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Here are highlights from Monday's Analyst Blog:

Citi to Sell Stake in Bellsystem24

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) announced that it will sell stake in Bellsystem24 to U.S. private equity firm, Bain Capital Partners, in a deal that values the Japanese call center operator at $1.1 billion.

The company announced on Sunday that it will sell its 93.5% controlling stake in Bellsystem24 -- which it held through its Citigroup Capital Partners Japan Ltd. -- to Bain Capital Partners through a tender offer. The tender offer is expected to start on or before Nov 20 and be completed on Dec 30, 2009. Under the terms of the deal, Citi will receive 93.5 billion of yen ($1 billion) in cash.

Following the completion of the deal, Citi Holdings' assets will be reduced by $1.2 billion. However, Citi's net income and capital ratios will not be significantly impacted by this stake sale, the company said.

Liberty to Acquire Unitymedia

Liberty Global Inc. (Nasdaq: LBTYA) announced it will acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Unitymedia GmbH, the second largest cable TV operator in Germany. The total consideration will be approximately $5.2 billion. Liberty Global will acquire 100% of the shares of Unitymedia for an equity purchase price of around $3 billion and will also assume around $2.2 billion of net outstanding debt of Unitymedia. The deal is expected to be completed by the first half of 2010 subject to regulatory clearance.

Liberty Global is the second largest cable TV operator in the world. However, it is the largest international cable TV operator since Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA), the largest cable MSO in the world does not have any operation outside the U.S. As of now, the company has approximately 16.6 million customers in 14 nations, most of which are in Europe. On the other hand, Unitymedia has approximately 6.4 million RGUs (revenue generating units); including 4.5 million analog and digital basic cable subscribers and 1.9 million new service RGUs (digital TV Pay, retail broadband internet, wholesale MMA internet, and telephony).

Germany is one of the lucrative markets in Europe. In 2002, Liberty Global has failed in its attempt to acquire the cable TV business of Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT). Unitymedia has the highest uptake of digital TV and highest RGU per household in Germany. Integration of Unitymedia's operations with Liberty Global will create a formidable cable TV player in Germany to compete with Kabel Deutschland (the largest cable TV operator in Germany), Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone Plc (NYSE: VOD).

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Under the transaction, LGI will acquire 100% of the shares of Unitymedia for an equity purchase price of EUR2,000 million. Together with Unitymedia's reported net debt at September 30, 2009 of approximately EUR1,500 million, the total consideration is approximately EUR3,500 million.

The purchase prise represents a price multiple of approximately 7.4 times of Unitymedia's estimated 2010 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

In terms of financing the transaction, LGI is targeting debt financing on Unitymedia's business of approximately EUR2,500 million, of which the net proceeds, after refinancing Unitymedia's existing debt and transaction costs, will be available to fund a portion of the equity consideration. LGI will fund the remaining equity purchase price with a combination of existing liquidity available to LGI, the net proceeds from the sale of $750 million in convertible notes, excluding an overallotment option, and the sale to SPO Partners & Co., a long-standing large shareholder, of 4.5 million shares of Series A common stock and 1.5 million shares of Series C common stock at a price of $21.375 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $128 million.

UBS Investment Bank is acting as lead financial advisor to Unitymedia in the transaction. Unitymedia was also assisted by Morgan Stanley, Nomura Holdings, HVB Group and Latham & Watkins. Goldman Sachs, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Brunswick Group LLP are acting as financial, legal and PR advisors to LGI. Latham & Watkins LLP is acting as legal advisor to Unity Media on the transaction.

Deal Value (US$ Million) 5231.66
Deal Type                Acquisition
Sub-Category             100% Acquisition
Deal Status              Announced: 2009-11-13

Deal Participants

Target (Company)   Unitymedia GmbH
Acquirer (Company) Liberty Global, Inc.
Vendor (Company)   Unity Media S.C.A.

Deal Rationale

This transaction will enable Liberty Global to enhance its presence in Europe and adds significant scale to its global operations.