Spanish cablenet ONO is moving closer to its much-anticipated IPO. The financial press is reporting that the operators will choose between Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase & Co to lead the process.
Initial talks took place in December with a view to an offer being made in the next few weeks, should the company go ahead.
Cable stocks are on a high following last June’s €7.7 billion acquisition by Vodafone of the German giant Kabel Deutschland. Numericable made a strong showing following its €652.2 million placing and the Dutch cable operator Ziggo is now also in play from Liberty Global.
Current investors in Ono include the private equity groups Providence Equity Partners and Thomas H Lee.
ONO has approximately 1.9 million residential customers.