Telecom Italia says it has postponed the approval of its 2009 results and new business plan due to an investigation into alleged money-laundering activity at its Sparkle unit.
Shares in Telecom Italia SpA were down 3.2 percent to euro1.05 ($1.42) Thursday on the news.
The earnings were scheduled for release on Friday, following a board meeting Thursday. They will instead be released next month.
Telecom Italia's Sparkle unit and competitor Fastweb SpA are both targets of a money-laundering and tax evasion investigation headed by anti-Mafia prosecutors in Rome. Telecom Italia says authorities confiscated euro300,000 from Sparkle in connection with the probe.
Sparkle is a wholesale and retail telecommunications provider.
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