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NET SERVICOS: Moody's Keeps Ba2 Currency Corporate Family Rating
Moody's has not changed Net Servicos de Comunicacao S.A.'s Ba2 global local currency corporate family rating and Aa3.br Brazilian national scale rating following the company's announced agreement to acquire 100% of the capital of BIGTV Companies. The transaction is subject to regulator (ANATEL) and anti-trust commission (CADE) approvals.
Moody's views this transaction as strategic for Net Servicos, since the company will be able to further increase its subscriber and revenue base, coverage area and market share and as well as offer its triple-play services to BIGTV's current subscribers, which we view as a competitive advantage. Net Servicos estimates that it will pay cash consideration of five to seven times BIGTV's EBITDA and expects that BIGTV will have no debt at the time of the transaction. Using BIGTV's EBITDA for the third quarter 2007, the transaction value could be up to BRL285 million.
Net Servicos has strong liquidity, with BRL625 million in cash, BRL76 million in short-term debt as of Sept. 30, 2007, and no substantial debt maturities until 2010.
Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, NET Servicos de Comunicacao -- http://Nettv.globo.com/NETServ/br/home/indexNet.jsp?id=1 -- is a subscriber TV multi-operator in Brazil, as it operates the NET brand in major cities, including operations in the 4 largest cities: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre. NET also offers Broadband Internet services through its NET VIRTUA brand name.
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