ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2021
ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2021 | AXTEL
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number of countries, the World Health Organization classified the
viral outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Therefore, in 2020,
actions were taken under three main priorities, the safety and well-
being of all employees, the needs and support for customers, as
well as the continuity of the business and its operations.
The Company's operations were not interrupted as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic and it led to increased demand for products
that allowed customers to sustain remote and virtual interactions,
such as connectivity, network access, cybersecurity perimeters
and cloud solutions, among others.
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were mainly reflected in
the income of the business segment, where there was an increase
in income of $23 million pesos related to the growth of bandwidth
services. Additionally, the Company had a decrease of $40 million
pesos and made investments on working capital through the
granting of a longer payment term to clients, whose book value is
$63 million pesos.
h. Closing of agreement with Equinix
On January 8, 2020, the Company informed the definitive closing
of the strategic agreement with Equinix to strengthen its offering of
IT and cloud solutions. As announced on October 3, 2019, Equinix
acquired the operations and assets of three data centers from
Axtel; two located in Querétaro and one in the metropolitan area
of Monterrey. The valuation of this transaction was US $ 175 million,
I which was settled in cash, except for US$13 million related to an
escrow, which were released on January 8, 2021. (See Note 7).
Excluding operating expenses and the balance in custody, resources
of approximately US $154 million will be used to strengthen the
financial structure of the Company. The Company did not have an
impact on cash flow due to tax consequences, since it applied tax
losses that were pending amortization for $2,644,367.
i. Debt prepayment.
On February 14, 2020, the Company prepaid the total of the
syndicated loan maintained with HSBC as the leader of the
participating financial institutions in the amount of $1,320,000
(US$67 million). Derived from this prepayment, the Company
immediately recognized in the consolidated statement of income,
the costs of obtaining debt that were pending amortization at that
date for $8,130. Additionally, during 2020, the Company made
payments to Alfa, S. A. B. de C. V. for $ 703,348 and $10,624 for
principal and interest, respectively.
2019
j. Sale of the rest of the massive segment
On May 1, 2019, the Company divested its fiber optic business from
the massive segment located in the cities of León, Puebla, Toluca,
Guadalajara and Querétaro to Megacable Holdings, S. A. B. de C. V.
and subsidiaries ("Megacable") through the sales figure of residential
customers and micro-businesses, fiber network and other assets
related to the operation of the massive segment in these cities in
exchange for a consideration of $1,150 million pesos, thus concluding
the sale of the fiber optic business of the massive segment, process
that began with the sale to Televisa in December 2018. The Company
recognized a gain of $519 million pesos, which is presented under
discontinued operations in the consolidated statement of income.
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