Economia - pubblicata il 18 Novembre 2021
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of Autostrade per l’Italia S.p.A. (‘ASPI’) by CDP Equity S.p.A. (‘CDPE’), both of Italy,
Macquarie Group Limited (‘Macquarie’) of Australia and Blackstone Group Inc. (‘Blackstone’) of the US. ASPI is managing more than 3,000 kilometres of toll motorways across Italy under long-term
concessions granted by the Italian State.
CDPE is investing in companies of significant national Italian interest, as part of the state owned CDP group. Macquarie is a global investment, banking and financial services provider. Blackstone
is a global alternative asset manager. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns, because of the limited impact it would have on the market. The
transaction was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.
More information is available on the Commission’s competition website, in the public
case register under the case
number M.10382.