Annual Report 2010 - Enel.com
Annual Report 2010 - Enel.com
Annual Report 2010 - Enel.com
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Repayment of Credit Facility<br />
With effect from January 31, 2011, an additional volun-<br />
tary early repayment was made on the Credit Facility<br />
Agreement held by <strong>Enel</strong> Finance International and <strong>Enel</strong><br />
SpA, of which:<br />
> €1,484 million related to the tranche maturing in 2012;<br />
> €1,042 million related to the tranche maturing in 2014;<br />
> €474 million related to the tranche maturing in 2016.<br />
Sale of CAM and Synapsis<br />
On February 24, 2011, the disposal of the Peruvian <strong>com</strong>pany<br />
Grana y Montero of the Multi-American Company<br />
(CAM) was <strong>com</strong>pleted at a price of $20 million. On March<br />
1, 2011, the disposal of Synapsis IT Solutions and Services<br />
(Synapsis) to Riverwood Capital was <strong>com</strong>pleted at a price<br />
of $52 million.<br />
Both <strong>com</strong>panies are classified in these financial statements<br />
as assets and liabilities held for sale.<br />
Bond issue for institutional<br />
investors<br />
On March 2, 2011, the Board of Directors of <strong>Enel</strong> SpA, as<br />
part of the strategy to extend the average maturity of the<br />
Group’s consolidated debt and to optimize the profile of<br />
its medium and long-term maturities, approved the issue<br />
by December 31, 2011, of one or more bonds, to be placed<br />
with institutional investors, up to a maximum amount of<br />
€1 billion.<br />
The bond issues may be carried out either directly by <strong>Enel</strong><br />
SpA or by its Dutch subsidiary <strong>Enel</strong> Finance International<br />
NV (guaranteed by the Parent Company) in relation to<br />
opportunities offered by the latter for placing bonds on<br />
regulated foreign markets and/or in private placements<br />
with foreign institutional investors.<br />
The Board of Directors also empowered the CEO to allocate<br />
the bond issues between the two above-mentioned<br />
<strong>com</strong>panies, as well as setting the amounts, currencies,<br />
timing and characteristics of the individual issues, and the<br />
power to apply for listing them on one or more regulated<br />
markets.<br />
Acquisition of additional<br />
stakes in CESI SpA<br />
On March 11, 2011, <strong>Enel</strong> SpA acquired E.ON Produzione<br />
SpA’s entire holding in CESI SpA, equal to 3.9% (134,033<br />
shares). On March 25, 2011, additional holdings in CESI<br />
were acquired from Edison, Edipower, Iren Energia and<br />
A2A, totaling 9.6% of share capital (328,432 shares). Following<br />
the transactions, <strong>Enel</strong> SpA holds 39.4% of CESI.<br />
Agreement for disposal of<br />
Maritza<br />
On March 14, 2011, <strong>Enel</strong> reached an agreement with ContourGlobal<br />
for the sale of the entire share capital of the<br />
Netherlands-registered <strong>com</strong>panies Maritza East III Power<br />
Holding BV and Maritza O&M Holding Netherland BV,<br />
which own, respectively, 73% of the share capital of the<br />
Bulgarian <strong>com</strong>pany Maritza East 3 AD, which in turn is the<br />
owner of a lignite-fired power station with an installed capacity<br />
of 908 MW (“Maritza”), and 73% of the share capital<br />
of the Bulgarian <strong>com</strong>pany <strong>Enel</strong> Operations Bulgaria AD,<br />
which is responsible for operating and maintaining the<br />
Maritza plant.<br />
ContourGlobal will pay <strong>Enel</strong> a total of €230 million for the<br />
<strong>com</strong>panies. The transaction is expected to close by July<br />
2011 and is subject to obtaining the necessary authorisations<br />
from the relevant authorities.<br />
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