In January, AS Watson Group (ASW) celebrates its 175th anniversary.
In March, UK Rails S.à r.l., the holding company of Eversholt Rail Group, enters into an agreement with Arriva Rail North Limited to procure and lease out 281 new vehicles worth £490 million.
In March, 3 Ireland announces €65 million IT digital transformation investment – entering into a five-year managed services contract with Amdocs to transform its IT infrastructure, and deliver customer experience innovation across all lines of business.
In March, Hutchison China MediTech Limited completes an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in the US, raising over US$110 million.
In April, Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited and Power Assets Holdings Limited enter into an agreement with Husky Energy Inc. (Husky Energy) to acquire a 65% stake in a portfolio of Husky Energy’s oil pipeline assets in Canada for approximately C$1.7 billion.
- In June, with three new thermal projects in Saskatchewan (Edam East, Vawn and Edam West), Husky Energy’s total thermal production now reaches 100,000 barrels per day.
In September, first oil is achieved from the Hibernia formation well at North Amethyst with peak production of approximately 5,000 barrels per day net to Husky Energy.
In September, 3 Denmark and 3 Sweden win licences for the frequencies 2x30 MHz and 2x5 MHz respectively in the 1800 MHz band in their governments’ spectrum auctions.
In October, Vietnamobile receives four licences for Telecom network establishment, Telecom service provision and 2G & 3G spectrum usage from the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam.
In November, CK Hutchison, parent company of 3 Italia, and VimpelCom, parent company of Wind Telecomunicazioni, announce that they have completed the transaction to combine their businesses in Italy. The transaction is one of the largest M&A transactions to be done in Italy since 2007.
In November, 3 Italy is merged with WIND to form Italy’s largest mobile operator, serving over 31 million mobile customers and 2.7 million fixed-line customers. It is now the number one operator in Italy in terms of customers.
In December, Hongkong International Terminals Limited, COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited and Asia Container Terminals Limited have entered into a formal collaboration for the co-management and operation of 16 berths across Terminals 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 at Kwai Tsing, Hong Kong.
In December, ASW’s global store portfolio exceeds 13,000, in which Watsons China’s store network surpasses 2,900 stores in 430 cities across the Mainland.