Bondholders agree last ditch Eurotunnel refinancing plan

The group of investors holding subordinated debt in Eurotunnel voted yesterday to support the beleaguered Channel Tunnel operator’s latest debt restructuring plan.

The proposal to cut the company’s £6.2 billion of debt to £2.9 billion was the company’s last chance to avoid insolvency, and depended on the bondholders, who hold £1.9 billion of the debt. The plan includes the issuance of £1.28 billion in convertible bonds.

“I can now say that Eurotunnel is virtually saved,” said Eurotunnel chief executive officer Jacques Gounon.

A majority of the company’s bank debt creditors, holders of its senior and junior debt, which is 70% of the total amount, voted in

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