Company: Yorkshire Water Services
Bradford Finance Limited / Yorkshire Water Services Odsal Finance
Limited / Yorkshire Water Services Finance Limited / Kelda Finance
No.3 PLC
Headline: Offer for
shares in the Companies’ holding company
23 March 2017
Yorkshire Water
Services Bradford Finance Limited
Yorkshire Water Services Odsal Finance Limited
Yorkshire Water Services Finance Limited
Kelda Finance No.3 PLC
together, the “Companies”
Offer for shares
in the Companies’ holding company
The Companies have been informed that one of their ultimate
shareholders, Wharfedale Acquisitions I LLP ("Wharfedale"),
has made an offer to sell the entirety of its shareholding in the
Companies’ indirect holding company, Kelda Holdings Limited
("Holdings"), which shares represent 10 per cent. of the
issued share capital of Holdings, to the other shareholders of
Holdings in accordance with the terms of the shareholders agreement
in relation to Holdings.
The Companies continue to operate in the ordinary course of
business and there is no expectation that the sale of Wharfedale's
interest in Holdings (if completed) will result in any changes at
an operational level at Yorkshire Water.
A further announcement will be made in due course.
For further information, please contact
Adrian Hunt by email at:
Adrian.hunt@yorkshirewater.co.uk.
Yorkshire Water
Western House
Halifax Road
Bradford
BD6 2SZ
Fax: +44 (0)12 7460 5331
Attention: Adrian Hunt
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