Astaldi Seeks Creditor Protection After Turkey Sale Delayed (2)

Sept. 28, 2018, 4:11 PM UTC

Astaldi SpA is filing for creditor protection in a Rome court after Turkey’s economic crisis put the brakes on an asset sale in Istanbul that’s pivotal to it obtaining vital funds.

Italy’s second-largest builder has applied for a so-called concordato preventivo, a procedure granting it up to six months to present a plan to restructure its 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) of debt, the company said in a statement Friday. Its shares sank 28 percent after the announcement, while 750 million euros of bonds due December 2020 fell as much as 22 cents on the euro to a record low ...

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