蒙特代帕西银行（Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA）第三季度利润上升，为股东开始决定是否接受英蒂萨圣保罗银行（Intesa Sanpaolo SpA）340亿欧元（380亿美元）收购要约提供了积极背景。
Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA’s profit rose in the third quarter, providing a positive backdrop weeks before shareholders start deciding on Intesa Sanpaolo SpA’s €34 billion ($38 billion) takeover offer.
该托斯卡纳银行周五发布声明称，截至9月的三个月内净利润增长约15%，达到5.43亿欧元，略高于分析师平均预期。
The Tuscan bank’s net income in the three months through September increased about 15% to €543 million, according to a statement Friday. That was slightly above the average analyst estimate.
蒙特代帕西银行的投资者很快将面临选择：世界上最古老的银行是否应保持独立。英蒂萨的收购要约接受期将于11月底开始，包括最大股东——持股公司德尔芬有限责任公司（Delfin Sarl）在内的多个股东已表示将出售其持股。
Monte Paschi’s investors will soon get to choose whether the world’s oldest bank should stay independent. The acceptance period for Intesa’s bid starts at the end of November, with several shareholders including the biggest — holding firm Delfin Sarl — having already said they will tender their holdings.
蒙特代帕西银行首席执行官路易吉·洛瓦格里奥（Luigi Lovaglio）一直试图阻止这次收购，但其防御策略的关键要素——一项收购Banco BPM SpA和Banca Generali SpA的计划——上周遭投资者压倒性否决。洛瓦格里奥表示将继续推进，称其防御策略是英蒂萨此前决定提高要约的一个因素。
Monte Paschi Chief Executive Officer Luigi Lovaglio has been seeking to thwart the takeover but the key element of his defense strategy, a plan to acquire Banco BPM SpA and Banca Generali SpA, was overwhelmingly rejected by investors last week. Lovaglio has vowed to carry on, saying his defense strategy has been a factor in Intesa’s previous decision to raise the bid.
英蒂萨每股帕西银行股份提供1.25欧元现金和1.6股自身股份，在支付中期股息后将增至1.644股。按周四收盘价计算，当前要约将目标公司估值约为343亿欧元，与其市值相当。
Intesa is offering €1.25 in cash and 1.6 of its shares for each Paschi share, which will rise to 1.644 of its shares after an interim dividend has been paid. The current bid valued the target at roughly €34.3 billion at Thursday’s close, in line with its market capitalization.
《共和国报》（la Repubblica）报道，欧洲中央银行已批准该拟议交易，意大利反垄断机构也预计将在一些附加条件下批准。英蒂萨表示，收购后将出售蒙特代帕西银行的大部分分支机构，以解决潜在的竞争担忧。
The European Central Bank has already approved the proposed deal and Italy’s antitrust authority is set to clear it too under some additional conditions, la Repubblica reported. Intesa has said it will divest a large part of Monte Paschi’s branches after the takeover to address potential competition concerns.
蒙特代帕西银行尚未正式决定是否支持或拒绝英蒂萨的要约，称仍在评估中，并预计将在本月结束前完成该过程。
Monte Paschi, which hasn’t formally decided whether to endorse or reject Intesa’s offer, said it’s continuing to assess it. It expects to complete the process before the month is over.
蒙特帕斯奇第三季度利润受收入增长推动。受利率上升影响，贷款和手续费收入较去年同期上升，而其在保险公司Generali的股份则贡献了股息收入。
Third-quarter profit at Monte Paschi was driven by revenue growth. Income from lending and fees rose from a year earlier amid higher interest rates, while its stake in insurer Generali contributed dividend income.