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Abu Dhabi National Energy Company terminates relationship with Standard and Poor's

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, July 01 - 2009 at 15:44
  • PRESS RELEASE

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), a publicly listed company on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, announced that it has terminated its relationship with Standard & Poor's effective 30 June 2009.

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This decision follows an internal review of the new ratings methodology for Government-Related Entities (GRE) published by S&P.

Peter Barker-Homek, Chief Executive Officer of TAQA, said:

"Following our review of the new methodology published by S&P on 30 June, we do not believe these criteria will result in a rating that will accurately reflect the credit-worthiness of TAQA. The underlying fundamentals of our business have not changed. TAQA is the majority owner of the plants that supply 98% of the power and water needs for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, we have strong ties to the Government of Abu Dhabi through both ownership and the membership of our board of directors; the implicit support of the Government is unchanged and has consistently been confirmed in both word and deed."


S&P promulgated new methodology that will affect Government Related Entities (GRE) worldwide. This new methodology affects GREs regardless of whether their relationship with the sovereign or their economic viability remains unchanged since they were first given a rating by S&P.

S&P formally confirmed our rating in May, 2009. In summary TAQA has not changed, but S&P has."
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Contact Details:

TAQA
Tanis Thacker, TAQA Abu Dhabi
Head of Investor Relations
Tel.: +971 2 661 4933

About Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA)

Founded in 2005, TAQA (Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (PJSC)) is a global energy company with a growing asset base of Dhs86bn ($ 23.5bn). One of the largest companies listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), with 2008 revenue of more than Dhs16bn ($4.4bn), TAQA is a flagship corporation for the Government of Abu Dhabi.

TAQA's strategic goal is to build and operate a geographically diverse global portfolio of energy businesses across the value chain. It has operations in power generation, water desalination, upstream oil/gas, pipelines, and gas storage.

TAQA employs approximately 2,800 people from 41 different nations and operates from its offices in: Abu Dhabi; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Aberdeen; Amsterdam; Calgary and The Hague. This footprint is further extended through alliances with partners across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North America and India.

TAQA carries an Aa2 credit rating from Moody's.

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