55% of La Dea was sold to an American consortium led by the president of the large fund Bain
L’Atalanta has announced on its official channels the subscription of a partnership agreement between the Percassi family and a group of investors led by Stephen Pagliucamanaging partner e Co-owner of the Boston Celtics, as well as co-chairman di Bain Capitalone of the main investment funds to the world. The agreement provides the entry of new investors with a total stake of 55% in the share capital de La Dea Srl (“The Goddess”). There Percassi family will keep the 45% stake. The Goddess is there sub-holding of the Percassi family, holder of approx 86% of the capital club of Atalanta.
The Percassi family will remain the main single shareholder and the governance will be the expression of an equal partnership: Antonio And Luca Percassi they will continue to hold the office of Atalanta president and CEO respectively, while Stephen Pagliuca will be appointed Co-chairman of the club. The group of new investors includes leading professionals with in-depth experience in the football and sports industry in general. Also for this reason, the partnership sets itself theaim to strengthen the company and the teamwith the intent of achieving a further improvement in sports and economic results – in addition to the noteworthy ones – achieved so far.
The commitment is to guarantee the club an even more international future, increasing the awareness of the brand outside the European borders, expanding the network of talents to which Atalanta has access and opening the doors to new opportunities for commercial collaborations beyond and the use of innovative technologies for the management – sporting and financial – of the Club. All this in the declared desire to never loosen the strong roots of Atalanta in the Bergamo area and the close link with their supporters.
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