Vodafone Stock Jumps Over 4% - Sells Italy Unit To Swisscom In $8.7B Deal
Vodafone Stock Jumps Over 4% - Sells Italy Unit To Swisscom In $8.7B Deal
Swisscom AG (OTC:SWZCF) inked binding deals with Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD) to acquire 100% of Vodafone Italia for €8 billion ($8.71 billion), aiming to merge it with Fastweb, its Italian subsidiary.
瑞士電信股份公司（場外交易代碼：SWZCF）與沃達豐集團有限公司（納斯達克股票代碼：VOD）簽署了具有約束力的協議，以80億歐元（合87.1億美元）收購意大利沃達豐100％的股份，旨在將其與其意大利子公司Fastweb合併。
The transaction consideration will be 100% cash and will be fully debt-financed, Swisscom said in a press release.
瑞士電信在一份新聞稿中表示，交易對價將爲100％現金，並將完全由債務融資。
Vodafone will provide certain services for an initial total annual service charge of ~€350 million, expected to decrease over time.
沃達豐將提供某些服務，初始年度服務費總額約爲3.5億歐元，預計將隨着時間的推移而減少。
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Vodafone Italia and Fastweb unite to combine their mobile and fixed infrastructures, skills, and resources, positioning themselves as a prominent challenger in a market ripe with growth prospects.
意大利沃達豐和Fastweb聯合起來，將他們的移動和固定基礎設施、技能和資源相結合，將自己定位爲增長前景成熟的市場中的傑出挑戰者。
The enhanced scale, streamlined cost structure, and substantial annual synergies of approximately €600 million will empower the merged entity to create substantial value for stakeholders.
規模的擴大、成本結構的簡化以及每年約6億歐元的巨大協同效應將使合併後的實體能夠爲利益相關者創造可觀的價值。
This will allow sustained investments in Italy's telecom sector, delivering innovative, competitively priced converged services to enhance customer experiences across all market segments.
這將允許對意大利電信行業進行持續投資，提供創新、價格具有競爭力的融合服務，以增強所有細分市場的客戶體驗。
Following the Italian deal and the previously agreed sale of its Spanish operation, Vodafone announced plans to return €4 billion via share buybacks to shareholders.
繼意大利交易以及先前同意出售其西班牙業務之後，沃達豐宣佈計劃通過股票回購向股東返還40億歐元。
"Our transactions in Italy and Spain will deliver €12 billion of upfront cash proceeds and we intend to return €4 billion to shareholders via buybacks, as part of our broader capital allocation review," said Group Chief Executive Margherita Della Valle.
集團首席執行官瑪格麗塔·德拉·瓦萊表示：“我們在意大利和西班牙的交易將帶來120億歐元的預付現金收益，我們打算通過回購向股東返還40億歐元，這是我們更廣泛的資本配置審查的一部分。”
Additionally, it intends to reduce its dividend to 4.5 euro cents per share starting from the 2025 financial year. The company's FY24 total ordinary dividend is expected to be maintained at 9.0c per share.
此外，它打算從2025財年開始將其股息減少至每股4.5歐元美分。該公司24財年的普通股股息總額預計將維持在每股9.0攝氏度。
Swisscom announced that the debt-financed transaction will be settled in cash. The closing of the deal is contingent upon obtaining regulatory and customary approvals.
瑞士電信宣佈，債務融資交易將以現金結算。該交易的完成取決於獲得監管和慣例的批准。
Swisscom stated that it does not anticipate requiring a shareholder vote and anticipates the closure to take place in the first quarter of 2025.
瑞士電信表示，預計不需要股東投票，並預計將在2025年第一季度關閉。
"With the merger we're creating a leading provider in a market with great growth opportunities and in doing so taking a big step towards our goal of profitable growth in Italy," Swisscom CEO Christoph Aeschlimann said in a video statement, Reuters reported.
路透社報道，瑞士電信首席執行官克里斯托夫·埃施利曼在一份視頻聲明中說：“通過合併，我們正在一個具有巨大增長機會的市場中打造一家領先的供應商，從而朝着我們在意大利實現盈利增長的目標邁出了一大步。”
Price Action: VOD shares are trading higher by 4.24% to $8.85 premarket on the last check Friday.
價格走勢：在週五的最後一次支票中，VOD股票盤前交易價格上漲4.24％，至8.85美元。
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