FERRARI ANNOUNCES VOTING RESULTS FROM ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Ferrari N.V. (NYSE/MTA: RACE) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 15, 2021, successfully passing all proposed resolutions. Shareholders approved the 2020 Annual Accounts and a cash dividend of €0.867 per share, totaling approximately €160 million, with ex-dividend date set for April 19, 2021. Additionally, John Elkann and the current board were re-elected, and Ernst & Young was appointed as the independent auditor until 2022. The AGM also renewed the authority for share issuance and repurchase, along with approving executive awards under a new equity incentive plan.
- Approval of a €0.867 cash dividend, totaling €160 million, reflecting strong shareholder returns.
- Re-election of all board members, indicating stability in leadership.
- Authorization to repurchase up to 10% of common shares, enhancing shareholder value.
- Approval of an equity incentive plan for executives, aligning management interests with shareholder performance.
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Maranello (Italy), 15 April 2021 - Ferrari N.V. (“Ferrari” or the “Company”) (NYSE/MTA: RACE) announced today that all resolutions proposed to Shareholders at the Ferrari’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “AGM”) held today virtually were passed.
The Shareholders approved the 2020 Annual Accounts, expressed a positive advice with respect to the Remuneration Report 2020 and approved a dividend in cash1 of
The AGM re-elected all Ferrari directors standing for re-election. John Elkann was re-elected as executive director of Ferrari. Piero Ferrari, Delphine Arnault, Francesca Bellettini, Eduardo H. Cue, Sergio Duca, John Galantic, Maria Patrizia Grieco and Adam Keswick were re-elected as non-executive directors of Ferrari. In addition, the Shareholders appointed Ernst & Young Accountants LLP as Ferrari’s independent auditor until the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
The AGM renewed, for a period of 18 months from the date of the AGM, the existing delegations to the Board of Directors of the Company of the authority to issue common and special voting shares, to grant rights to subscribe for common and special voting shares, and to limit or exclude pre-emptive rights for common shares, subject to certain maximum amount thresholds. Furthermore, the AGM renewed, for a period of 18 months from the date of the AGM, the existing authorization of the Board of Directors to repurchase up to a maximum of
The Shareholders further approved the awards (and the metrics and targets applicable thereto) to the executive director under the Company’s new equity incentive plan.
Details of the resolutions submitted to the AGM are available on the Company’s corporate website at http://corporate.ferrari.com.
Concurrently with the AGM, the Company published its 2020 Sustainability Report. This Report was prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards, the main international framework for reporting on governance, environmental and social themes.
To view the 2020 Sustainability Report online, please visit the following link: http://corporate.ferrari.com/en/investors/results/reports.
Il Bilancio di Sostenibilità 2020 è disponibile on line al seguente link: http://corporate.ferrari.com/it/investors/risultati/report.
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[1] The coupon number of the dividend is 6 (six).
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