Borsa Italiana Welcomes Cerved On MTA - Cerved Raised About 490 Million Euro

Cerved debuts today on MTA, the main market of Borsa Italiana. The company is a leader in providing Italian financial data to the business world.
Cerved successfully raised approximately €490 million at IPO, valuing the business at €995 million.

Banca IMI was the sponsor and UniCredit was responsible for the placement.
Mediobanca and JP Morgan were both global coordinators of the offering.

Patrizia Celia, Large Caps and Investment Vehicles, Primary Markets, Borsa Italiana, commented:
"We are pleased to welcome Cerved to our markets, the second IPO on MTA in 2014. The money raised on the capital markets will allow the company to start a significant growth phase and strengthen its strategic positioning.
We are delighted to see growing company and investor interest in the Italian markets and a healthy IPO pipeline developing. This signals a strong year ahead for the Italian capital markets.”