Banco Sabadell : The Ministry of Defence will unblock the purchase of 9.9% of TEF by STC (it already holds 4.9% directly). Thus, according to this information, in the next few days the Government will approve the acquisition of this stake, valued at ~2,300 M euros. Assessment: Expected news, no impact. Other shareholders are: SEPI (10%), Criteria (9.99%), BBVA (4.94%), Vanguard (3.56%).
Banco Sabadell : According to press reports, Endesa has shown interest in the hydroelectric assets that Acciona has recently put up for sale. Specifically, they would comprise 626.5 MW spread over 34 plants and with a concession life of between 12 and 39 years. According to the news, Acciona Energía aims to obtain around €1,000 million in a process that is still in its initial stages, and in which the…
Link Securities | According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), the number of mortgages taken out on dwellings in August in Spain was 30,676, which represents an increase of 8.8% year-on-year. The average amount of these operations was €145,352, which represents a year-on-year increase of 5.3%. For its part, the average number of mortgages on the total number of properties registered in the land registries (from previously executed public deeds)…
Link Securities | BBVA’s Board of Directors has approved the pre-financing of €1.5 billion in convertible bonds (CoCos), bringing forward the 2025 issues to reach the key moment of the takeover bid for Sabadell with sufficient liquidity, according to the newspaper Expansión. The newspaper points out that BBVA has already covered all of this year’s issues, but that when the takeover bid becomes effective, the bank will enter a blackout…
Enagás and its partners are preparing to face the first major test for H2Med, the future hydrogen interconnection that will link Spain and Portugal with France and Germany, explains El Economista. The system operators from the countries involved in this project – Enagás in Spain, REN in Portugal, Teréga and GRTgaz in France, and OGE in Germany – will launch the so-called ‘Call for Interest’ on November 7th, aimed at…
Banco Sabadell : According to CNMV records, Melinda French Gates has floated a 4.3% stake in FCC. This move would be related to the stake reduction announced by Bill Gates last week (to 1.9% from 5.7%). On the other hand, press reports indicate that it expects to list its Cement (99% FCC; 4% EV FCC) and Real Estate (80% FCC; 17% EV FCC) subsidiary called Inmocemento in November this year….
Alphavalue: The company has suspended its IPO for the fourth time, for the second time this year, two days before it was due to go ahead. In the statement to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), they informed that they were cancelling the operation due to the geopolitical situation, which is causing instability in the markets. However, according to the Financial Times, the fact that an IPO has been halted…
Link Securities | Moody’s Ratings has confirmed on Tuesday the “Baa1” rating on Banco Sabadell’s long-term deposits and the “Baa2” rating on the senior unsecured debt of its CAM Global Finance vehicle, Bolsamania.com reported yesterday. The outlook on both ratings remains “positive”. At the same time, the agency has affirmed the bank’s ‘Ba1’ subordinated debt rating and ‘Baa3’ junior senior unsecured debt rating, as well as the bank’s ‘A3’ long-term…
Intermoney | Indra informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) yesterday, with the market closed, that the board of directors had approved the formal process of selling Minsait Payments separately from its parent company, having detected a high level of interest in ķthe market for the means of payment business. According to several media reports, the value of the subsidiary could be in the region of €500-600 million. This would…
Aena, together with two local partners, has presented the project to expand Cali airport (Colombia), which would involve an investment of €500 million. The Spanish operator is currently the concessionaire of this infrastructure, although the Colombian government is expected to put the airport out to tender next year. Aena thus opts to continue as operator, while maintaining its 50% stake and consolidating the concession by the equity method. The project…