Less than ten days after the clash in the meeting between Gavio and Salini, tension is rising between the two sides in the field for control of Impregilo. After Gavio put the buyback and extraordinary dividend on the table, today it is Claudio Costamagna who puts the dots on the i of the Salini proposal.
"We will not make a Lactalis bis, it will not be a cash acquisition of Salini," said Costamagna, former head of European investments at Goldman Sachs and candidate on the Salini list for the presidency of Impregilo. In short, the banker once again reiterates that Salini's interest is not aimed at replenishing the coffers of the Roman builder.
How will the integration between Salini and Impregilo take place? “First we will have to refocus Impregilo; see what's inside and sell what there is to sell. Once this is done, we will think about how to carry out this integration in the most transparent way possible for the market", explained Costamagna on the sidelines of the presentation of the Advise Only social network. Who also replies to the latest cards played by Gavio: "They didn't even talk about Ecorodovias, they copied it from us - he said - The buy-back idea also comes from our intervention". In any case, Salini does not want to do “any buy-back even if we may change our minds. Instead, we want to give the extraordinary dividend” once the integration has been completed, Costamagna points out. And Mediobanca, accused of raking in shares to support Gavio at the meeting?” As you know, ten days ago we filed a complaint with Consob for a concert. They will take care of it”, concluded Costamagna.
