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29-06-09 0732GMT

 

Monday, Jun 29, 2009

DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--MENA Infrastructure Fund, an infrastructure equity fund sponsored by HSBC HoldingsHSBC HoldingsLoading... PLC, Waha CapitalWaha CapitalLoading... and Dubai International CapitalDubai International CapitalLoading..., has acquired 32.8% of Oman's United Power Co. SAOG, or UPCUnited Power Co. SAOG, or UPCLoading..., for $26.5 million.

"MENA Infrastructure Fund has acquired 32.8% of the founders' shareholding in the company from GDF Suez, the French energy giant in a competitive auction process," the fund said in an emailed statement.

The sale was a requirement by the Omani electricity regulator for GDF Suez to divest its shareholding in UPCUPCLoading..., which owns and operates a 270 megawatt power station in the sultanate, the first independent power project, or IPP, to be developed in the Middle East, according to the statement.

The transaction will make the MENA Infrastructure Fund the largest shareholder in UPCUPCLoading..., the fund said.

MENA Infrastructure Fund was established in 2006 as a specialist infrastructure equity fund for long-term equity investments in infrastructure projects and businesses. Its investors include leading international and regional financial institutions and pension funds.

-By Dubai Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +9714 364 4965; djnews.dubai@dowjones.com

Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Co.

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