Subject to Contract
Project BUZZ Definitive Proposal
January 1
6
, 2019
1
Bcom
Purchase
Price
Per Share
/
Proceeds to
IGLD
Bondholders
('Definitive
Proposal')
1.
Searchlight Capital Partners' ('SCP') offer is to acquire Internet Gold
-
Golden Lines Ltd.'s ('IGLD')
64.8% stake in B Communications Ltd. ('BCOM') for NIS 20 per share, of which 100% will be paid
in cash at closing (the 'Transaction').
2.
We estimate that at
this valuation, Series C and D bond
holders of IGLD (collectively, the '
IGLD
Bondholders') will generate
approximately NIS 530 million of
total
consideration
(assuming
100% take
-
up by the
IGLD
Bondholders)
,
equivalent to a 73% recovery on the face value of
their
NIS 728 million total claims as of September 30, 2018.
3.
Such consideration represents an approximately 27% premium to the current market value of
the Series C and D bonds (i.e., NIS 530 million proceeds
from the Transaction
versus NIS 419
million of
current
trading value
of Series C and D bonds
).
4.
The NIS 530 million of total consideration
to the IGLD Bondholders
is
comprised of (a) NIS 387
million from the sale IGLD's 64.8% stake in Bcom (19.4 million
Bcom
shares) plus (b) NIS 143
million from the
v
alue of the exist
ing cash, equivalents and short
-
term investments on IGLD's
ba
lance sheet
as of September 30, 2018.
5.
Our Definitive Proposal is conditioned on IGLD delivering to SCP
at Transaction closing
shares
representing at least 51.0% of Bcom shares
outstanding (i.e., SCP is
willing to transact
with IGLD
at levels at
which SCP
would acquire
between
51.0%
and
64.8%
of Bcom shares outstanding).
6.
Th
e
reduction
i
n the price from that
indicated
in our
Non
-
Binding
P
ro
posal dated
December
11
th
, 2018 is a result of
a series of material developments
since December 11, 2018
,
including
(a)
the deterioration of the business prospects and liquidity profiles of both
Bezeq
and Bcom;
and
(b)
the
market
environment in which both
companies
operate
.
Please see
Exhibit
B
for a list of
some of
these material developments
.
During this
approximately four
-
week
period, the share
prices of Bezeq and Bcom
have declined from NIS 4.00 to NIS 3.28 per share (18.1
% decline
) and
NIS 29.62 to NIS 19.03 per share (35.8
% decline), respectively.
7.
Subject to resolution of outstanding matters on mutually acceptable terms, we are prepared to
promptly negotiate and
conclude the definitive transaction documentation in form acceptable
to both parties (in each party's sole discretion), however, to commit the ti
m
e and resources
required to do so, we expect IGLD to enter
into exclusivity agreement by 17.00 Israel time
Tue
sday, January 22
nd
(
attached as Exhibit
E
)
.
Sources /
Certainty of
Financing
1.
We would finance the acq
uisition of IGLD's stake in Bcom
with cash from SCP's existing
managed equity funds, of which assets under management currently exceed $3.9 billion, in
addition to our local minority partner's equity co
-
investment, as required by law.
2.
We are at an advanced stage with our local
Israeli
pa
rtner and will be prepared to execute
definitive documentation concurrent with executing all related definitive
agreements
with IGLD.
3.
We would not require any debt financing or any third
-
party equity
beyond the
aforementioned
equity co
-
investment of our
local
partner
(as required by Israeli law)
.
Timing
to
Signing &
Closing
1.
We are
prepared to
work expeditiously in order to negotiate, conclude and
execute definitive
documentation
with IGLD
, to both parties mutual satisfaction,
withi
n ten (10
)
business
days of
receiving the appropriate access to satisfy our confirmatory infor
mation requirements listed in
Exhibit C
(
no
financing
contingencies
)
.
2.
An illustrative timeline to reaching a definitive agreement with IGLD b
y January 31
st
is attached
(Exhibit
A
)
,
although we would be prepared to execute an agreement beforehand once finalized.
3.
W
e do not anticipate
any delays in closing
the
Transaction
.
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