Metroweb

Fineurop Soditic acted as financial adviser to private equity house Stirling Square Capital Partners in the acquisition of a majority stake in Metroweb S.p.A. from Italy-based utility AEM in a MBI transaction. AEM will retain a 23.5% stake in the business. Metroweb owns a 3,200 km fibre optics network through the city of Milan, the Valtellina area and the backbones to some Northern Italian cities (e.g. Bologna, Bergamo, Verona, Vicenza, Genoa and Turin). The Company rents its network to telecom operators that offer services to retail clients and corporations. In 2005 Metroweb generated a turnover of Euro 44 million with an Ebitda of more than 60%. This transaction represents Stirling Square’s first investment in Italy.