Intermoney: Construcción y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) has won new maintenance contracts in UK and Colombia worth €400 million. CAF (Buy, P.O. €42) informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) on Monday that it had reached an agreement with Northern, the second largest rail operator in the UK, and Medellin Metro in Colombia for the maintenance of their fleets. In the case of the UK, it is a fleet of…
Link Securities | According to the Border Tourist Movement Survey (FRONTUR), Spain received nearly 6.6 million international tourists in March, 3.8% more than in the same month of 2024. The United Kingdom was the main country of residence for tourists arriving in Spain, with more than 1.2 million tourists in March and an increase of 3.6% compared to the same month in 2024. From Germany, 896,441 tourists arrived (down 1.4%)…
Alphavalue/DIVACONS | The Spanish alternative energy company, together with Cobra (Vinci, Buy, Target Price €162/share) and Endeavour Energy, reached financial close on Friday for the development of Australia’s first green energy network, located in New South Wales. The project, key to the country’s energy transition, involves a private investment of up to AU$20 billion (€12.4 billion) until 2030 and consolidates Acciona as a global benchmark in sustainable infrastructure. Acciona: Reduce,…
Link Securities | Expansión highlights today that BBVA (BBVA) has improved the commitments for the merger with Banco Sabadell (SAB) that the Competition Authority (CNMC) recommended last week. Thus, BBVA has increased the period of maintenance of SAB’s branches and ATM access from 18 months to 36 months in sparsely populated areas with low incomes or little competition. The bank has also committed to maintaining the volume of credit to…
Bankinter | The company’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved that its subsidiary Grifols Biotest Holdings make a public takeover bid to delist Biotest AG from the stock exchange. The bid will be for the 2.9% of the ordinary shares it does not control and 53.8% of the preference shares. It will offer €43.00 for each ordinary share and €30.00 for each preference share. In addition, it will request the…
Link Securities | The National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) agreed on 1 April 2025 to admit for processing, in accordance with the provisions of the Law, the authorisation request submitted by Naturgy (NTGY) on 26 March 2025 for the formulation of a voluntary takeover bid (OPA) for its own shares, on the understanding that the prospectus and the other documents submitted comply with the provisions of said article. The admission…
Link Securities | The Spanish electricity company Iberdrola (IBE), through its US subsidiary Avangrid, has put into commercial operation its largest solar project in the United States to date, the True North plant, with an installed capacity of 321 MW located in Falls County (Texas, United States) and an investment of $369 million (about €341 million), as reported on Monday by Expansión. Specifically, the project supplies electricity to the Texas…
Bankinter | The board of directors of Endesa has approved two different tranches of buybacks. On the one hand, a first tranche of €17.3 million intended to comply with the flexible remuneration programmes for group employees, with a maximum of 1.11 million shares. The execution period will run from 28 March to 14 April. The second tranche is valued at a maximum amount of €500 million and the objective is…
Renta 4 | Repsol has reached an agreement to consolidate its upstream oil business in the UK with NEO Energy Group Limited, a leading independent oil and gas operator in the UK. The agreement will be structured through a share swap in which Repsol will have a 45% stake in the joint venture and NEO UK a 55% stake, reflecting the contribution and strategic alignment of both groups, with a…
Link Securities | The Spanish National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) board, which met last Monday, has asked BBVA to make new commitments in its takeover bid for Banco Sabadell, mainly in relation to the SME business and financial inclusion issues, according to Expansión newspaper. The CNMC has suggested that BBVA extend the deadlines for the proposed measures on the SME business. The regulator’s experts believe that an 18-month…