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Michael Hodel
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Slow Growth and Hefty Spectrum Costs Weigh on Vodafone's Cash Flow

We were disappointed Vodafone chose to cut its dividend before it received regulatory approval to acquire Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, Romania, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. However, on the call, the CEO was very positive that the remedy package Vodafone offered in response to the regulator's concerns will suffice for the deal to be approved. That said, we are still not wholly convinced regulators will sign off. Thus, we continue to exclude the acquisition from our model.
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Vodafone Group Plc

Vodafone Group provides mobile and fixed telecommunication services including: access charges, voice and video calls, messaging, interconnect fees, fixed and mobile broadband and related services such as providing televisual and music content, connection fees and equipment sales. Co. provides a range of consumer products and services including mobile, fixed voice, broadband and television, financial as well as other services to operators outside its footprint. Co. also provides a range of enterprise products and services including total communications such as mobile, fixed and a suite of converged communications services, internet of things, cloud and hosting and carrier services.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Michael Hodel

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