米兰/伦敦，10月11日 - 据两位知情人士透露，意大利最大移动通信塔公司INWIT的主要股东正在为潜在的私有化交易安排融资，此举发生在该铁塔公司与其两大客户之间的合同纠纷之际。
MILAN/LONDON, Oct 11 - The leading shareholders in INWIT are arranging the financing for a potential take-private deal of Italy's largest mobile telecom towers company, two people close to the matter said, amid a contractual dispute between the masts firm and its two main customers.
法国私募股权公司Ardian及其投资工具Oak Holdings 1（后者由GIP、Vodafone和KKR等共同投资者支持）正在探索收购INWIT少数股东股份的要约收购，知情人士称。
French private equity firm Ardian and investment vehicle Oak Holdings 1, the latter backed by co-investors GIP, Vodafone and KKR, are exploring a bid to buy out minority shareholders in INWIT, the people said.
Ardian持有INWIT 32%的股份，而Oak Holdings控制39%。
Ardian controls 32% of INWIT, while Oak Holdings controls 39%.
知情人士称，投资者正在与银行讨论此次收购的融资方案，其中一人补充说，阿布扎比投资公司Mubadala预计将作为该计划的一部分入股INWIT。
The investors are discussing the financing of the bid with banks, the people said, with one person adding that Abu Dhabi investment firm Mubadala is expected to take a stake in INWIT as part of the plan.
知情人士同时警告称，相关 deliberations 仍在进行中。
The people cautioned that deliberations are still ongoing.
Ardian、GIP、Vodafone、KKR和Mubadala均拒绝置评。GIP是美国投资公司Blackrock的一部分。INWIT发言人表示，公司对此事没有任何信息。
Ardian, GIP, Vodafone, KKR and Mubadala declined to comment. GIP is part of US investment firm Blackrock. An INWIT spokesperson said the company did not have any information on the matter.
INWIT于2015年在米兰上市，自今年2月法国媒体报道基础设施基金Ardian和投资集团Brookfield有意将其私有化以来，一直是收购传闻的焦点。
INWIT, which listed in Milan in 2015, has been the subject of takeover speculation since a French media report in February that infrastructure fund Ardian and investment group Brookfield were interested in taking the Italian company private.
此后，INWIT陷入与其两大客户——意大利电信(TIM)和瑞士电信旗下Fastweb——的纠纷，双方均启动了终止与INWIT各自合同的程序，作为重新谈判更有利条款的一部分。
INWIT has since then become embroiled in a dispute with its two main customers, Telecom Italia (TIM) and Swisscom's Fastweb, both of which have initiated procedures to terminate their respective contracts with INWIT as part of efforts to renegotiate them on more favourable terms.
根据LSEG数据，INWIT的市值在过去一年下降了约27%，至周五收盘时的71亿美元（63亿欧元）。
INWIT's market value has fallen about 27% over the past year to $7.1 billion (€6.3 billion) as of Friday's close, according to LSEG data.