Companies

Repsol

Singaporean Temasek increases Repsol stake to 6.3pc

MADRID | Repsol has sold its own treasury shares, amounting to 5% of the company’s stock, to Singapore’s Temasek for 1.036 billion euros. Together with existing shareholdings in Repsol, Temasek now owns 6.3% of Repsol’s outstanding shares.


Telefonica

How Telefónica cuts financial risks

MADRID | Telefonica basically focused on cutting down its risks by introducing extraordinary measures like asset sales and dividend cancellation. But indebtedness rates have fallen.


Iberia

Iberia strike’s crazy sudoku

MADRID | By Carlos Díaz Güell | Some say the first step to solve a problem is to know what is it about. Although when it comes to Iberia, that has been having problems for more than two decades, it is not that simple. The once flagship Spanish airline had been denying its difficulties and its fundamentals rotted. Something that will be remembered in the history of aviation.


Repsol Shell

Shell buys Repsol’s LNG at $6.7 billion

MADRID | Shell will acquire the assets for $4.4 billion in cash and will assume $2.3 billion in financial leases ($1.8 billion) and debt ($0.5 billion in non-consolidated investments.) The deal reduces net debt by more than half (excluding Gas Natural Fenosa) to 2.2 billion euros.