The meeting is the collective deliberating body of the joint-stock company and is formed by the shareholders (or their representatives).
 

The meeting responsibilities are divided among those due the ordinary meeting and those typical of the extraordinary meeting.
 

In particular, the Ordinary Meeting approves the financial statements for the year, nominates and revokes the directors, nominates the auditors and the President of the Board of Auditors and the individual responsible for the accounting control, determines the compensation of the directors and the auditors, where not established by the Articles of Association, approves the regulations of the meeting and deliberates on the other items reserved for it by the law.
 

The Extraordinary Meeting deliberates on changes to the Articles of Association, on the nomination, replacement, powers of the liquidators and any other subject expressly attributable by the law (i.e. Transactions of an extraordinary nature such as mergers, spin-offs, etc.).
 

The Ordinary Meeting must be convened at least once a year for approval of the financial statements, within 180 days of the close of the corporate year since Ansaldo STS is required to prepare the consolidated financial statements.
 

The Meeting, whether it is ordinary or extraordinary, must be convened by notice published within the time limits and in conformity with current legislation. The convocation notice can also provide for a third convocation.
 

Ordinary and Extraordinary meetings are normally held further to more than one calls. However, the Board of Directors may decide if it so deems appropriate and giving a specific indication thereof in the meeting notice, that both ordinary and extraordinary meetings may be held further to one single call.
 

In order to participate in the meetings, the relative communication is requested in favour of the individual who has the right to vote, issued by an authorized financial broker, in conformity with their own accounting records on the date of reference determined in accordance with current legislation.
 

In order to correctly discipline the course of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Meeting of the shareholders, Ansaldo STS has adopted Meeting Regulations.