The

Benetton

family and

Blackstone

have launched this Thursday a Public Acquisition Offer (OPA) for the Italian mobility and highway company Atlantia for

23 euros per share

, which would value the company

at almost 19,000 million

euros.

The Benettons, who own

33.1% of the firm,

thus respond to the interest of ACS, which acknowledged last week that it was evaluating an offer together with the sovereign fund of Singapore GIP, which controls 8% of the company, and Brookfield.

In their case,

they valued the firm at 15,000 million

euros.

The Italian family and the asset manager, who articulate the offer through the Schemaquarantatrè company, will have to pay

12,706 million

euros to take over the stake that they do not control and their objective is to exclude the stock market company.

To the offer, you must add the

0.72 euros of dividend

that are pending distribution among the shareholders.

After the success of the offer, the Benettons would distribute the capital of the firm with Blackstone, their partner in the operation, and the Fondazione

CRT

, which currently has 4.57% of Atlantia and could have up to 3.78% of the new society.

The company's titles

have soared on the stock market

to practically reach the levels of the offer with 22.96 euros after a rise of 4.89%, according to Europa Press.

The offer represented

a premium of 5.3%

compared to Atlantia's last session and 24.4% compared to the price at which it was trading before rumors of a corporate operation emerged.

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  • Florentino Perez Rodriguez