Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 5, 2023
Major Shareholding Notification
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Excerpt from the shareholders' agreements containing essential information pursuant to Article 122 of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24.2.1998, as later amended, the ("TUF") and Articles 130 and 131, paragraph 2, of Consob Regulation No. 11971/1999 of 14 May 1999 as amended ("Issuers' Regulation")
The following essential information have been updated pursuant to Article 131, paragraph 2, of the Issuers' Regulation in order to consider the change in the number of Shares Assigned in the Agreement and the related voting rights, as well as the change in the company name of one of the adherents.
The change in the number of Shares Assigned in the Agreement and the related voting rights follows (i) the acquisition, by the shareholder Luigi Rossi Luciani S.a.p.a., of a total of no. 16,708 ordinary shares and (ii) the request for cancellation from the list of the increased vote of no. 4,932,595 ordinary shares with increased voting rights (the "Cancellation Request").
In particular, as a result of the Cancellation Request and the consequent reduction in the total number of voting rights exercisable at the shareholders' meeting, there was a change in the percentage of the number of voting rights relating to the Assigned Shares owned by the Adherents on the share capital with voting right.
Furthermore, with effect from 1 January 2023, the transformation of the shareholder Luigi Nalini S.a.p.a. from the legal form of a limited partnership by shares to that of a joint-stock company, with the assumption of the new name "Athena S.p.A."
It should be noted that at the date hereof the Company's share capital consists of no. 100,000,000 ordinary shares, granting, collectively, no. 156,167,440 voting rights. Specifically, the Company's share capital consists of: (i) no 43,832,560 ordinary shares without increased voting rights, granting no. 43,832,560 voting rights; and (ii) no. 56,167,440 ordinary shares with increased voting rights, granting no. 112,334,880 voting rights.
The overall number of Shares Assigned to the Agreement is equal to no. 56,184,148 and the overall number of voting rights related to them is equal to 112,351,588 whereas the related percentage out of the total share capital of CAREL with voting rights is equal to 71.94%.
The abovementioned terms used in capital letter have the same meaning specified hereinafter.
Pursuant to Article 122 of the TUF and Articles 130 and 131, paragraph 2, of the Issuers' Regulation, it is hereby announced that on 10 June 2018, a syndicate agreement (the "Agreement") was entered into by Luigi Rossi Luciani S.a.p.A., with its registered office Brugine (PD), 14 Via dell'Industria, VAT Registration No., Tax Code and Padua Business Register No. 04916670286 ("Luigi Rossi Luciani S.a.p.A.") and Athena S.p.A, with its registered office in Brugine, 14 Via dell'Industria, VAT Registration No., Tax Code and Padua Business Register No. 04916680285 ("Athena S.p.A."), (jointly or individually, as applicable, the "Shareholders" or the "Shareholder") involving the ordinary shares (the "Shares") of CAREL Industries S.p.A.
The subject of the Agreement is the Shares of CAREL Industries S.p.A. with its registered office in Brugine (PD), 11 Via dell'Industria, VAT Registration No., tax code and Padua Business Register No. 04359090281, a company listed on the Euronext STAR Milan segment of the Euronext Milan, organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (hereinafter known as "CAREL" or the "Company") with a share capital of €10,000,000.00 broken down into 100,000,000 ordinary shares with no par value.

The shareholders' agreements described below are syndicate voting type agreements for the appointment of the members of the Company's administrative bodies pursuant to Article 122, paragraph 1 of the TUF.
The table below contains the number of Shares assigned to the Agreement by Luigi Rossi Luciani S.a.p.A. and Athena S.p.A.1. (the "Assigned Shares") and the related percentage with regard to the share capital, the number of voting rights with reference to the Assigned Shares (as a result of the majority decision of the voting rights of the shares owned by Luigi Rossi Luciani S.a.p.A. and by Athena S.p.A in accordance with the current by-laws) and the percentage of same in relation to the total number of votes that can be exercised at the meeting, as well as the percentage of Shares in relation to the total Assigned Shares and the percentage of voting rights in relation to the total number of voting rights of the Assigned Shares.
| Shareholders | No. of Assigned Shares |
% Assigned Shares of the share capital |
Number of voting rights relating to the Assigned Shares |
% of voting rights of the Assigned Shares of the share capital with voting rights |
% of Assigned Shares of the total Assigned Shares % of voting rights of the Assigned Shares out of the total voting rights of the Assigned Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi Rossi Luciani S.a.p.A. |
36,184,141 | 36.18 | 72,351,574 | 46.33 | 64.40 |
| Athena S.p.A | 20,000,007 | 20.00 | 40,000,014 | 25.61 | 35.60 |
| Total | 56,184,148 | 56.18 | 112,351,588 | 71.94 | 100 |
Cecilia Rossi Luciani, Carlotta Rossi Luciani and Vittorio Rossi Luciani own a stakeholding equal to 99.99% of Luigi Rossi Luciani S.a.p.A. by way of bare ownership with voting rights under common ownership in equal shares and therefore, via Luigi Rossi Luciani S.a.p.A., exercise control over the Company pursuant to Article 2359, paragraph 1, no. 2 of the Italian Civil Code and Article 93 of the TUF.
Composition of the Board of Directors
1 Francesco Nalini, Chiara Nalini and Valerio Nalini own a stakeholding equal to 79.6% of Athena S.p.A by way of joint bare ownership with voting rights held in equal shares and therefore exercise control over Athena S.p.A pursuant to Article 2359, paragraph 1, no.1, of the Italian Civil Code.

For the entire duration of the Agreement, the Shareholders are committed to exercise their respective shareholders' rights resulting from the Shares Assigned in order to jointly submit a list and vote on it for the renewal of the Board of Directors of the Company which will be appointed by the shareholders' meeting called for the approval of the financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2020 (or before this date where, for any reason, the office of the current Board were to cease before its natural expiry date) (the "B.o.D. Joint List") composed as follows:
For the entire duration of the Agreement, the Shareholders shall be committed to exercise their respective shareholders' rights resulting from the Shares Assigned under the Agreement in order to jointly submit a list and vote on it for the renewal of the Board of Statutory Auditors of the Company which will be appointed by the shareholders' meeting called for the approval of the financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2020 (or before this date where, for any reason, the office of the current Board of Statutory Auditors were to cease before its natural expiry date) (the "Board of Statutory Auditors Joint List") composed as follows:

with the methods for the appointment of statutory auditors established and governed by the law and the Articles of Association - a list that is quantified as "minority" shall be submitted and voted on, the alternate member nominated cannot be elected);
If a Shareholder intends to transfer a number of Shares Assigned equal to 3% of the share capital of the Company with voting rights (the "Transfer of Assigned Shares"), they should first inform the other Shareholder with at least 45 days' notice in relation to the date planned for the Transfer of Assigned Shares, indicating the number of Assigned Shares involved in the transfer, the consideration, the payment methods and the other terms and conditions of said transfer, with it being expressly understood by the Shareholders that where it is not possible to comply with this deadline of 45 days or where it is not possible to indicate the specific terms of the Transfer of Assigned Shares (as a result of the technical and operating methods through which the Transfer of Assigned Shares takes place or for any other reason), the Shareholder making the transfer shall, in any case, be obliged to act in good faith in order to provide the other Shareholder with any information available with regard to the Transfer of Assigned Shares in the most timely and appropriate ways.
Without prejudice to the right of the Shareholders to freely transfer the Assigned Shares, the Shareholders shall be obliged to consult one another beforehand, within 15 days of the notification in the previous paragraph (or within any other different deadline that the Shareholders define in good faith) in order to discuss the Transfer of Assigned Shares in good faith without the outcome of this consultation being binding on them in any way.
The Agreement came into force on the signing date (i.e. 10 June 2018) and shall remain valid and effective until the 3rd (third) anniversary of this date.

When it expires the Agreement will be understood to be tacitly renewed for further periods of 3 years' each, unless one of the Shareholders notifies the other Shareholder by no later than the 12th (twelfth) month before each expiry date.
This Agreement will be understood to be automatically terminated if, for any reason, a Shareholder ceases to be a shareholder of CAREL.
If the Agreement is terminated, the rights and obligations of the Shareholders set out in this Agreement shall cease except in the case of rights acquired.
For any disputes arising from the Agreement, including those relating to its validity, interpretation, execution or termination, the Court of Padua shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
The Agreement was filed on 14 June 2018 at the Padua Business Registry Office under reference number PRA/57759/2018/CPDAUTO.
This communication is published on the Company's website www.carel.com.
4 September 2023
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