Ep82 - The Flinto Case returns to Eni's AGM

In the previous episode, I showed that, on April 19, 2021, 120 days after the amicable settlement proposal was submitted, I wrote again to Eni’s Board of Directors.

My question was simple:

🔹 Had the Board received the proposal?

🔹And, if so, when could we discuss the possibility of bringing to an end a story that would turn 20 years old that year?

I received no direct response.

A few weeks later, however, the Flinto Case would return to one of the company’s most important institutional forums.

📌 May 12, 2021.

At Eni’s Annual General Meeting, Mauro Meggiolaro, acting as a critical shareholder and representing Fondazione Finanza Etica, officially submitted three questions on my behalf.

It was the fourth time the Flinto Case had reached Eni’s AGM - after 2017, 2018 and 2020.

This time, the subject was clearly identified in the company’s official document:

🔹 "Amicable Settlement Proposal Submitted by Douglas Linares Flinto”.

The AGM document itself recorded the context.

On December 18, 2020, my lawyer had sent Eni’s lawyer a “Proposal for Amicable Settlement”.

And the text submitted to the AGM contained a fundamental piece of information:

🔹 the proposal had been submitted “as requested by Eni”.

It also recorded that, after 120 days without being contacted by the company, I had written again to the Board on April 19, 2021, asking whether the proposal had been received and when it would be possible to discuss a resolution of the case.

Then came the three questions.

QUESTION 1
Why did Eni ask Douglas Linares Flinto for a “Proposal for Amicable Settlement”?

QUESTION 2
If, in an attempt to reach an amicable settlement, the party requesting a proposal may accept it or respond with a counterproposal, why had Eni still not contacted me after receiving my proposal?

QUESTION 3
When did Eni plan to respond to my amicable settlement proposal?

Three questions.

📌 All concerning a proposal that, according to the document submitted to the AGM itself, had been sent at Eni’s request.

But there was an even larger question behind them.

After almost 20 years, I was still seeking what I had repeatedly requested from the beginning:

🔴 that the facts, the documents and the different versions presented regarding my dismissal be effectively examined.

The 2021 AGM offered Eni another opportunity to publicly explain its position.

How did the company answer the three questions?

That is what we will see in the next episode.

Tomorrow:

📌 THREE QUESTIONS. ONE MORE ANSWER.

After 25 years, my request remains the same:

🔴 that Eni allow a truly independent investigation into the Flinto Case - examining the facts, the documents and the different versions presented by the company itself over the years.

I am not asking anyone to believe me.

I am asking them to examine the documents before reaching an independent conclusion.


❎ Learn more:

1️⃣ Questions and Answers before Eni’s 2021 AGM