Anima Holding: Annual Shareholders' Meeting

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ANIMA Holding: Annual Shareholders' Meeting

• 2019 financial statements approved
• €0.205 dividend paid as of May 18, 2020
• Renewal of the Board of Directors and of Statutory Auditors
• Renewal of the authorization for a buy-back program
• 3% treasury shares cancelled

Milan, 31 March 2020 - Anima Holding held today its AGM to resolve on the following:

AGENDA

Ordinary part

1. Financial statements at 31 December 2019; Board reports, Statutory and external Auditors' reports. Allocation of net profit and dividend distribution proposal. Resolutions.
2. Remuneration Report, pursuant to art. 123-ter D.Lgs. n. 58/1998 ("TUF"). Resolutions.
3. Board of Directors:
4. 1. Number of Directors
   2. Duration of the appointment;
   3. Directors election;
   4. Chairman election;
   5. Board fees.
5. Statutory Auditors for 2020-2022FY.
6. 1. Appointment of statutory and alternate auditors;
   2. Chairman election;
   3. Fees.
7. Renewal of the authorization for a share buy-back pursuant to art. 2357 and 2357-ter Civil Code and to art. 132 TUF. Resolutions

Extraordinary part

1. Proposal to cancel 11,407,107 treasury shares (equal to 3% of the current issued share capital) without reduction of the share capital and consequent amendment to art. 5 of the company-s by/laws. Resolutions

Ordinary Part

Agenda Item 1: the AGM approved the 2019 financial statements and a dividend distribution for 2019FY equal to 0.205€ per share gross of tax, payable as of 20 May 2020, ex-date 18 May 2020.

Agenda Item 2: the AGM approved Anima Holding remuneration report for 2019.

Agenda Item 3: the AGM resolved to appoint the Board for the 2020-2022FY; based on candidates' lists presented by shareholders, the following 10 Directors have been appointed (among whose 7 declared to be deemed as Independent according to the current regulation in force and the company's bylaws):

		Independent	List
1	Francesco VALSECCHI	Y	3
2	Livio RAIMONDI	Y	1
3	Paolo BRAGHIERI	Y	3
4	Karen Sylvie NAHUM	Y	3
5	Melany LIBRARO	N	2

6	Alessandro MELZI D'ERIL	N	1
7	Maria Patrizia GRIECO	Y	1
8	Filomena PASSEGGIO	Y	2
9	Rita Laura D'ECCLESIA	Y	1
10	Gianfranco VENUTI	N	1

Concerning items 3.4 and 3.5, it was resolved to grant the Chairman of the Board annual gross fees of 160,000 Euro, and 50,000 Euro for each other Director, as well as expense reimbursement, and elected Livio Raimondi as Chairman of the Board.

Biographies of the new Directors, including a declaration by each candidate accepting their nomination and attesting, on their own responsibility, that no cause of disqualification and incompatibility applies to them, and the existence of the requirements prescribed by the regulation in force and the company's bylaws (as well as the suitable documentation showing the possess of independence criteria, if applicable), are available at the Company's Registered Office, on the website www.animaholding.it, section "Investor Relations/ Corporate Governance/Assemblee" and through the authorised disclosure and storage mechanism the company subscribes to.

Agenda Item 4: the AGM resolved, based on candidates' lists presented by shareholders, to appoint the following Statutory Auditors:

	STATUTORY AUDITORS	List
1	Mariella TAGLIABUE	2
2	Gabriele Camillo ERBA	1
3	Claudia ROSSI	1
	ALTERNATE AUDITORS
1	Tiziana DI VINCENZO	1
2	Maurizio TANI	2

Concerning items 4.2 and 4.3 it was resolved to grant the Chairman annual gross fees of 80,000 Euro, and 53,000 Euro for each other Auditor, as well as expense reimbursement. The biographies of the new statutory auditors, including the declarations according to the regulation in force and the company's bylaws, are available at the Company's Registered Office, on the website www.animaholding.it, section "Investor Relations/ Corporate Governance/Assemblee" and through the authorised disclosure and storage mechanism the company subscribes to.

Agenda Item 5: the AGM approved the proposal to authorize the Board, after revoking the previous authorization for the part yet to be executed, to a share buy-back program up to 10% of the issued share capital and for a maximum timeframe of 18 months.

Extraordinary part

Agenda Item 1:the EGM approved the Board proposal to cancel 11,407,107 treasury shares, equal to 3% of the currently issued share capital

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ANIMA is a leading Italian independent asset management operator, with ca. €186 billion of assets under management (as of February 2020). A synthesis of different complementary paths and specializations, ANIMA nowadays offers one of the largest range of products and services available on the market. ANIMA's offering is composed of Italian and foreign collective

investment schemes and SICAVs. The company also offers institutional and private pension funds, as well as private wealth and institutional asset management services. For further information, please visit www.animaholding.it

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