MILAN – Leonardo Del Vecchio’s Delfin has risen to 15.4% of Mediobanca’s capital. This can be read in the updates of Consob’s significant shareholdings. The uncertainty generated yesterday, when Fininvest announced that it had sold its 2% stake in Piazzetta Cuccia, therefore lasted a handful of hours. The main “suspect” – from the first moment identified by the market as Del Vecchio – as the final recipient of the package passed through Unicredit as a broker, in fact, promptly came out of the closet, as he always did when he took holdings in the bank of business.
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At this point, Del Vecchio is consolidated even more in his position as the single main shareholder of the institute led by Alberto Nagel, in the face of a “light” consultation agreement now just over 10% (10.6% to be precise) after also losing the Fininvest stake. Del Vecchio, through Delfin, has the ECB authorization to raise Mediobanca to 19.9%.
The new move by the entrepreneur, who founded the Essilor Luxottica eyewear empire, is part of a climate of great tension in the precious Mediobanca subsidiary, Generali, where Del Vecchio himself has a share of just under 5% .
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