At the beginning of August, we announced
that we were in negotiations
with a group of companies to sell our
55.6% stake in Motor-Columbus.
The Swiss minority shareholders of
Motor-Columbuss core holding Atel,
EOS Holding and Atel as well as other
Swiss electricity companies are taking
part in the negotiations. French utility
EDF, currently a minority shareholder
of Motor-Columbus, is also considering
participating.
Such a sale of the UBS stake in Motor-
Columbus would create the opportunity
to build a leading Swiss-European
energy company with Swiss majority
ownership. Negotiations are still in
progress.