Telefonica SA Agreement for the sale of stake of Telxius (4061X)
21 February 2017 - 6:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4061X
Telefonica SA
21 February 2017
TELEFÓNICA, S.A. (herein after "Telefónica") as provided in
article 228 of the Spanish Stock Market Act (Ley del Mercado de
Valores), hereby reports the following
SIGNIFICANT EVENT
Following the Significant Event published on February 10, 2017,
Telefónica has reached an agreement for the sale of up to 40% of
the total share capital of Telxius Telecom, S.A.U. to Taurus Bidco
S.à.r.l. (hereafter, "KKR", entity managed by Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co. L.P.), for a total amount of EUR1,275 million
(EUR 12.75 per share).
The aforementioned agreement includes a Purchase Agreement for
the sale of 62 million shares (representing 24.8% of the total
capital stock) of Telxius Telecom, S.A.U. for a price of EUR 790.5
million, as well as stock options over 38 million shares
(representing 15.2% of the total share capital) for a price of at
least EUR 484.5 million.
These options correspond to a call option exercisable by KKR and
to a put option exercisable by Telefónica upon maturity of the call
option.
The closing is subject to obtaining the corresponding regulatory
approvals. The exercise window of the options would take place
during the fourth quarter of 2017, provided that regulatory
approvals have been obtained on that date.
The transaction implies an Enterprise Value of EUR3,678 million
including debt, and an Equity Value of EUR3,188 million (EUR12.75
per share), which confirms the valuation established by Telefónica
in the prospectus for the offering of shares registered on
September 20, 2016 for the same perimeter of assets and the
implicit multiple of company value over EBITDA would be 11.4 times
the EBITDA 2017 of Telxius(1)
This Agreement will have no impact on Telefonica's Group
consolidated results as it consists on the sale of a minority
stake, maintaining Telefónica the control over Telxius.
This operation is part of Telefónica Group's asset portfolio
management policy, based on a strategy of value creation and
strategic positioning. Likewise, it also complements the objective
of organic debt reduction, in a growing cash flow scenario.
Madrid, February 21, 2017.
(1) - Transaction multiple: 11.4x EV/EBITDA 2017 vs weighted average multiple towers/cable: 11.7x EV/EBITDA 2017E (Source: Bloomberg).
- Average multiple European tower players (Inwit, Cellnex, Ei
Towers Raiway): 13.1x EV/EBITDA 2017E (Source: Bloomberg).
- Average multiple submarine cable players (Level 3, Zayo,
Cogent): 10.7x EV/EBITDA 2017E (Source: Bloomberg).
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