Italy's Monrif keeps options open for merger with unit Poligrafici Editoriale

Monrif SpA

01/02/2018 12:03

MILAN, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Italy's Monrif  EDII.MI  is keeping 
its options open for a merger with its unit Poligrafici 
Editoriale  POLI.MI  but ruled out a shareholders reshuffle, the 
publisher's president and chief executive Andrea Riffeser Monti 
told Reuters on Thursday. 
    "(A merger) is a mere hypothesis, which remains plausible... 
but at the moment it's not among our priorities" Riffeser Monti 
said. Monrif owns 62 percent of Poligrafici Editoriale. 
    Since the beginning of the year Monrif's shares rose more 
than 50 percent. Shares in Poligrafici Editoriale, which 
publishes four regional newspapers in Italy, went up more than 
75 percent. 
 
 (Reporting by Claudia Cristoferi, writing by Elisa Anzolin, 
editing by Giulia Segreti) 
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Keywords: MONRIF POLIGRAFICI EDITORIALE/