Hong Kong-listed iconic Italian fashion brand Prada attracted a 2.5 billion euros financing facilitiy from Goldman Sachs (leading lender), Citi and other unnamed firms for financing the 1.5 billion acquisition of Versace and Jimmy Choo from NYSE-listed Capri Holdings which retained Barclays as advisor (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The borrower will invest one billion in relaunching the target. Andrea Guerra heads Prada wich aims to close the deal by the end of April 2025.
Milan-listed Seri Industrial received a 150 million euros revolving financing facility from UniCredit, Intesa SanPaolo, BNL BNP Paribas, and CDP for building a gigafactory in Caserta area (see here a previous post by BeBeez). SACE provided a warranty. Vittorio Civitillo, ceo, owns 56.368% of SERI since Neuberger Berman and Atlante Private Equity Fund sold their stakes. Legance assisted the lenders. Ferdinando Natali is UniCredit’s Regional Manager for the South Italy. Giuseppe Nargi is Intesa Sanpaolo director for Campania, Calabry and Sicily. Fulvio Egidi is BNL BNP Paribas head of Large Corporate and structured finance. Matteo Rusciadelli is CDP relationship manager for the South of Italy. Gianluca Amero is the Regional Director South of SACE.
Italian wine producer Cantine Ermes issued a 5 million euros minibond that CDP subscribed and for which SACE provided a warranty (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company will invest such resources for improving the efficiency of its production process.
On 18 March, Tuesday, Deutsche Bank signed a partnership with Banca AideXa, a fintech bank for Italian SMEs that Roberto Nicastro and Federico Sforza founded (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The firms will provide Italian SMEs with financing facility on the ground of strategic synergies, Marzio Pividori, ceo and coo of Banca AideXa, said to BeBeez. Giordano Villa is Deutsche Bank co-head of Private Bank Italy BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors the investors of Banca AideXa. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
