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Company: SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITED
Current Parent CompanyMacquarie
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement: Southern Water
Recap of Ownership Changes: Southern Water’s ultimate parent are Greensands Holdings, those major shareholders were IIF (advised by JP Morgan) and The Northern Trust Co. (exited 2016), with no majority owner. In 2021 a fund managed by Macquarie acquired a majority stake.
Company Nation/Region: England
Company Number: 2366620
Penalty: £160,000
Year: 2015
Date: 22 September, 2015
Offence Group: environment-related offences
Offence Type: water pollution violation
Violation Description: Southern Water were prosecuted by the Environment Agency for allowing a total of 40 million litres of untreated sewage to be discharged from its treatment works in East Worthing over 2 days in September 2012
Action Type: agency action
Settlement Type: Court Case
Agency: Environment Agency
HQ Country of Parent: Australia
Ownership Structure of Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Parent: financial services
Source of Data: Contained in data received in response to a Freedom of Information request for a spreadsheet version of data contained in the Environment Agency Public Register at (click here)