Linklaters on the first Italian IPO with an English prospectus, successfully re-opening the IPO market in 2023 following a period of difficult and volatile equity markets

Linklaters advised the joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners and the listing agent on the IPO on Euronext Milan of EuroGroup Laminations, world leader in the design, production and distribution of stators and rotors for electric motors and generators.

Admission to trading followed an institutional placement that raised a total of EUR 432 million (including the option shares), of which EUR 250 million related to the offering by the Company, with the remainder from the sale by the selling shareholders, Euro Management Services (the founding families' holding company) and Tikehau Capital vehicles. At the market opening, the Company’s capitalisation on the first day of trading was EUR 922 million.
The transaction marked a number of firsts in the Italian market, including being the first Italian IPO to be conducted on the basis of a single, English-language offering document – an option not previously available –, as well as being the first to have a listing agent, following the recently-amended listing framework.  

Linklaters advised J.P. Morgan, BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo (IMI CIB division) and UniCredit with a team led by partner Ugo Orsini, with support from counsel Cheri De Luca, managing associate Francesco Eugenio Pasello, associate Daniele Casà and trainee Filippo Maria Linzi.

The team was also supported by counsel Asad Ahmed for the aspects of English law.

Partner Ugo Orsini commented: “EuroGroup Laminations’s transaction is a key milestone in the Italian ECM space, as it is the first IPO with an English language prospectus and the first carried out under the new regulatory framework of Borsa Italiana. Both new regimes are aimed at facilitating access to the Italian and European financial markets by our corporates and prove that our market is flourishing and ready to play a key role in Europe”.