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Bharti-Zain Deal Bharti - Zain Deal: By: - Vivek Yadav By: - Vivek Yadav
Bharti-Zain Deal Bharti - Zain Deal: By: - Vivek Yadav By: - Vivek Yadav
Bharti-Zain Deal Bharti - Zain Deal: By: - Vivek Yadav By: - Vivek Yadav
SINGAPORE SPV
NETERLANDS SPV
ZAIN AFRICAN
OPERATION
15 COUNTIES
OPERATION
Advantages to Bharti
• Airtel become global brand
• Became 5th largest cellular operator
• Gained 42 mn customers
FACTORS FOR THE DEAL
• Saturated Indian market
• New African market
• Low cost of operations
• Multi Geographic presence
• Long terms profit
HURDELS AGAINST BHARTI AIRTEL
• Overpriced deal
• Deal may affect bharti’s profit
• Nigeria, Congo controversy
• Gabon glitch
FUNDING
• Taken loan from Barclays Bank, Standard
Chartered Bank
• Loan of $ 7.5 on 174 bps above libor
• Advisory fees $ 21 mn
PROPOSED AIRTEL MTN DEAL
MTN
• Largest player of South Africa
• 103 mn customer base
• Head quarter:- Jo’burg
• CEO:- Phuthuma Nhelko
• Spread across 21 nations of Africa & middle
east
• Revenue $ 15.9 bn
FAILURE
• Proposed deal of $ 24 bn
• Failed 2 times
• In 2008
• & in 2009
INITIAL STAGE
• Bharti agree to pay $ 45 bn
• Would be largest deal 3 times bigger than
TATA
• Want to give it in 70:30 ratio (share, cash)
• MTN want it 50:50
• Agree to give R 175/ share
• MTN wanted R 180/ share
LATER
• Bharti agrees to take 49% stake for $24 bn
• Dual listing
• MTN wants its share to convert into GDRs
• Indian govt. didn't allow deal
• Govt. doesn’t want to change laws