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Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze (“MEF”) announces the launch of an accelerated procedure for collecting orders (“Accelerated Book Building – ABB”) to sell no. 251,937,942 ordinary shares of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (“MPS” or “Bank”) corresponding to around 20% of the share capital of the Bank, through a consortium of banks constituted by BofA Securities Europe SA, Jefferies GmbH and UBS Europe SE which are acting as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners, with the aim of promoting the placement of the shares above mentioned to qualified investors in Italy and international institutional investors.
In the context of the transaction, it is provided that MEF commits to the Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners not to sell further Bank's shares on the market for a period of 90 days, subject to waiver of the same Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners and customary exceptions, as market practice.
The final terms of the transaction will be communicated upon completion of the placement activities.
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The offer is not and will not be registered at the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) according to the applicable regulatory and legislative dispositions. Therefore, the securities discussed herein and any document related to them could not be offered, sold or distributed in the public in the Republic of Italy except for qualified investors, within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as by time to time modified, in any case respecting the legislative and regulatory disposition or the requirement imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian Authority.