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Relevant News Item 3rd January 2024

Iberdrola US subsidiary Avangrid pulls out of alliance with PNM Resources

Avangrid, Iberdrola’s US subsidiary, announced on Tuesday that it is terminating its merger agreement with PNM Resources due to non-compliance with the conditions set for the closing of the transaction.In this way, the group chaired by Ignacio Sánchez Galán renounces what was its big move to create an energy ‘giant’ in the United States with a market value after the merger of more than $20,000 million dollars (about €18,140 million)….

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In Spain, Relevant News Item 2nd January 2024

Major confusion in energy sector over details of “solidarity” levy’s implementation

Link Securities| The reform of the tax on large energy companies (Repsol, Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy and Cepsa) is generating monumental confusion in the sector, the newspaper Expansión publishes in today’s edition. To date, and despite the fact that the reform has theoretically come into force on 1 January 2024, nobody knows exactly how it will be applied. Thus, energy companies are urging the government to clarify when the reform of…

utilities

Relevant News Item 29th December 2023

Government announces extension beyond 2024 of tax paid by energy companies

Norbolsa| The Government has announced an extension beyond 2024 of the tax paid by large energy companies. However, it has also announced that it will introduce tax incentives in which strategic investments linked to industrial projects and decarbonisation can be deducted, so the scope of the deductions remains to be seen. On the other hand, the government has taken advantage of the omnibus law to extend anti-crisis measures to introduce…

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Relevant News Item 28th December 2023

Caixabank reaches 94.54% execution of buyback of own shares, of a maximum amount of €500 M

Alphavalue/DIVACONS| The Catalan bank reached 94.54% execution of its buyback of its own shares in the first fourteen weeks since the start of the programme, whose maximum amount is €500 million. In these fourteen weeks, the bank has already disbursed €472.1 million to acquire 122.1 million of its own shares, according to the information sent to the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). Caixabank: Buy, Target Price €5.36/share.

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Relevant News Item 27th December 2023

Competition Commission opens proceedings against Repsol for possible abuse of dominant position by offering additional discounts

Link Securities| The Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has just opened a disciplinary case against Repsol (REP) for offering additional discounts to its customers, according to the finance and business daily, Expansión. For the CNMC, this practice that the oil company has carried out through the companies Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos, S. A., Repsol Directo, S. A., Repsol Customer Centric, S. L., Solred, S. A., Campsa Estaciones…

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Relevant News Item 26th December 2023

Iberdrola signs largest-ever loan, €5.3 billion, with 33 banks

Link Securities| The company has signed the largest credit line in its history, for €5.3 billion, with 33 financial institutions, according to the business and financial daily Expansión. The loans, which will be used to refinance debt and boost new investments, are linked to a reduction in emissions and an increase in the percentage of women in senior positions. The credit line has a duration of five years, with the…

Telefonica guapa

Relevant News Item 26th December 2023

Agreement between Telefónica and unions to reduce workforce by 3,421

The agreement that has been reached between Telefónica and the unions was made possible by reducing the number of people affected by the ERE (redundancy proceedings) and improving the conditions. The ERE will finally be aimed at 3,421 people, 2/3 of the initial total, 2,958 workers from Telefónica España, 397 from Telefónica móviles and 66 from Telefónica Soluciones. The workers will receive between 52% and 68% of their salary until…

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Relevant News Item 23rd December 2023

CAF wins contracts in Italy worth €120 million

Intermoney| CAF informed the CNMV on Thursday that it has been chosen by the Italian operator ATM Milano for the supply of 105 electric buses. These are 18-metre Urbino articulated buses, which will be delivered in the first half of 2025. This contract is in addition to the one signed with the Sicilian company AMTS Catania for the delivery of another 42 electric buses. Specifically, the agreement covers the supply…

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Relevant News Item 22nd December 2023

New EU fiscal rules: expenditure path to be single indicator for whole adjustment period

Bankinter: Ecofin reaches a political agreement on the reform of fiscal rules. Once revised, it will have to go through Parliament and the Council; it is expected to come into force in 2024. Each country will present its own fiscal plan with a fiscal adjustment period of four years, extendable to seven years, to allow for strategic investments and reforms. The single indicator for the whole adjustment period will be…

Telefonica novisima

Relevant News Item 21st December 2023

Telefónica joins long list of state-controlled companies: at 10% it is low down in the range

Morgan Stanley| On Tuesday, the Spanish government decided to order state-owned SEPI to buy up to 10% of Telefónica (TEF), ending a 26-year period of no government control of Telefónica since its privatisation in 1997. However, Nawar Cristin points out that, after this purchase, Telefónica joins a long list of state-controlled companies and that 10% is at the lower end of the range. Moreover, the announcement has not come as…