2nd Nov 2009 08:25
2 November 2009
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YELL GROUP PLC
UPDATE ON COMPREHENSIVE REFINANCING PROPOSALS
Yell is pleased to announce that it has received acceptances in excess of the 95% threshold required as part of its refinancing proposals.
Yell now intends to continue with the second, inter-dependent part of its comprehensive refinancing proposals which, as announced previously, is the intention to raise at least £500 million of equity. The company plans to approach its major shareholders and announce details of the equity raise as soon as practicable.
John Davis, Chief Financial Officer of Yell, said: "We are delighted that our proposals have been so overwhelmingly approved. We have over 1,000 lenders' commitments, and collecting their acceptances has been a huge logistical exercise. We are naturally very grateful to all our lenders for what is virtually unanimous support and look forward to announcing details of the planned equity raise in the near future."
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