Magyar Vagon rules out having presented a takeover bid for Talgo and claims to not have enough certainty to do so

The CNMV lifts its suspension of trading with effect on Monday at the market opening

MADRID, 9 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Hungarian group Ganz-MaVag (Magyar Vagon) has confirmed its interest in purchasing Talgo for 620 million euros, although it has deflated market expectations regarding the execution of the operation, as it does not have enough certainty to do so.

In a statement to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), Magyar Vagon explains that the main obstacle is related to the company's financing subject to the change of control in order to obtain the corresponding regulatory permits.

In this regard, the CNMV has informed you that it is not permitted to subject the offer to the condition of obtaining the consent of the financing entities for the change of control.

For all these reasons, he assures that he is not certain that the Public Acquisition Offer (OPA) that has heated up the action in recent months will be formulated, although he promises that he will inform of any subsequent decision in due course.

In this way, it confirms the information that pointed to a takeover bid at 5 euros per share, although it details that no agreement or decision has yet been reached in this regard, waiting to clarify the regulatory obstacles to which the reference has been made. the CNMV.

Around 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, the regulator decided to suspend Talgo's trading on a precautionary basis and with immediate effect after its shares on the stock market had suddenly skyrocketed by 10% due to rumors of a takeover bid.

Before the price skyrocketed, Talgo shares were worth 4.4 euros, far from the 5 euros that Magyar Vagon would pay to take over the company, so the shares reached 4.78 euros before trading was suspended. .

When this possible operation came to light in November, Talgo was trading at 3.9 euros and the same situation occurred, its shares skyrocketed to 4.4 euros, since the premium up to 5 euros reached 27.7%, and the CNMV suspended it for a few hours.

The purchase of Talgo for 5 euros per share would mean valuing 100% of the company at around 617 million euros. The company's main shareholder is the Trilantic investment fund.

For its part, Magyar Vagon, owned by businessman András Tombor, operates the train manufacturing company DJJ, which it bought in 2020. If the bidding season opens, the Basque CAF would also be a good bidder for Talgo.

Once the due explanations have been provided, the CNMV has already made the decision to withdraw the suspension of its shares, so the company will return to trading on Monday at the market opening.