N.U.O. Capital S.A. reached an agreement to acquire 19.57% stake in Bialetti Industrie S.p.A (BIT:BIA) from Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. for ?5.7 million on April 16, 2025. A cash consideration of ?5.7 million will be paid by N.U.O. Capital S.A. In related transaction N.U.O. Capital S.A. agreed to acquire 59.002% stake in Bialetti Industrie S.p.A from Bialetti Investimenti SPA. The plan provides for a multi-faceted refinancing of ?30 million in junior financing from Illimity Bank Spa and AMCO Spa, ?45 million in senior financing from a pool led by Banco BPM Spa, with BPER Banca Spa and Banca Ifis Spa, and equity contributions of at least ?49.5 million from NUO Octagon. In addition, NUO obtained commitment letters totaling ?71 million. Closing is expected to occur by June, subject to specific conditions, including financing and regulatory approvals.

Luigi Vaccaro, Mario Pelli Cattaneo, Riccardo Tedeschini , Elena Secondari, Adalberto Bruno Rurale, Giulia Battaglia, Matteo Botti, Lisa Marangon, Manfredi Vianini Tolomei, Emiliano De Luise, Gaia Maivè Beffi, Valentina Soldovilla, Fiona Gaia Gittardi, Giulio Napolitano and Luca Masotto of Chiomenti acted as legal advisor, Gitti And Partners Studio Legale Associato as tax advisor, Ernst & Young Italia as financial, legal and labor due diligence provider and Vitale&Co as debt advisor to N.U.O. Capital aspects and Vitale&Co as debt advisor. Ugo Orsini and Ettore Consalvi of Linklaters LLP (USA) acted as legal advisor

N.U.O. Capital S.A. completed the acquisition of 19.57% stake in Bialetti Industrie S.p.A (BIT:BIA) from Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. on June 20, 2025.

Sculptor and Moka Bean were assisted by Linklaters as legal advisor. Lazard S.r.l. acted as financial advisor to Bialetti Industrie S.p.A. Cosimo Paszkowski, Giovanni Nicchiniello and Francesco Cesaroni of Orsingher Ortu Avvocati Associati and Linda Morellini and Paolo Barbanti Silva of Giovanardi Studio Legale acted as legal advisor to Bialetti Industrie S.p.A.