Atlantia, the company behind the motorway bridge that collapsed in the port city of Genoa this week, has warned its investors to prepare for it losing valuable contracts, wiping more than €5 billion ($8.6b) from its value.
The Italian-Spanish infrastructure company is the majority owner of Autostrade, a major toll road operator, which ran the Morandi motorway bridge that collapsed on Tuesday, leaving 39 dead - a number that is expected to rise as recovery efforts continue.
The Italian government said it would revoke the motorway concession from Autostrade ahead of a criminal inquiry into the incident, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio added that the state may have to take over Italy's motorways if concession holders were not running them properly.
The government has also threatened Autostrade with hefty fines and demanded that it contribute to the reconstruction effort, although investigators have not established the cause of the incident. Atlantia has previously said that it met all maintenance obligations for the 1.2km-long bridge.