MILAN, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Italian financial group
Unipol Gruppo UNPI.MI said on Thursday it had raised its stake
in Banca Popolare di Sondrio BPSI.MI to 19.7%, after buying
around 10.2% of the small bank from investors via a reverse
accelerated bookbuilding procedure.
Unipol paid a price of 5.10 euros for every Popolare di
Sondrio share for a total outlay of around 235.6 million euros
($248 million), it said in a statement.
($1 = 0.9509 euros)
(Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro; editing by Valentina Za)
((gianluca.semeraro@tr.com; +39 06 80 307 741;))