Italian iconic lingerie maker La Perla Manufacturing, an insolvent company that belonged to Dutch Tennor Holding (fka Sapinda Holding) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Francesco Paolo Bello, Francesca Pace and Gianluca Giorgi, La Perla’s insolvency administrators, required to table a receivership plan by 2 April, Tuesday. La Perla has debts of 107 million euros, sales of 18 million and assets of 109.4 million.
Gestio Capital completed the acquisition of Genoa’s football team UC Sampdoria after having signed a settlement with Massimo Ferrero and Gianluca Vidal (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Gestio Capital will withdraw a 5.25 million euros compensation that requested from Ferrero who will sell his 21% in the team. Previous press reports said that Sampdoria could attract the resources of QSI-Qatar Sports Investments. Matteo Manfredi and Raffaele Fiorella are the club’s chairman and ceo.
Market rumours say that Exor, the financial arm of the Elkann-Agnelli Family, aims to sell La Repubblica, an Italian newspaper of progressive area (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The asset attracted the interest of Antonio Angelucci, which also aims to buy Radio Capital, Paris-listed Vivendi and KKR, which owns German publisher Axel Springer. The vendors aim to fetch 60 million euros. Press reports said that Exor is selling Secolo XIX, a paper of Genoa area, that attracted the interest of Aldo Spinelli and Giulio Schenone. Exor called off the disposal of Provincia Pavese, a local paper for Pavia area, to a pool of bidders that withdrew their initial 5 million offer.
Red Circle Investments sold its 10% in Milan-listed wine producer Masi Agricola after having called off the litigation with the company’s main shareholders Bruno Boscaini, Mario Boscaini and Sandro Boscaini (see here a previous post by BeBeez). After the agreement, the comapany belongs to Bruno Boscaini (27,83%), Mario Boscaini (27,83%) and Sandro Boscaini (27,83%), Fondazione Enpaia (7.56%) and other shareholders with up to 5% of the business.
