ITA-Lufthansa: 'a few more days for closing'

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 13 - It will take a few more days to close the acquisition by Lufthansa of 41% of ITA, sources close to the operation said Monday, the day initially expected for the closure of the merger between the Italian and German airlines.
    According to the sources, the parties are still working to define the final steps.
    They are reportedly moving towards the second call of the ITA general assembly scheduled for January 15, the deadline by which Lufthansa must subscribe to the capital increase.
    The possible closing of the operation for January 13 had filtered out after a meeting between Lufthansa employees and CEO Carsten Spohr and had been relaunched by the German agency Dpa, but had never found confirmation at the Italian economy ministry. (ANSA).