edp announcement

ONI S.G.P.S. sells its spanish telecommunications operations to Tele2 Telecommunication Services, S.L.

Thursday, 14 July 2005

Today, Oni SGPS ("Oni"), a wireline telecommunications service provider 56.61% owned by the EDP Group, signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement for the sale of its 99.93% stake in the share capital of Comunitel Global S.A. ("Comunitel"), along with all its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, to Tele2 Telecommunication Services, S.L. ("Tele2").

Comunitel, the Spanish arm of ONI's fixed line business, is a telecommunications operator specialized in providing voice and data communication services to small and medium size corporate clients, large enterprises, single owner - home office customers (SoHos) and more recently the top end of the residential market.

The transaction value of the above mentioned 99.93% stake in Comunitel is based on a total enterprise value of Eur. 257 million and net financial debt of Eur. 42 million. The consideration to be received in cash on completion is Eur. 215 million (including shareholders" loans in the amount of Eur. 100 million).

The book value of the Comunitel stake object of the Sale and Purchase Agreement now entered into by Oni and Tele2 is of Eur. 164 million and the company is expected to register a Eur. 51 million accounting gain resulting from this transaction. The successful completion of this transaction is conditional on a non-opposition decision by the Spanish competition authority.

This transaction is in line with the decision taken by Oni and its shareholders to completely focus the company?s activities on the Portuguese broadband fixed line telecommunications business
where it has a relative competitive advantage by virtue of the strong backing of its shareholders, national leaders in their respective economic sectors. In addition, the proceeds from the transaction will enable Oni to significantly reduce its financial debt.

 

EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.