Bankinter | The Government has taken advantage of the operation of purchase of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) by BlackRock, to raise again a series of shields on the company. In January this year, BlackRock, the largest private equity fund manager in the world, announced an agreement to buy GIP, which has been a shareholder of Naturgy since 2016. As a result, BlackRock has become the indirect holder of 20.641% of…
Bankinter : In January of this year, its stake was 15%. In the last nine months it has acquired an additional 1% of the capital. IFM consolidates its position as the fourth largest shareholder in Naturgy, after La Caixa, which through Criteria holds 26.7%; CVC which, in its latest communication in June, states that it holds 20.715%; and GIP, with just over 20%. Part of the shares held by CVC…
Alphavalue/DIVACONS | The gas and electricity company has launched a buyback offer for a maximum amount of €1 billion, aimed at holders of several series of covered bonds maturing between 2025 and 2028, the company informed the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV) on Monday. In particular, through Naturgy Finance Iberia, the company has announced an invitation to the holders of a series of guaranteed bonds for an amount of…
Banc Sabadell: The Council of Ministers approved the entry of Blackrock in Naturgy (NTGY) after the purchase of GIP (20% NTGY) last January with the guarantees established for strategic companies. Although Blackrock would have requested the possibility of assessing a future delisting or analysing a sale of assets (such as the one included in the Gemini Project), it would have been denied. It will have to face the same conditions…
Naturgy has managed to repeat in the first half of this year 2024 the record results obtained last year in a context of a sharp global decline in energy prices. The energy company obtained up to June an Ebitda of €2,846 million and a net profit of €1,043 million, both at the same level as last year. The good results up to June and the outlook for the second half…
Bankinter | Naturgy is about to seal a new gas price agreement with the Algerian state-owned monopoly Sonatrach, its main supplier. Both groups are finalising a pact that definitively fixes the price of supplies in 2023 retroactively and those of 2024. In addition, the criteria for revisions from 2025 to 2027 are beginning to be established.for revisions from 2025 to 2027. This will put an end to years of tense…
Alphavalue/DIVACONS | The company announced the start-up of its third biomethane plant in Spain, which will increase its renewable gas production capacity to 29 GWh per year, an amount equivalent to the gas consumption of about 6,000 homes, according to a statement yesterday. On the other hand, Ángel Simón, CEO of Criteria Caixa, said that “one of the first initiatives, if not the first” of Criteria’s Strategic Plan is to…
CriteriaCaixa, the industrial holding company of La Caixa Foundation, has announced that it has broken off negotiations with TAQA to launch a public takeover bid (PTB) for Naturgy that would satisfy the participation of the CVC and GIP funds. It thus puts an end to more than a month of negotiations with the Abu Dhabi energy and water operator, which apparently intended to take 51% of the joint vehicle, which…
Banc Sabadell | Naturgy (NTGY) has approved a roadmap for its electricity distribution network subsidiary with an ambitious investment programme, proposing to invest €1.34 billion until 2027 to digitise and reinforce infrastructure, according to press reports. Assessment: Positive news with limited impact, where Naturgy could be reviewing its current roadmap that expires in 2025 regardless of what happens with the takeover bid (currently under negotiation). It would make sense that,…
Banco Sabadell : According to press reports, Criteria and TAQA are negotiating the distribution of power in a hypothetical joint control within Naturgy. The same sources indicate that this could lead to a balance in the capital (Criteria and TAQA with very similar stakes) although initially Criteria would only intend to slightly increase its 26.7%. We recall that other sources pointed out yesterday that the main issue to be resolved…