Thames Water (TWUL) has rejected a proposed restructuring plan put forward by its Class B creditors as an alternative approach to the company’s plan - the junior bondholders have accused the Class A senior creditors of attaching “predatory” conditions to a £3 billion emergency loan for a iquidity extension transaction.
Thames Water has this morning announced that a supplemental expert witness report by Matt Cowlishaw of Teneo Financial Advisory Ltd in relation to the likely outcome for creditors under its proposed restructuring plan has been made available to the plan creditors, prospective buyers, transferees and sub-participants of thet debt.
Thames Water has gained High Court approval to proceed to the next phase of its emergency loan plan following the launch of its Liquidity Extension Transaction and a transaction support agreement on 25 October 2024.
Tugdock and Sarens have successfully secured funding from The Crown Estate through the initial round of its innovative Supply Chain Accelerator. This is match funding for a joint project by Tugdock and Sarens to develop aheavy lift Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub at ABP’s port of Port Talbot in Wales.
Widespead media reports this morning, based on an article in the Financial Times, are suggesting that a £5 billion bid for Thames Water could see billions of pounds worth of the company’s existing assets sold off.
Thames Water has appointed Julian Gething, Partner & Managing Director at AlixPartners in London, in a newly created role as Chief Restructuring Officer to provide specialist advice as it continues its complex and ongoing balance sheet recapitalisation process.
Fitch's UK Water lead analyst Yeshvir Singh, Senior Director at Fitch Ratings explains why Ofwat’s Final Determination (FD) for the AMP8 regulatory period April 2025 to March 2030 marks a key milestone for the assessment of the UK water sector’s regulatory framework.
Thames Water has announced that the company has executed and published a Practice Statement Letter dated 22 November 2024 in connection with implementing the Liquidity Extension Transaction via a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the UK Companies Act 2006.
Southern Water has responded to yesterday’s downgrade by Fitch Ratings which saw Southern Water (Finance) PLC (SWF) senior secured class A debt rating cut to 'BBB-' from 'BBB' and placed on Rating Watch Negative – SWF is Southern Water's financing company.
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Southern Water (Finance) PLC (SWF) senior secured class A debt rating to 'BBB-' from 'BBB' and placed it on Rating Watch Negative (RWN) – SWF is the financing company of Southern Water Services Ltd (SWS).
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.