Vauban and Predica, which submitted their binding offer for the asset on Tuesday 19 July, had made the best proposal and had been negotiating since Thursday to iron out the details of the deal. The price of 1,021 million euros paid by the buyers for 45% of the capital values 100% of the company at US$2,561 million, which Telefónica says is “an implied multiple of 27.1 times the company’s pro…
Telefónica España workers have almost unanimously rejected the proposal to voluntarily opt for a four-day working week, which entailed a corresponding pay cut, although the company compensated with a 20% bonus. With just four days left before the deadline to join the plan, barely 1% of the workforce has signed up, according to EL PAÍS today, citing sources in the negotiations. The main reason for this lack of interest on…
Renta 4 | There are various finalists for participating in the capital of Telefónica’s rural fibre optic network (FET) in Spain, according to several media outlets. Allianz, CDPQ (Quebec pension fund), PGGM (Dutch pension fund) and Vauban Infraestructure Partners (Natixis Group) would be the finalists to buy 45% of the rural fibre network in Spain. However, there could be some other incorporation or exit. Allianz y CDPQ could team up as a consortium. Final, binding proposals…
Bankinter | Telefónica (TEF)’s first quarter 2022 results beat forecasts and the group has maintained its guidelines for the year. In organic terms, revenues (+3.2%) and OIBDA (+2.1%) continue to show positive growth for the fourth consecutive quarter. Spain remains the market with the most competitive pressure, leading to a drop in OIBDA. However this is offset by greater strength in the rest of the group’s key markets. The OIBDA…
The group’s turnover amounted to 10.883 billion euros, an increase of 3.2%. By markets, Spain accounted for 28% of revenues, Hispam 20%, Brazil 18%, Germany 18% and the UK 14%. Operating income before depreciation and amortisation (Oibda) rose 2.1% to 3.753 billion euros, due particularly to Latin America, whose Oibda jumped 50%. Sales grew in all markets, such as Germany, the UK and Spain, and double-digit growth in Brazil and…
Link Securities | Telefónica today presented its results for the 2021 financial year, as outlined below: The company’s January-December 2021 results have achieved the upwardly revised annual financial targets in Q2’2021. o Revenue and OIBDA; “stable or slight growth (year-on-year organic)”. Revenues +2.0% and OIBDA +1.4% in 2021. o Return to normalized level of CapEx to sales ratio ex-spectrum of up to 15%. CapEx to sales to reach 14.2% in…
Telefónica has presented the unions with a final offer for the Incentive Dismissal Plan (PSI) that provides for a maximum of 2,982 departures from the 4,532 workers entitled to join on the basis of age and seniority. This is nearly a hundred more than the proposal put forward at the previous meeting. The income offer remains the same as for the last proposals: 68% of the regulatory salary for those…
Bankinter | The Spanish government extends its veto power against possible takeover bids by one year, until December 2022. So in Telefónica (TEF), as a company considered strategic, the government will have to authorise purchases by EU investors of more than 10% of the capital. The ability to veto investments from outside the EU also remains in force indefinitely. These restrictions were imposed in April 2020 to prevent Spanish companies…
Telefónica has reported a record profit of 9.335 billion euros in the year to September – in the third quarter, on a like-for-like basis, profit was 706 million. The 9-months’ figures include the extraordinary results from the divestment of Telxius (around 3.5 billion euros) and the joint venture with Virgin Media in the UK (another 3 billion). These operations have also enabled the company to cut its debt by 31%…
José Alves (Capital Madrid) | The big Brazilian operators – Telefónica’s Vivo, Telecom Italia’s Tim and América Móviles’ Claro – have plenty of reasons to celebrate the new deployment conditions Anatel, Brazil’s telecommunications regulator, has announced for the 5G auction on 4 November. It has not been easy due to the long and laborious preparation, which has required three and a half months of public consultation and eight months of…