{"id":628734,"date":"2018-05-13T04:18:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T04:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/05\/13\/te-to-acquire-otmts-mena-cables-in-usd-90-mn-transaction-obtain-long-term-usd-credit-facilities\/"},"modified":"2018-05-13T04:18:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T04:18:55","slug":"te-to-acquire-otmts-mena-cables-in-usd-90-mn-transaction-obtain-long-term-usd-credit-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/05\/13\/te-to-acquire-otmts-mena-cables-in-usd-90-mn-transaction-obtain-long-term-usd-credit-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"TE to acquire OTMT\u2019s MENA Cables in USD 90 mn transaction, obtain long-term USD credit facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"tldr-story-05\" class=\"content-anchor\"><\/a> <strong>M&A WATCH- TE to acquire OTMT\u2019s MENA Cables in USD 90 mn transaction, obtain long-term USD credit facilities: <\/strong>Telecom Egypt (TE) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egx.com.eg\/arabic\/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=173037\">announced on Thursday<\/a>\u00a0that its board of directors has signed off on the decision to acquire Orascom Telecom and Media Technology\u2019s (OTMT) MENA Submarine Cables Systems in a USD 90 mn transaction. The acquisition, which had been kept under a semi-tight lid till now, will be financed through a shareholder loan from TE to its subsidiary cable business. TE had reportedly been close to tapping EFG Hermes to advise on the acquisition, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/04\/30\/te-reportedly-close-to-signing-efg-hermes-as-adviser-on-mena-cables-acquisition\/\">sources had said last month<\/a>, around the same time that businessman Naguib Sawiris announced in a conference that he was looking to pull himself out of the telecom industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TE\u2019s board also approved a decision to obtain long-term USD credit facilities, including a USD 500 mn five-year syndicated loan, <\/strong>which will be arranged by Mashreq and First Abu Dhabi Bank. The company will also sign a one-year credit facility agreement with a maximum ceiling of USD 200 mn with the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and African Bank for Import and Export, as well as a four-year, USD 200 mn vendor finance agreement with Huawei. The amounts will be used to finance capex operations and make liquidity available for investments in 4G infrastructure. <a href=\"https:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/egyptNews\/idAFL3N1SH2HS\">Reuters also has the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This came as TE reported a 48% y-o-y drop in net profit after tax in 1Q2018 to EGP 688 mn<\/strong>, according to the company\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/ircp.te.eg\/IRMedia\/Financial_Information\/Earnings_Release\/2018\/Earnings_Release07ad7cbc-9ad2-47fc-b68f-d8de2c0bea49.pdf\">earnings release (pdf)<\/a>. 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