* UNICREDIT CRDI.MI – The Italian bank submitted its takeover offer for its rival Banco BPM BAMI.MI for an amount of 10 billion euros to the Italian markets authority on Friday. Its managing director, Andrea Orcel, judged the initial price proposed “fair and adequate”.
* VIVENDI VIV.PA – The group's various activities will make their debut on the stock market on Monday: CANAL+ CAN.L on the London Stock Exchange, HAVAS HAVAS.AS on Euronext Amsterdam and LOUIS HACHETTE GROUP ALHG.PA on Euronext Growth Paris.
* GETLINK GETP.PA announced on Monday the technical interruption of ElecLink operations, with the return to service of the interconnector expected on February 10, 2025.
* HOLCIM HOLN.S has completed its share buyback worth 1 billion Swiss francs (1.1 billion euros), the Swiss construction materials company said on Monday.
* INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES IDSI.L – The British government has approved the takeover of the owner of Royal Mail by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky for 5.3 billion pounds (6.4 billion euros), reported the Financial Times.
* STELLANTIS STLAM.MI – Italy hopes to be a central element of Stellantis' future strategy and wants carmaker Fiat to protect factories located on its territory, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said on Saturday.
The President of the Council, Giorgia Meloni, declared on Sunday that the Italian government is ready to work with Stellantis on the condition that the group maintains jobs and factories in the country.
* ALLIANZ ALVG.DE – The German group has decided not to acquire a 51% stake in the Singapore insurer Income Insurance Ltd, for an amount of 1.5 billion dollars (1.43 billion euros), due to of the opposition of local authorities to this project, declared a source familiar with the matter.
* JCDECAUX JCDX.PA – The French group and JOJ Media House Group announced on Friday that they had decided by mutual agreement not to pursue the merger of their outdoor communications activities in Slovakia.
(Written by Diana Mandia, with Benjamin Mallet, edited by Augustin Turpin)
