KKR Nears Bid for Telecom Italia, Corriere Reports

The TIM logo on a flag above an entrance to the Telecom Italia SpA headquarters building in Rome, Italy, on Monday, May 17, 2021. Telecom Italia report results on Wednesday. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg , Bloomberg

Tommaso Ebhardt, Bloomberg News

Nov 21, 2021

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(Bloomberg) -- U.S. private equity firm KKR & Co. is nearing a bid for Telecom Italia SpA, Il Corriere della Sera reported.

KKR has submitted a manifestation of interest, which Telecom Italia’s board is set to review Sunday, according to the newspaper, which didn’t say where it got the information.

The New York-based buyout firm would be ready to launch a takeover bid on the whole group, the Italian daily said.

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