New TIM governance does not change Vivendi's obligation re Mediaset: AGCOM
Reuters
Published May 07, 2018 09:09AM ET
New TIM governance does not change Vivendi's obligation re Mediaset: AGCOM
ROME (Reuters) - The new governance set up at Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) does not change the obligations of top shareholder Vivendi (PA:VIV) regarding its stake in broadcaster Mediaset (MI:MS), an official from the communications regulator AGCOM said on Monday.
Last year AGCOM asked Vivendi, which owns 24 percent of TIM and just under 30 percent of Mediaset, to reduce its stake in one of the two groups by April this year to comply with Italian antitrust regulations designed to prevent a concentration of power in the country's telecoms and media sector.
Vivendi last month transferred a 19.19 percent shareholding in Mediaset into a trust. On Friday, activist fund Elliott wrestled board control at TIM away from Vivendi, raising the question over whether this would impact the regulator's view on the French media group's holdings in the two companies.
"The governance change (at TIM) does not alter the situation which AGCOM examined at the time," AGCOM commissioner Antonio Nicita told Reuters.
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