{"id":82894,"date":"2026-07-18T00:04:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.saigonbiz.com\/vn\/e-successfully-completes-sale-of-vodafone-stake-realizing-cash-proceeds-of-usd-5-95-billion\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T00:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:04:58","slug":"e-successfully-completes-sale-of-vodafone-stake-realizing-cash-proceeds-of-usd-5-95-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.saigonbiz.com\/vn\/e-successfully-completes-sale-of-vodafone-stake-realizing-cash-proceeds-of-usd-5-95-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"e&amp; Successfully Completes Sale of Vodafone Stake, Realizing Cash Proceeds of USD 5.95 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<table name=\"logo_release\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmx.prnasia.com\/media\/MS1880907\/e-and-Logo.jpg?id=OA2769371&amp;p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">ABU DHABI, UAE<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">July 18, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Further to Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (&#8220;e&amp;&#8221;) announcement on 10th July 2026 related to signing a binding agreement with Vega, an acquisition vehicle wholly owned by the Niel family group, for the sale of e&amp;&#8217;s entire holding in Vodafone Group PLC (&#8220;Vodafone&#8221;); e&amp; today announced the successful completion of the transfer of its 3,944,743,685 ordinary shares in Vodafone to BNPP Financial Markets, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg82c1left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; WIDTH: 100%\">   <a href=\"https:\/\/mmx.prnasia.com\/media\/MS1884986\/e_Hero-Image.jpg?id=OA2769370&amp;p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #0000FF\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg82c1left\" title=\"e&amp; Successfully Completes Sale of Vodafone Stake, Realizing Cash Proceeds of USD 5.95 Billion\" src=\"https:\/\/mmx.prnasia.com\/media\/MS1884986\/e_Hero-Image.jpg?id=OA2769370&amp;p=medium600\" alt=\"e&amp; Successfully Completes Sale of Vodafone Stake, Realizing Cash Proceeds of USD 5.95 Billion\" align=\"middle\"><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>e&amp; Successfully Completes Sale of Vodafone Stake, Realizing Cash Proceeds of USD 5.95 Billion<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>The successful completion of the transfer has generated gross cash proceeds to e&amp; of AED 21.5 billion (USD 5.84 billion), representing c. 110.5 GBX per share. The remaining consideration of 2.02 GBX dividend per share (equivalent to AED 0.4 billion \/ USD 0.11 billion), related to the FY&#8217;26 final dividend, is to be received on 30 July 2026. \u00a0This will bring the total consideration to AED 21.9 billion (equivalent of USD 5.95 billion), generating a net cash return of AED 4.8 billion (USD 1.3 billion). This transaction reflects the natural evolution of the e&amp;&#8217;s strategic priorities, enabling the Group to sharpen its strategic focus on its core businesses while unlocking the value created through its investments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntal\"><b>Contact: \u00a0<br \/><\/b>Nancy Sudheer<br \/>+971 50 705 5290\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABU DHABI, UAE, July 18, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Further to Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (&#8220;e&amp;&#8221;) announcement on 10th July 2026 related to signing a binding agreement with Vega, an acquisition vehicle wholly owned by the Niel family group, for the sale of e&amp;&#8217;s entire holding in Vodafone Group PLC (&#8220;Vodafone&#8221;); e&amp; today announced the [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pr-newswire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.6 (Yoast SEO v21.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>e&amp; 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