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BPER Banca secures 58.49% stake in Banca Popolare di Sondrio
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 11, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 11, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
BPER Banca secures a 58.49% stake in Banca Popolare di Sondrio, enhancing its position in the Italian banking sector.
ROME (Reuters) -BPER Banca has successfully closed its voluntary public tender and exchange offer for Banca Popolare di Sondrio, reaching 58.49% ownership, a stake that guarantees its full control, the company said on Friday
In February, BPER launched an all-share takeover bid for BPSO as dealmaking picked up in the Italian financial sector. Last week, the bank sweetened its offer by adding a cash component of 1 euro ($1.17) per BPSO share, valuing BPSO at 5.44 billion euros.
Last week, BPER chief Gianni Franco Papa said he was confident that the lender would go over a 50% take-up threshold in its ongoing takeover bid for Sondrio, in an interview with the MF newspaper.
Borsa Italiana data earlier in the day showed that take-up had reached 58.35% of Sondrio's share capital.
Papa called it a significant milestone that would strengthen BPER's position among Italy's top banking groups, with the emerging group aiming for a presence of more than 2,000 branches and 6 million customers, according to the statement.
(Reporting by Gavin Jones and Rajveer Singh Pardesi in Bengaluru, editing by Andrea Mandala and Louise Heavens)
BPER Banca secured a 58.49% ownership stake in Banca Popolare di Sondrio.
BPER sweetened its offer by including a cash component of 1 euro ($1.07) per share.
CEO Gianni Franco Papa called the 58.49% stake a significant milestone that would strengthen BPER's position among Italy's top banking groups.
BPER aims to establish a presence of more than 2,000 branches and serve over 6 million customers.
Borsa Italiana reported that the take-up had reached 58.35% of Sondrio's share capital.
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