Prisa's main shareholder denies Herrero and criticizes his "inconsistent offer" by the group's media

Joseph Oughourlian, in charge of Prisa's largest shareholder, Amber Capital, dismisses the statement by Blas Herrero as "radically false" in an interview with EL MUNDO, in which the Asturian businessman stated that he was contacted from that fund "through an investment bank "to ask if he was interested in" getting into the rush. "

In addition, Oughourlian dismisses Herrero's offer for brands such as

or Cadena Ser as "inconsistent."

"Last July, at the end of a working meeting that I had with the president of the Société Génerale group in Spain, Mr. Donato González, he told me that a client of his, Mr. Herrero, was very interested in contacting me to explain a business project that he wanted to start. On the way, don Donato González phoned Don Blas Herrero, told him that he was with me, and

, of just a few minutes, in which he asked to see me on my next trip to Madrid to meet me personally, "says Oughourlian in a letter sent to this newspaper about his version of events.

Herrero had stated in EL MUNDO that Oughourlian called him through an investment bank.

Oughourlian, for his part, points out that the call was due to a mere "courtesy" motivated by Herrero's interest.

In both accounts, the telephone contact occurred in July, and the call came from Oughourlian with

.

In fact, Herrero had told in this newspaper that the Parisian investor asked him about certain businessmen in that talk: "

, because Oughourlian explicitly asked me about them."

In this regard, the founder of Amber and vice president of the Board of Directors of Prisa does not comment in his writing.

Both statements show that the buzz about Herrero's interest was already beating before summer.

His offer by the Prisa media, of about 200 million euros according to different sources familiar with the negotiation, was rejected on November 20, so that

,

or Cadena ser, among other brands, have been left out of the Blacksmith reach.

Oughourlian denies that he opened the company to a hypothetical offer from Herrero, even though it was actually presented in November, and frames the talk as mere "courtesy."

To date, as the French investor says, he has not personally met the Asturian businessman, despite the fact that "

".

The highest representative of Amber, who controls 29.8% of Prisa, goes further, and reveals his opinion about the amount offered by the owner of Kiss FM: "I do not personally know Don Blas Herrero and I do not know the reasons that have led to absolutely false statements regarding me, unless I intend to seek a public justification for

, immediately and unanimously, by the Board of Directors of the Company ", Oughourlian finishes his writing with the version of what happened.

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