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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Holly Williams

Thames Water lenders submit new rescue plan to avoid nationalisation

A group of Thames Water investors has offered a sweetened rescue deal for the struggling supplier, vowing to invest an extra £1 billion and write off over a quarter of debts in return for more lenient performance targets. (Alamy/PA) -

A group of Thames Water investors has offered a sweetened rescue deal for the struggling supplier, vowing to invest an extra £1 billion and write off more than a quarter of debts in return for more lenient performance targets.

London & Valley Water – a consortium of the supplier’s main creditors, including investors and financial institutions – said it would write off around £4 billion, or 25%, of the debt it holds, up from 20% in the previous proposal, plus debts held by other creditors.

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