Allianz Capital Partners GmbH, EDF Invest, DIF Infrastructure IV of Dutch Infrastructure Fund B.V. and Silk Road Fund of The Silk Road Fund Co Ltd. agreed to acquire 10% stake in Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A. from Atlantia S.p.A. (BIT:ATL) for €1.5 billion on April 27, 2017. The transaction involves the sale of a 5% interest to a consortium of Allianz Capital Partners, EDF Invest and DIF Infrastructure IV and sale of a further 5% interest to Silk Road Fund. The consortium made up of Allianz Capital Partners on behalf of Allianz Group, EDF Invest and DIF also have a call option on a further 2.5% interest in Autostrade per l’Italia to be exercised, on the same terms and conditions, no later than October 31, 2017. Transaction signing is subject to finalization of the contract of sale which is expected to occur over the next days. Atlantia’s Board of Directors approved the deal. Transaction is expected to occur by end of July 2017. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley acted as financial advisors and Roberto Cera, Barbara Napolitan, Roberta Padula, Federico Vitale, Marco Rubino, Francesco Anglani and Luca Perfetti of Bonelli Erede acted as legal advisor for Atlantia. Alessio De Comite, Nicola Ceccarelli and Giorgio Maria Bertola of Rothschild acted as financial advisors, Roberto Bonsignore, David Singer, Luca Bernini, Mattia Paglierini, Niccolò Calvi, Gianluca Atzori, Matteo Beretta and Natalia Latronico of Cleary Gottlieb acted as legal advisor for Allianz Capital Partners GmbH, EDF Invest and Dutch Infrastructure Fund B.V. Luigi Verga, Laura Li Donni and Alessandra Moroni of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP acted as legal advisor for Silk Road. EY acted as accountant for Allianz Capital Partners GmbH.