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1999년 11월 23일 - A British utility은 지난 월요일 6억700만 달러의 비용을 투입, 뉴저지 물 기업 E'town의 주식을 구입키로 합의했다.
계약에 따라 Thames Water PLC 역시 3억4천100만 달러의 E'town 부채를 담당하게 된다. 거래는 미국 규제 당국의 승인에 따라 달라질 수 있으며, 9∼12개월의 기간이 소요될 전망이다. E'town과 Thames Water PLC의 새로 형성된 자회사간은 합병의 형태를 취하게 된다. 또다른 유럽의 물 기업이 나타난 후 3개월 뒤에 진행된다.
파리에 기반한 Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux SA은 18억 달러를 들여 미국 수자원 주식의 100 %를 구입하는 것을 발표했다. Suez Lyonnaise은 이미 해링턴 파크 기반의 유틸리티 30%를 소유하고 있다. 뉴저지 그리고 다른 여러 주에서 규제가 승인된 매각은, 내년 중반까지 완료될 것으로 예상된다.[세부내용 원문 참조]
Thames to Buy Elizabethtown Water
The Associated Press(1999년 11월 23일)
[WESTFIELD] A British utility has agreed to buy New Jersey water company E'town Corp. for $607 million, or $68 per share, the companies announced Monday. Under the agreement, Thames Water PLC of London will also assume E'town's net debt, as of Sept. 30, of $341 million. The deal is subject to approval by U.S. regulators and could take nine to 12 months to complete.
It will take the form of a merger between E'town and a newly formed subsidiary of Thames Water, the companies said. The purchase comes three months after another European water company, Paris-based Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux SA, announced that it was buying 100 percent of United Water Resources Inc. for $1.8 billion. Suez Lyonnaise already owned 30 percent of the Harrington Park-based utility.
The sale, which faces regulatory approval in New Jersey and several other states, is expected to be finalized by the middle of next year. E'town's holdings include New Jersey water utilities Elizabethtown Water Co. and The Mount Holly Water Co. The water companies serve more than 1 million people in Somerset, Union, Burlington, Hunterdon, and Middlesex counties and Chester in Morris County. The company also operates a sewage utility, Applied Wastewater Management Inc.; an engineering business, Applied Water Management Inc.; and a real estate company, E'town Properties Inc.
Thames Water is the third-largest global water service provider, behind Vivendi SA of France and Suez Lyonnaise, with more than 21 million customers and 12,500 employees worldwide. It serves nearly 10 million customers outside the United Kingdom. For the 12 months ending Sept. 30, E'town had revenues of $159.4 million and earnings of $24.5 million. Thames Water's international operations generated profits of $33.8 million on sales of $104.9 million in the six-month period ending Sept. 30.
Thames Water's acquisition of E'town will boost its status as a leader in water treatment around the world, said the British company's chief executive, Bill Alexander. "E'town brings us close to matching overseas what we have in the U.K.," Alexander said. "We'll soon see our profits from international operations growing even more."
E'town Chairman Anne Evans Estabrook said her company's board believes the affiliation with a larger international company will benefit stockholders, customers, and employees alike. Under the agreement, Thames Water agreed to a one-year moratorium on any layoffs from the date that the acquisition is completed, said E'town spokeswoman Erin Reilly. E'town has about 420 employees, she said.
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