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Thames Water submits plan to raise bills by 56pc

Thames Water has submitted a revised business plan to regulators, proposing an increase in bills of 56%, it was reported on Friday.

The plan, reported by the Times, would see average annual bills nearing £700 for the troubled utility’s 16 million customers.

It would see charges rise over next five years, making for a substantial escalation from previous estimates.

Thames Water has been on the brink of collapse recently, with heavy debts and a lack of support from its nine shareholders including Canadian pension fund Omers and sovereign wealth funds from China and Abu Dhabi.

The situation had prompted discussions within the government about a potential renationalisation.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

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Thames Water lenders face 40% losses if it’s nationalised

(April 19): Some lenders to Thames Water could face losses of as much as 40% in the event that it ends up being nationalised by the UK government, according to contingency plans drawn up by officials.

The highly indebted water utility, which supplies a quarter of people in England, is in crisis after its parent company Kemble Water Holdings Ltd last month refused to inject any more money into the business, blaming restrictive regulation from Ofwat. Kemble then defaulted on its debt a week later after failing to make an interest payment.

Thames Water postponed until next week, a key update to its business plan that was originally scheduled for Friday. The company is required to submit its plan to the regulator under a five-yearly price review process, known as PR24. An Ofwat draft decision, scheduled for June 12, is seen by investors as a key indicator for the future of Thames.

“It is important that we get further clarity on the situation surrounding Thames Water such that the sector can focus on fixing issues in the network and meeting statutory obligations,” analysts at RBC Capital Markets LLC said.

Ministers and government officials have sought to play down the chances of Thames being taken into public ownership any time soon, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s administration pressing it to resolve its financial difficulties alone and without taxpayers footing the bill.

Yet internal government planning under the title “Project Timber” has considered the possibility of the utility being nationalised, according to a person familiar with the plans. That outcome would see some bondholders, in particular smaller share creditors to Thames known as category B bondholders, take a “haircut” of 35% to 40% on the value of their loans, the person said.

The majority of bondholders would face smaller losses of 5% to 10% under the plans, they added. The Guardian first reported the plans Thursday. Officials at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs declined to answer questions about the contingencies being drawn up for Thames Water.

A spokesperson said only that the government prepares for a “range of scenarios.” Speaking in Washington on Wednesday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said consumers shouldn’t foot the bill for mistakes made by the management at Thames.

“What we’re never going to do for investors in the UK, is say that the state is going to insure against bad decisions made by management or shareholders,” he added, insisting: “That’s what markets are about.”

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Thames Water crisis puts £100 bil UK investment plan at risk

(April 26): The debt crisis at Thames Water is jeopardising £100 billion (RM592.09 billion) of potential investment required over the next five years to mend Britain’s crumbling utilities infrastructure.

Water companies have promised to deploy the sum to fix leaky pipes, build new reservoirs and prevent sewage from pouring into the country’s seas and rivers, according to water regulator Ofwat. But investors warn the money may not be readily available if the government forces losses on Thames Water creditors.

The standoff over what to do with the UK’s biggest water and sewage company has reached a stalemate, with shareholders refusing to inject more capital and the government insisting that taxpayer money shouldn’t be used to resolve the crisis. As the impasse wears on, it’s becoming increasingly likely that the firm will be taken into temporary government ownership, a move that could involve writedowns on even the safest bonds of as much as 40%.

Investors have historically been willing to lend to British water companies at relatively low rates in exchange for stable returns, which are usually set by the Ofwat. Average borrowing costs across the sector have jumped to around 7% from 6.2% at the start of the month, implying that trust in that contract is already weakening.

“An erosion of confidence in a regulatory regime would increase the cost of debt, not just in the water sector but more generally,” said a spokesperson for Royal London Asset Management Ltd, a British money manager that holds assets in a number of UK water companies including Thames Water. “Whilst investment will be available to support future infrastructure investment, the return required by pension funds will be higher if confidence is lost.”

Short sellers

The government needs to keep investors onside if it is to achieve an ambition set out by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in his Mansion House speech last July to release £50 billion of private long-term capital for infrastructure projects. That money is badly needed, not just for the water sector, but also for implementing upgrades to the UK’s rail and broadband networks and energy grid without passing on all the costs to consumers.

The UK’s water industry may struggle to attract fresh financing should Thames Water’s senior bondholders end up facing losses, according to a survey of investors by Barclays lc. Highly-leveraged companies from across the UK water sector are already being targeted by short sellers as contagion from the Thames Water crisis causes borrowing costs to rise.

“Thames is not a good advert for investing in private equity infrastructure, and it’s happening just as the government is trying to get UK pension funds to invest more,” said John Ralfe, an independent pensions consultant who was previously the head of corporate finance at UK retailer Boots.

Public outrage over mismanagement at Britain’s water companies and sewage spills into the country’s waterways means the government is reluctant to be seen being too soft on creditors. “What we’re never going to do for investors in the UK, is say that the state is going to insure against bad decisions made by management or shareholders. That’s what markets are about,” Hunt told reporters in April.

Some within government believe a debt restructuring could even make Thames more attractive, according to people familiar with discussions who asked not to be named. They point to investors’ notoriously short memories as a counterpoint to creditor warnings, the people said.

Gordon Shannon, a portfolio manager at TwentyFour Asset Management LLP, says a writedown could be justified by a “defensible trigger” such as a ratings downgrade.

“That’s a clear line in the sand that can give other investors some comfort,” Shannon said. “Do it that way and I think we can get through without too much damage to overall sector sentiment.”

Leaky pipes

The government is playing a risky game, though. Thames Water, which has the highest number of leaks of all of the UK water companies, has no way to fund essential repairs and upgrades without financial support from shareholders.

Thames’ shareholders this year submitted a proposed return that works for them to deliver the necessary investment. But it requires a 56% increase in bills over five years, or 40% excluding inflation.

“We need to ensure that the sector attracts investment and is fair to bill payers,” an Ofwat spokesman said by email. “We also need to see companies deliver the performance that customers expect and that they are run in a way that meets customers’ expectations.”

Investors will reassess the risk involved in lending to infrastructure assets, including airports and rail, if the government forces them to wear some of the costs of the Thames restructuring, according to a recent paper by the EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute.

Currently, there’s no inclusion for political or default risk in Ofwat’s regulatory price formula that determines the return on equity for owners. If Thames is wiped out, Ofwat will have to overhaul or incorporate these risks into its models, which would ultimately push up bills for consumers, EDHEC research director Tim Whittaker said in an interview.

It’s possible that by restructuring the debt, the government could justify lower returns for any new owners. That way, Ofwat would be able to hold down bills and get the desired investment. But the danger is that the financing model will by then be fundamentally different and new investors would no longer be able to trust the regulatory framework, demanding better terms and therefore higher bills.

“Previously, the assumption was that investors were protected, resulting in low interest rates,” Whittaker said. “Now these assets have become riskier.”

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Xylem rapporteert resultaten voor het eerste kwartaal van 2024 en verhoogt de richtlijnen voor het hele jaar
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Do 2 mei 2024 om 12:55 GMT+216 minuten lezen


Orders ter waarde van $2,2 miljard, een stijging van 43% op gerapporteerde basis en 3% autonoom
Omzet van $2,0 miljard, een stijging van 40% op gerapporteerde basis en 7% autonoom
Winst per aandeel van $0,63, een stijging van 17%; $ 0,90 op aangepaste basis, een stijging van 14%
Verhoging van de omzetverwachting voor het hele jaar naar ongeveer $8,5 miljard, een stijging van 15% naar 16%, met een organische omzetgroei van 4% naar 6%, een stijging van 3% naar 5%
Gecorrigeerde WPA-richtlijnen voor het hele jaar worden verhoogd van $4,10 naar $4,25, van $4,00 naar $4,20
WASHINGTON, 2 mei 2024 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), een toonaangevend mondiaal watertechnologiebedrijf dat zich toelegt op het oplossen van de meest uitdagende waterproblemen ter wereld, heeft vandaag de resultaten over het eerste kwartaal gerapporteerd. De totale omzet van het bedrijf van $2,0 miljard overtrof de eerdere verwachtingen, dankzij de sterke uitvoering en vraag. De winst over het eerste kwartaal overtrof ook de eerdere verwachtingen van Xylem.

"Het team presteerde op alle punten beter en zette het sterke momentum van Xylem voort, inclusief recordmarges in het eerste kwartaal", aldus Matthew Pine, president en CEO van Xylem. "De operationele prestaties waren robuust dankzij de gezonde vraag in de meeste segmenten en regio's. We liggen ook op koers om de synergieën van onze integratie met Evoqua te benutten en streven naar vereenvoudiging in ons hele bedrijf om onze margeverbeteringen in de loop van de tijd vast te houden en uit te breiden."

“We verhogen onze verwachtingen voor het hele jaar op basis van het aangetoonde vermogen van het team om te profiteren van de veerkrachtige vraag van onze markten. We zijn ervan overtuigd dat het oplossingsplatform van Xylem uniek gepositioneerd is om onze klanten en gemeenschappen in staat te stellen waterveiliger te worden, zelfs nu de wereld steeds meer met water wordt geconfronteerd."

De nettowinst bedroeg $153 miljoen, of $0,63 per aandeel. De nettowinstmarge steeg met 70 basispunten naar 7,5 procent. Deze resultaten zijn te danken aan sterke operationele prestaties, gedeeltelijk gecompenseerd door hogere immateriële afschrijvingen op het gebied van de aankoopboekhouding. Het gecorrigeerde nettoresultaat bedroeg $219 miljoen, of $0,90 per aandeel, exclusief de impact van herstructurerings- en herschikkingskosten, afschrijvingen op verworven immateriële activa, verliezen uit de verkoop van bedrijven, speciale lasten en belastinggerelateerde speciale posten.

De gecorrigeerde winst vóór rente, belastingen, afschrijvingen en amortisatie (EBITDA) in het eerste kwartaal bedroeg 19,2 procent, wat een stijging op jaarbasis met 290 basispunten weerspiegelt. Productiviteitsbesparingen, een gunstige mix, prijs en volume zorgden voor de marge-uitbreiding en overtroffen de impact van inflatie en strategische investeringen.

Vooruitzichten

Xylem verwacht nu voor het hele jaar 2024 een omzet van ongeveer $8,5 miljard, een stijging van ongeveer 15 tot 16 procent op gerapporteerde basis en een stijging van ongeveer 4 tot 6 procent op organische basis. Dit vertegenwoordigt een stijging ten opzichte van de eerdere verwachtingen van het bedrijf voor het hele jaar, namelijk 14 tot 15 procent op gerapporteerde basis en 3 tot 5 procent op organische basis.




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Northumbrian Water told to publish raw sewage discharge data it tried to hide

Appeal tribunal orders firm to share details on hundreds of thousands of tonnes of outflows into North Sea

A water company that tried to keep secret details of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of raw sewage discharges into the sea has been ordered by an appeal tribunal to release the data in the public interest.

Northumbrian Water has repeatedly refused to release details about the scale of raw sewage discharges into the North Sea from an outflow at its pumping station in Whitburn, after a campaigner asked under freedom of information and environmental information regulations.

Campaigners say the pollution has been going on for years, but the Environment Agency, Northumbrian Water and the government all dispute their findings.

In 2012 the European court of justice ruled the sewage discharges at Whitburn put the UK in breach of its legal obligations to treat wastewater and gave the government five years to remedy the situation.

Steve Lavelle, the vice-chair of the neighbourhood forum in Whitburn, south Tyneside, has been investigating the scale of raw sewage discharges in an attempt to show the pollution is continuing many years after the ECJ ruling.

Lavelle said: “We need this information to show this pollution is still going on. We want the data to feed into our neighbourhood plan so that we can provide the details about the capacity of sewage treatment in the area when any future development is proposed.

“At the moment they do not have the infrastructure in place to deal with the volume of sewage.”

The Environment Agency permit for the plant states raw sewage discharges must only take place during intense rainfall or snowmelt.

But data unearthed by Lavelle over many years has exposed what he says is sewage dumping outside periods of intense rainfall.

In 2019 when the north-east of England received slightly above average rainfall of 750mm of rain, more than 760,000 tonnes of untreated sewage was discharged from Whitburn Steel pumping station directly into the North Sea, Environment Agency data obtained by Lavelle shows.

In 2020, when rainfall was 610mm, within the annual average range, the long sea outfall discharged more than 460,000 tonnes of untreated sewage into the Northumbria Coast special protection area.

A year later when rainfall was 660mm, the water company discharged a record high of 821,088 tonnes into the sea.

Lavelle said these discharges contributed to the pollution in the North Sea at Marsden, where there is a beach designated as bathing water, and the pollution to the beaches and rock pools at Whitburn.

To retrieve 2022 data, he asked the water company via environmental information regulations and FoI to provide a detailed description of all of the sewage discharge records, the times of discharges and the volumes of sewage discharges.

The regulator Ofwat and the Environment Agency are investigating more than 2,000 treatment works across the water network for suspected illegal sewage dumping.

The investigations, which are likely to report this year, could impose significant fines or lead to the prosecution of some companies.

Citing the investigations as a reason, Northumbrian Water refused to release the 2022 data to Lavelle, saying to do so “would adversely affect the course of justice, the ability of a person to receive a fair trial or the ability of a public authority to conduct an inquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature”.

When Lavelle asked for an internal review, Northumbrian Water argued that to release the sewage data could cause adverse public opinion to influence the regulators as they carried out their investigation.

The Information Commissioner’s Office, asked to examine Lavelle’s request, supported the water company and said it was in the public interest for the company to keep the information secret.

But after an appeal to the first tier tribunal, the panel found in favour of Lavelle and told the water company it was not satisfied that releasing the information would affect the course of justice.

The tribunal found it was in the public interest to release the information, and the water company had not adequately considered the need for transparency in its refusal to provide the information.

“It has been like pulling teeth,” said Lavelle. “They are more intent on closing down my requests for information than being transparent and providing the information which is in the public interest.”

Northumbrian Water said in a statement: “We are committed to protecting and enhancing coasts, rivers and watercourses in all areas of our operation and have proactively published a number of industry-leading pledges to generate further improvements.

“We have a strong track record when it comes to the environment and have retained the excellent or good rating from the Environment Agency in each of the last three years. We note the tribunal court’s decision regarding the Whitburn pumping station and are considering our next steps.”

The ruling came as seven water companies published near-real-time maps of their sewage discharges from combined sewer overflows, which was required under the Enviornment Act. Those companies are Dwr Cymru (Welsh Water), Yorkshire Water, Severn Trent, Northumbrian Water, Anglian Water, Wessex Water and United Utilities.

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UK’s Ofwat ‘minded to’ take action on Thames Water dividend

May 16): The industry regulator says it’s "minded to" take action against struggling utility Thames Water, as part of an investigation into why shareholders were paid millions of pounds in dividends last year despite poor performance.

If Ofwat formally decides that Thames is in breach of the rules, the company could be fined and a significant penalty would put further pressure on Thames’s finances. The firm, which supplies London with water, is already saddled with debt and has a limited pool of cash to run operations after shareholders refused to inject any more.

A scenario where Thames can’t pay the fine could speed up the point at which the government needs to step in to help stabilise the company.

Ofwat has told Thames Water that some form of action is likely, after it paid investors £37.5 million (RM222.86 million) in October last year, according to a person familiar with the matter. Thames still has a chance to dispute the findings.

Under new rules introduced last year, water companies with poor financial and environmental records aren’t allowed to pay dividends. Thames has the worst record on leaks and is struggling to stem sewage spills.

Thames Water didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

“We have reached the next stage of our inquiries,” a spokesman for Ofwat said in an emailed statement. “We have notified Thames Water of our findings in light of the evidence we have to date.”

Since Ofwat’s probe began in December, Thames financial situation has worsened significantly. The company is desperately trying to drum up new sources of equity after its shareholders declared in March that the company’s business plan was “uninvestible”.

Adding to the company’s woes, Michael McNicholas, a managing director at Canadian pension fund OMERS Infrastructure, quit his role as non-executive director at Thames on Thursday. OMERS is the biggest shareholder of Thames Water Utilities Ltd and his departure further underlines the lack of support from key investors.

Thames has been paying dividends for years to help service debt at its parent company Kemble Water Holdings Ltd, though it doesn’t pay external shareholders. Those dividends are Kemble’s only source of income and chairman Adrian Montague said they were paid to keep Kemble “secure”.

A decision from Ofwat had been expected in March but has been delayed until now. It comes a day after MPs on Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee criticised Ofwat chief executive David Black for not doing enough to stop Thames from paying dividends to shareholders.

Kemble is in default after missing an interest payment on a loan last month. Consultants at restructuring advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal are working with Kemble as the company seeks to start talks with lenders and bondholders over its debt structure.

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Pennon names David Sproul new Chair Designate

Pennon Group chose David Sproul, a former global deputy CEO at Deloitte, as its Chair Designate.

A chartered accountant, Sproul was also chair at Starling Bank, as well as serving as a non-executive director at asset manager Safanad Lmtd., a senior adviser at Bridgepoint Europe and was the Chair designate at University of Hertfordshire.

The new chair said: "It is a privilege to have been invited to take on the role as Chair at a pivotal point in Pennon's strategy, and ongoing commitment to the UK Water industry.

"There has never been a more important time to make a positive contribution to the sector and society. What Pennon does for customer, communities and the environment really matters."

Sproul was to replace the current chair, Gill Rider, on 24 July.

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Thames Water warns on cash as liquidity falls further

The UK’s largest water company Thames Water could see its cash run dry by the end of next May, it was revealed on Tuesday.

Despite holding £2.4bn in liquidity at the end of March, that figure had dropped to £1.8bn by the end of June, Sky News reported.

The privately-held company had struggled to secure new investment after shareholders withdrew a promised £500m amid disputes with industry regulator Ofwat.

Thames Water's board acknowledged that while equity might be received by March next year, it could not rely on that for its financial planning.

As a result, Thames Water was now required to prepare a “remedial plan” for lenders due to non-compliance with certain financial tests, complicating its operations related to incurring debt and making payments.

The company, which is saddled with over £15bn in debt, paid two dividends totalling £158.3m in March, potentially leading to further penalties from Ofwat.

Despite its underlying financial woes, Thames Water reported a profit of £75m for the financial year, with incidents of serious pollution down 18% year-on-year.

However, its future remained uncertain as the company was seeking approval from Ofwat for a substantial increase in customer bills by up to 44% over the next five years, in exchange for nearly £22bn in infrastructure investments.

Ofwat previously rejected a 40% hike in bills, leading to the withdrawal of promised investment and forcing Thames Water to look for new investors.

The regulator was set to make a final decision on the company's business plans by December.

Chief executive officer Chris Weston indicated that while the prospect of special administration was not imminent, the company's financial stability was heavily dependent on Ofwat's upcoming rulings.

The special administration process would place the company under temporary public ownership to ensure continuity of services while long-term solutions were devised.

Thames Water has faced massive criticism in recent years for prioritising shareholder returns over infrastructure investment, and for lagging in meeting performance targets for leaks and sewage discharges.

The company was also bracing for a potential £40m penalty from Ofwat over a controversial £37.5m payout to its owners last autumn, which violated regulatory rules against rewarding shareholders during periods of poor performance.

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Waterbedrijven luiden noodklok: onduidelijk welke gifstoffen in de Maas eindigen

De Maas, een bron van drinkwater voor zeven miljoen mensen, wordt volgens drinkwaterbedrijven niet goed beschermd. Door verouderde en onvolledige vergunningen is namelijk niet duidelijk welke schadelijke stoffen waar in het water terechtkomen. De lozing van industrieel afvalwater schaadt de waterkwaliteit.

Vooral lozingen van stoffen als pfas vormen een probleem, meldt RIWA-Maas maandag in een jaarrapport. Volgens de vereniging van drinkwaterbedrijven komt er nog 50 procent pfas bij nadat de Maas Nederland is binnengestroomd. Deze zogeheten persistente, mobiele en toxische stoffen breken niet af, zijn met bestaande technieken niet of nauwelijks uit het water te filteren en zijn schadelijk voor mens en milieu.

Industrieel afvalwater wordt zowel via de riolering als direct in rivierwater geloosd. Daar hebben bedrijven een vergunning voor nodig. Maar volgens RIWA-Maas is een groot deel van de bestaande lozingsvergunningen verouderd.

In verouderde vergunningen is vaak maar een beperkt aantal verplicht te meten stoffen opgenomen. Daardoor is het onduidelijk welke schadelijke stoffen bedrijven mogelijk nog meer lozen.

'Waterkwaliteit kan onmogelijk effectief bewaakt worden'

Daarom moet haast worden gemaakt met een volledig overzicht van alle industriële lozingen in het stroomgebied van de Maas, zegt RIWA-Maas-directeur Maarten van der Ploeg.

"Op dit moment heeft geen enkele autoriteit volledig inzicht in welke schadelijke stoffen waar in het water terechtkomen", benadrukt Van der Ploeg. "Op deze wijze kan onmogelijk de waterkwaliteit van de Maas effectief bewaakt worden en zullen doelstellingen ter verbetering van de waterkwaliteit nooit gehaald kunnen worden."

Waterbedrijven hebben Duitsland al om hulp gevraagd

Dat sommige bedrijven met verouderde vergunningen werken, is volgens RIWA-Maas oneerlijk tegenover ondernemingen die wel alles op orde hebben. Drinkwaterbedrijven onttrekken jaarlijks 500 miljard liter water uit de Maas voor drinkwater in onder meer Rotterdam, Den Haag, Brussel, Antwerpen, delen van Limburg en Zeeland en West-Vlaanderen.

De Nederlandse drinkwaterbedrijven hebben Duitsland begin september al gevraagd pfas-lozingen in de Rijn tegen te gaan. "Nederlandse burgers en bedrijven hebben een groeiende behoefte aan schoon drinkwater, maar het produceren daarvan wordt steeds kostbaarder door industriële lozingen in Duitsland."

De drinkwaterbedrijven benadrukken dat Duitsland net als Nederland in Europees verband voor een totaalverbod op pfas ijvert. Maar voordat zo'n verbod er is, moet de Duitse regering volgens RIWA-Maas maatregelen nemen tegen de lozingen in de rivier.

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Thames Water 'to receive £1bn lifeline'

Britain's largest water provider Thames Water will receive a much-needed £1.0bn lifeline by creditors before the end of the year, according to the Times.

Multiple hedge funds and institutions, which hold roughly £10.0bn of Thames Water's debt, believe the company needs a stop-gap cash infusion in order to stabilise the business before it enters into full restructuring mode.

Thames Water's financing will likely take the shape of loans or bonds with "super senior status" and will come complete with high interest rates.

The utility giant, which has been teetering on the brink of collapse since March, had a net debt position of £15.0bn and roughly £1.57bn of liquidity as of 31 August.

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