Who is legitimate to attend and vote at the Shareholders' Meeting and what should be done to attend the Shareholders' Meeting?

In order to attend and vote at the Shareholders' Meeting it's necessary to request the authorized intermediary (Banks or Sim), to send a statement to the Company certifying the ownership of the related right.
This statement shall be issued by the intermediary on the basis of balances recorded at the end of the seventh trading day prior to the date of the Shareholders' Meeting on first or single call (record date).
In order to view the Trading Calendar it is possible to consult Borsa Italiana website (www.borsaitaliana.com)
 The statement must reach the Company by the end of the third trading day prior to the date of the Shareholders' Meeting on single or first call.
Those who result shareholders after the record date will not be entitled to attend and vote at the Shareholders' Meeting.
However, it's possible to attend and vote if the statement is received by the Company before the opening of the Shareholders' Meeting on single call.
Please ask the authorized intermediary copy of the statement sent to the Company, in order to exhibit it for the registration the day when the Shareholders' Meeting takes place.
If the Shareholders' Meeting isn't called on single call and it went empty on first call, the statement sent to Eni remains valid also for subsequent calls.
Beneficial owners of ADRs, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, each ADRs representing two Eni ordinary shares, who are recorded in Eni ADRs register of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ADRs Depositary, by March 25, 2011 will be entitled to participate in the Meeting, delegate the exercise of their voting right or to exercise votes by mail, after having   complied with the deposit and registration requirements contained in Eni ADR Deposit Agreement; also Beneficial Owners who have taken advantage of Proxy Vote or Vote by Mail options are entitled to assist at the Shareholders' Meeting upon written request to be made to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
With the consent of the Chairman of the meeting also those who are not shareholders, particularly experts, financial analysts, journalists and students may follow the Shareholders' Meeting submitting an appropriate request to the Eni Corporate Secretary's Office.
Any further information related to the Shareholders' Meeting can be obtained by contacting the Eni Corporate Secretary's Office at toll-free number 800 940 924 from Italy only and + 800 1122 3456 from outside Italy, or at fax number + 39(0)659822233.