(Finance) – “Let’s see in the shareholders who have promoted the takeover bid on Atlantiaour historical partner Edition and Blackstonewhich participates through an open end fund, very much interest for Atlantia to become one great investment platform in integrated and sustainable mobility and to further consolidate its traditional business, that of motorway and airport concessions !.
This is explained by Giampiero Massolo, president of Atlantia, in an interview with Class CNBC on the occasion of the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio. The manager has not provided information on the timing of the takeover bid, which is still in an authorization phase, but has hoped for a green light “in the coming weeksin order to comply with the timetable, which would like the conclusion of this operation by the end of the year “.
Massolo recalled that the The group already manages 48 concessions in 11 countries of the world ed is present in 24 countries. “We are a piece of Italy that also invests abroad”, reiterated the manager, adding “la sustainability for us it is a obligatory path: we have made a programming of investments which takes into account the ESG factorsand for this reason we have been recognized by the certification bodies among the top 4 most effective infrastructure companies in the world in terms of sustainability “.
Answering a question about the war in Ukrainethe President of Atlantia who is also the president of ISPI, said he was convinced that the situation “will freeze and last quite a long time” and therefore we have in front of a llong period “of sanctions and not of collaboration”.
For Massolo, Putin “has underestimated the resistance Ukraine and the compactness of the West, which is not only defending Ukraine’s right to defend itself but is also defending itself. At the same time – he added – “it will be increasingly difficult for Russia to regenerate its arsenal and not suffer the damage resulting from the sanctions. wanted by the G7 and the European gas price are a significant threat to Russian income “.