Fernando Martin's real estate company Martinsa announced it has signed an agreement to finance its EUR 4.045 bn takeover bid for peer Fadesa. The Spanish businessman has agreed to pay EUR 100 mln from his own pocket if Martinsa does not abide to the debt ratio agreed with the banks financing the operation.
Fernando Martin's real estate company Martinsa announced it has signed an agreement to finance its EUR 4.045 bn takeover bid for peer Fadesa. The Spanish businessman has agreed to pay EUR 100 mln from his own pocket if Martinsa does not abide to the debt ratio agreed with the banks financing the operation.
Martinsa said in a statement to the Spanish stock market regulator CNMV that the financing will be carried out in three tranches, respectively of EUR 1bn, EUR 2.265bn and EUR 835 mln. Martinsa has to comply with a certain ratio of debt in order to get the financing and the agreement includes a commitment by Fernando Martin to plough some EUR 100 mln of his own funds if the group does not comply with the requirement.
The acceptance period for Martinsa's EUR 35.7 per share bid for Fadesa will end on March 8, 2007. Fadesa Inmobiliaria will leave the IBEX-35 index from March 9, as a result of the takeover bid launched from Martin's property group, the IBEX-35 technical advisory committee said.
In a statement to the CNMV, Martinsa said it will pay off the EUR 835 mln financing through a capital hike that will be subscribed by new investors the company is currently 'in advanced talks' with. If the deal does not go through, the Spanish property company said some investment banks will acquire stakes in the company for as much as EUR 835 mln. These include Morgan Stanley or 'any of its own subsidiaries,' which will invest some EUR 420 mln, Spanish Ahorro Corporation with EUR 180 mln, Caixanova, Caixa Galicia and Caja Madrid with about EUR 235 mln, Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias reported.