{"id":77937,"date":"2026-01-12T16:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/?p=77937"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:38:19","slug":"centaur-says-it-brings-the-discussions-to-a-close-at-this-time-with-btl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/centaur-says-it-brings-the-discussions-to-a-close-at-this-time-with-btl\/","title":{"rendered":"Centaur Says it &#8220;Brings the Discussions to a Close at This Time\u201d with BTL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement to the public, Centaur Communications Corp. Ltd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/second-company-withdraws-from-btl-acquisition-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed pulling out of negotiations<\/a> to be acquired by Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL). This statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/centaur-withdraws-from-proposed-btl-acquisition-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comes after a letter<\/a> addressed to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/resignation-and-union-alarm-over-btl-acquisition-plan\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BTL Chairman Markhelm Lizarraga<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cited broader external, political, and reputational concerns that emerged during the process, despite maintaining that the proposed deal made clear commercial sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the public statement, the Centaur Group of Companies said discussions with BTL began in 2017 under a previous board and administration and continued through successive engagements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centaur stressed that its decision was not driven by valuation or business performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;From a commercial and strategic standpoint, Centaur remains confident that the proposed transaction presented clear mutual financial and operational merits,&#8221; the company said. However, it added that \u201cbroader external considerations\u201d made it necessary to &#8220;bring the discussions to a close at this time.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company also pointed out its strategic value, pointing to a fibre-optic network running from the Mexican border to Belize City and broadband coverage across more than 90% of Northern Belize\u2019s towns and communities. It said over 90% of its revenue now comes from internet and related services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Centaur appreciates the interest expressed by BTL and the professional and constructive engagement that took place during the evaluation process,&#8221; it added. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement to the public, Centaur Communications Corp. Ltd confirmed pulling out of negotiations to be acquired by Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL). This statement comes after a letter addressed to BTL Chairman Markhelm Lizarraga cited broader external, political, and reputational concerns that emerged during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":77938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[484,444,475],"tags":[9813,9828],"class_list":["post-77937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-latest-news","category-news","tag-2026-01-12","tag-centaur-says-it-brings-the-discussions-to-a-close-at-this-time-with-btl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77939,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77937\/revisions\/77939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}