VOL. XLII

No. 11

15-March-1999

EGYPT

Merrill Lynch/EFG Consortium Awarded Egyptian Electricity Privatization…

The Egyptian Electricity Authority (EEA) has awarded a consortium led by Merrill Lynch and the Egyptian investment bank EFG-Hermes the mandate to lead manage the sale of minority stakes in the country’s seven state-owned power generation and distribution companies. With the seven companies’ aggregate value estimated at between $12 and $14bn, the deal is set...