Eni approves consolidated financial statement

(AGI) Rome, Mar 17 - The board of directors of Italian oil and gas company Eni approved the 2015 Consolidated Financial Statements and Draft Financial Statements of the Parent Company on Thursday's annual shareholders' meeting, confirming the preliminary results announced in Eni's press release on February 26. The board will propose dividends of 0.80 euros per share, of which 0.40 euros were already distributed in September 2015 as interim dividends. The remaining 0.40 euros will be payable on May 25, 2016, with the ex-dividend date on May 23 and the record date on May 24. The board called an ordinary shareholders' meeting on May 12, 2016 "to approve the 2015 financial statements of the parent company and the dividend proposal, the appointment of a director pursuant to article 2386 of the Italian Civil Code, and also to express its consultative vote about the remuneration policy that the Company intends to adopt in 2016 as disclosed in the first section of the Remuneration Report", Eni said in a statement. Its Integrated Annual Report for 2015 also includes a review of Eni's sustainability performance "to provide a comprehensive insight into the Company's business model". The report was made available to Eni's audit committee and auditing firm, and will be available to the public by mid-April via Eni's headquarters, its website eni.com, as well as "through other sources provided by the regulation in force". The audit committee's and auditing firm's reports will also be included. The board also approved the Report on Corporate Governance and Shareholding Structure and the Remuneration Report, prepared in accordance with articles 123-bis and ter of the Italian comprehensive code for exchanges and securities. "These reports will be filed with the Italian Exchange Authority, made available at the Company's headquarters and published on Eni's website, in the 'Governance', 'Documentation' and 'Investor Relations' sections, together with the 2015 Annual Report," Eni stated. (AGI). .