Hunton & Williams (Thailand) Represents TNP in 5B Baht Joint Financing for Thai National Power 2

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March 2, 2010
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Bangkok — 2 March 2010 — Hunton & Williams (Thailand) Limited, which has extensive experience in project development and corporate and structured finance, represented Thai National Power, a subsidiary of UK-listed International Power pcl, in the project development and financing of a new 110MW gas-fired cogeneration project in Thailand. The financing included 5 billion Baht (US$150 million) in new financing with Bank of Ayudhya and Kasikorn Bank. The financing was implemented as part of a re-leveraging of Thai National Power’s financing for its existing gas-fired co-generation and generation facilities which have a combined capacity of 145MW. The new power plant will be operational in 2012. As with the existing facilities, the new power plant will supply a substantial part of its electricity to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT); the balance of its electricity will be supplied to industrial customers in the Siam Eastern Industrial Park Co. Ltd. in Rayong, Thailand.

The Hunton & Williams team, led by partner Stephen Bennett and Richard Savage, counsel, who have advised International Power plc on its investments in Thailand for more than 10 years.

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