NTL has raised its offer for Virgin Mobile and given minoirty shareholders an option to take stcok in the new NTL. Richard Branson has gone further and is willing to take a slight discount to what the minority Virgin shareholders will receive. The revised offer was enough to bring Virgin to the negotiating table as […]
The Sunday Telegraph is reporting Virgin Mobile shareholders want an increase of more than 20% in the original offer while rumors continue to swirl that indicate NTL is willing to bump its offer by 10%. The continuing rumors of private equity interest in the merged entity also complicate matters as Virgin Mobile shareholders want to […]
According to reports in the UK press, NTL is going to announce an increase of about 10% in its offer for Virgin Mobile this week. The price will still be about 10% below what the Virgin minoirty shareholders are demanding but it should be enough to get the parties to the negotiating table. I still […]
NTL Incorporated (NTLI) shares are rose sharply on Friday after the U.K. Office of Fair Trading cleared NTL’s merger with Telewest Global (TLWT). Apparently, there are no restrictions on the merged company beyond the regulations already in place governing telecom and media policy in the U.K. The Office rejected all the arguments that the merger […]
I’ve received several inquiries about the news stories, adjustment of the deal terms, and management changes at NTL Incorporated (NTLI) this week. Here is a quick recap: • The merger with Telewest (TLWT) was restructured so that technically TLWT is buying NTLI. This has no economic impact on either NTLI or TLWT shareholders as it […]
NTL (NTLI) has traded up steadily this week, extending its gains since it announced it was going to purchase Virgin Mobile. The Virgin deal is still being negotiated and I expect it to be completed, however, this week’s gains are due to more rumblings that private equity funds are interested in buying NTL after it […]
I woke up Sunday morning to learn that NTL Incorporated (NTLI) will be merging with Virgin Mobile, according to numerous sources in the British and American press. It appears this deal will occur roughly simultaneously with the closing of the NTL-Telewest (TLWT) merger early in 2006. The new company will be named Virgin and the […]
Speculation reemerged two weekends ago that the NTL-Telewest (NTLI-TLWT) deal may be intercepted by private equity investors. As reported by the UK newspaper The Sunday Express, Ajax Partners is considering joining a group of private equity firms with deep media experience that had previously been rumored to be interested in the deal. The original group […]
The following entry appeared in its entirety on StreetInsight.com on October 5, 2005. NTL Incorporated (NTLI) and Telewest (TLWT) announced their long awaited and long overdue merger on Monday. The terms were about as expected with TLWT shareholders receiving value of almost $24 per share composed of $16.25 in cash plus .115 shares of NTLI. […]
With all the market craziness and earnings reports, I failed to provide a follow-up regarding the first quarter earnings report for NTL (NTLI). As I expected, it was a sloppy quarter. However, as I hoped, management confirmed its subscriber guidance which suggests the worst is past. In fact, subscriber growth in the first quarter was […]
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