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Mundys (Italian: [ˈmundis]; formerly Atlantia Italian: [aˈtlantja]) is an Italian holding company active in the motorway and airport infrastructure and mobility-related services industry, operating tolling services in 24 countries, including 11 for motorway and airport infrastructure concessions (France, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom and Spain in Europe and worldwide in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India and Puerto Rico).
Key Information
The group manages 9,400 km (5,800 mi) of toll motorways, Fiumicino and Ciampino airports in Italy and the three airstrips of Nice, Cannes-Mandelieu and Saint Tropez in France with more than 60 million passengers a year.[2]
It was listed on the Borsa Italiana until December 2022.[3]
The main shareholders are: Edizione (a company of the Benetton family), Blackstone and the CRT Foundation.[4]
Atlantia changed its name to Mundys S.p.A. on 15 March 2023.[5]
History
[edit]1950–2000: Foundation and consolidation
[edit]Founded in 1950 as Autostrade,[6] when the company Concessioni e Autostrade S.p.A. was created, it aimed to give a significant contribution, cooperating with other Groups, to the post-war reconstruction of Italy.
By the first agreement between ANAS signed in 1956, the companies were committed in co-financing, building and managing the Autostrada Del Sole, between Milan and Naples, inaugurated in 1964.[7] Between 1962 and 1968, the company was granted the concession for the construction and operation of other motorways. In 1982 it was acquired by Italstat and in 1987 Autostrade Concessioni e Costruzioni S.p.A. was listed on Borsa Valori of Milan.
In 1999, the Autostrade company was privatized.[8] The consortium led by Schemaventotto S.p.A. (Edition of Benetton Group 60%, Fondazione CRT with 13.33%, Acesa Italia with 12.83%, Assicurazioni Generali and Unicredito Italiano both at 6.67% and Brisa International SGPS SA with 0.50%) and another one pulled by the Australian bank Macquarie, who retreated at last, were the other groups in the line.
With the 30% of the capital, Schemaventotto S.p.A. takes over the IRI Group, which was the reference shareholder. They did the only binding purchase offer for the share package paying IRI €5.05 billion; the remaining 56% of the shareholding held by IRI was intended to the stock market by a public sale offer which led to obtain 8.75 billion lire, for a total sum for IRI of 13,800 billion lire.
In January 2003 Newco28 made a tender offer, through a leveraged buyout operation: they found the liquidity necessary for the acquisition using the system credit and, consequently, the debt was transferred from Newco28 to Autostrade, following a merger by incorporation.
2003 was marked by a massive reorganisation of the group, the concession activities were separated from non-motorway activities and Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A., a subsidiary of Autostrade (then Atlantia S.p.A.), was established.
2000–2021: Company renamed Atlantia S.p.A.
[edit]During 2005, a process of geographical diversification began with the acquisition of the management of approximately 2,000 km (1,200 mi) of toll motorways in Brazil, Chile, India, and Poland.[9] In 2007, the board of directors approved the change of name into Atlantia S.p.A.[10]
In 2013, the merger by incorporation of Gemina S.p.A.,[11][12] the majority shareholder of ADR (Aeroporti di Roma) into Atlantia, was concluded, with the consequent aggregation of a second core business in addition to the motorway concessions. Atlantia's acquisition of Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur, the company that controls the airports of Nice, Cannes-Mandelieu and Saint Tropez, consolidated the Group's presence in the airport sector.[13]
During the summer of 2017, Atlantia declared the intention to make a tender offer on all the issued shares of Abertis Infraestructuras, and in October 2017 the Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores authorised this. Just over a week later the Hochtief – Acs Group launched a bid against the tender offer to acquire the Spanish company. In March 2018 Atlantia and Hochtief-Acs reached an agreement for a joint offer for the control of Abertis,[14] which was finalised in October 2018. To acquire 98.7% of the capital of Abertis the parties invested €16.5 billion. In March 2018 Atlantia S.p.A. bought 15.49% of Getlink, the company that controls the Channel Tunnel.[15]
As of December 2019, Atlantia had an EBITDA of 5.7 billion euros, financial debts for 36.7 bln (in respect of 38.8 bln of the previous year) and net profits for 136 million euros (in respect of 775 mln declared in 2018).[16]
In June 2021, Atlantia sold its 88% stake in ASPI (comprising its largest Italian motorways) to the newly formed Holding Reti Autostradali S.p.A. (HRA).
With regard to sustainability ratings, as of July 2014 Atlantia had a low rating from Standard Ethics Aei of 'E' on a scale of F to EEE[17] within the SE Italian Index. It was further reduced to "E-" on 10 October 2019 in relation to the management following the Morandi bridge collapse, and was then finally suspended by press release on 22 September 2022.[18]
Over the years, the company has received several awards in the area of sustainable development, earning an A rating in 2022 from the Carbon Disclosure Project (Cdp),[19] a score of 73 from Moody's and an improvement in its rating from 'BBB' to 'AA' in the MSCI ESG index.[20] The company was also included in Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index (GEI) in 2022.[21]
2022: Voluntary Public Tender Offer and Delisting
[edit]At the beginning of April 2022, Spanish financier Florentino Perez (shareholder of 50% minus one share in Atlantia's majority-owned company Abertis) together with the two private equity funds Global Infrastructure Partners and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, considered launching a takeover bid (OPA) for Atlantia. In order to preserve the group's integrity and Italian identity, the Benetton family, in alliance with the U.S. fund Blackstone Inc, announced a defensive takeover bid in mid-April, so as to secure the group from possible financial counteroffensives, such as the one promoted by Perez.
The 19 billion takeover bid for Atlantia at 23 euros per share was launched on 10 October 2022. The offer was launched by Schema Alfa, a special purpose vehicle controlled by Schemaquarantadue S.p.A., which is 65% owned by the holding company Edizione (chaired by Alessandro Benetton) and 35% owned by the American private equity fund Blackstone.
The takeover bid was launched on Atlantia's total shares, that is, 66.90% of its capital, with the exception of the 33.10% stake held by Edizione. The buy-out ended in November 2022, with Schema Alfa holding 95.933% of Atlantia, excluding treasury shares.[22]
As a result, the holding company's new shareholding structure is made up of Edizione for about 57%, Blackstone for about 37.8% (through an open-end fund), and, finally, Fondazione CRT for the remaining shares.
Atlantia left Piazza Affari on 9 December 2022, with the official delisting of the company from the Italian stock exchange after 35 years.[23][24]
Group Structure
[edit]Shareholding
[edit]The shareholding structure is as follows:
- Edizione S.p.A. (Through Sintonia S.p.A): 57%
- Blackstone: 37.8%
- Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino: 5.2%
Subsidiaries
[edit]The group's companies are:
- Abertis (50%)[25][26][27]
- Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A. (99%)
- Telepass S.p.A. (51%)
- Yunex Traffic (100%)
- Aeroporto di Bologna
- Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur (64%)
- Sanef (100%)
Main non-financial holdings
[edit]- Getlink (Eurotunnel, Paris) 15.49%
Controversies
[edit]2018: Morandi Bridge collapse
[edit]On 14 August 2018, the Atlantia managed Morandi Bridge collapsed causing the death of 43 people.[28]
In 2018, the net debt level of Atlantia and the subsidiary Autostrade per l'Italia, had raised concerns from journalists and rating agencies.[29][30]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ MarketScreener. "Italy's Atlantia becomes Mundys, Blackstone ready to support M&A | MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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- ^ "Atlantia and ACS-Hochtief agree to jointly acquire Abertis - Infrastructure Finance & Investment". Infrapppworld.com. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Atlantia Acquires a 15.49% Stake in Eurotunnel (Getlink)". Businesswire.com. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Atlantia, utile 2019 a 136 milioni dopo accantonamento per ASPI" (in Italian). 28 April 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Standard Ethics Rating". Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ https://www.standardethics.eu/ Archived 2023-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Url consulted on 29-20-22
- ^ "Carbon Disclosure Project, Atlantia ottiene rating "A-" per strategia climatica e decarbonizzazione". www.teleborsa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ MarketScreener. "Atlantia : entra tra i leader mondiali nel rating di Moody's ESG | MarketScreener". it.marketscreener.com (in Italian). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ Corvaia, Martina. "Atlantia inserita nel Bloomberg Gender Equality Index 2022: il 42% del top management è composto da donne". www.ilgiornaleditalia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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- ^ "Fitch downgrades Italy's Atlantia, Austostrade; Spain's Abertis also hit". S&P Global Market Intelligence. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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[edit]Mundys
View on GrokipediaMundys S.p.A. is an Italian multinational holding company engaged in the management and operation of transportation infrastructure, including toll motorways and airports, with a focus on sustainable mobility solutions.[1][2]
Rebranded from Atlantia in March 2023 after a voluntary delisting and ownership restructuring, Mundys is controlled by a core group of shareholders led by Edizione S.r.l., the investment vehicle of the Benetton family, alongside partners such as Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino Foundation.[3][4][2]
The company oversees an extensive portfolio of concessions, encompassing over 8,300 kilometers of motorways primarily through subsidiaries like Autostrade per l'Italia and Abertis, as well as airport operations including Rome's Fiumicino and Ciampino facilities and Nice Côte d'Azur Airport.[2][4][5]
A defining controversy for the group stemmed from the August 2018 collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, operated by its subsidiary Autostrade per l'Italia, which resulted in 43 fatalities and prompted Italian government intervention, including fines, concession revocations, and a mandated sale of majority stakes in key motorway assets to restore public trust and overhaul governance.[6][7][8]
History
Foundation and Early Consolidation (1950–2000)
Autostrade Concessioni e Costruzioni S.p.A., the predecessor entity to Mundys, was incorporated in September 1950 as a joint-stock company under Italian law by the Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI), a state-owned industrial reconstruction institute, to oversee the construction, concessioning, and operation of motorways as part of Italy's post-World War II infrastructure rebuilding.[9][4] Initially state-controlled, the company focused on expanding the nascent motorway system to support economic recovery and rising motorization, managing initial concessions amid a network totaling around 500 km in the early 1950s.[10][11] A pivotal early project was the 1956 agreement between Autostrade and the state road authority ANAS to co-finance, build, and operate the Autostrada del Sole (A1), Italy's flagship north-south artery spanning 764 km from Milan to Naples; construction commenced that year, with key sections—including Florence to Rome in 1961 and Bologna to Florence and Milan to Bologna in 1964—opening progressively, and the full route completed by 1968.[4][12] This initiative symbolized Italy's "economic miracle," facilitating industrial integration between the north and south while Autostrade secured operational rights under long-term concessions.[13] From 1962 to 1968, Autostrade obtained further concessions for additional radials and links, driving network growth to over 5,500 km by 1975, with the company handling a majority of toll-managed segments through engineering feats like Apennine crossings.[4][11] Consolidation continued into the 1980s and 1990s via maintenance, tolling standardization post-1981, and preparation for liberalization, though expansion slowed after 1975 due to the oil crisis and Law 492, which temporarily halted new builds.[14][15] In 1999, amid Italy's state divestment push to curb public debt, IRI divested Autostrade to private investors via public offering, with control passing to a consortium led by the Benetton family's Edizione holding, ending decades of full state ownership and initiating a phase of market-oriented management while retaining core concession assets.[4][16] By 2000, Autostrade operated approximately 5,000 km of motorways, solidifying its dominance in Italy's infrastructure sector.[10]Expansion and Renaming to Atlantia S.p.A. (2000–2021)
In 2003, the group restructured by separating its core motorway infrastructure assets into Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A., a dedicated subsidiary focused on managing over 3,000 kilometers of Italian toll roads, while the parent company pursued broader strategic opportunities.[4] This move facilitated further consolidation and listing of the infrastructure arm, enhancing operational focus and investor access.[4] Beginning in 2005, Atlantia—still operating under its prior name—initiated significant international expansion in the motorway sector, acquiring concessions for approximately 2,000 kilometers of toll roads across Poland, Chile (including Costanera Norte), India, and Brazil through stakes in entities like CCR.[2][4] These acquisitions marked the group's shift from a primarily domestic operator to a multinational infrastructure player, diversifying revenue streams and risk exposure beyond Italy.[2] To reflect its evolving portfolio beyond Italian motorways, Autostrade S.p.A. was renamed Atlantia S.p.A. in May 2007, a change approved by the board earlier that year to symbolize its Atlantic-spanning ambitions and diversified operations.[17] The renaming coincided with ongoing growth, including preparations for further sectoral diversification. Diversification accelerated into aviation in 2013 with the acquisition of Aeroporti di Roma, securing concessions for Rome's Fiumicino and Ciampino airports through the merger with Gemina S.p.A., thereby entering airport management and handling over 40 million passengers annually at the time.[4][2] Subsequent expansions included the 2016 purchase of Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur, managing Nice and smaller regional airports in France.[4] A pivotal expansion occurred in 2018 when Atlantia, in joint venture with ACS, completed the acquisition of Abertis Infraestructuras S.A. in October, creating the world's largest toll road operator with concessions spanning 23 countries and over 8,000 kilometers of managed motorways.[4][18] That year, it also acquired a 15.5% stake in Getlink (formerly Eurotunnel), enhancing cross-Channel transport exposure.[4] Despite the August 2018 Morandi Bridge collapse in Genoa, which prompted regulatory scrutiny and concession revocation threats, the group pressed forward with these deals, underscoring resilience in its expansion strategy.[4] By 2021, amid resolutions to the bridge crisis—including an agreement to divest the Autostrade per l'Italia stake—Atlantia had solidified its position as a global infrastructure leader, with revenues diversified across motorways (primary), airports, and mobility services, operating in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.[4] The period's growth transformed the company from a national toll operator into a multifaceted international entity, setting the stage for subsequent strategic shifts.[4]Rebranding to Mundys, Delisting, and Recent Strategic Shifts (2022–Present)
In 2022, prior to its rebranding, Atlantia executed key portfolio realignments, including the divestiture of its controlling stake in Autostrade per l’Italia to a consortium of CDP Equity, Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, and Macquarie Asset Management, finalized on May 5, 2022.[4] The company also completed the acquisition of Yunex Traffic from the Siemens Group in June 2022, integrating expertise in intelligent transport systems serving over 600 cities across four continents and adding approximately 3,000 employees.[4] These moves supported a broader strategy to diversify beyond core Italian motorway operations toward global mobility solutions. Atlantia was delisted from the Euronext Milan stock exchange on December 9, 2022, following the successful voluntary tender offer by Schema Alfa S.p.A., which secured 100% ownership through mandatory sell-out and squeeze-out mechanisms after acquiring over 90% of shares.[19] Schema Alfa, controlled by Edizione S.p.A. (the Benetton family holding company), Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, and Fondazione CRT, facilitated the transition to private ownership, enabling greater strategic flexibility away from public market pressures.[4] This culminated in the rebranding to Mundys S.p.A. on March 14, 2023, with the new name reflecting ambitions to lead in sustainable, integrated infrastructure and mobility services on a global scale while maintaining Italian heritage.[4][3] Post-rebranding, Mundys has emphasized international expansion and innovation, including participation in Volocopter's March 2022 financing round for urban air mobility development.[4] Notable advancements include securing concessions in Chile through Grupo Costanera for Ruta 5 sections, such as Chacao-Chonchi and Temuco-Rio Bueno, extending its Latin American footprint in motorway infrastructure.[20][21] Sustainability initiatives have featured prominently, with the issuance of two €500 million Sustainability-Linked Bonds and a reported reduction in global emissions exceeding one-third as of July 2025.[22] These efforts, alongside ongoing M&A to prolong average concession durations, have bolstered financial stability, evidenced by credit rating upgrades such as Moody's from Ba2 to Ba1 in July 2025 and Fitch from BB to BB+ with stable outlooks.[23][24]Corporate Structure
Ownership and Shareholding
Mundys S.p.A. became a privately held entity after its delisting from the Borsa Italiana in December 2022, following a voluntary tender offer led by its major shareholders.[25] The company's ownership structure reflects a consortium approach, with a shareholder agreement in place that influences governance but does not tie Mundys' credit metrics directly to any single owner's financial position.[25] As of 31 December 2024, Mundys' shareholders consist of Edizione S.p.A., Blackstone, and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino.[2] Edizione S.p.A., the investment holding company controlled by the Benetton family, holds the largest stake at 57% through its subsidiary Schema Alfa S.p.A.[26] [25] Blackstone, the U.S.-based private equity firm, owns 37.8%.[26] Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, an Italian philanthropic foundation, possesses 5.2%.[26]| Shareholder | Ownership Stake (%) |
|---|---|
| Edizione S.p.A. (via Schema Alfa S.p.A.) | 57 |
| Blackstone | 37.8 |
| Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino | 5.2 |