英国最大水务企业计划将流动性支撑周期延长至2027年秋季,应对持续财务危机
英国最大水务企业泰晤士水务宣布启动新一轮优先级债务融资,首期计划落实6亿英镑新增借款,将流动性支撑周期延长至2027年秋季,以争取重组时间应对约200亿英镑债务带来的财务危机。
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泰晤士水务作为服务伦敦及英国东南部的重要公共事业企业,近年长期受高负债困扰,加上基础设施投入不足、污水违规排放等问题,频繁受到监管处罚,运营压力持续加大。
中新社伦敦11月9日电 (记者 欧阳开宇)英国最大水务企业泰晤士水务9日宣布启动新一轮优先级债务融资安排,首期计划落实6亿英镑(约合53.74亿元人民币)新增借款,把企业可用流动性支撑周期延长至2027年秋季,以此争取重组时间,应对持续已久的财务危机。
根据本次融资方案,泰晤士水务已经取得债权人许可,保障管网改造、污水治理等基础水务投入项目持续推进。
泰晤士水务目前背负约200亿英镑(约合1791亿元人民币)债务。作为服务伦敦及英国东南部的重要公共事业企业,它近年长期受高负债困扰,加上基础设施投入不足、污水违规排放等问题,频繁受到监管处罚,运营压力持续加大。
此番举债自救,是泰晤士水务整体资本重组计划当中的一环,目的是为优化资产负债表争取缓冲窗口。不过公司同时提示,本轮融资尚有多项前置条件有待落地,核心取决于债权人对第二轮重组方案达成一致的锁定支持,资金最终能否顺利到位仍存在不确定性。
业内分析认为,泰晤士水务的困境,折射出英国水务私有化模式下公共事业企业普遍面临的困境,其重组走向,也将影响当地数百万居民的供水保障以及水务行业监管走向。(完)
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
泰晤士水务将在债权人达成第二轮重组方案一致后完成本轮融资
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