EMTN base prospectus dated 16 July 2013 - Veolia Finance - Veolia ...

Commission of its intention to close the case opened in 2010 concerningsuspicions of a cartel and abuse of a dominant position in the delegatedwater distribution and sanitation services sector in France, (v) therenewal by Dalkia of its contract worth over one billion euros to manageheat generation and distribution in Bratislava’s Petržalka district, (vi) thepublication of the financial information for the three months ended 31March 2013, (vii) the contract in an amount of €130 million won byVeolia Water, via its subsidiary Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies,to build three units for the treatment of raw water and wastewater for theChilean CMPC Group in Brazil, (viii) the holding of a combinedshareholders' meeting on 14 May 2013, (ix) the approval of the proposeddividend for the fiscal year 2012, (x) the selection by Thames Water of ajoint venture made up of Veolia Water, Costain and Atkins to deliver asignificant proportion of its program of essential upgrades to water andwastewater networks and treatment facilities across London and theThames Valley, (xi) the announcement of three new deals in the state ofKarnataka, India, for Veolia Water, (xii) the announcement by VeoliaEnvironnement of final results for its US Dollar- and Euro-denominateddebt tender offers, (xiii) the signing of an agreement with Fomento deConstrucciones y Contratas (FCC) to own 100% of Proactiva, (xiv) theannouncement of the success of the dividend distribution in shares, (xv)Marafiq, Saudi Arabia's leading water and electricity services operator,having contracted Veolia water to build a desalination plant at SadaraPetrochimical Complex in Jubail City, (xvi) Veolia Environnementannouncing its new organization by geographic zones and (xvii) VeoliaEnvironnement and the Caisse des Dépôts announcing the extension oftheir agreement on the change in the share ownership at Transdev until31 October 2013, there have been no recent events which the Issuerconsiders materially relevant to the evaluation of its solvency since thepublication of the 2012 Registration Document.B.14 Dependence upon otherentities within the GroupB.15 The Issuer's principalactivitiesSee Element B.5 for the Group and the Issuer's position within theGroup.Veolia Environnement is, directly or indirectly, the ultimate holdingcompany of all the companies in the Group. Its assets are substantiallycomprised of shares in such companies. It does not conduct any otherbusiness and is accordingly dependent on the other members of theVeolia Environnement group and revenues received from them.The Group offers a complete range of services adapted to the needs ofeach of its clients. These services comprise, in particular, supplyingwater, recycling wastewater, collecting, treating and recycling waste,supplying heating and cooling services, and generally optimisingindustrial processes.Veolia Environnement’s operations are conducted through threedivisions, each of which specialises in a single business sector: water,environmental services and energy services to serve public authority,industrial or service sector customers. Through these divisions, VeoliaEnvironnement currently provides drinking water to 101 million peopleand treats wastewater for 71 million people in the world, processesnearly 54.4 million tons of waste, satisfies the energy requirements ofhundreds of thousands of buildings for industrial, public authority andprivate individual customers and transports more than 3.2 billionpassengers each year. Veolia Environnement also develops service offerscombining several Group businesses, either through several individualcontracts or by combining services within multi-service contracts.B.16 Controlling persons To the best of its knowledge, there is no shareholder controlling theIssuer.B.17 Credit ratings The Programme has been rated BBB+ by Standard and Poor's CreditMarket Services France, S.A.S. ("S&P") and Baa1 by Moody's Investors126395-3-12-v5.3 - 20 - 36-40542870