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Talgo among Richard Branson’s candidates to order 12 trains to operate Eurotunnel

Link Securities | Virgin Group, Richard Branson’s group, is analysing models from Talgo and three other companies (Alstom, Siemens and Hitachi) to incorporate a dozen trains to start operating on the cross-Channel rail link, the Eurotunnel, Expansión newspaper reports today. The British company is leading a project that foresees an investment of €1.2 billion. The British regulator has yet to decide how much space there is for new operators. Virgin…


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India’s Jupiter Wagons potentially interested in Talgo

Banc Sabadell | Indian manufacturer Jupiter Wagons (19.24% owned by Slovakian train manufacturer Tatravagonka), which designs passenger cars, freight wagons and parts) is reportedly in contact with various players involved in the Trilantic succession process to apply to become an industrial partner (without control), according to elEconomista. No further details have been given on the status or scope of the negotiations. Assessment: The appearance of more interested parties would be…


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Sidenor offers €148 million to Trilantic for 29.9% of Talgo, but fund wants €185

The president of the steel company Sidenor, José Antonio Jainaga, conveyed last week to the Trilantic fund, the main shareholder of Talgo, an offer that involves the payment of €148 million for its 29.9% stake, which includes a premium over the current stock market levels. However, the price seems to fall short of the financial entity’s expectations.Talgo recorded a 3.27% increase in the stock market on Monday, reaching €3.47 per…


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Sidenor, Sepi, and Basque Government propose purchase of 40% of Talgo without launching takeover bid

The multi-faceted operation sponsored by the Government to replace the British fund Trilantic in Talgo’s shareholding is taking shape. This was confirmed by the company late yesterday, when it sent an announcement to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) informing of the receipt of a ‘manifestation of interest’ from the industrial group Sidenor, in which it expresses its intention to carry out ‘the total or partial acquisition of the share…


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Basque steelmaker Sidenor considers entering Talgo with injection of funds from Mirai investment vehicle, and Basque Government as partner

Norbolsa | The president and owner of the Spanish steelmaker Sidenor, José Antonio Jainaga, is postulated as an industrial investor to take the entry in Talgo (as demanded by the Basque government). The operation would be carried out through the investment vehicle Mirai Investments, created in 2019 to acquire industrial businesses with a consolidated track record but that have the capacity for operational improvement, are undergoing transformation or have successions…


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Basque Government negotiates with Spanish government to acquire stake in Talgo’s share capital

Link Securities | The Government of the Basque Country is negotiating with the Spanish Government its entry into the capital of Talgo (TLGO) to offer a financial solution to the company and safeguard its Spanishness, according to the newspaper elEconomista. However, the Basque government’s offer is subject, as with CriteriaCaixa, to the appearance of an industrial partner capable of offering space to increase production. Although talks are at a preliminary…


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Talgo and Pesa group, Poland’s largest train manufacturer, sign strategic collaboration agreement

Link Securities | Talgo (TLGO) has taken advantage of the Innotrans trade fair in Berlin (Germany) to seal a strategic agreement with the Pesa group, Poland’s largest train manufacturer, according to Expansión newspaper. In the memorandum of understanding signed yesterday, both companies have agreed to carry out exploratory work to prepare future agreements along three main business lines: i) the tender process for the purchase of very high-speed rolling stock…


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Talgo case, a story of a state hijacking

Aurelio Medel (5 Días) | The declaration of Talgo as a “strategic company within a key sector for the economic security, territorial cohesion and industrial development of Spain” is a trap for the company and constitutes a dangerous precedent for other companies, which can fall under the same qualification only with arguments contained in a report declared secret. The course of Talgo’s stock shows how the pompous label of strategic…


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Government rejects Magyar Vagon’s takeover bid for Talgo on “national security” grounds

The Government has decided to reject the takeover bid for Talgo presented by the Hungarian group Ganz Mavag (Magyar Vagon) on the grounds of national security and strategic interests. This has been decided by the Foreign Investment Board of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, which has denied the operation presented by the consortium to take over the entire Spanish train manufacturer for €617 million. “Talgo is a strategic…


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Talgo could sell 20 high-speed trains to Saudi Arabia, adding around €700m to its order book

Banc Sabadell : The company’s CEO reportedly said that the company had intensified its contacts with the Medina – Mecca consortium with the aim of manufacturing and supplying 20 high-speed trains, according to press reports. According to these sources, the company and the consortium have not reached an agreement on the final price of the trains, since the costs have risen substantially from the €35 million per unit that had…