(ANSA) – BERGAMO, 19 FEB – Atalanta has formalized “the signing of a partnership agreement between the Percassi family and a group of investors led by businessman Stephen Pagliuca, Managing Partner and Co-owner of the Boston Celtics, as well as Co-chairman of Bain Capital, one of the leading investment funds in the world “.
Pagliuca and partners enter the company by acquiring 55% of La Dea Srl, the sub-holding of the Percassi family, which owns approximately 86% of the share capital of Atalanta, for an amount exceeding 400 million. The Percassi remain the main single shareholder, while Stephen Pagliuca is the new Co-chairman of the Club. Antonio and Luca Percassi will continue to hold the office of president and CEO respectively of Atalanta.
The purpose of the operation, the note reads, is to increase “the brand’s notoriety beyond the European borders, expanding the network of talents to which Atalanta has access and opening the doors to new opportunities for commercial collaborations as well as to ‘use of innovative technologies for the sports and financial management of the Club “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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