Atlantia's shareholders on Friday voted to revoke an ongoing share buyback in order to allow group's units access to state-guaranteed loans, the infrastructure group said.

"This decision is motivated by reasons of prudence, following the emergency situation resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak," the group also said in a statement.

Atlantia's motorway unit Autostrade per l'Italia has filed a request to get banking loans for up to 1.25 billion euros guaranteed by state-owned credit export agency SACE.

(Reporting by Francesca Landini, editing by Maria Pia Quaglia)