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Mitsui Sells Stake in UAE Umm Al Nar Power and Water Project

May 14, 2015


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Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui", Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga) announced that it has completed the sale of its entire stake (15% of shares) in ITM Investment Company Limited ("ITMI") to Tokyo Electric Power Company International B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Company Incorporated, on May 14, 2015.
ITMI is an investment company that was established between Mitsui, Tokyo Electric Power Company International B.V., and International Power plc of UK (now called ENGIE [previously called GDF SUEZ Energy International]), and through ITMI Mitsui invested in the Umm Al Nar Power and Water Project in the UAE.

In its new Medium-term Management Plan announced in May of last year, Mitsui, backed by strong cash generation capabilities, stated that growth-oriented investment and shareholder return shall be implemented in a well-balanced manner as a basic policy. In line with this policy, Mitsui executed the said sale aimed at accumulation of good quality assets and enhancement of its asset portfolio through strategic asset recycling.

Summary of UAE Umm Al Nar Power and Water Project

Profile of the Project

(1) Location Sas Al Nakhl Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE (15 km east of Abu Dhabi)
(2) Project Cost Approx. 250 billion yen ($2.1 billion)
(3) Capacity (Power) 2,200MW
(4) Capacity (Water) 650,000 t/day
(5) Plant Type Combined Cycle
(6) Main Fuel Natural Gas
(7) Gas Supplier Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company (ADWEC)*

*ADWEC purchases natural gas from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).

(8) Off-Taker Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company (ADWEC)
(9) Term Twenty-year BOO (build-own-operate)* project, commencing from commercial operation of the new plant in 2007

*A project model in which a private organization finances and builds a facility, and maintains, operates, and owns it for a certain period of time.

(10) Consortium TEPCO / Mitsui / International Power

Investment Structure

Investment Structure

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