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Italy hopes to reap €2bn from post service shares sale

AFP
AFP - [email protected] • 20 Jul, 2016 Updated Wed 20 Jul 2016 08:22 CEST
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The Italian government hopes to earn "around €2 billion ($2.2 billion) from the sale of more shares in Poste Italiane SpA, the country's postal service, Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Tuesday.

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The money will be used to reduce public debt, he told the Senate transport commission.

The sale concerns a 29.7 percent stake. A tranche of around 35 percent was sold last October.

The state will retain a 35 percent share in Poste Italiane through the Italian Deposit Bank in order to maintain indirect control.

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