{"id":21076,"date":"2020-02-10T16:49:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T16:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=21076"},"modified":"2020-02-10T16:49:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T16:49:48","slug":"isp-talktalk-uk-in-500m-move-to-refinance-existing-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/02\/isp-talktalk-uk-in-500m-move-to-refinance-existing-debt.html","title":{"rendered":"ISP TalkTalk UK in \u00a3500m Move to Refinance Existing Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Budget broadband ISP <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-59\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"talktalk\">TalkTalk<\/a>, which is currently in the process of selling their FibreNation <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-122 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ftth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"ftth\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_fibre_optic.php\">FTTH<\/a> network to <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-71 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"cityfibre\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.cityfibre.com\">Cityfibre<\/a> for \u00a3200m (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/01\/cityfibre-buy-fibrenation-and-set-8-million-uk-ftth-homes-goal.html\">here<\/a>), has today announced a \u00a3500m corporate bond issue that looks like it will be used to help refinance the provider&#8217;s existing debt pile.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Assuming the \u00a3200m FibreNation sale goes ahead then that will help to trim <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-59\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"talktalk\">TalkTalk<\/a>&#8217;s debt, although it&#8217;s worth noting that under the IFRS 16 reporting standard they currently have a total net debt of around \u00a31bn. 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