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Macquarie Bank to acquire UK gas supply operation
01 August 2006
Macquarie Bank today announced it has agreed to acquire the UK gas supply company Corona Energy (Corona), a physical supplier of energy to industrial and commercial customers in the United Kingdom.
Based in London, Corona is the UK’s largest independent non-domestic supplier of gas, with 8,000 commercial customers, serviced across 40,000 sites. It delivers 5% of the UK’s gas supplied to the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise and Industrial and Commercial sectors.
The transaction presents a unique opportunity for both companies to derive considerable benefits from the other’s existing gas market expertise and infrastructure.
According to Simon Grenfell, Head of Macquarie’s Commodity Markets Division, “The acquisition of Corona is a significant strategic step for Macquarie's European energy markets business and will expand our capability and presence in the UK gas market. It adds a strong client platform and years of valuable experience in physical supply to our existing energy markets activities.
“Macquarie and Corona have complimentary operations and skill sets and we expect there will be strong mutual benefits from the relationship,” Mr Grenfell said.
Under Macquarie ownership, Corona will be able to expand both the scale and range of products and services that it offers its customers, by having access to additional resources