Italy to discuss KKR's move on TIM after binding bid, minister says


FILE PHOTO: The Tim logo is seen at its headquarters in Rome, Italy November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government will discuss KKR's takeover approach on Telecom Italia (TIM) when the U.S. fund makes a binding proposal, Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Wednesday.

The debt-laden former Italian phone monopoly has received a 10.8 billion euro ($12 billion) approach from KKR aimed at taking Italy's biggest phone group private.

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