General-Agreement: the securities to be weak. Messina: “we Want to grow but do not dilute the assets” – The Republic

The number one of Intesa Sanpaolo, Carlo Messina (ap) MILAN – Are all absent in the Stock exchange the securities at various times fallen under the lighthouse of the market, from the news on the interest of the Understanding to General, confirmed on Tuesday by the bank talking about assessments in a course in management to “combinations of industrialR 21;. Today there is a board of directors of Intesa, called on the budget to 2017 of the bank, but yesterday the ceo Carlo Messina has ruled out to face already the theme General.

in the Meantime, in the Stock exchange is the Ca’ de Sass (follow live) that the insurance in trieste (follow live) recede slightly. In line with the general weakness there are also Mediobanca, the largest shareholder of General with 13%, and Unicredit, the leader of the covenant of the Piazzetta Cuccia with a share of 8.6%. Some printing scenarios have assumed a reorganization of the institute, in the framework of the interest of the Understanding to General. Yesterday, the deputy chairman of Unicredit Fabrizio Palenzona, however, has reaffirmed that Mediobanca will not be sold.

As for Messina, as mentioned, he responded with a “absolutely no” to those who wondered if the Lion would have been on the table of the board today, the sidelines of the ceremony for the tenth anniversary of the birth of Intesa Sanpaolo. It is not then clear whether the nut will stretch rather to the board of directors on the accounts of Friday 3 February. “We are at a point where we have reached levels of excellence, but we still have much potential to grasp – has made it clear, however, Messina – We have the duty to analyze the possibility of growth”. “There are times when a company must ask whether it is necessary to take further steps of growth”.

“we will never agree to dilute our strength and asset rather rinunceremmo. Another condition is to maintain a strong flow of dividends.

In these conditions, we will evaluate the possibility of growth and the prices of the alternatives that are on the market, he added. Are assessments to be done in the correct way, and we can do it because we are in a condition of force”. “We are a company that speaks Italian and defends the Italian spirit. Makes me laugh those who defend the “italianness” and he does it in French”, he then annotated without names (the A. d of Unicredit Jean-Pierre Mustier, and that of General Philippe Donnet are French). He also added, speaking of the rumors that led to the counter of the General: “There has been a leakage of news, which concerns a series of strategic analyses with different possible alternatives. We are transparent, we do not act from a place of pirates”.

Yesterday, meanwhile, we completed the round in Consob of the main exponents of the story, after the one on Wednesday was felt Understanding. A delegation of technicians of Unicredit was felt for about an hour at Milan. While in the afternoon in the offices of the Commission in Rome it was felt the president of the General Gabriele Galateri. The story moved a hundred senators of the majority and the opposition asking for clarification to Padoan, in particular, with respect to the entries of a can ‘stew’.

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general

Intesa Sanpaolo

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carlo messina