PARIS – French utility firm Veolia confirmed it could promote Suez’s UK waste enterprise to Australia’s Macquarie Group Ltd for round 2.4 billion euros ($2.4 billion), in a deal aimed toward resolving antitrust considerations.
“Following this transaction, Veolia will stay a significant participant within the waste sector in the UK and, extra broadly, within the environmental providers market within the area, which stays strategic for the group,” mentioned Veolia chief govt Estelle Brachlianoff.
Veolia had earlier mentioned that it was proposing to unload its former rival, Suez’s UK waste enterprise, after Britain’s Competitors and Markets Authority (CMA) raised objections to the Veolia/Suez mixture.
“The disposal of Suez’s UK waste enterprise addresses the principle considerations of the UK competitors authority,” Veolia mentioned in its assertion.
“After the disposal of the treatments agreed with the European Fee and the signature of the settlement with Macquarie Asset Administration, nearly the entire antitrust divestitures could have been finalized lower than a yr after the acquisition of Suez,” the corporate added.
In December final yr, Veolia and Suez gained EU antitrust approval for his or her 13 billion euro tie-up, after a months-long dispute together with authorized motion and a transfer by Suez to ring-fence its French water enterprise from Veolia, although that was later deserted after the businesses reached an settlement.
The deal was later closed on Jan. 7, with Veolia controlling 86% of Suez.
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