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KPN Approval For Youfone Acquisition; Not A Spread Mover

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  • KPN confirmed last night that the Dutch regulator has approved their EUR 200mn acquisition of the Youfone MVNO with the transaction expected to close in early April. Financial impact details to come with Q124 results.
  • It’s a small transaction and Youfone’s ~500k customers already operate from the KPN fixed network so not a big spread mover though consolidation is strategically beneficial.
  • While we like the KPN credit, short-dated spreads are tight to similar peers. Spreads look a bit more attractive at the long end with the KPN curve exhibiting less curvature than the curves of Telenor/Orange (though so do other €IG telco curves).



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