text_combined: eoin parker gctofuidgmgmailcom coincidentally vodafone acquire perlico ciarán hancock business affairs correspondent vodafone agreed acquire dublinbased fixedline telecoms provider perlico 80 million move aimed giving full offering mobile broadband fixedline telephone services understood vodafone pay initial 32 million cash perlicos shareholders perlicos backers earn another 48 million part earnout three years targets earnout period disclosed perlico set 2002 62500 customers 25000 broadband subscribers company employs 67 staff yet turn profit said revenues 2007 would 40 million record net loss 7 million vodafone irelands biggest mobile operator market share 45 per cent company 2217 million customers ireland end september according results published yesterday net increase 30000 figure end june 45000 3g broadband customers perlicos founder iain macdonald owns 20 per cent business earn 64 million initially deal mr macdonald also stands earn additional 96 million sale company meets performance targets father malcolm companys chairman owns 8 per cent telecoms group earn 26 million sale dr michael smurfit family 13 per cent perlico get 42 million deal initially extra 62 million agreed subscriber targets met shareholders perlico include kingspan founder eugene murtagh former iaws executive david martin technology entrepreneur jim mountjoy fri 08 aug 2008 040425 0000 ierant perlico