Col passare dei giorni, sembra che la ristrutturazione del debito di Eircom stia giungendo a una conclusione. Rumors sempre più frequenti indicano una riduzione del debito di 800 mln di euro dei 3,2 mln netti sul gobbo della compagnia telefonica irlandese con contestuale iniezione di liquidità da parte dei soci per oltre 300 mln. A pagare saranno soprattutto gli obbligazionisti subordinati PIK, ma anche i senior si vedranno tagliati il nominale del 50%.
Eircom looks for 21% debt reduction, reports Irish Times
The Irish Times reports that Eircom is looking to reduce its debt by €800 million or more from €3.8 billion as it embarks on talks with its debt holders. As Jonathan Moore from Evolution Securities notes, this could imply wiping out the telco’s €630 million of PIK notes and reducing the face value of the €350 million by half. Eircom’s debt negotiations are widely expected to result in some kind of restructuring, likely to be one of the biggest by a European corporate this year. The majority of the triple C borrower’s debt consists of loans, which are widely distributed. Eircom’s loans are owned by 72% of European CLOs, according to Creditflux’s CLO Master. The company, which is being advised on its debt talks by JP Morgan and Gleacher Shacklock, is also in talks with shareholders about a possible equity injection.