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TalkTalk Saved From Administration by BT in Major Deal Affecting 2.5m Customers
Ares is seeking a multimillion-pound payment as BT weighs a pre-pack rescue that could leave TalkTalk in administration.
- On Sunday, BT continued urgent negotiations to acquire TalkTalk as Ares Management demanded a multimillion-pound upfront payment to approve the deal or face a costly legal fight.
- TalkTalk lurches toward administration this week after weeks of financial distress, with Ares Management having invested more than £380m since 2024 and insolvency practitioners at Alvarez & Marsal standing ready to oversee the process.
- BT rejected a proposal from Epiris that would have required waiving at least £300m in debt owed by TalkTalk, emerging instead as the likeliest buyer to protect the company's more than 1.5 million retail customers.
- PXC chairman Tom O'Hagan warned this weekend that a BT takeover would "create near-total dominance" of the sector, reversing years of efforts to stimulate competition in Britain's retail telecommunications market.
- Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and Ofcom are monitoring developments as the fate of TalkTalk's 900-strong workforce remains unclear under potential BT ownership during the pre-pack insolvency process.
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Relief for 2.5m customers as BT agrees rescue deal for TalkTalk’s consumer and wholesale businesses
BT Group has agreed a rescue deal to buy TalkTalk’s consumer and wholesale businesses out of administration in a move protecting telecoms services to millions of households and vital public services.
·Leeds, United Kingdom
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BT inks deal to rescue embattled Talktalk
Broadband giant BT has snapped up embattled telecommunications firm Talktalk in a move that prevents the collapse of infrastructure hosting some 2.5m customers. The FTSE 100 group said on Monday it had acquired Talktalk and its wholesale arm PlatformX Communications (PXC) out of administration on a debt-free basis. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, is [...]
·London, United Kingdom
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