Press Releases

F2i SGR and Veronagest, have signed an agreement for the purchase by F2i's Secondo Fondo of one of Italy's main wind portfolio, comprised of 7 energy plants operating in Sicily and Calabria with aggregate installed capacity of 282 MW. Through this acquisition, F2i continues to grow in the renewal energy sector, with the objective of fostering the development of large specialised operators able to harness significant operational and financial efficiency. Indeed the Veronagest are additional to the other wind assets already held by Fondo F2i, which include 70% of the company E2i (approximately 600 MW installed and 165 MW under construction) and ownership of 16% of Alerion. With plant capacity in excess of 1000 MW, F2i has now become one of the main sector operators in the Italy.

The consortium Terna S.p.A. - F2i SGR S.p.A. (with an equal stake of 50%) qualified as an Eligible Participant on the 12 August 2016, submitted a binding offer for the acquisition of 24% of the capital of ADMIE, also named as Independent Power Transmission Operator S.A. (IPTO), in compliance with the tender procedure launched on 12 July 2016 by Public Power Corporation (PPC), in its capacity of sole owner of ADMIE. ADMIE is the Hellenic Electricity Transmission System Operator and it owns and operates the National Interconnected Electricity Transmission System, composed by 11,529 km of Transmission Lines with a voltage of 66 – 400 kV and 310 High Voltage substations.

CIR and F2i announce that Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has invested in KOS. Mumtalakat’s investment was made indirectly through the purchase of an interest in F2i Healthcare, the vehicle company controlled by the F2i Second Fund.

A consortium of investors led by F2i completed today the acquisition of 37.3% of KOS from Ardian for € 240 million. KOS is one of the main players in the Italian long term care sector. As of today, KOS share capital is held by KOS (62.7%) and by F2i Healthcare (37.3%). Mr Carlo Michelini, Director General and Head of the Investment Team of F2i, was appointed Chairman of KOS SpA.

Regarding the leaks that have appeared in the press relating to Metroweb, Renato Ravanelli, F2i CEO, states: “F2i hasn’t received neither an offer for the acquisition of the absolute majority of Metroweb nor for the entrance in the capital of the company. If in the next days some proposals should arise, F2i management and BoD would evaluate them, considering the best interest for the investors of the Fund and of Metroweb, which is the player that is able to immediately guarantee, thanks to its expertise and managed fiber optic network, the acceleration to the infrastructural development needed by the Country”.