Infrastructure: Eircom sale mooted for B&B

Irish divestment would be severe test for weakened loan market.

The rumoured sale of Irish telecoms company Eircom could prompt the refinancing of one of Europe’s largest corporates to have undergone a leveraged buyout. BCM, which is managed by Babcock & Brown Capital Management, holds a majority stake (57.1%) in the Irish telecommunications firm. Babcock & Brown itself only has an 8% holding in BCM. Any change in ownership at Eircom could result in the refinancing of Eircom’s debt – a $4.6 billion package that was itself refinanced just after the credit crunch seized the debt markets in September 2007.

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