The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.
Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).
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POLITICS
U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks about Pope Leo were "unacceptable", Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Monday, toughening her response after earlier facing criticism for failing to condemn Trump's attack on the pontiff directly.
ECONOMY
A prolonged crisis in the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a global agrifood catastrophe by disrupting fertiliser and energy exports, driving up food prices and squeezing crop yields, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said on Monday.
COMPANIES
BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA (MPS) MIL:BMPS
BlackRock NYSE:BLK, the world's biggest asset manager and the third largest investor in MPS with 4.9%, has decided to back a proposal by a dissident investor to reinstate ousted boss Luigi Lovaglio, ANSA news agency reported on Monday.
ANSA also said that Vanguard, another leading investor with a stake of around 3%, is instead set to back the rival slate of board nominees put forward by the bank's outgoing directors.
(*) Del Vecchio family's Delfin vehicle may choose to abstain from voting on the new board, or to vote in favour of the slate submitted by a group of funds, la Repubblica, MF and Il Giornale reported on Tuesday.
(*) Lender Banco BPM MIL:BAMI, which holds 3.7% of the Tuscan bank, will decide on how to vote at a board called on Tuesday, and will likely either abstain from voting or support the candidates suggested by the outgoing board.
(*) While appreciating the management of ousted CEO Luigi Lovaglio, the Benetton family's holding company Edizione plans to vote for the slate submitted by the outgoing board, MF and Il Giornale reported on Tuesday.
(*) The slate submitted by the outgoing board is set to have a support of over 30% of the bank's shareholders, winning on the first round of votes and beating the alternative list of candidates suggested by Plt Holding, newswire Radiocor reported on Monday.
PIRELLI MIL:PIRC
China's Sinochem SSE:600500 said on Monday it may lodge a legal appeal against curbs set by Italy's government to limit its influence over the Italian tyre maker.
(*) FERRETTI MIL:YACHT
KKCG Maritime's stake in Ferretti rose to just over 23% on Monday after the end of its partial voluntary offer on the luxury yacht maker, the Czech investment firm said in a statement on Monday, confirming earlier calculations by Reuters on Borsa Italiana data.
KKCG said it welcomed the "high level of acceptance in the offer" adding it intended to continue "supporting Ferretti's ongoing development and long-term value creation as it prepares to announce its slate of candidates for the board.
(*) TELECOM ITALIA (TIM) MIL:TIT, POSTE ITALIANE MIL:PST
The phone group said on Monday it appointed Goldman Sachs GS.N and Evercore EVR.N as advisers for the review of state-backed conglomerate Poste Italiane's cash-and-share offer to take the phone group private, confirming an earlier source-based report by Reuters.
(*) ENI MIL:ENI
The Italian finance ministry, shareholder Romano Minozzi and a group of institutional investors representing just under 1% of the energy group's capital all deposited their slate of candidates for the renewal of the board, Eni said in a statement on Monday. The finance ministry has proposed to appoint outgoing Terna MIL:TRN CEO Giuseppina Di Foggia as Chairman and confirm Claudio Descalzi as CEO of Eni. Entrepreneur Romano Minozzi, who holds 3.27% of Eni, suggested former Eni Chairman Emma Marcegaglia and entrepreneur Veronica Squinzi as board members.
(*) TERNA MIL:TRN
Italian state lender CDP, which holds a stake of just under 30% in Terna, on Monday proposed to appoint Trenitalia Chairman Stefano Cuzzilla as Chairman of the power grid operator and Pasqualino Monti, CEO of traffic controller ENAV MIL:ENAV, as Chief Executive.
(*) NEXI MIL:NEXI
Citigroup cut the rating of Europe's biggest payments group to 'neutral' from 'buy', and cut the target price to 3.40 euros from 5 euros.
A2A MIL:A2A
The energy group said on Monday it had completed the acquisition of the remaining 10% of Duereti, reaching full ownership.
STELLANTIS MIL:STLAM
Annual shareholders' meeting (1200 GMT).
MEDIOBANCA MIL:MB
Annual shareholders' meeting (0730 GMT).
HERA MIL:HER
Annual shareholders' meeting (0800 GMT).
DIARY
Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti attends IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, G7/G20 in Washington (to April 17).
Rome, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso attends pharmaceutical industry association Farmindustria event "Innovation, investment, skills: the pharmaceutical industry as a key asset of Made in Italy" (0830 GMT).
Rome, Italian Competition and Market Authority President Roberto Rustichelli presents the regulator's 2025 Annual report. (0900 GMT).
Milan, Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin attends "Energy transition and the nuclear industry 2026" (0730 GMT).
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