INTERVIEW: KCom Mulls Sale Of UK Network; Sees Growth In '10
02 June 2009 - 10:23PM
Dow Jones News
KCom Group PLC (KCOM.LN) said Tuesday it is still in talks with
BT Group PLC (BT.LN) over the possible sale of its U.K. network and
is looking to turn supply arrangements into partnership deals.
"We haven't concluded anything yet," and the company is also
working with Cable & Wireless PLC (CW.LN) and Colt Telecom
Group S.A. (COLT.LN), Executive Deputy Chairman Bill Halbert told
Dow Jones Newswires.
"At the moment we're focusing on our cash generation and keeping
our net debt down. In terms of future growth, we're not looking in
the current year for headline growth," but the company expects
growth in 2010 and beyond, Halbert said.
Halbert said most of the company's growth will come from the
National Managed Communications Services business, adding that the
East Yorkshire business is now more focused in terms of specific
customer needs and is addressing both residential and local
business.
"We've got strong banking facilities to March 2012; we want to
put ourselves in a position by March 2011 where we're able to get
net debt down to less than two times the current ratio," he
said.
For fiscal 2009, ended March 31, KCom incurred a pretax loss
after restructuring costs and impairment charges of GBP111.3
million, compared with a profit of GBP4.4 million in fiscal
2008.
Company Web site: www.kcom.com
-By Elliott Ball, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9314;
elliott.ball@dowjones.com
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