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Inmarsat on the launchpad The head of the satellite company talks to Andrew Murray-Watson on the eve of its float
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Inmarsat, the satellite operator, will be hoping that what goes up
doesn't come down again when later this month it becomes the biggest
flotation in London for nearly two years.
The company's proposed pounds 1.1bn listing will fire it into the
top echelons of the FTSE 250 index and it could quickly rocket into
the FTSE100 if investors buy into Inmarsat's growth story.
The company is hoping to raise about $690m ( pounds 380m) to pay
down its debt to around $900m.
Andrew Sukawaty, the executive chairman, spent last week trying to
convince potential investors that far from being a risky ...
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