France's Altice buys Portugal Telecom for 7.4 bn euros

France's Altice buys Portugal Telecom for 7.4 bn euros

Tuesday, December 9, 2014 2:11 am


France’s Altice on Monday bought out Portugal Telecom — which had been owned by Brazil’s Oi — for 7.4 billion euros, the Brazilian company announced.

“Under the deal approved, Oi will sell to Altice all PT shares for the company’s value of 7.4 billion euros ($9 billion),” Oi said in a note to Brazilian regulatory authorities.

It said that Oi will receive an additional 500 million euros based on future PT earnings once in its new owners’ hands.

Lisbon-listed Portugal Telecom SGPS (PT SGPS) is the target of a 1.2 billion-euro ($1.48 billion) takeover offer by Angolan billionaire businesswoman and opponent of the Oi sale, Isabel dos Santos.

Her company Terra Peregrin is offering shareholders in PT SGPS 1.35 euros a share on condition that the Altice deal does not go through.


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