The board of directors of Atlantia on the tragic collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa lasted three hours. The company has decided not to respond to the requests of the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, who on the eve of the board defined the figure of half a billion euros that Autostrade has put on the plate after the disaster of August 14 as "modest", adding that " they could quadruple or quintuple it.”
On the other hand, Atlantia chose to react, announcing the start of checks on the impact that the Government's letter relating to the revocation of the motorway concession had on the share, which today in Piazza Affari is experiencing yet another day of passion by selling the 4,05, 18,13% at 13 euros. Since last August 5, the company has seen over XNUMX billion in capitalization go up in smoke.
"In relation to the letter of objection formulated by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport against Autostrade per l'Italia - reads the company note - the Board of Atlantia has started the checks relating to the impact of this letter on the instruments finances of the Group. The Board has also started evaluating the effects of the continuous utterances and the dissemination of news about the Company, having regard to its status as a listed company, with the aim of better protecting the market and savers”.
During the meeting, the CEO Giovanni Castellucci reported the results of the to the board of the Benetton family company BoD of Autostrade per l'Italia, held yesterday, also summarizing the initiatives launched by the latter in favor of families and the territory. The council then "illustrated the intervention plan, adopted pending the ascertainment of the causes of the event, both in favor of the families of the victims and those forced to move from their homes, as well as the reconstruction plan for the collapsed bridge and the alternative road plan in the city of Genoa. These measures are fully supported by Atlantia".
At the same juncture it should be noted that just today, the Guardia di Finanza made seizures of documents in the headquarters of Atlantia and Autostrade per l'Italia in Genoa, as part of the investigation by the Ligurian capital's prosecutor's office into the collapse of the Morandi bridge on 14 August, which claimed 43 lives. This was reported by the deputy prosecutor of Genoa Paolo D'Ovidio. Immediately after the collapse of the bridge, the Genoa prosecutor's office opened an investigation, to date still without suspects, which hypothesizes the crimes of culpable attack on transport safety, multiple manslaughter and culpable disaster.
