By Pierre Bertrand Mediobanca shareholders backed the appointment of a majority of its directors as proposed by the Italian bank's outgoing board. Of the 15.
Mediobanca Chief Executive
Alberto Nagel and his allies withstood opposition from the
bank s biggest investor to retain a firm grip on the company in
a shareholder vote on Saturday, with the CEO.
Italy s Mediobanca said on Thursday it had posted its best ever quarterly net profit in the three months through September as its Chief Executive Alberto Nagel faces a key shareholder vote later.
The largest investor in Mediobanca on Tuesday filed its own slate of nominees for the Italian bank s new board after attempts to find an agreement over the list put forward by Mediobanca s.
Delfin, the holding company of late billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio and the main investor in Mediobanca, is set to file its own slate of nominees for the Italian bank s new board, two people.