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Bankinter

Spanish economy 18th July 2024

Bankinter: 2Q24 First Take – Sequential NII growth a surprising beat vs. consensus

Jefferies | 3% PBT beat vs. consensus in 2Q24, driven by better NII, fees and costs, only offset by a small miss on impairments. The print confirms NII trends are still positive, with 1% quarter-on-quarter growth (while cons was expecting a step down), as margin dynamics still prove supportive (cost of deposits flat in the Q). Costs were 1% lighter than cons. and trending better than the LSD-MSD year-on-year growth…

Acciona energia

Spanish economy 17th July 2024

Engie in home straight to buy Acciona Energía’s renewables assets

Bankinter | Acciona Energia (ANE) and Engie are reportedly in the final phase of negotiations to close the transfer of assets that include a portfolio of 680MW in wind and photovoltaic projects, according to press reports. The transaction could be worth up to €500m. The sale transaction has been open for more than six months. Numerous groups, from pure energy companies to investment funds specialising in renewables, have expressed interest…

Montero

Spanish economy 17th July 2024

Government raises ‘spending ceiling’ to record €199,171 million in 2025 and forecasts deficit of 2.5%

The Government has raised the ‘spending ceiling’ to a record €199,171 million in 2025 and forecasts a deficit of 2.5%. It includes a transfer from the State to the Social Security to the amount of €22,800 million, which represents an increase of 7%. Minister Montero explained that this figure of €199,171 million is “quite similar” to that recorded in the previous year -only slightly higher–, given that from now on…

Grifols

Spanish economy 17th July 2024

Moody’s withdraws Grifols ‘B3’ corporate rating and ‘B3-PD’ probability of default rating among others

Bankinter | Moody’s has stopped rating Grifols’ debt because it believes it has “insufficient or inadequate” information to maintain its ratings. Thus, the agency withdraws Grifols’ corporate rating of ‘B3’ and the probability of default rating of ‘B3-PD’ and the other ratings (senior unsecured debt, secured debt and bank credit lines). Prior to the withdrawal, the outlook was ‘stable’ for all ratings. The Company continues to work with S&P and…

Telefonica novisima

Spanish economy 16th July 2024

Competition authorities to allow Telefónica greater flexibility in commercial fibre offer following market share reduction in Spain

Norbolsa | The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) frees Telefónica from having to notify the launch of new products or promotions before going to market, which will allow the company greater flexibility in its commercial fibre offer. This is because following the ORA-MAS merger and the operator’s shrinking market share in Spain is causing the CNMC to relax its requirements on the operator. The current methodology of the replicability…

talgos

Spanish economy 16th July 2024

Czech company Skoda finalizes offer to enter Talgo with support of government

The board of directors of Talgo held an emergency meeting this Monday afternoon, at 8 p.m., to inform its members of the arrival of a “non-binding expression of interest” from the Czech company Skoda Transportation, accompanied by other Spanish players. This operation, sponsored by the Spanish Government, aims to counteract the bid of the Hungarian consortium Magyar Vagon, which has offered €619 million for 100% of the company and which…

siemens gamesa

Spanish economy 16th July 2024

Government and banks give Siemens Gamesa boost with €1.2 billion guarantee facility

This Monday, a line of guarantees of €1,200 million has been formalized for the wind power plant builder. The support has been granted by Cesce, in which the State has a 50.25% stake, and six financial institutions, including BBVA and BNP Paribas as structuring banks; and Caixabank, Crédit Agricole, KutxaBank and Santander as members of the banking syndicate. Gamesa will use these funds to back its wind power projects with…

repsol banderines

Spanish economy 16th July 2024

Repsol ends Buy-Back Programme after acquiring 35 million shares

Links Securities | Repsol (REP) informs that, following the last of the acquisitions, the company has reached the maximum number of shares to be acquired under the Buy-Back Programme, i.e. 35,000,000 shares (representing approximately 2.87% of Repsol’s share capital prior to the execution of the capital reduction referred to below). As a result of the foregoing, and in accordance with the terms of the aforementioned Buy-Back Programme, the company also…

ercros

Spanish economy 15th July 2024

Ercros: Bondalti’s acquisition bid price becomes €3.505/share

Banco Sabadell : In relation to the application for authorisation of the voluntary takeover bid launched by Bondalti Ibérica, S.L. for all the shares of Ercros, filed on 5 March 2024, which was admitted for processing by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) on 20 March 2024, it is hereby stated that, as a result of the dividend of €0.096 gross per share paid by Ercros to its shareholders on…

Employment November

Spanish economy 15th July 2024

Absenteeism continues to rise: 6.3% of hours “worked” are not worked

Caixabank Research | Employment is well above pre-pandemic levels. Specifically, in Q1 2024 it is already more than 8% above Q1 2019 records (in National Accounts terms) and double cumulative GDP growth of 3.7%. In contrast, actual hours worked have grown at a slower pace since then, just 1.3%. This has translated into a decline in hours worked per worker (PTETC) of 6.3%. Thus, while productivity per worker has fallen…