EP Infrastructure, a.s. (EPIF) announces the sale of its 100% share in Pražská teplárenská, a.s., its subsidiaries and PT Transit, a.s. (further as Pražská teplárenská or PT) held through EP Energy (EPE). The transaction still needs to be approved by the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition.
says Daniel Křetínský, Chairman of the Board of Directors of EPIF.
said Philippe Guitard, Veolia´s Senior Executive Vice President for Central and Eastern Europe.
Pražská teplárenská, a.s. operates the largest district heating network in the Czech Republic (550 km, 230,000 households). It supplies heat for the right-bank part of Prague; in 2019, its operational profit reached approximately CZK 5 billion and the company employed 411 people.
The sole shareholder in EPE is EPIF group, 69% of which is owned by Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. (EPH) and 31% by a consortium of global institutional investors managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA).