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The sale to NJJ and Millicom marks the newest step in Telefonica’s Latin American retreat
This week, Telefonica has introduced it has bought its Chilean cellular unit to Millicom and NJJ, a pair of corporations each owned by French billionaire Xavier Niel.
The deal, valued at $1.2 billion, will see NJJ take a 51% of the enterprise and Millicom a 49% stake. Regardless of holding the smaller stake, Millicom will function the enterprise on a day-to-day foundation.
“This offers NJJ and Millicom operational management from day one and the flexibility to seize long-term development potential at a sexy valuation, with out compromising our monetary power,” Millicom Chief Govt Officer Marcelo Benítez mentioned within the assertion.
Telefonica will obtain an preliminary fee of $50 million, with $340 million deferred. Telefonica canTelefonica makes $1.2bn exit from Chile additionally earn as much as an additional $150 million based mostly on the unit’s future efficiency.
Each Millicom and NJJ can even have the precise to buy the opposite’s stake after 5 and 6 years have handed, with Millicom’s choice taking precedence.
Telefonica has been divesting of its Latin American companies since 2019, when the corporate modified its technique to concentrate on its core markets of Spain, Germany, Brazil, and the UK.
The sale of those models has accelerated beneath CEO Marc Murtra, who took over the position in the beginning of January and shortly oversaw exits from Argentina, Peru, and Colombia.
Discussions over Telefonica’s Chilean unit had been underway since at the least in Could final 12 months, with America Movil, WOM, and Entel additionally displaying curiosity within the enterprise.
Millicom, however, is increasing its regional footprint and has already confirmed a eager purchaser of Telefonica’s struggling companies.
Previously two years, Millicom has snapped up Telefonica’s operations in Colombia, Ecuador, and Uruguay for a mixed complete of over $1 billion.
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