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Unión Fenosa

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Traded as
  
BMAD: UNF

Predecessor
  
Unión Eléctrica

Revenue
  
€ 7,189 million (2008)

Founded
  
1912

Ceased operations
  
2009

Industry
  
Energy

Defunct
  
2009 (2009)

Headquarters
  
Madrid, Spain

Successor
  
Gas Natural

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Key people
  
Salvador Gabarró, Chairman Honorato López Isla, CEO

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Unión Fenosa, S.A. was a large Spanish company dedicated to the production and distribution to end users of gas and electricity.

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It installed capacity of 11,120 megawatts of power and 8.9 million customers. The headquarters were in Madrid and the chairman was Pedro López Jiménez. Formerly a constituent of the IBEX 35 index, the company is a part of the Gas Natural group.

History

The company was founded in 1912 as Unión Eléctrica Madrileña and it traded under that name until 1970 when the name was changed to Unión Eléctrica. In 1982 it merged with Fuerza Eléctrica de Noroeste, S.A. (Fenosa) to form Unión Eléctrica Fenosa. In 2000 the name was shortened to Unión Fenosa. In 2008 the company was acquired by Gas Natural.

Structure

The company had the following businesses:

  • Domestic generation and marketing
  • Domestic distribution
  • Gas
  • International electrical business
  • Other interests
  • Indra (11%)
  • Shareholders

    Prior to 2008 around 45% of the shares were owned by Grupo ACS. In July 2008, Gas Natural agreed to buy Grupo ACS's stake worth €7.6 billion.

    References

    Unión Fenosa Wikipedia