Discussions for a purchase of Wind by France Telecom rose, according to the Italian press. The Italian newspaper adds that the finance director of France Telecom, Michel Combes, and that of Enel, Fulvio Conti, met on January 7. The French operator declined comment. So far, he repeated to exclude any acquisition in cash of more than 500 million euros. .

But still the problem of debt Wind (6.6 billion euros at end September) that France Telecom would resume. mergers, exchange offers or any external expansion, acquisition…

Last week, the news agencies said he had invited six Anglo-Saxon funds to bid for a minority stake in Wind before listing. The names of Blackstone, BC Partners, KKR, Permira, Carlyle, Providence, Fidelity, TPG and CalPERS are cited. Next week, around Thursday, the consortium of investors led by former chairman of Fiat, Cesare Romiti, must also offer its third bid, the previous two having been deemed inadequate by Enel. In the past, the consortium Wind valued at 12 billion, but that would invest 2 billion. The Italian press has also raised interest of Fastweb and Roberto Colaninno, but both have strongly denied.

Wind was then valued $ 5 billion against 11 billion euros in 2000 at the exit of Deutsche Telekom. France Telecom had invested in Wind at least 2.5 billion euros: 411 million for the successive capital increases, and above 2.1 billion to buy 19% of Deutsche Telekom. In his accounts, he valued participation 3.3 billion, but a provision of 2 billion was spent in late 2002…

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