Press Releases

F2i reports that it has initialled a preliminary sale agreement with the Cities of Padua and Vicenza for acquisition of a 7.4% interest in Autostrada Brescia Verona Vicenza Padova SpA. Final adjudication of the shares is subject to the outcome of the first-option process called for by the company's articles of association in favour of the other shareholders.

F2i has completed transfer to Fagioli Finance of the 22.7% share held in Interporto Rivalta Scrivia. The Fund, administered by Vito Gamberale, had acquired the interest in May 2009 with the objective of contributing to creating a coordinate network of interports.

F2i’s senior partner, Mauro Maia, called a meeting of the Metroweb SpA board of directors. Metroweb’s managing director, Alberto Trondoli, described the company’s economic and financial status as of July 2011. Maia left his position as president of the company and has become its vice president. The board of directors named Franco Bassanini as the new president of Metroweb SpA.

F2i and Citigroup Global Markets Limited are reporting that they have reached an amicable settlement in the suit brought before the Milan civil court. The suit involved the placement of the Fund’s shares by Citigroup Markets Limited . F2i and Citigroup state that they have resolved all disagreements and expressed their willingness and intention to discuss and evaluate future possibilities for cooperation.

The F2i board of directors, chaired by Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, approved the Fund’s report on September 1, 2011, and decided to distribute 30 million euros to its investors. The Fund, administered by Vito Gamberale, has already committed 72% of the initial funding (1,852 million euros), establishing a group active in strategic sectors of the national infrastructure.