European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Jesús is an Insight Provider (Event-driven) on the Smartkarma network, where he looks across sectors at opportunities arising from securities mispricing (both credit and equity), share classes, bid announcements, prospective bids, and special situations. He has served as Economic and Business Advisor at the Spanish Congress in Madrid. Prior to that, he has worked in the City of London: as a Credit Analyst at Bloomberg; Event-driven associate at former boutique European Research; and doubled as Special Situations and Equity-linked VP (convertible bonds) at Merrill Lynch. Jesús has an MBA from the London Business School, a BA (Hons.) degree in Economics from the Complutense University in Madrid, and a BA (Hons.) in Law from U.N.E.D., also in Madrid.

Event-Driven

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<li>The Spanish Cabinet has agreed on the acquisition of up to 10% of the share capital of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/telefonica-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21299:1" rel="noopener">Telefonica SA (TEF SM)</a> (c.€2.2 billion), higher than the 5% initially mentioned.</li>
<li>This should move the market as it represents 48 trading days. This also means that the Government will likely authorise the purchase of up to 9.9% by STC.</li>
<li>The Kingdom of Spain 10-y benchmark bond yield is 2.9%, while the 24e dividend yield of Telefonica is 8% (source: IBES), therefore the operation makes financial sense.</li>
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The Spanish Cabinet has agreed on the acquisition of up to 10% of the share capital of Telefonica SA (TEF SM) (c.€2.2 billion), higher than the 5% initially mentioned.
This should move the market as it represents 48 trading days. This also means that the Government will likely authorise the purchase of up to 9.9% by STC.
The Kingdom of Spain 10-y benchmark bond yield is 2.9%, while the 24e dividend yield of Telefonica is 8% (source: IBES), therefore the operation makes financial sense.


SEPI/Telefonica: Acquisition of a 10% Stake