(ANSA) - MILAN, JAN 10 - The Interbank Deposit Protection Fund (Fitd) has assigned Bper "an exclusivity period of 4 weeks for the completion of a due diligence" on Banca Carige "and the signing and definition of an acquisition contract as soon as possible, and in any case no later than February 15, 2022 ".
Bper's offer, according to a press release from the Fitd, is "non-binding" and will be followed by a takeover bid for € 0.80 on the remaining shares of the bank not in the hands of the Fund, equal to 20% of the capital about.
The Emilian institute got the better of the other claimants to the Genoese cash register, represented by the Cerberus fund and by Credit Agricole, which according to some rumors would be withdrawn at the last minute from the race.
At this point, the bank led by PIero Montani and supported by Unipol of CarloCimbri, the first shareholder with 19% of the capital, strengthens his motor candidacy for the third banking hub in Italy.
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