The Shareholders' Meeting, chaired by Franco Bernabè, approved today the dispute settlement, pursuant to article 1965 of the Italian Civil Code, with former Executive Directors Carlo Orazio Buora and Riccardo Ruggiero, and therefore the settlement of the corporate liability action against them, for the sums of 1 million and 1.5 million euros respectively.
The settlements are full and final. With respect to Riccardo Ruggiero the settlement includes the Company’s waiver of its right to join the criminal proceedings in which the former Managing Director faces charges of obstructing the public supervisory authorities from performing their functions with reference to the mobile customer base data provided to AgCom.
In view of today's Shareholders' Meeting, Consob asked the Company’s Directors and Statutory Auditors to provide further information, pursuant to article 114, paragraph 5, of Legislative Decree 58/1998. Attached are the notes published yesterday by the Company and the statement made by the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors during the meeting.