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HomeAlpiq GroupInvestor RelationsAd hoc announcements

Share capital of Nant de Drance SA increased to 150 million Swiss francs

01/14/2010, 09:00 | Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR

At the extraordinary general meeting held on 13 January 2010 the shareholders of Nant de Drance SA decided unanimously to increase the company’s share capital by 100 million Swiss francs from 50 million to 150 million. The capital increase is being effected by issuing 1,000 fully paid-up registered shares with a face value of 100,000 francs each. The shareholders are participating in the capital increase in proportion to their previous shareholdings, which means that the stakes of Alpiq, the Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF) and the Valais energy provider FMV remain unchanged at 54%, 36% and 10% respectively.

The construction works for the Nant de Drance pumped storage power station in the Valais municipality of Finhaut began in September 2008. The official inauguration of the construction site then took place on 30 June 2009 in the presence of more than 100 guests. Nant de Drance is one of the most important Swiss infrastructure projects for hydroelectric power generation. With its 600 megawatt turbine and pumping capacity, the plant will make an important contribution to energy supply security in Switzerland. The possibility of increasing capacity to 900 megawatts is currently being examined. The power station is scheduled to be commissioned in stages as from 2015.

The facility is being built completely underground and therefore with minimal environmental impact. Access to the caverns located 1,700 metres above sea level is through a 5.6 kilometre-long tunnel on the territory of the Valais border municipality of Finhaut between Martigny and Chamonix.

On 11 December 2009 Nant de Drance SA ordered the 4 x 175 MVA generator transformers from ABB Switzerland for a total amount of approx. 15 million francs. This means that a Swiss supplier has again made the running for the award of a key element, in addition to the adjudication of the construction works to the Marti Implenia consortium and the machine engineering to Alstom Hydro Schweiz in Birr.