Naturgy has successfully completed the takeover bid for its own shares launched last May. The acceptance period for the takeover bid ended on Friday 13 June and the result was very favourable in terms of achieving the company's free float and liquidity targets on the stock exchange. Once the offer is completed, the company will apply all the temporal and operational flexibility it deems necessary to bring the shares back to the market and once again increase the free float.
Naturgy has started up its third biomethane plant in Spain and has now increased its renewable gas production capacity to 29 GWh per year, an amount equivalent to the gas consumption of around around 6,000 homes.
UFD, the electricity distributor of the Naturgy group, will invest €1.340 billion until 2027 to strengthen and digitise its electricity grid in Spain with the aim of optimising service to its customers and encouraging development of the energy transition. This investment figure is 11% higher than that undertaken during the 2020-2023 period.
Naturgy has renewed its global EFR (Empress Familiarmente Responsable/Family-Responsible Company) certification awarded by the Másfamilia Foundation, which it initially received in 2013, when it was the first company worldwide to obtain this accreditation. It is currently the only IBEX 35 company with this certificate, which accredits the validity and impact of measures, indicators, practices and actions in terms of work-life balance and people development in five areas: quality of employment, time and space flexibility, support for employees' families, support for the personal and professional environment, and equal opportunities.
Naturgy has begun construction of its largest photovoltaic facility in Spain, Campo de Arañuelo, located in the province of Cáceres (Extremadura). With 300 MW of peak power, the new plant will produce around 515 GWh of renewable energy a year, an amount equivalent to the electricity consumption of 157,100 households. The facility will also contribute to reducing more than 250,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
Francisco Reynés, Chairman and CEO of Naturgy, today took part in the conference organised by the Naturgy Foundation and the Cercle d'Economia to address the situation facing the energy sector in the complex international climate we are experiencing, with a special focus on Europe and Spain.
Naturgy has begun construction work on three new photovoltaic plants in Castilla-La Mancha: the Zorita I and Zorita II facilities, located in the vicinity of the former José Cabrera nuclear power plant between the municipalities of Almonacid de Zorita and Zorita de los Canes (Guadalajara), and the Ocaña plant in the municipality of Ocaña (Toledo).
Naturgy’s General Shareholders’ Meeting has approved, with broad support, the Group’s annual accounts and the management conducted by the Board of Directors, amidst a particularly volatile energy scenario. During the meeting, Naturgy’s executive chairman Francisco Reynés highlighted the Group’s essential role as a major contributor to economic and social development in the countries where it operates, with a firm commitment to the necessary energy transition, ensuring the guarantee of energy supply, creating value across businesses and addressing all the needs of its stakeholders.
Naturgy has received recognition for its work on fighting climate change by the prestigious Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a non-profit organisation that assesses the performance on climate change and water resource management, among other aspects, of the leading companies and governments around the world.
Naturgy has created Happiness Academy, a pioneering business initiative in Spain that aims to foster motivation and well-being among its professionals through training on areas and aspects that affect happiness.
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