Les autorités de la concurrence européennes ont approuvé, sans conditions, l'accord par lequel Abertis (Madrid: ABE.MC - actualité) , à travers sa société de télécommunications Abertis Telecom, détiendra 28,4 % d'Hispasat. Cette opération, qui fait d'Abertis le premier actionnaire de l'opérateur satellite espagnol, avait été annoncée le 31 octobre 2007, suite à la finalisation de l'accord de vente entre Abertis, Ensafeca Holding Empresarial (anciennement Auna) et BBVA (Madrid: BBVA.MC - actualité) , actionnaires privés de Hispasat. En février dernier, le gouvernement espagnol avait aussi approuvé cette opération.

The acquisition of the stakes held by Ensafeca Holding Empresarial (17.6%) and BBVA (10.8%) in Hispasat will entail an outlay for abertis telecom of E199Mn. The deal will be financed initially with short-term lines of credit, which will subsequently be taken out with long-term financing.

Hispasat currently operates a fleet of five communications satellites with orbital positions providing coverage in Europe and North and South America to 100% of the Spanish-speaking and 90% of the Portuguese-speaking markets. In 2007, Hispasat recorded revenue of around E128Mn, EBITDA of E101Mn and net profit of E36Mn.

abertis telecom's acquisition of a direct stake in Hispasat reinforces the strategy initiated with the purchase in January 2007 of 32% of Eutelsat (Paris: FR0010221234 - actualité) , which in turn owns 27.69% of Hispasat, to round off its position in the terrestrial signal transmission network with a satellite transmission network and broaden the geographical scope of abertis' telecommunications business.

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