(RWE) Rhein Ruhr Partners

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EUROPE WATER IN BRIEF Vol 13, Issue 8 (August 2012)

Shares in Finnish water chemicals supplier Kemira rose sharply at the end of July after new CEO Wolfgang Büchele stamped his authority on the company by announcing a global restructuring programme which will target annual cost savings of around €60 million and is likely to result in 600 job losses – more than 10% of the group’s workforce.

INFRABUYERS Vol 13, Issue 5 (May 2012)

Japanese trading house Itochu has taken another step into the water market with the £43.5 million purchase of a 20% interest in Bristol Water, a regulated British water company.

EU FRICTION Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

Spain’s desal programme has been put under the spotlight after environment minister Miguel Arias Cañete claimed that the country’s 17 new desalination plants are running at an average of only 16% of capacity.

Suez and RWE exit Budapest Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

Budapest has set a price to buy out the foreign minority shareholders in its waterworks company. It is offering less than what they paid back in 1997.

IN THE PIPELINE Vol 13, Issue 1 (January 2012)

German energy utility RWE has sold its 50% stake in a long-running municipal wastewater project in Wedemark, Lower Saxony to Remondis.

Remondis Aqua bolsters German reference base Vol 13, Issue 1 (January 2012)

The company has followed up the acquisition of Eurawasser with two more contract announcements. It should not imply that the group has turned its back on the international market.

Berliner Wasserbetriebe faces 19% tariff cut Vol 12, Issue 12 (December 2011)

The federal cartel office has mandated a steep tariff cut in the German capital. It has clear implications for the value of the private partners’ stakes in the operating company.

RWE faces up to watered-down portfolio Vol 12, Issue 9 (September 2011)

RWE may be forced into selling two of its remaining water operations as part of an enlarged €11 billion divestment programme. The buyers will dictate the timetable.

Sale Season Vol 12, Issue 9 (September 2011)

Japanese conglomerates Marubeni and Itochu are expected to submit final bids for Bristol Water this month, along with at least one infrastructure fund.

New hurdle for RWE in Berlin Vol 12, Issue 3 (March 2011)

The plan to re-municipalise part of Berlin’s water company has taken a new turn following a referendum in February. The question remains as to whether the local government can afford to buy RWE out.