OREANDA-NEWS. Today, the Board of Directors approved Eni’s consolidated financial statements and the separate draft financial statements of the parent company for the year ending December 31, 2015. They confirm 2015 preliminary results announced on February 26, 2016, as summarized below.

The Board of Directors intends to submit a proposal for the distribution of a cash dividend of €0.80 per share (€1.60 per ADR) at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. Included in this annual distribution is €0.401 per share which was paid as an interim dividend in September 2015. The balance of €0.40 per share (€0.80 per ADR) is payable to shareholders on May 25, 2016, the ex-dividend date being May 23, 2016 and the record date being May 24, 2016.

The review of the sustainability performance has been included in the 2015 Integrated Annual Report, to provide a comprehensive insight into the Company’s business model.

An Annual Report on Form 20-F will be filed with the U.S. SEC and the Italian market authorities as early as in the in the first half of April 2016. This report will be disseminated through the Company’s headquarters and on Eni's website eni.com and through other sources provided by the regulation in force. Enclosed are the 2015 IFRS consolidated statements of the companies within the Eni group as included in the approved Consolidated financial statements and the statements of the parent company Eni SpA.

The Board of Directors also approved the Report on Corporate Governance and Shareholding Structure and the Remuneration Report which have been prepared in accordance to article No. 123-bis and ter of the Italian comprehensive code for exchanges and securities, respectively.

These reports will be filed with the Italian Exchange Authority, made available at the Company's headquarters and published on Eni’s website, in the "Governance", "Documentation" and "Investor Relations" sections, together with the 2015 Annual Report.

Convening of the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting on May 12, 2016  (singlecall)
The Board of Directors convened the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on May 12, 2016 - Ordinary Meeting - to approve the 2015
financial statements of the parent company and the dividend proposal, the appointment of a director pursuant to article 2386 of the Italian Civil Code, and also to express its consultative vote about the remuneration policy that the Company intends to adopt in 2016 as disclosed in the first section of the Remuneration Report.

Eni’s Chief Financial and Risk Management Officer, Massimo Mondazzi, in his capacity as manager responsible for the preparation of the Company’s financial reports, certifies pursuant to rule 154-bis paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree No. 58/1998, that data and information disclosed in this press release correspond to the Company’s evidence and accounting books and records.