LONDON (Reuters) - Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MI:BMPS) has appointed Goldman Sachs (N:GS) and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) to run its rights issue, alongside existing global coordinators Citi (N:C) and UBS (VX:UBSN), two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Italy's third-largest bank could raise up to 2.5 billion euros (1.96 billion British pounds) to plug a 2.1 billion-euro capital shortfall, a source told Reuters.
The lender has added Barclays (L:BARC), Bank of America Merrill Lynch (N:BAC), Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) and Commerzbank (DE:CBKG) as bookrunners for the deal, the sources said. Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) is also a bookrunner, one of the sources said.
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(Reporting By Freya Berry and Sophie Sassard; editing by Clare Hutchison)