泰晤士水务与B类债权人达成重组协议 约10亿英镑债务将注销
英国最大的水务公司泰晤士水务（Thames Water）10月16日宣布，已就资本重组方案与主要B类债权人达成协议，并获得持有其逾六成次级B类债务债权人的支持。根据方案，约10亿英镑（约13.3亿美元）的B类债务将被注销，债权人转而通过重组后公司的股权及其他权益获得约5.9%的回收率。
泰晤士水务同时表示，公司与债权人财团「伦敦与泰晤士河谷水务」（London & Valley Water）、水务监管机构Ofwat及其他监管方的谈判仍在进行，是否按该财团的方案推进重组尚未作出决定。
泰晤士水务目前背负约200亿英镑债务。公司10月15日表示，需要把紧急融资额度再提高24亿英镑、至54亿英镑，以维持运营至2027年秋季；其现有30亿英镑救助额度已支取26.5亿英镑。按公司最新预测，若重组未能及时完成，资金可能在今年年底或2027年初耗尽。高级债权人正推动一项包含债务减记与股权注资的救援方案，以避免公司被政府临时接管；该财团已于今年8月提出拟任董事名单，计划在救援方案获批后主导为期十年的改革。
Thames Water Reaches Recapitalisation Deal with Class B Creditors, Writing Off About £1 Billion of Debt
Thames Water, Britain's biggest water utility, said on Friday it had reached an agreement with key Class B creditors on a proposed recapitalisation, securing support from holders of more than 60% of its junior Class B debt. Under the proposal, about £1 billion ($1.33 billion) of Class B debt would be written off, with those creditors receiving a recovery of roughly 5.9% through equity and other rights in the restructured company.
The utility said talks with the London & Valley Water creditor consortium, regulator Ofwat and other regulators were continuing, and that no decision had yet been taken on whether to proceed with the consortium's proposal.
Thames Water is saddled with about £20 billion of debt. On Thursday it said it needed to increase its emergency funding facility by £2.4 billion, to £5.4 billion, to keep operating into autumn 2027, having already drawn £2.65 billion of its existing £3 billion lifeline. Under its latest forecasts, the company could run out of money by the end of this year or early 2027 if the recapitalisation is not completed in time. Its senior creditors are pursuing a rescue involving debt writedowns and equity investment to avert temporary government control, and the consortium named proposed directors in August to oversee a decade-long overhaul if its plan is approved.
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