Aeroflot, Russias largest airline, emerged yesterday asalast-minute contender in the race to buy Alitalia as thecontestfor the Italian flag carrier narrowed to threeconsortia.
Alitalias shares soared by 9 per cent as investors reacted totheannouncement that the state-owned Russian flag carrier hadthrownits hat in the ring with the support of UniCredit.
Italys government owns 49.9 per cent of Alitalia and haspromisedto sell a controlling stake of at least 39.9 per cent, bythe end ofJune if possible. The deadline for preliminary offers isApril16.
在意大利航空公司股权竞购者数量缩减至3家的情况下,俄罗斯最大的航空公司国际航空公司昨日在最后关头宣布加入这场竞购大战。
这家俄罗斯国有旗舰航空公司在意大利联合信贷银行支持下加入竞购大战的消息宣布之后,投资者做出反应,推动意大利航空股价飙升9%。意大利政府拥有意大利航空49.9%的股份,并承诺,如可能将在6月底前至少出售39.9%的控股股份。竞购者对意大利航空提出初步报价的最后期限是4月16日。
作者:董莉
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