Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleMediobanca investors with an 11.9% stake support the acquisition of Banca Generali to counter a buyout bid from Monte dei Paschi. A shareholder vote is scheduled for June 16.
MILAN (Reuters) -A group of Italian investors in the Italian merchant bank Mediobanca, holding a total stake of 11.9%, broadly backed the proposed bid for private bank Banca Generali in a meeting on Wednesday, two of the shareholders said.
Mediobanca proposed buying Banca Generali in April as it seeks to stave off a buyout bid from Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS).
Due to the MPS bid and Italian corporate takeover rules, Mediobanca must first seek shareholders' approval to pursue the Banca Generali deal and has called a meeting for June 16 to vote on the plan.
The group of Italian investors, which includes the asset manager Banca Mediolanum, signed a consultation agreement in 2018 to share observations on the main topics regarding Mediobanca, with no restrictions on voting at the ordinary and extraordinary general shareholders' meetings.
(Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro, editing by Enrico Sciacovelli)
The group of Italian investors holds a total stake of 11.9% in Mediobanca.
Mediobanca proposed buying Banca Generali to stave off a buyout bid from Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS).
Due to the MPS bid and Italian corporate takeover rules, Mediobanca must first seek shareholders' approval to pursue the Banca Generali deal.
Mediobanca has called a meeting for June 16 to vote on the plan regarding the acquisition of Banca Generali.
The group of Italian investors, including Banca Mediolanum, signed a consultation agreement in 2018 to share observations on key topics regarding Mediobanca.
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