Vodafone Egypt Acquisition and Growth Strategy
Transaction summary | Acquiring a quality asset with mix of equity and debt
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Process
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Valuation
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Consideration
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Independent sub-committee of the Board appointed
External advisors hired for due-diligence (KPMG) and advisory (UBS)
PwC appointed as independent expert to sub-committee and ENS as legal advisor
US$2.738bn equity value, implying 6.5x EV/annualised FY1H22 EBITDA
Closing net debt to be deducted from offer price to derive an equity value
Offer price within valuation range as per PwC independent expert fairness opinion
• Transaction funded through a mix of equity (c.80%) i.e. new Vodacom shares issued to Vodafone and cash (c.20%) funded by debt
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Issue of 242 million new shares, resulting in total issued share of 2 078 million and increasing Vodafone ownership to 65.1%
Consolidating $0.9bn (R14.4bn) of Vodafone Egypt debt and incurring $0.5bn (R8.2bn) for debt element of purchase price.
⚫ ZAR debt financing, with internal leverage threshold remaining at 1.5x net debt
• Vodacom shareholder approval in respect of
Conditions
Precedent
1. the transaction as a related party transaction,
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II. to issue the consideration shares to Vodafone
• Offshore Egyptian approvals
1. Obtain the necessary Egyptian regulatory approvals (eg. NTRA)
Onshore South African approvals
1. Approval from the Financial Surveillance Department of the South African Reserve Bank
Vodacom
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Following the completion of the deal and subject to Board approval, we intend to simplify the dividend policy to at least 75%
of Vodacom Group headline earnings
dividend policy • The simplified policy and proposed acquisition provide a high pay-out on enhanced growth prospects
Further together
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