Talks on Eurotunnel

EUROTUNNEL's directors and the Channel Tunnel operator's 225 banks are frantically thrashing out a financial agreement to tackle…

EUROTUNNEL's directors and the Channel Tunnel operator's 225 banks are frantically thrashing out a financial agreement to tackle its near £9 billion sterling of debts ahead of the company's annual meeting on Thursday. The City is becoming increasingly convinced Eurotunnel will agree to swap a proportion of its shares, probably 50 per cent, in return for wiping out some of the debt.

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