Alphavalue/ Divacons | The Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, said yesterday that “we must wait for other players”, referring to the takeover bid by the Ganz Mavag consortium for Talgo, which the government is rejecting. Among these “players”, Puente wants Criteria, the investment arm of La Caixa, which, according to government sources, has been contacted to put together a counter-bid with a Spanish stamp. In fact, the newspaper Expansión suggests that Criteria could back a counter-bid for Talgo at €5 per share, provided it co-invests with an industrial partner. According to the newspaper, CAF, Stadler and Alstom rule out participating in a counter-bid.
Government asks Criteria to put together Spanish counter-bid for Talgo to avoid Ganz Mavag’s
