Table 2.1.
Financing Eurotunnel
| 1986 | Concession to build the channel Tunnel awarded to Eurotunnel |
| £46 million seed corn equity raised | |
| £206 million share placing with institutions | |
| 1987 | £5 billion loan facility agreed with 200 syndicate bank |
| 770 million equity funding from public offer in the UK and France | |
| 1990 | £1.8 billion additional debt from syndicate |
| £300 million loan from European investment bank | |
| £650 million rights issue | |
| 1994 | £700 million raised from banks |
| £850 million rights issue, priced at 26 per cent discount and entirely underwritten. |
Source: Adapted from Press Cuttings.