Telefonica rounds off summer with mandatory exchangeable

Telefonica disposed of part of what would otherwise soon have been a directly-held stake in Telecom Italia on Wednesday night through a €750m mandatory exchangeable bond. It was the first of what could be several sales resulting from the demerger of holding company Telco, which owns 22.4% of TI and whose shareholders also include Mediobanca, Intesa Sanpaolo and Generali.