Item 1 of 2 一名男子于2010年7月23日走过米兰市中心的蒙特代伊帕斯基迪锡耶纳银行。
Item 1 of 2 A man walks in front of Monte Dei Paschi di Siena bank in downtown Milan July 23, 2010.
米兰，10月12日 - 意大利银行蒙特代伊帕斯基迪锡耶纳银行（MPS）周一表示，求购方意萨圣保罗银行的加价收购要约使MPS投资者面临若干不确定性，同时迫使他们放弃可能的替代方案。
MILAN, Oct 12 - Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) on Monday said suitor Intesa Sanpaolo's sweetened takeover offer leaves MPS investors exposed to several uncertainties, while forcing them to ditch a possible alternative plan.
意萨圣保罗银行于10月3日承诺，若MPS股东拒绝MPS提出的反方案，将额外支付8亿欧元（8.92亿美元）现金，以对抗其340亿欧元现金加股票收购要约。
Intesa on October 3 pledged to pay MPS shareholders a further €800 million ($892 million) in cash provided they reject a counter-plan MPS has proposed to fight Intesa's €34 billion cash-and-share takeover bid.
MPS首席执行官路易吉·洛瓦格利奥一直在敦促投资者于10月29日的投票中支持该反方案，即使他们计划后来接受意萨圣保罗银行的要约。
MPS CEO Luigi Lovaglio had been asking investors to back the counter plan at an October 29 vote, even if they intended to later take up Intesa's offer.
在意萨圣保罗银行的最后通牒之后，持有该行资本总额三分之一的主要MPS投资者表示，他们将拒绝该防御方案并接受意萨圣保罗银行的要约。
Following Intesa's ultimatum, leading MPS investors holding in aggregate a third of the bank's capital have said they will reject the defence plan and accept Intesa's bid.
他们的立场使得洛瓦格利奥无法达到在10月29日投票中获胜所需的三分之二多数。MPS董事会于周一召开会议，讨论最新进展。
Their stance makes it impossible for Lovaglio to reach the two-thirds majority he needs to prevail at the October 29 vote. The board of MPS met on Monday to discuss the latest developments.
MPS表示，意萨圣保罗银行要求MPS股东放弃替代方案，尽管该要约是否会如预期般展开并产生目标回报尚无确定性。
MPS said Intesa was asking MPS shareholders to give up an alternative plan though there was no certainty that the bid would unfold as expected and produce the targeted returns.
“MPS董事会及其管理层将继续以股东利益为重，评估并推进任何保护投资者持仓并最大化其价值的举措，” 该行如是称。
"MPS board and its management will continue to work in the interest of shareholders, evaluating and pursuing any initiatives to protect investors' holdings and maximise their value," it said.