Italian lender BPER Banca on Sunday approved a revised deal with Intesa Sanpaolo to address antitrust issues in Intesa's takeover bid for UBI Banca , a source close to the matter said.
Intesa Sanpaolo launched a bid for smaller rival UBI Banca in February but the deal ran up against antitrust hurdles.
To get the green light for the bid, Intesa had struck a deal under which BPER Banca would buy up to 500 branches and about 20 billion euros in assets from the new group. But Italy’s antitrust authority said earlier this month the takeover would strengthen or create a dominant position for Intesa in several areas.
The revised deal increases by around 50 the number of branches that BPER will buy from the combined group once Intesa has completed the takeover of UBI, the source said.A final antitrust hearing in Italy is scheduled for June 18 but a verdict is not expected until late July, complicating matters for Intesa which had initially planned to launch its bid before the summer holiday period, by which time it had expected to have cleared all regulatory hurdles.
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