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Intesa Roils Italian Banking with Rival Bid for MPS

The unsolicited offer includes a competition remedy that would sell 635 branches and preserve the MPS brand through a separate transaction.

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The Corner Reported by Bankinter Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP) is offering a share swap of 1.6 ISP shares for every MPS share with a cash payment of €1 per share, subject to the acquisition of 66.67% of the share capital of MPS. The offer values MPS at €10.09 per share, implying a premium of 12.5% over Friday’s closing price and 17.4% over the average share price over the last three months. This is...

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Intesa Sanpaolo, Carlo Messina, said this at the end of the press conference on the hypothesis of aggregation with Banco Monte dei Paschi di Siena.Continue reading

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Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo has announced a €30.6 billion bid to take over Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS), the world's oldest bank. It is one of the largest banking deals in Europe this year, and could significantly change the balance of power in the European financial market. Intesa offered €10.09 per MPS share, a 12.5 percent premium to the market price before the offer was announced. A banking giant is being created If the transact…

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Irish Times broke the news in Dublin, Ireland on Monday, June 8, 2026.
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