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Merrill Lynch downgrades UES target price 6%
7 September 2007
Investment bank Merrill Lynch has cut its target price for Unified Energy System from $1.60 to $1.51 taking into account the unbundled assets, WGC-5 (The Fifth Generation Company of the Wholesale Power Market) and TGC-5 (Territorial generation company ¹5), the investment bank said in a note.
Meanwhile, the “Buy” recommendation on the stock was left unchanged.
Unified Energy System is the largest power holding in Russian Federation, that generates 69.4% of general electricity output, 32.4% of general heat production; capacity of which makes up 72.4% of the installed capacity in Russia.
The Group owns and operates high voltage transmission network that connects all but a few regions of the Russian Federation and forms the Unified Power System of Russia.
UES is a holding company that owns controlling stakes (49%-100%) in 73 regional vertically integrated energy companies and 44 Federal power plants (of which 8 are under construction), 100% in OAO “FGC” ( OAO “Federal Grid Company”) and 100% in OAO “SO-CDA” (OAO “System Operator - Centralized Dispatching Administration”).
From the beginning of 2002 the Company is in the process of reforming.
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