E.ON Shares Up 1.2% After Lifted Ebitda Guidance
March 29 2016 - 11:00AM
Dow Jones News
By Monica Houston-Waesch
FRANKFURT--German power utility E.ON SE (EOAN.XE) said it
reached agreement with Russia's Gazprom on price adjustments for
long-term gas contracts which would improve the German company's
earnings outlook for the year.
The deal resolves pending arbitration between the two companies
and frees up provisions set aside in prior years, E.ON said in a
statement.
E.ON now sees earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization, or Ebitda, of between 6.4 billion euros to 6.9
billion euros ($7.15 billion to $7.71 billion), above its previous
forecast of EUR6.0 billion to EUR6.5 billion.
Likewise, the company's outlook for adjusted after-tax profit
was revised higher to between EUR1.5 billion and EUR1.9 billion,
above its former forecast of EUR1.2 billion to EUR1.6 billion.
On March 9, E.ON said once shareholders approve the spin-off of
Uniper, a separate company formed this year containing most of the
company's conventional power generation assets, the company would
revise its outlook accordingly.
"Even in a difficult market environment characterized by
significant declines in energy prices, our partnership has proved
itself again. Long-term gas supply contracts will remain a mainstay
of a stable supply of heat and electricity for Europe," Uniper
Chief Executive Klaus Schaefer said.
Write to Monica Houston-Waesch at
monica.houston-waesch@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 29, 2016 10:45 ET (14:45 GMT)
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