Verbund - Fight over capital increase further delayed

Companies ♦ Published: August 26, 2010; 18:52 ♦ (Vindobona)

The controversy over Verbund capital is likely to prolong. Infrastructure Minister Doris Bures will continue to insist on her initial position.

Verbund - Fight over capital increase further delayed / Picture: © Verbund AG

The government should equally support all its public enterprises, she argues. An individualized solution for Verbund, which is about to receive a capital injection of €510m ($647.3) by the government, was vehemently rejected.


Bures reiterated the call for supporting ÖBB. She argues "against a weakening of ÖBB equity, which is due to events of the last 17 years".…