MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Atlantia (MI:ATL) will hold a board meeting on Thursday to discuss splitting off its motorway assets from the group, two sources close with the matter said, as it presses ahead with a plan to part ways with its Autostrade per l'Italia unit.
The sources also said the infrastructure group was expected to give a short extension to exclusive talks with Partners group for the sale of its toll-road payment business Telpass.
Atlantia was not immediately available for comment.
Atlantia owns 88% in Autostrade, which runs half of Italy's motorway network, with Germany's Allianz (DE:ALVG) and China's Silk Road holding the rest.
The reorganisation of Atlantia's motorway assets is at the centre of tough negotiations between the group and Italian state lender CDP to end a dispute triggered by the deadly collapse of a bridge run by Autostrade.