UniCredit CEO hopes Generali will agree to commercial deal in coming months
Nov 9 (Reuters) - UniCredit Chief Executive Andrea Orcel and Chief Financial Officer Stefano Porro tell analysts:
AFTER SUPERVISORY APPROVALS IT WILL IMMEDIATELY ASK COMMERZBANK TO CONVENE EGM, CEO SAYS
COMBINATION BETWEEN COMMERZBANK AND HVB COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE PLACE EARLIER THAN EXPECTED, CEO SAYS
DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL COMMERZBANK STAKEHOLDERS HAVE IMPROVED AS WE NEAR MOMENT WHEN WE TAKE CONTROL, CEO SAYS
ACTUAL DETAILED DISCUSSIONS CAN TAKE PLACE ONLY ONCE ALL AUTHORISATIONS ARE IN PLACE, CEO SAYS
PHASE 1 ON COMMERZBANK IS APPLYING UNICREDIT UNLOCKED STRATEGY, NO INTEGRATION, CEO SAYS
PHASE TWO IS INTEGRATION BETWEEN HVB AND COMMERZBANK, CEO SAYS
PHASE 1 WE THOUGHT WOULD LAST 2-3 YEARS BUT WE CAN DO IT FASTER IF EVERYONE ONBOARD, CEO SAYS
M&A LAW TAKES TIME SO FORGET COMMERZBANK PHASE 2 IN 2027, CEO SAYS
WE'LL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE NOT TO TOUCH THE COMMERCIAL NETWORKS OF COMMERZBANK AND HVB, CEO SAYS
WITH GENERALI THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE THAT CAN BE CREATED VIA CLOSER COOPERATION AND AGREEMENT, CEO SAYS
CLOSER COOPERATION WITH GENERALI DOES NOT REQUIRE CONTROL, CEO SAYS
WE CAN HELP GENERALI IN GEOGRAPHIES WHERE WE BOTH ARE PRESENT, IT'S THEIR DECISION, CEO SAYS
WE HOPE WE CAN CLOSE AN AGREEMENT WITH GENERALI IN THE COMING MONTHS, CEO SAYS
WE HAPPY WITH CURRENT COMMERZBANK STAKE, CEO SAYS
WE NOT READY AND DO NOT INTEND ANY TIME SOON TO LAUNCH MBANK BID, CEO SAYS
TO AVOID MBANK OFFER WE NEED TO STAY BELOW 50% OF COMMERZBANK, CEO SAYS
WE WOULD CHANGE OUR MIND ON CROSSING 50% IF ALL COMMERZBANK STAKEHOLDERS WERE SUPPORTIVE, CEO SAYS
FOR THE FORESEABLE FUTURE A NEAR 50% COMMERZBANK STAKE IS THE NUMBER, CEO SAYS
10 EURO EPS TARGET FOR UNICREDIT IN 2028 DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY COMMERZBANK COMBINATION WITH HVB, ONLY 'UNLOCKED', CFO SAYS
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