 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and art. 180, para. 1.c) TUF (hereinafter, the "Market Practices"). This is because it is appropriate to give the Board of Directors appropriate and necessary flexibility for the following purposes:
This request for authorization includes the right of the Board of Directors to carry out repeated, consecutive purchase and sale transactions (or other forms of disposition) in treasury shares on a revolving basis, even for fractions of the maximum quantity authorized, so that, at all times, the quantity of shares covered by the proposed purchase and held by the Company does not exceed the legal limit.
Without prejudice to the requirements of mandatory legislation, the Board of Directors will in all cases be entitled not to proceed, in whole or in part, with the purchase and/or use treasury shares, should it believe at any time that the reasons for which this would be appropriate pursuant to the shareholders' authorization do not apply.
For all of the above reasons, the Board of Directors believes it appropriate to propose that the Shareholders' Meeting authorize it to purchase and subsequently use treasury shares pursuant and consequent to arts. 2357 and 2357-ter of the Italian Civil Code, art. 132 TUF and art. 144-bis of the Issuers' Regulations, on the basis described below.
The requested authorization entitles the Board of Directors to purchase, on one or more occasions, a freely determinable number - on each occasion - of treasury shares via a Board resolution (which may grant powers of implementation to one or more directors, with the right to delegate), up to a maximum that summed together with the treasury shares already held at the time, whether directly or indirectly - does not exceed 10% of the share capital.
At today's date, the Company holds 5,876,878 treasury shares representing 5.473% of share capital, the
voting rights for which are suspended pursuant to para. 2 of art. 2357-ter, of the Italian Civil Code; accordingly, 101,485,626 votes are exercisable at the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting. No subsidiary of the Company holds treasury shares in the Company.
Pursuant to para. 1 of art. 2357 of the Italian Civil Code, treasury shares may be purchased up to the amount of the distributable profits and available reserves reported in the latest approved financial statements, having regard for any subsequent restrictions arising up to the date of the resolution concerned. The financial statements of the Company as of 31st December 2017, which were properly approved on 12th April 2018, report a share premium reserve of Euro 71,240,251, of which Euro 69,160,770 is distributable, and other available reserves and distributable profits of Euro 28,502,207. It is noted, however, that the available reserves identified in the quarterly report for the period ended 30th September 2018 total Euro 104,480,527.
In all cases, the Board of Directors is required to check compliance with the conditions for the purchase of treasury shares, specified in art. 2357, para. 1, of the Italian Civil Code, immediately prior to adopting the resolution to make each authorized purchase.
The authorization to purchase treasury shares is requested for the maximum period allowed by art. 2357, para. 2, of the Italian Civil Code and, therefore, for a period of 18 months from the date of the Shareholders' Meeting that resolved to grant the authorization. During that period, the Board of Directors may make purchases on one or more occasions, at any time, determining freely their quantity and timing in compliance with the relevant European and other legislation and regulations in force at the time, as well as with the related Market Practices.
The authorization to use any treasury shares purchased is requested without any time limitation, since there are no regulatory restrictions in this regard and it is appropriate to maximize the period of time over which assignments are made, in order to benefit from the opportunities indicated above.
The Board of Directors recommends that the unit price paid for the shares be established at the time of each transaction, on condition that it is not more than 10% (ten percent) higher or lower than the reference price established for them in the trading session immediately prior to each purchase transaction.
In all cases, the quantities and unit prices of the purchases will be determined in compliance with the provisions of art. 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052. In particular:
Purchases (i) to support the liquidity of the market and (ii) to establish a so-called "stock" of shares, will be made in accordance with the established Market Practices.
With regard to the consideration recognized on assignment of the treasury shares purchased, the Board of Directors recommends that the Shareholders' Meeting establish solely the minimum amount, granting the Board of Directors the power to determine, in each case, all other conditions, procedures and timing.
Such minimum consideration may not be more than 10% (ten percent) lower than the reference price established for the shares in the trading session immediately prior to each disposal transaction. The lower limit placed on the consideration does not apply in the event of disposals to directors, employees and/or collaborators of the Company and/or its subsidiaries, or in the case of disposals other than by sale including, in particular, disposals in the form of exchanges, swaps, contributions or other dispositions as part of the purchase of equity investments or the implementation of industrial projects or other special financing transactions that involve the assignment or availability of treasury shares (such as mergers, spinoffs, the issue of convertible bonds or warrants, etc.).
Purchase operations will begin and end on the dates established by the Board of Directors.
In view of the differing objectives that may be pursued by transactions in treasury shares, the Board of Directors recommends that authorization be granted to make purchases using any of the methods allowed under current regulations and, in particular, in compliance with art. 132 TUF, art. 144-bis of the Issuers' Regulations and all other applicable regulations, as well as with the Market Practices, to be identified in each case at the discretion of the Board of Directors and, accordingly, at present:
(iii) by the purchase or sale of derivative instruments traded in regulated markets that envisage physical delivery of the underlying shares, on the conditions established by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., subject to the requirement that the market regulations envisage procedures for the purchase/sale of the above instruments that:
do not allow the direct matching of proposed purchases with predetermined proposals for the sale of shares;
guarantee easy trading by investors in the above derivative instruments used for the purchase of treasury shares;
(iv) by the proportional allocation to shareholders of put options to be exercised during the period corresponding to the duration of the shareholders' authorization to purchase treasury shares;
With regard to disposals, the Board of Directors recommends that authorization be granted to allows the adoption of any method deemed appropriate to achieve the objectives pursued, including assignment as consideration for equity investments made in the context of the investment policy adopted by the Company, in compliance with the relevant European and other legislation and regulations in force, as well as with the Market Practices allowed at the time.
Given the effect on the number of floating shares of executing the plan for the purchase and use of treasury shares, the Board of Directors recommends that the authorization require it to make purchases and sales of treasury shares in a manner and with timing that does not prevent the Company from maintaining the minimum float required for STAR status.
It is confirmed that the purpose of the purchases is not to reduce the share capital of the Company.
At the Shareholders' Meeting, the Board of Directors will therefore propose the following resolution to the Shareholders:
"The Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Aeffe S.p.A., having examined and discussed the explanatory report prepared by the Board of Directors and given art. 2357 et seq. of the Italian Civil Code, art. 132 of Decree 58 dated 24th February 1998 and the regulations issued by Consob
physical delivery of the underlying shares, on the conditions established by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., subject to the requirement that the market regulations envisage procedures for the purchase/sale of the above instruments that:
do not allow the direct matching of proposed purchases with predetermined proposals for the sale of shares;
guarantee easy trading by investors in the above derivative instruments used for the purchase of treasury shares;
iv. by the proportional allocation to shareholders of put options to be exercised during the period corresponding to the duration of the shareholders' authorization to purchase treasury shares;
the purchases will be made at a price that cannot be higher than the highest price between the price of the last independent transaction and the price of the highest current independent purchase offer on the purchase market;
in terms of volumes, a volume greater than 25% of the average daily volume of shares on the trading venue where the purchase is made will not be purchased on each trading day, calculated on the basis of the average daily volume of trades over the course of the 20 trading days prior to the purchase date, when the volume is not indicated in the program;
the Company or its subsidiaries, whether as part of share incentive plans or otherwise), or as consideration for exchanges, swaps, contributions, assignments or other dispositions of treasury shares as part of the purchase of equity investments or the implementation of industrial projects or other special financing transactions that involve the assignment or availability of treasury shares (such as mergers, spin-offs, the issue of convertible bonds or warrants, etc.), as well as in any other way envisaged by the relevant European and other legislation and regulations in force, as well as by the Market Practices allowed at the time, at the discretion of the Board of Directors;
San Giovanni in Marignano, 18th March 2019 for the Board of Directors The Chairman Massimo Ferretti
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