Today, TDC announces that its 100 per cent owned Swiss subsidiary Sunrise
Communications AG (“Sunrise”) has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement to
acquire 100 per cent of the share capital of Tele2 Telecommunication Services
AG (“Tele2 AG”) in Switzerland.
Tele2 AG is the third largest fixed-line telecommunications provider in
Switzerland. In addition to fixed-line telephony, Tele2 AG offers internet
access and mobile telephony services to a total of 491,000 residential and
business customers. Its focus is to offer simple services at low prices.
In 1H 2008, Tele2 AG reached a negative EBITDA of CHF 2.6m (against a positive
EBITDA for 2007 of CHF 2.2m) and a net revenue of CHF 115.1m (against a net
revenue for 2007 of CHF 250.9m). The overall customer base remained stable from
the end of 2007 (490,000 customers) to 1H 2008 (491,000 customers).
The total consideration for Tele2 AG amounts to CHF 50m and will consist of
Sunrise's assumption on closing of a loan granted by Tele2 Sverige AB to Tele2
AG and a cash consideration to the seller.
The acquisition of Tele2 AG's ADSL customer base will constitute an opportunity
for Sunrise to reduce the cost per customer associated with the ongoing ULL
infrastructure build out. Further, the acquisition of Tele 2 AG will increase
the customer base that will be available for cross selling. In addition to
this, there will be cost synergies in operating a joined customer base after
migration of customers to the existing Sunrise infrastructure.
Closing of the transaction which is subject to approval from the Swiss
competition authority and the Swiss Federal Communication Commission is
expected by the end of October 2008.
TDC expects the acquisition to have a positive impact on TDC's EBITDA for 2008
and onwards. TDC's outlook for 2008, which was published August 13, 2008,
remains unchanged.
For inquiries regarding the above please contact TDC Investor Relations at +45
6663 7680.
TDC A/S
Teglholmsgade 1
0900 Copenhagen C
DK-Denmark
tdc.com
