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German gas giant's shareholders to vote on nationalisation
Shareholders of troubled German gas giant Uniper were to vote Monday on the company's nationalisation after it was pushed to the brink of collapse following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
After Moscow sent its forces into Ukraine in February, crucial Russian gas supplies to Germany were drastically slashed in suspected retaliation for Western sanctions.
Starved of Russian deliveries, Uniper was left facing bankruptcy, prompting the German government to announce it would nationalise the firm over fears its failure could send shockwaves through Europe's top economy.
Shareholders were expected to back the deal in a vote at an extraordinary general meeting, seen as a formality after the majority shareholder, Finnish state-owned energy company Fortum, agreed in September.
"By stabilising the company, the federal government recognises the central role that Uniper plays for the security of supply in Germany and Europe," said company CEO Klaus-Dieter Maubach ahead of the vote.
On Monday, the German government and Uniper, Germany's biggest gas importer, concluded a framework agreement related to the rescue package.
Berlin had initially agreed to an eight-billion-euro ($8.5 billion) cash injection for Uniper, but the debt-laden company said last month the government would need to spend an additional 25 billion euros.
Uniper has reported a 40-billion-euro net loss for the first nine months of the year, one of the biggest losses in German corporate history.
The government will finance the rescue out of a 200-billion-euro fund designed to cushion the impact of the energy crisis on households and businesses.
With Russian supplies slashed, Uniper has been forced to pay high prices on the open market.
And while costs have come down since the summer, they remain elevated.
"We are still in a situation where we have to buy gas on the (spot) markets, where the prices have reached a level that is -- in general -- higher than the purchase price of our customers," Holger Kreetz, Uniper's chief operating officer for asset management, told AFP.
"We are still in a tight situation," he said, adding this would remain the case until existing long-term contracts expire.
Uniper is seeking damages at an international tribunal from Gazprom over what it claims is the Russian energy giant's failure to deliver contractually agreed gas supplies.
Gazprom has said it does not recognise the legitimacy of the claims.
C.Smith--CPN