<div dir="ltr"><div>Interesting...</div><div><br></div>The main interesting part of that equation would be how long does the Govt have to "hold" Telstra and repay debt to facilitate the split into InfraCo + other entities before it can sell them off and repay debt/s... in terms of time = interest payable. 6 months? 12 months?<div>
<br></div><div>Theres probably a lot of legacies, in terms of systems, asset registers, payroll splits that would need to be dealt with during that time.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Nathan.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Matthew Moyle-Croft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mmc@mmc.com.au" target="_blank">mmc@mmc.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Also,<br>
Govt already promised to pay Telstra ~$11B or so to move customers<br>
across - if buying Telstra and splitting it costs you that or less,<br>
then you're winning.<br>
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On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Matthew Moyle-Croft <<a href="mailto:mmc@mmc.com.au">mmc@mmc.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Martin - StudioCoast<br>
> <<a href="mailto:martin.sinclair@studiocoast.com.au">martin.sinclair@studiocoast.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> What are others thoughts on this? What other cost saving measures are out<br>
>> there?<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Go the insane private equity (but government) approach:<br>
><br>
> 1. Borrow money from markets on short term basis to repurchase Telstra<br>
> from existing shareholders. (need AU$60Billion + premium).<br>
> 2. Break Telstra down into component parts - including one<br>
> owning/running the last mile (Cu, ducts, Exchange buildings, HFC etc).<br>
> "InfraCo"<br>
> 3. Sell all the bits other than InfraCo - probably worth about the<br>
> right amount to pay back money borrowed as no longer encumbered with<br>
> ugly bit of last mile that needs mucking with, if not, lumber Infraco<br>
> with the debt.<br>
> 4. Setup InfraCo to do what it needs to building whatever you need to<br>
> build. It owns everything it needs and is govt owned. No negotiating<br>
> with anyone. Don't have to argue about technologies etc. It can have<br>
> a look at what it's got and do what it needs to do relative to a<br>
> political dictum about services it needs to provide.<br>
><br>
> So, money's pretty cheap to borrow internationally for short term.<br>
> Australia has AAA ratings so borrowing it should be pretty<br>
> straightforward. InfraCo remains initially government owned so AAA<br>
> rating is fine.<br>
><br>
> Given the "cost" is really just what the difference is between<br>
> acquiring Telstra and then selling the bits InfraCo doesn't need it's<br>
> probably cheaper. Infraco starts with a customer base so you just set<br>
> it up so it can afford to roll out high speed over X timeframe. Also<br>
> means that if you want to sell it then you have no issues other than<br>
> selling a govt monopoly which is a problem we already have.<br>
><br>
> MMC<br>
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