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Telecom Plus - Acquisition of two energy suppliers

January 2014

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  • Epic Code:
  • TEP
  • Price:
  • 1741p
The shares rocketed to an all-time high of 1960p after utilities re-seller Telecom Plus announced the eps enhancing acquisition of two businesses supplying electricity and gas from nPower for £218m, to be funded by new borrowings and a placing and open offer at 1475p. As part of the transaction Telecom Plus will also be able to take advantage of a new 20-year energy supply agreement, which will significantly improve its margins. This is a transformation deal, at a stroke making Telecom Plus a “Big Seven†UK energy supplier with the scale to match or even beat the established operators on price.The group has also announced half-year results, which showed revenues and pretax profit rising 17% and 10.1% to £246m and £13.7m resp ...

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