If there remained doubts about the fears that labor unrest in TAP generated candidate to the purchase of the company, were now broken with the promises they made two of them in the last hours. Both David Neeleman, as Germán Efromovich, which on Friday gave offerings by the company together with the Portuguese entrepreneur Miguel Pais do Amaral, want to get the message that will distribute profits to workers if they win the race. The war is now the percentages, as one points to 10% and the other says it can reach 20%.
A succession of strikes in the company and the response of some workers has been on sale, like the critical position of the PS, one of the issues that most concerned those two investors time to decide whether advancing with a purchase proposal. The promise that now are doing, and will depend on many variables (starting with the existence of profits on a conveyor that, in 2014, generated losses of 46.4 million euros), aims to reassure the Assembly within a week of distance from the end of the ten-day strike called by the pilots union, which caused a leak of 35 million euros to TAP.
Neeleman, owner of Azul Brazilian and US Jetblue, It was the first to get the message, supporting in a practice that has adopted in their companies. It is unknown, however, with what criteria would be awarded this prize. Already Efromovich, which controls the South American group Avianca, was heard on Friday, shortly after delivering the tender offer. Next entrepreneur source assured the PUBLIC that the proposal “includes the profit distribution requirement from 10% to 20% by the workers.” Not by all, he explained, because the decision will be made “on merit”
These two candidates have also wished to underline that they are prepared for that which is the great challenge of TAP:. Weaknesses treasury. Ie guarantee have the necessary funds to meet the financial needs of the company. The Government estimates that the airline needs about 300 million euros in the short term, but the proposal must also contain an amount payable by 61% of the capital that is for sale and to predict the assumption of debt, which in 2014 1062 million reached. There is also no doubt that will make adjustments to the operation of the TAP.
more discreet Well, Miguel Pais do Amaral turned out to confirm the interest in TAP, joining the batch of candidates on Friday delivered a offer, through its holding Personal, Quifel Holdings. At first, the Portuguese businessman came alongside Frank Lorenzo, the former owner of the American Continental but the proposal Pais do Amaral has just presented his signature.
You Efromovich threw himself again alone in this race, a return after the first attempt to buy TAP have failed in 2012, with the rejection of its proposal by the Government. And Neeleman knows only that competes in a consortium, because EU rules prevent you from controlling European airlines, but the only certainty is that sharing the proposal with Portuguese businessman Humberto Pedrosa, president of Barraqueiro.
Now that the Government has ensured a more competitive process than in 2012 when only Efromovich is profiled with candidate, lack ensure that the offers presented on Friday have the necessary quality. Until Friday, Parpública, holding state which holds the shares of TAP will assess the proposals on the financial side. The company’s management will have the same time to analyze the presented strategic project.
Based on these opinions, the Government will decide whether open a period for negotiations or if the winner chooses immediately, maintaining the expectation of taking final decision and sign the contract before the end of June. But even pacifying TAP, the second major concern of investors is still unresolved, since hardly the transfer of shares will take place before the elections and, on Friday, the general secretary of the PS came criticize privatization again after already have ensured that it will revert to the business.
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