英国SSE将资产股权出售给阿布扎比投资局

UK energy utility SSE announced October 17 it has agreed to sell a 16.7% stake in Scotia Gas Networks (SGN) for £621mn ($757mn) cash to wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia), a sovereign wealth fund. The deal is expected to close by the end of this month. SSE signalled it would sell the stake in May. SSE will retain 33.3% equity in SGN. SSE bought half of SGN in 2005 for a total of £505mn. SGN owns and operates two regional gas distribution networks that serve almost 6mn properties in Scotland and southern England. SSE is expected to return most of the proceeds to shareholders, through dividends. SGN’s other shareholders, each with 25%, are two Canadian pension funds.