Companies

Applus

Council of Ministers authorises Apollo fund’s takeover bid for Applus+

Alphavalue: In relation to the application for authorisation of the voluntary takeover bid made by Manzana Spain Bidco (Bidder) for all the shares of Applus+ (APPS), which was admitted for processing by the CNMV on 17 July 2023, Applus hereby states that the Council of Ministers resolved, at its meeting of 27 December 2023, following a favourable report from the Foreign Investment Board, to authorise unconditionally the foreign investment of…


Indra Tecnocom

Indra considers raising €800m from sale of Minsait’s assets to finance possible purchase of part of Hispasat

Alphavalue/DIVACONS | The Spanish IT services and consultancy company is considering the acquisition of a stake in satellite operator Hispasat, which is partly owned by state-controlled network operator Redeia (RED), Cinco Días newspaper reported on Thursday citing unidentified market sources. Indra is considering raising €800 million from the sale of assets of its technology unit Minsait to finance the deal. On the other hand, the Council of Ministers authorised the…


Deoleo

Deoleo aims to double growth in India to 8m litres in 2026 from 4m sold in 2022

Link Securities| The company wants to double its size in India, where it is growing by more than 10% a year, over the next three years, Expansión reports today. It wants to sell eight million litres in 2026, compared to four million in 2022. Deoleo is increasing its diversification with the Figaro Baby line, and will launch a shampoo to take advantage of the cosmetic use of olive oil in…


Vonovia

Real estate giant Vonovia, Europe’s largest, sells assets worth €1.7 billion in first nine months of year

Singular Bank: Europe’s largest real estate company has presented its results for the first nine months of the year, where the highlight is the sale of assets for a total of €1.7 billion, such as 30% of its northern German portfolio to Apollo for €1 billion, a portfolio to CBRE for €357 million at a discount of 4% and other small sales at an average discount of 7% to fair…


Airbus

Airbus delivers 55 aircraft in September, same number as a year ago, year-to-date total reaches 488 compared to 437 in September 2022

BancoSabadell: At the beginning of the week, the aeronautical company announced the delivery of 55 aircraft in September (compared to 52 in August ’23 and 55 in September ’22), bringing total deliveries in 2023 to 488 (against 437 in August ’22; +12%). On the other hand, a total of 23 new orders and no cancellations were recorded during the month. Considering cancellations for the year as a whole, net orders…


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Grupo Lar’s Vivia rental platform has 1,740 units of 5,000 estimated target portfolio

Link Securities| Vivia, one of the rental platforms that is expected to grow in the country in the coming years, already has 1,740 units in its portfolio projects, according to company sources, the newspaper Cinco Días reports today. Grupo Lar, together with the Primonial fund, launched this initiative in 2021 in which they intend to add 5,000 homes with an investment of €1 billion. When it is up and running,…


Tecnic

Técnicas Reunidas closes in on 2023 contracting target with award of €520m project for QatarEnergy

Renta 4| The company has informed the CNMV that QatarEnergy has awarded it the additional engineering, procurement and construction (EPX) works for the off-plot Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities of the North Field South project. The contract is worth $560 million (€520 million), the fourth contract awarded by QatarEnergy to Técnicas Reunidas in the last 24 months. Assessment: Positive impact on the share price given the amount of the contract,…


ARM Softbank

UK chipmaker Arm, owned by Softbank, prepares its IPO in US, for which it needs a high valuation

Alphavalue / Divacons| The UK-based chip design company is preparing its US IPO, which could come as early as September. Arm’s owner, Softbank, needs a high assessment to clean up its image after recent fiascos. The IPO could fetch a valuation of around €60 billion, the highest in the US this year. But the situation appears to be complex, given that the chipmaker’s main market has stopped growing, its model…


EDP

EDP Renewables’ first hybrid project in Poland: 45 MW of solar and wind power combined

CdM | EDP Renewables (EDPR) has officially inaugurated its first hybrid project in Poland, combining wind and solar power, with the commissioning of a new 45 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic park in Konary, in the west central part of the country. The project is also the third hybrid project implemented by EDPR globally, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The Konary PV farm will use the same receiving station…


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Blackrock reduces stake in Banco Sabadell but remains largest significant shareholder

Link Securities | BlackRock has downgraded its stake in Banco Sabadell from the 4.460% it held since 14 February to 3.964%, according to the notification sent on Monday to the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), reported Europa Press. Taking into account the current share price of the Catalan bank, BlackRock’s stake is valued at around €215 million. With this reduction, the fund’s stake in the bank is the…