The board of United Utilities has today announced that it has accepted Ofwat’s Final Determination on its AMP8 Business Plan covering the five years to March 2030.

Pennon Group PLC, owners of South West Water (SWW) and Sutton and East Surrey (SES), has accepted Ofwat’s Final Determination announced in December, following their respective outstanding and good/standard AMP8 business plan assessments.

Thames Water has initiated further legal moves to keep the company’s interim recapitalisation transaction on track – and says that the only alternative to the company’s restructuring plan (RP) is special administration, and that there is presently no alternative implementable transaction for Thames to avoid special administration if the company’s plan is not approved.

For the second time in four months, Moody's Ratings has yet again downgraded Thames Water to Caa3 from Caa1, taking its Corporate Family Rating (CFR) further into junk territory – in September Moody’s downgraded it to Caa1 from Ba2, which is considered a junk rating.

Thames Water Utilities Ltd has announced that the restructuring plan proposed by Thames Water Utilities Holdings Ltd has been approved by creditors holding over 90% of secured debt present and voting at the plan meetings, ahead of it being considered by the Court at the sanction hearing scheduled for 3 - 6 February 2025.

Thames Water Utilities Ltd has announced that the waiver contained in its STID Proposal (security trust and intercreditor deed) dated 20 December 2024 has been approved.by its majority Class A creditors.

Thames Water has this morning announced that a supplemental expert witness report by Matt Cowlishaw of Teneo Financial Advisory Ltd in relation to the likely outcome for creditors under its proposed restructuring plan has been made available to the plan creditors, prospective buyers, transferees and sub-participants of thet debt.