
eircom
Previous funding
The public-to-private buyout of eircom, by the Valentia consortium completed on 16 November 2001. The Valentia consortium, consisting of Tony O'Reilly of Lionheart Ventures, Providence Equity Partners and Soros Private Equity Partners, made an offer which was declared unconditional with respect to all conditions on 2 November 2001. The total deal value was E3.0137bn and the funding split was 70% debt and 30% equity. On the debt side, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank were joint bookrunners and Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Barclays Bank, Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland were joint lead arrangers.
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