加拿大养老基金投资委员会（CPPIB）正在权衡出售其在西班牙最大燃气分销商 Nedgia 持有的 12% 股份，据知情人士透露。
By Andrés González and Thomas Gualtieri Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is weighing a sale of its 12% stake in Spain’s largest gas distributor, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
知情人士称，CPPIB 已与财务顾问就出售其在 Nedgia 的股份事宜进行磋商，该股份是 CPPIB 于 2018 年以 9 亿欧元（约 10 亿美元）收购的。这些人士因事项未公开而要求不具名。他们表示，讨论仍处于初步阶段，CPPIB 可能决定不推进该剥离计划。
CPPIB has been in talks with financial advisers over the potential sale of its stake in Nedgia, which it bought for €900m ($1 billion) in 2018, the people said, asking not to be named, as the matter isn’t public. Deliberations are still at an initial stage and CPPIB may decide not to go ahead with the divestment, the people said.
CPPIB、Nedgia 和 Naturgy 的发言人均拒绝置评。
Spokespeople for CPPIB, Nedgia and Naturgy declined to comment.
Nedgia 成立于 2018 年，当时从 Naturgy Energy Group SA 剥离出来，后者仍持有 80% 股份。当时，CPPIB 收购了 12% 股份，而 Allianz 收购了 8% 股份。这两只基金通过一个联合投资工具持有各自股份。
Nedgia was created in 2018, when it was spun off from Naturgy Energy Group SA, which still owns 80%. At the time, CPPIB bought its 12% while Allianz acquired 8%. The two funds own their stakes through a joint investment vehicle.
西班牙能源市场监管机构 CNMC 近期批准了覆盖 2027 年至 2032 年期间的西班牙天然气行业新监管和报酬框架，CPPIB 的潜在出售将紧随其后。
A sale by CPPIB would come shortly after the Spanish energy markets authority CNMC approved a new regulatory and remuneration framework for Spain’s natural gas sector covering the 2027–2032 period.
根据其网站介绍，Nedgia 的管网连接至 1222 个市镇的 550 多万个供气点。
Nedgia’s grid is connected to more than 5.5 million supply points in 1,222 municipalities, according to its website.