SERVIZI ITALIA S.P.A. - assigned corporate powers to Enea Righi (CEO and Deputy Chairman);
- appointed the Control and Risks Committee, the Appointment and Remuneration Committee, the Lead Independent Director and the Executive Director responsible for the Internal Audit and Risk Management System;
- launched the plan for the purchase and disposal of treasury shares
approved by today's meeting.Castellina di Soragna (PR), Italy, 22nd April 2015
The new Board of Directors, held after the ordinary Shareholders' Meeting and led by the new
Chairman Roberto Olivi, has assigned corporate powers to the Directors appointed for the
2015-2017 period, appointing Enea Righi Deputy Chairman and CEO of the Company.
"I am certain - declared Roberto Olivi, Chairman of Servizi Italia S.p.A. - that the new Board of Directors and the new CEO, to whom I would like to send my congratulations and wish them all the best in their work, will ensure that, in continuity with the past, Servizi Italia will further strengthen its position of excellence in the markets in which it operates, leveraging the valuable skills of a consolidated management team that deserves our full confidence."
"I will go on with my greatest commitment leading the Servizi Italia Group, - stated Enea Righi, Deputy Chairman and CEO of Servizi Italia S.p.A. - promoting the Group strategy and giving my support to the management team. Our goal for the coming years is to make Servizi Italia even stronger than today, confirming the strategies pursued in the last years, which were always focused on the quality of service provided to our customers, in the hope that this will have positive impacts on shareholders, employees and all the stakeholders of the Company."
Pursuant to the Consolidated Law on Finance and Code of Conduct for listed companies, the Board of Directors ascertained that Paola Gina Maria Schwizer, Romina Guglielmetti and Paola Elisabetta Maria Galbiati meet the criteria for being qualified as independent directors.
The Board appointed the Control and Risks Committee, whose members are: Paola Gina Maria
Schwizer (independent and non-executive director), Romina Guglielmetti (independent and non-executive director), Paola Elisabetta Maria Galbiati (independent and non-executive
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director) and the Appointment and Remuneration Committee, whose members are: Paola Gina Maria Schwizer (independent and non-executive director), Romina Guglielmetti (independent and non-executive director), Paola Elisabetta Maria Galbiati (independent and non-executive director).
Paola Gina Maria Schwizer was also appointed as Lead Independent Director and Enea Righi as the Executive Director responsible for the Internal Audit and Risk Management System.
The profiles of the newly appointed directors are available on the internet site of the Company www.si-servizitalia.com, in the "Investor Relations/Corporate Governance" section.
Furthermore, Servizi Italia informs that the Board of Directors approved the launch of the plan for the purchase and disposal of treasury shares, pursuant to the resolution adopted today by the Shareholders' Meeting.
Under article 144-bis of the Issuers' Regulation, the details of the program are provided here below. The plan for the purchase and disposal of treasury shares meets the need of an efficient investment of the corporate liquidity and the opportunity to use it for strategic operations and/or for subsequent operations of purchase and sale of shares within the limits permitted by the accepted market practices. The plan will have a maximum duration of 18 months with effect from 22nd April 2015, date of the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting.
The maximum number of shares that may be purchased, not exceeding the 20% of the share capital of the company at the date of the resolution, is 5,674,297 ordinary shares. The company on 21st April held 225,326 shares, equal to the 0.7942% of the share capital.
Purchases and sales of treasury shares will be made on the regulated market, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, according to the operating procedures established by art.
132 TUF, art. 144-bis of the Issuers' Regulation, in compliance with EC Regulation 2273/2003 dated 22nd December 2003 and in accordance with the shareholders' resolution of 22nd April
2015. The share buy-back will be made for a maximum which shall not exceed the amount of the distributable profits and available reserves resulting from the last approved financial statement.
The purchase of treasury shares will be made at a minimum purchase price of not less than
20% of the weighted average of the official prices of the shares registered by the Italian Stock
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Exchange in the 3 days prior to each operation and to a maximum purchase price not exceeding the 20% of the weighted average of the official prices of the shares registered by the Italian Stock Exchange in the three days prior to each transaction.
The intermediary responsible for the implementation of the buy back program is INTERMONTE SIM S.p.A.
From today this press release is available on website www.si-servizitalia.comand disclosed by SDIR/NIS and 1Info
Storage (www.1info.it) systems.
Servizi Italia S.p.A., a company based in Castellina in Soragna (PR), listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, is the leading operator in Italy in the field of integrated services for hire, washing and sterilization of textile materials and surgical instruments for hospitals. With a technologically advanced production platform, articulated in laundry facilities, textile sterilization centers , surgical instruments sterilization centers and many wardrobes, the Company, which together with its Italian and foreign subsidiaries constitute the Servizi Italia Group, turns primarily to companies in public and private healthcare sector of center / northern Italy and the State of S. Paulo, Brazil, with a wide and diversified offer. For further information:Investor Relations | Media & Investor Relations |
Servizi Italia | IR Top |
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Tel: +39 0524598511 | Tel. +39 02 45473884/3 |
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