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Operator has until July to complete the conversion. Expectation of company executives is to ensure the entry of new money later this year. Under the plan, the contribution could happen until February 2019.
Oi's president, Eurico Teles, said on Tuesday morning that the conversion of debt bonds into shares, as envisaged in the judicial recovery plan, will start "in the coming weeks." According to the schedule, the operator has one month to complete the transaction.
Oi presented last night its financial result for the first quarter of the year, which saw profit thanks to the reduction of indebtedness, already due to the judicial recovery .
The conversion will allow the company to convert R $ 28.9 billion into debt securities of R $ 4.9 billion. At the end of the process, the group's net debt will fall from R $ 44.6 billion a year ago to R $ 7.3 billion - a reduction of 83%.
Carlos Brandão, CFO of the company, stressed that the steps of the recovery plan are being followed strictly, until now. After the conversion, it expects to advance the company's new cash inflow, with a contribution of R $ 4 billion. The plan predicts that the contribution will occur until February 2019, but the executive believes that in the second half will be possible to carry out the operation.
According to him, this week there will be decisions in international courts - which he hopes will be favorable and in line with the decisions of the Brazilian Justice, to proceed and treat the bonds within the foreseen in the recovery plan.
Today, TV representatives are meeting with Bratel (Pharol) emissaries in New York in audience. The Portuguese woman has submitted her objection to the approval of the recovery plan to the shareholders' court. Until Friday, the Amsterdam court will judge the "composition plan", a kind of extension of the recovery plan for the bonds issued by Oi Coop and PTIF in Europe, to local jurisdiction.
Revenue recovery
In the first quarter of the year, Oi lost revenue, comparing the figures to the same period in 2017. But the company's commercial director, Bernardo Winik, said that tele will recover sales from now. First, because the launch of new offers pleased the consumer. Tele recorded a higher level of net additions in the mobile in 18 months with the new plans in March.
Second, because the company is investing in segmentation of products, delivering more customized plans according to the client. The strategy also involves converging voice, data and internet offerings , refarming the 1.8 GHz spectrum in 22 cities , with a focus on the North and Northeast. "The expected increase in Capex will also have an impact on revenue growth," he said.
He says B2B has also begun to recover. The division of the company suffered in the last year with announcement of judicial recovery and retraction of government investments. "But we are already participating in more bids and competitions, and we are starting to reap results," he said.
PLC 79 Adriana Cunha, chief regulatory officer of Oi, told analysts that the company has maintained expectations for the approval of the bill that provides for the conversion of concessions from concessionaires into licensing authorizations. But he stressed that even if the approval happens soon, the practical result should take months to materialize.
"It would take us several months to review and decide whether or not the company wants to migrate. Because it's an option, and we'll need to do calculations that are not trivial, "he said. The operator's calculations would also have to be consistent with those of Anatel and MCTIC, who also warned that they will only set values after approval by the PLC in Congress.
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