Generali, Unicredit strengthens its capital. Orcel within the meeting with 8.7% | EUROtoday

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Unicredit strengthens its stake in Generali. In reality, the financial institution led by Andrea Orcel participates within the Leone assembly with 8.72% of the capital in comparison with the 6.68% it was credited with till at the moment on the Leone shareholders’ register. The shares of the opposite important shareholders are unchanged in comparison with 2025 (above 3%): Gruppo Monte dei Paschi di Siena, by Mediobanca, at 13.19%, Delfin at 10.05%, Gruppo Caltagirone at 6.26% and Benetton, by Schema Delta, at 4.86% of the share capital.

The Generali shareholders’ assembly has on its agenda, amongst different issues, the approval of the 2025 finances and the allocation of the working revenue, along with the appointment of the board of auditors, the brand new worker share possession plan and the half-billion buyback. The assembly – president Andrea Sironi specified – is happening remotely as a result of “geopolitical tensions could have had repercussions on its orderly progress”. 69.695% of the share capital participates, a slight enhance in comparison with 68.73% in 2025, when the board of administrators was appointed: we’re near the report of 2022, when over 70% of shareholders confirmed up.

«The financial and monetary outcomes that we current at the moment are the results of a strong and diversified enterprise mannequin, able to producing worth even in advanced situations resembling these I’ve described to you, and of taking part in a job of stability for the good thing about its prospects, shareholders and the communities by which it operates», highlighted Sironi, opening the assembly.

For Donnet 2026 is a “watershed year for a new plan”

“What has been achieved over the past year strengthens our confidence and fuels solid optimism for the challenges and opportunities that await us”, highlighted the group’s CEO, Philippe Donnet, within the conventional opening speech. And on this regard, “2026 is the central year of the new plan and will therefore be a fundamental watershed towards its completion and the achievement of all our objectives”, he added. In any case, the highest supervisor remarked, “the strength and consistency of the results we have obtained confirm that we are executing our plan with the utmost discipline, continuing to create sustainable value for you shareholders and for all our stakeholders”.

Dividends and steadiness sheet

Meanwhile, the Generali shareholders’ assembly authorized the 2025 finances and the proposed distribution of the dividend with over 99% of the represented capital voting in favour. Green mild additionally given to the purchase again plan, with authorization to cancel treasury shares, with properly over 99% of the capital current.