MTA - Italian Equities Market

MTA is Borsa Italiana’s electronic market on which shares, convertible bonds, warrants and option rights are traded. Expandi is the market dedicated to smaller size companies.

On September 19th, 2005 a new market structure was introduced. In particular, within MTA, companies are now divided into 3 segments: Blue Chip, Star and Standard.

• Blue Chip is the segment dedicated to companies with a capitalisation of over 1 billion euros.
• STAR is the segment for companies with a capitalisation of less than 1 billion euros which voluntarily comply with strict requirements on liquidity, transparency and corporate governance
• Standard is the market for all companies with a capitalisation between 1 billion and 40 million euros.