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Spanish economy 23rd December 2024

Telefónica begins sale of up to 40% of stake in British fiber for €1.2 billion

Telefónica has started distributing the sale documents for the fiber optic company it shares with Liberty Global in the UK through the operator Virgin Media O2 (VMO2). The company’s goal is to raise around €1.2 billion by placing between 20% and 40% of its infrastructure company. According to Mergermarket, the aforementioned Hispano-British NetCo could be valued between £4 billion and £5 billion (€4.8 billion and €6 billion), in a deal…

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Spanish economy 20th December 2024

Amadeus to pay interim dividend of €0.50/share on 17 January; total amount in 2024 expected to be €1.32 vs. €1.24 in 2023

Intermoney | Amadeus (Hold, PO 65 €) announced yesterday, with the market open, that it will distribute to its shareholders an interim dividend of €0.50/share on 17 January. The stock will trade ex date on 15 January. The Group reiterates its dividend policy of a pay-out of between 40 and 50% of consolidated profit for the year. Specifically, for 2024, the Board of Directors expects to be close to the…

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Spanish economy 19th December 2024

Bankinter complies with binding MREL of 20.31% of total risk exposure and 6.39% of leverage ratio exposure

Link Securities | The Bank of Spain (BdE) has informed Bankinter that the Single Resolution Board, as the group’s resolution authority, has taken a decision determining the minimum requirement for Total and Subordinated own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) for Bankinter. This decision sets a binding total MREL requirement, to be met as from its notification, at the consolidated level, of 20.31% of the Total Risk Exposure Amount (TREA) and…

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Spanish economy 19th December 2024

Sabadell complies with BdE’s minimum requirements for own funds and eligible and subordinate liabilities

Link Securities | Banco Sabadell (SAB) has been notified by the Bank of Spain (BoE) of the decision adopted by the Single Resolution Board (SRB) on the determination of the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) and the subordination requirement on a consolidated basis applicable to it. The requirements to be met, with immediate effect, are as follows: The minimum MREL requirement is 22.14% of the total…

Corporacion alba

Spanish economy 17th December 2024

Corporación Financiera Alba’s delisting offer exceeds company’s 2007 all-time high of €60.70

Alphavalue / Divacons | As we highlighted on Friday, the March family agreed to delist the Spanish holding company through a takeover bid at a price of €84.20/share in cash, which represents a premium of 79.5% over the closing price of €46.9/share. This offer exceeds the all-time high reached in 2007 (€60.70). The takeover bid will be presented by the company together with Carlos March Delgado and his company Son…

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Spanish economy 16th December 2024

Amper acquires 100% of Navacel, specialists in offshore wind energy steel structures, for €23.8 million

Renta 4 | The company has acquired 100% of the share capital of Navacel Process Industries, a company specialising in the design, manufacture and assembly of metal structures for offshore wind energy in Biscay. The purchase price is €23.8 million and Amper will pay €12 million in cash and the remaining €11.8 million through the issue of new Amper shares to be subscribed by Navacel companies. The new Amper shares…

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Spanish economy 12th December 2024

BBVA says competition authorities only identify three issues needing further work in second phase of Sabadell takeover bid

Alphavalue/ Divacons | Peio Belausteguigoitia, BBVA’s country manager in Spain, said that having bigger and stronger banks is beneficial for customers, shareholders and employees. During his speech at the 2nd Prensa Ibérica Financial Forum, he stressed that the transaction with Banco de Sabadell has great potential for value creation and will allow the integration of an entity with greater capacity to offer better products and services to customers. Regarding the…

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Spanish economy 28th November 2024

Spain’s CPI growth rebounds to 2.4% year-on-year in November from 1.8% in October

Santiago Martínez Morando, Head of Economic and Financial Analysis at Ibercaja | According to preliminary data, CPI growth rebounded in Spain to 2.4% year-on-year in November from 1.8% in October and the low of 1.5% reached in September, which was the lowest level since March 2021. The CPI is still very much determined by the volatility of energy prices, and the National Statistics Institute (INE) points to the acceleration being…

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Spanish economy 28th November 2024

Grifols plummets on stock market after Brookfield abandons €6.5 billion takeover bid

The Canadian fund Brookfield has decided to withdraw its interest in a public exclusion offer to acquire Grifols due to disagreements over the price with the board of directors of the Spanish pharmaceutical company, as previously reported by Bloomberg. “After conducting a thorough due diligence and considering the reactions of the Grifols Transaction Committee and the Grifols Board of Directors regarding the potential offer communicated to the market on November…

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Spanish economy 20th November 2024

More than 93% of OHLA debt bondholders support recapitalisation plan

Alphavalue / Divacons | The construction company received the backing of more than 93% of its debt bondholders to implement the group’s recapitalisation plan, which aims to improve its financial situation, ensure the sustainability of its debt by progressively reducing its indebtedness and strengthen its capital structure. The construction company informed the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) yesterday that, with this level of adhesions, it has ‘sufficient majority’ to…