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Private equity firm buys into Spanish Cable company R

April 20, 2010

Private equity company CVC Capital Partners has bought a 35 per cent stake in Spanish cable operator R for 236m euros, valuing the company at 635m euros. The Luxembourg-based company has also the option to buy 30 per cent more in the next three years. The main shareholder of R, which provides services in the Galicia region in north-western Spain, will remain Galician savings bank Caixanova with 65 per cent.

CVC has acquired four Spanish companies in recent years, ranging from manufacturing to retail. R will be its first investment in a telecoms company.

 

R is one of the four Spanish cable operators in Spain and operates only in the Galicia region. It had more than 250,000 customers at the end of 2009, and about 600,000 RGUs. Of the other three cable companies, two are also regional: Euskaltel in the Basque Country and with Basque ownership and Telecable in Asturias, also with local shareholders. Ono operates nationwide and had more than 1.8m subscribers at the end of 2009.

R was launched in 1999 and become profitable in 2005. Despite tough market conditions, the company managed to grow revenues eight per cent during 2009, reporting EBITDA of €93m and a net profit of €22.88m. R has invested more than €720m in a new fibre network in Galicia and offers 100 Mbps broadband services to more than 60 per cent of the areas where its fibre network has been built out. Due to the localised nature of this company, management and ownership CVC has promised to keep the same structure and headquarters in Galicia, investing 330m euros in developing R services across the region but is also planning to invest 1,500m more in expanding R services to other geographic areas outside Galicia, like Portugal.

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Countries: Spain
Companies: Ono R Euskaltel Telecable
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