Agbar furthers its Catalan ambitions

An offer for Aigües de Sabadell will bring Agbar’s share of the Spanish outsourced water market close to 30%. It may stop short of a full take-over.


Agbar’s new chapter under Suez Environnement has begun with a public offer of €71 per share for Barcelona-listed CASSA Group (Companyia d’Aigües de Sabadell), its closest competitor in the Catalan water market.

The offer values CASSA’s equity at €44.6 million, a multiple of 1.1 times 2009 revenues, and targets not just the 65.2 ...

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