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    re: Ann: Euroports - Co-investors take 29.7% ... If you have a look at my above post when I spoke to Helen at BBI I:

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    5/ The 2 aquirers of Euroports would have taken up to 50%, but BBI unlisted and Paribas have rules about how much % they can invest in (in relation to the number of investors they have on their books). Had it not been for that, they would have taken the entire 50%. They seem to unofficially be saying that it will go to 50% once a little bit of liquidity returns to the market.

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    the below story confirms that it is now negotiating a second deal that would give the two funds as much as 49 percent of Luxemburg-based Euroports.

    Does that mean that liquidity is returning to markets in general??? ;)





    EU Clears European Ports Deal
    Bruce Barnard | Mar 18, 2009 2:20PM GMT
    The Journal of Commerce Online - News Story
    Ports/Terminals | Maritime | Europe | Australia/NZ
    LONDON — European Union antitrust regulators have cleared a deal giving French and Luxembourg investment funds joint control of one of Europe’s biggest port operators.

    The EU fast tracked approval of the sale by Australia’s Babcock and Brown Infrastructure of a near 30 percent share of its Euroports unit to France’s Antin Infrastructure Partners and BBEIF, a Luxembourg-based investment fund, because it will not impact competition among European ports.

    BBI agreed to sell a 29.7 percent stake in Euroports, an operator of 20 bulk and break bulk cargo terminals at 15 ports in seven European countries, for $158 million in late December. It is now negotiating a second deal that would give the two funds as much as 49 percent of Luxemburg-based Euroports.

    BBI has mandated Royal Bank of Scotland and Dresdner Kleinwort, a German investment bank, to negotiate the potential sale of its U.K. arm PD Ports after receiving unsolicited interest in the operator of Teesport, one of Britain’s largest ports.

    BBI has also short listed potential buyers of a stake of up to 49 percent in its Dalrymple Bay Coal terminal, Australia’s second largest bulk shipping facility. It has said it would dispose of its entire holding if the price is right.

    BBI last week said it would not be affected by the bankruptcy of investment bank Babcock and Brown, its legal controlling shareholder.
 
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