Washington, D.C. 20549

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Form 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

For the month of September 2018

 

 

 

Eni S.p.A.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Piazzale Enrico Mattei 1 -- 00144 Rome, Italy

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

 

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Press release dated September 13, 2018.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorised.

 

 

 

	Eni S.p.A.
	/s/ Vanessa Siscaro
	Name:	Vanessa Siscaro
	Title:	Head of Corporate
		Secretary’s Staff Office

 

 

 

Date: September 30, 2018

 

 

Eni’s Board of Directors

 

Approval of 2018 interim dividend: € 0.42 per share

 

Rome, 13 September 2018 – Eni’s Board of Directors today resolved to distribute to Shareholders an interim dividend for the fiscal year 2018 of € 0.42 per share outstanding at the ex-dividend date as of 24 September 2018¹, payable on 26 September 2018. The proposal to distribute an interim dividend of € 0.42 was announced to the market on 27 July 2018², when the Company published its second quarter results.

Holders of ADRs, outstanding at the record date of 25 September 2018, will receive € 0.84 per ADR, payable on 11 October 2018³, with each ADR listed on the New York Stock Exchange representing two Eni shares.

Eni’s independent auditors have issued their report pursuant to Article 2433-bis, paragraph 5, of the Italian Civil Code.

The Board’s resolution on the interim dividend was made on the basis of the accounts of the parent company Eni SpA at 30 June 2018, which were prepared in accordance with IFRS. In the first half of 2018 Eni SpA reported net profit of € 2,976 million⁴.

 

 

Company Contacts:

 

Press Office: Tel. +39.0252031875 – +39.0659822030

 

¹ Depending on the recipient’s fiscal status dividends are subject to a withholding tax or are treated in part as taxable income.

² Pursuant to article 83-terdecies of the Italian Legislative Decree no. 58 of February 24, 1998, the right to receive the interim dividend is determined with reference to the entries on the books of the intermediary – as set out in art. 83-quater, paragraph 3 of the Italian Legislative Decree no. 58 of February 24, 1998 – at the end of the accounting day of the September 25, 2018 (record date).Eni treasury shares held by the company on the record date will be excluded from the distribution of dividends.

³On ADR payment date, Citibank, N.A. will pay Eni S.p.A.’s dividend less the entire amount of the withholding tax under Italian law applicable to all Depository Trust Company Participants.

⁴ The accounting report of Eni S.p.A. at June 30, 2018, the Report of the Board of Directors and the report of the External Auditors on the payment of the Interim Dividend are deposited at Eni S.p.A. Registered Office in Rome, Piazzale Enrico Mattei, No. 1, pursuant to Article 2433-bis of the Italian Civil Code. Aforementioned documents may be requested by e-mail at segreteriasocietaria.azionisti@eni.com or by calling the Toll-Free Number 800 940 924 for calls from Italy and 800 11 22 34 56, after dialling the International access code, for calls from outside Italy.

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