Exclusive-Italy, UniCredit set to call off talks over Monte dei Paschi-sources

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Updated · Oct 23, 2021

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October 23, 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – Italy’s government and UniCredit are preparing to call off negotiations over ailing bank Monte dei Paschi (MPS) after efforts to reach an agreement over a costly recapitalization plan fell through, two sources told Reuters.

Rome has decided it won’t be able to meet UniCredit’s requests for a recapitalization package worth more than 7 billion euros as this would make a deal “too punitive” for the Italian taxpayer, one of the sources said. Disagreements over the size and costs of job cuts at the world’s oldest bank as well as an accountability issue over the way UniCredit calculates the fair value adjustments on MPS liabilities have proved to be a main stumbling block, this source said.

A second source said the parties had concluded it was impossible to reach an agreement based on the conditions set in July, which required the acquisition of “selected parts” of Monte dei Paschi to boost UniCredit’s earnings per share by 10% and leave its capital unaffected.

UniCredit declined to comment while the Treasury was not immediately available for comment.

(Reporting by Pamela Barbaglia in London, Valentina Za in Milan; Giuseppe Fonte in Rome)

Source Link Exclusive-Italy, UniCredit set to call off talks over Monte dei Paschi-sources

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