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PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) – All options for the sale of Equans, the newly-created services unit of French energy group Engie, are being considered, including a possible listing, Chief Executive Catherine MacGregor said on Wednesday.
MacGregor also told journalists that the sale was attracting strong interest from industrial investors as well as from private equity buyers.
Engie had yet to decide whether it would keep a stake in Equans while granting the French state, Engie’s top shareholder with nearly a 24% stake, a golden share in Equans was not currently being considered, she added.
Two sources close to the matter had said on Tuesday that Engie was set to kick off an auction for some of its services assets, with first bids due in September for a newly-created business that could be worth between 5 billion and 6 billion euros ($7.14 billion).
Engie is trying to simplify its structure by selling off some activities to concentrate on others such as renewable energy, streamlining its sprawling structure.
Reporting by Benjami Mallet, Writing by Dominique Vidalon, Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten and Elaine Hardcastle
