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Investors forced to pay for ‘undeserved’ bonuses at three water suppliers

Ofwat uses new powers to ensure customer funds are not used for bonuses at Thames, Yorkshire, and Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water

The Guardian - UK

Scandal-hit Thames Water blocked from paying 'undeserved' bonuses for top bosses from customers' money

Eight other water firms won’t be using customers’ funds to pay bonuses

Evening Standard

Thames Water’s IT ‘falling apart’ and is hit by cyber-attacks, sources claim

Exclusive: Company relies on obsolete tech and there are troubling security gaps, Guardian investigation suggests

The Guardian - UK

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Floods, explosions and asbestos: Thames Water faces potential problems on all fronts

Exclusive: Senior managers say they are forced to press ahead with orders for vital items without approval

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water supply ‘on knife-edge’ with £23bn repairs needed

Exclusive: Company has failed to tackle serious safety concerns or upgrade vital IT systems, Guardian investigation reveals

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water should explain its murky logic on fundraising

Transparency around this emergency process has been miserable as company looks for approval to borrow £3bn more

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water gains key support from creditors for £3bn funding lifeline

Utilities firm says 75% of class A bondholders back emergency package aimed at staving off collapse

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Thames Water board split over two competing deals to save it from insolvency

Split comes despite chair’s preference for deal from group including US hedge funds Elliott Partners and Silver Point plus others

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water is desperate for cash. But board should still exploit bondholder rivalry

Jostling for position before eventual debt-for-equity swap gives opportunity to fight for £3bn lifeline with least worst terms

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water creditors try to rally more investors for £1.5bn rescue funding

The water company’s lenders, including investment giants BlackRock, Abrdn and M&G, want more firms to take part in their rescue funding deal.

The Independent UK

Struggling Thames Water pushes for £3bn lifeline with cash due to run out in December

Fresh funds are ‘liquidity bridge’ to stabilise firm and give it time to secure long-term investment, says boss

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water reveals £3 billion emergency financing plan to keep it solvent until October 2025

Proposals could provide Thames with up to £3 billion of lifeline cash

Evening Standard

Thames Water launches plan to raise up to £3bn in emergency funding

The struggling utilities giant has put forward the deal amid continued efforts to restructure its significant debt pile.

Evening Standard

Calls for failing English water firms to be taken over using special administration

Government urged to use power to control companies such as Thames Water and reform the industry

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Thames Water could be blocked from new debt financing next week

Troubled firm has until 7 October to agree to extension, according to holding company accounts

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water credit ratings slashed to lower levels of junk as default fears grow

S&P and Moody’s cut ratings by five notches on risk troubled company will run out of cash

Evening Standard

Credit agencies slash their ratings on Thames Water debt

The move drags £16 billion of Thames Water debt even deeper into junk territory

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water warns its cash may run out as soon as December

Creditors may ease repayment terms to safeguard their current loans as troubled utility fights for survival

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The Guardian - UK

Thames Water trying to stay afloat by rewriting loan deals, says source

Firm in £15bn debt books November high court dates in effort to extend ‘liquidity runway’

Evening Standard

Safety concern as Greenway cycle route in east London is closed for 18 months

Campaigners say Thames Water should have given time for diversion route to be made car-free

The Guardian - UK

Elliott, unlike Thames Water’s board, sees the inevitability of debt writedowns

Hedge fund’s reported purchase of £1bn of bonds at a big discount suggests growing realism about company’s future

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water lobbied Whitehall to press Ofwat on allowing higher bills

Exclusive: Debt-ridden company also warned officials of ‘chilling effect’ of any renationalisation

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water’s ‘difficult choices’ must include pain for bondholders

Customers know bills have to rise, but shareholders should also pay, as they would at a conventional company that overextended itself

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water says without steep bill increase it’s ‘neither financeable nor investible’

Debt-laden company tells Ofwat if it cannot charge customers 59% more, it ‘would prevent company turnaround and recovery’

The Independent UK

Thames Water proposes huge new bills hike

The average bill over the five-year period from 2025 to 2030 would be £638 under the proposal

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