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沃达丰将通过大宗交易出售2.4%的Indus股份;正在和大股东谈判，要多卖4.7%
英国公司在提交给伦敦证交所表示,和Aditya Birla组(ABG)打算帮忙的问题由沃达丰印度(Vi)普通股。“沃达丰和ABG,沃达丰(Vodafone)想法的发起人有限(Vi),致力于支持Vi努力加强其资产负债表…沃达丰和ABG打算贡献对股票的问题通过Vi一旦这种融资的条款被评估和决定的董事会Vi,”它说。
在提交给伦敦证交所的一份文件中，这家英国公司表示，它和Aditya Birla集团(ABG)打算为沃达丰印度(Vi)的股权发行做出贡献沃达丰创意有限公司沃达丰和ABG将致力于支持Vi加强其资产负债表的努力……一旦Vi的董事会评估并决定融资条款，沃达丰和ABG将为Vi的股权发行做出贡献，”该公司表示。
“与Airtel洽谈”
知情人士说，沃达丰正在与Bharti Airtel就出售这4.7%的股份进行谈判。ET于周三下午3:48在其在线平台上发布了这一消息。发送给Bharti Airtel的电子邮件直到付印时都没有得到回复。
据银行业消息人士称，沃达丰将以每股227-231卢比的价格出售欧元太平洋公司持有的2.4%的股份，即6360万股。这将使该公司净赚14.44亿至14.69亿卢比。在相同的价格区间内，沃达丰4.7%的股份将为其带来额外的2885.2 - 293.6亿卢比。银行业消息人士补充称，这家由苏尼尔·米塔尔(Sunil mittal)领导的电信公司正努力以低于每股225卢比的价格收购股权。
该公司表示，如果交易完成，沃达丰将保留5.672亿股Indus股票，即21%的股权。该公司补充说，它正在与“几个感兴趣的方”谈判，甚至出售剩余的股份。
印度河塔的股价周三在印度证交所收盘下跌0.4%，至251.20卢比。沃达丰Idea收于10.72卢比，下跌1.6%，而Airtel股价收于704.25卢比，上涨0.6%。
沃达丰在其提交的文件中称，作为Indus Towers与Bharti Infratel合并时沃达丰与Indus之间“安全协议”的一部分，其出售的7.1%股权被质押给了Indus。
英国运营商沃达丰(Vodafone)表示，该公司和Indus现已修改了安全协议，以允许该电信公司出售这些质押股票，并“利用所得收益参与Vi的新股发行”。
拟议出售股权之际，Vi正在争分夺秒地筹集资金，为其业务提供资金。在最近的投资者电话会议上，该公司曾将3月份定为完成融资活动的最后期限。
截至12月底，Vi的现金余额为15亿卢比，净债务为19.7万亿卢比，一直在与美国阿波罗全球和凯雷等一系列私募股权公司进行谈判，以获得约10亿美元的股权和债务融资，因为它希望扭转业务。由于运营和利息支出增加，截至12月31日的第三财季，该公司的净亏损从上年同期的714.46亿卢比扩大至723.41亿卢比。截至12月底，该公司的用户数量又减少了580万，用户数量仅为2.47亿多一点。
沃达丰集团正在与Airtel谈判出售5%的股份;将收益注入沃达丰Idea
Indus Towers周三在印度证交所收盘时下跌0.4%，至251.20卢比。按照目前的价格，沃达丰集团持有印度最大电信塔公司5%的股份，可以获得330亿卢比以上。沃达丰Idea收盘下跌1.6%，至10.72卢比，而Airtel股票收盘上涨0.6%，至704.25卢比。沃达丰Idea (Vi)管理层最近在一次投资者电话会议上表示，为运营筹集资金的最后期限是3月底。
据《印度经济时报》报道，沃达丰Idea也在考虑出售海外可转换债券，最快筹集7.5亿至10亿美元(约合5550亿至740亿卢比)。该运营商已指定SBI资本市场就价值2万至2300亿卢比的贷款重组进行谈判，该电信公司将在未来四年内偿还这些贷款。
沃达丰和ABG此前拒绝向沃达丰Idea注入股权，自沃达丰印度和Idea Cellular于2018年8月合并以来，沃达丰Idea从未盈利。
然而，政府在2021年9月中旬宣布的救助计划，包括4年暂停政府的调整后总收入(AGR)和频谱支付，减少银行担保，以及将法定会费转换为政府股权的选项，极大地改变了游戏规则。专家们表示，这一禁令缓解了沃达丰Idea眼下的现金流负担，使其对投资者具有吸引力。此外，Vi还选择将延期付款的应计利息转换为政府股权，这可能使该中心成为电信公司的最大股东。
Bharti收购Indus Towers的额外股份，将有助于巩固其对全球最大铁塔公司之一的控股。专家表示，这将使Airtel能够在稍后阶段将其持股变现，并在沃达丰Idea复苏后利用该铁塔公司的预期增长，并有能力大举投资扩大业务。
Indus在12月当季的净利润为15.71亿卢比，同比增长16%，在持续的大流行期间，电信公司增加了更多的地点，以满足强劲的数据需求。Indus拥有超过184748个塔和335,106个共址。
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<\/figure>New Delhi: UK\u2019s Vodafone Group Plc<\/a> has said it is planning to sell 2.4% stake in Indus<\/a> Towers through a block deal on Thursday and is also in talks with one of the tower company\u2019s largest shareholders to sell 4.7% more. It could raise up to Rs 4,300-4,400 crore through these stake stales and the funds will be infused into loss-making Vodafone<\/a> Idea. The company further said it was in talks with \u201cseveral interested parties\u201d to also sell its residual stake in the tower company.In a filing to the LSE, the UK company said it and the Aditya Birla Group (ABG) intend to contribute towards an issue of equity share by Vodafone India (Vi). \u201cVodafone and ABG, the promoters of Vodafone Idea Limited<\/a> (Vi), are committed to support Vi in its efforts to strengthen its balance sheet\u2026 Vodafone and ABG intend to contribute towards an issue of equity shares by Vi once the terms of such a capital raise have been evaluated and decided on by the board of directors of Vi,\u201d it said.
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<\/div><\/div>This is the first time Vodafone has officially confirmed its intent to participate in Vodafone Idea's fundraising exercise. Fund infusion by Vodafone Idea\u2019s promoters is key to the cash-strapped telco raising funds from external investors as it strives to revive its operations, compete in the market and arrest its rapid customer losses. Along with Vodafone Group<\/a>, ABG chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla is also expected to invest around $200 million of his own capital into Vodafone Idea, ET had reported earlier.
People familiar with the matter said Vodafone is in talks with Bharti Airtel for selling the 4.7% stake. ET broke the story on its online platforms at 3:48 pm on Wednesday. Emails sent to Bharti Airtel failed to elicit a response till the time of going to press.
According to banking sources, Vodafone is offering the 2.4% stake, or 63.6 million shares, held by unit Euro Pacific at Rs 227-231 per share. This could net the company between Rs 1,444 crore and Rs 1,469 crore. In the same price band, Vodafone\u2019s 4.7% stake should net it an additional Rs 2,885.2-2,936 crore. Banking sources added that the Sunil Mittal-led telco is pushing to buy the stake for a price of under Rs 225 a share.
People familiar with the matter said Vodafone is in talks with Bharti Airtel for selling the 4.7% stake. ET broke the story on its online platforms at 3:48 pm on Wednesday. Emails sent to Bharti Airtel failed to elicit a response till the time of going to press.
According to banking sources, Vodafone is offering the 2.4% stake, or 63.6 million shares, held by unit Euro Pacific at Rs 227-231 per share. This could net the company between Rs 1,444 crore and Rs 1,469 crore. In the same price band, Vodafone\u2019s 4.7% stake should net it an additional Rs 2,885.2-2,936 crore. Banking sources added that the Sunil Mittal-led telco is pushing to buy the stake for a price of under Rs 225 a share.
<\/div><\/div>\"Vodafone is... in advanced discussions with one of the largest shareholders in Indus for the purchase of up to 127.1 million Indus shares from Vodafone, or 4.7% of Indus' outstanding share capital\u2026The terms of such an agreement are currently being discussed and there can be no certainty that the sale will proceed,\" the UK company said.
It said that if the sale is completed, Vodafone would retain 567.2 million shares in Indus, or a 21% shareholding. The company added that it is in talks with \"several interested parties\" to sell even that balance stake.
Indus Towers\u2019 shares closed down 0.4% at Rs 251.20 on the BSE on Wednesday. Vodafone Idea closed 1.6% lower at Rs 10.72 while the Airtel stock ended up 0.6% at Rs 704.25.
In its filing, Vodafone said the 7.1% stake it is selling was pledged to Indus as part of \"security arrangements\" between Vodafone and Indus at the time of the merger of Indus Towers with Bharti Infratel.
Vodafone and Indus have now modified the security arrangements in order to allow the telecom company to sell those pledged shares and \"use the proceeds to participate in an issue of new shares by Vi\", the UK carrier said.
The proposed stake sales come at a time Vi is racing against time to raise funds to finance its operations. The company in an investor call recently had pegged March as the deadline for completion of its fund-raising exercise.
Vi, with a cash balance of Rs 1,500 crore and net debt of Rs 1.97 lakh crore at December-end, has been in talks with a slew of private equity players such as US-based Apollo Global and Carlyle for around $1 billion in equity and debt funding, as it looks to turn around operations. The company's net loss for the fiscal third quarter ended December 31 widened to Rs 7,234.1 crore from Rs 7,144.6 crore in the year earlier as operating and interest expenses rose. It lost a further 5.8 million users to end December with just over 247 million subscribers.
It said that if the sale is completed, Vodafone would retain 567.2 million shares in Indus, or a 21% shareholding. The company added that it is in talks with \"several interested parties\" to sell even that balance stake.
Indus Towers\u2019 shares closed down 0.4% at Rs 251.20 on the BSE on Wednesday. Vodafone Idea closed 1.6% lower at Rs 10.72 while the Airtel stock ended up 0.6% at Rs 704.25.
In its filing, Vodafone said the 7.1% stake it is selling was pledged to Indus as part of \"security arrangements\" between Vodafone and Indus at the time of the merger of Indus Towers with Bharti Infratel.
Vodafone and Indus have now modified the security arrangements in order to allow the telecom company to sell those pledged shares and \"use the proceeds to participate in an issue of new shares by Vi\", the UK carrier said.
The proposed stake sales come at a time Vi is racing against time to raise funds to finance its operations. The company in an investor call recently had pegged March as the deadline for completion of its fund-raising exercise.
Vi, with a cash balance of Rs 1,500 crore and net debt of Rs 1.97 lakh crore at December-end, has been in talks with a slew of private equity players such as US-based Apollo Global and Carlyle for around $1 billion in equity and debt funding, as it looks to turn around operations. The company's net loss for the fiscal third quarter ended December 31 widened to Rs 7,234.1 crore from Rs 7,144.6 crore in the year earlier as operating and interest expenses rose. It lost a further 5.8 million users to end December with just over 247 million subscribers.