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Telefonica to Sell Call-Center Unit to Bain in EU1B Deal

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Telefonica SA, the Spanish phone company accelerating asset sales to help cut more than 58 billion euros ($75 billion) of net debt, agreed to sell its Atento call-center division to Bain Capital Partners LLC.

The transaction gives Atento an enterprise value, which includes debt, of 1.04 billion euros, Madrid-based Telefonica said in a statementBloomberg Terminal today. Atento had 175 million euros of net debt at the end of June.