The Stedin Group announced today that the Executive Board, Supervisory Board and Shareholders’ Committee of Stedin Group have reached agreement to submit a request to its shareholders to contribute EUR 200mln of new capital in the form of preference shares.

Capitium advised the Shareholders’ Committee on all aspects of the proposed transaction. The Shareholders’ Committee represents the 44 shareholders of the company.

Stedin Group consists of five different business units: grid operator Stedin, NetVerder and DNWG Group. DNWG Group is a grid operator consisting of two divisions: grid operator Enduris and infrastructure company DNWG. Stedin was spun out of the Eneco Group prior to Eneco’s privatisation and sale to a consortium led by Mitsubishi.