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President Eletrobras, Wilson Ferreira Junior, in a conversation with reporters, said Thursday that the auction of Cepisa, a Piau distributor currently operated by the state company, "a demonstration that (the sale of group distributors) the best solution for everyone, "he said. He recalled that the competitive process resulted in a reduction in company rates of 8.5% by the end of the year, generating about R $ 95 million of resources for Unio and also resulting in a corporate capitalization of the order of 720 million R $. This does not mean that Eletrobras, who is currently seeing losses with the operation, is leaving the company.
The statement was made when reporters questioned the executive on the meeting of the shareholders of Eletrobras scheduled for the 30th and following to deliberate on a further extension of the sale term of the group's distributors. 39; here the end of the year to avoid the immediate liquidation of these companies, which would result in greater losses for the state. Previously, when the prospect was that the auction would take place before the end of April, the shareholders voted to make the distributors' deal before July 31, the date from which the board of directors State administration should carry out the liquidation of the companies
He recalled that the board of directors of Eletrobras made an express recommendation to the badembly, for the extension until At the end of the year, or 90 days after privatization, whichever comes first, since
Even with the possible approval of the extension of the term by the shareholders; Eletrobras, the difficult scenario, since to sell the four distributors in the North operated by the state still needed the Senate to approve the bill that cured these companies, a theme that generated politics in Congress, but which is considered essential for attract badets. For Ferreira Junior, the "ideal situation" is that the invoice is approved at the latest until the date of the availability of the guarantees of the auction, which must be provided five days before the date of the auction. event, scheduled for August 30th.
In the case of Amazonas Energia, privatization is still facing the challenge of completing the divestiture of the company, with the separation of production activities from the distribution, which currently depends on the negotiations with the local gas distributor, Cigs. Ferreira Junior said the talks are "in the final phase" and that the process tends to be completed before the deadline for the provision of guarantees.
Eletrobras also plans to auction Alagoan Ceal distributor on August 30th. Currently, the government is still unable to auction the company due to a dispute involving the federal government and the state of Alagoas. Ferreira Junior said that he expected a quick agreement between the parties at the end of the judicial vacation. He avoided commenting on the possibility of liquidation of this company and said that if shareholders approve the extension of the operating life of distributors, it would be time until September to carry out the auction of the company, given the bureaucratic process of exchange of control
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