Eventjes wat historisch perspectief mbt de Dom. Rep.
Altice heeft in 2013 & 2014 twee operators opgekocht.
Tricom voor 375 miljoen USD
Orange voor 1,4 miljard USD
Totale koopsom is daarmee : 1,775 miljard USD / 1,18 = 1,5 miljard euro.
Een geschatte opbrengstprijs van 3 miljard zou heel leuk zijn.
Zeker ook gezien het feit dat men geen CAPEX cash meer hoeft te besteden voor de uitrol van Fiber (tenminste als men daar nog niet klaar mee is).
ALTICE CLOSES TRICOM BUY; PREPARES
ORANGE MERGER
Lulu Rumsey, 20 March 2014
Santo Domingo’s OMG and Parisian law firm Franklin Associés have helped Luxembourg telecoms company Altice buy Dominican mobile operator Tricom in a US$375 million acquisition.
Franklin Associés steered the acquisition, while OMG handled regulatory approval matters. The deal was authorised by the Dominican telecoms authority on 7 March.
Mobile operator Tricom relied on in-house counsel for the transaction.
The acquisition was funded with the proceeds from a US$400 million notes offering by the Luxembourg-based company that closed in December 2013. Altice plans to merge its latest acquisition with mobile network operator Orange Dominicana, which it bought last year for US$1.4 billion in one of the largest M&A deals ever to take place in the country, a deal that involved Jones Day, Ropes & Gray, Jimenez Cruz Peña Abogados and Castillo y Castillo, as well as Franklin Associés.
The new company will invest US$390 million over a three-year period on expanding fibre optic coverage and 4G technology across the Caribbean island.