GEK Terna

This article is about the Greek construction and energy company.. For the Italian company, see Terna (Italian company).
GEK Terna Holdings Real Estate Constructions S.A.
Native name
ΓΕΚ ΤΕΡΝΑ
Public
Traded as Athex: GEKTERNA
Industry Construction, Energy
Founded 1969 (1969) (as GEK)
Headquarters Athens, Greece
Area served
Greece
Key people
Nikolaos Kampas (Chairman)
Giorgos Peristeris (CEO)
Products Construction
Concessions
Energy
Waste management
Mining
Real Estate
Revenue Increase 1.923 billion[1] (2014)
Increase 203.97 million[2] (2014)
Decrease 129.06 million[1] (2014)
Total assets Increase 3.380 billion[3] (2014)
Total equity Increase 864.01 million [3] (2014)
Owners Giorgos Peristeris (13%)[4]
Nikolaos Kampas (10.3%)[5]
York Capital Magagement (8.32%)[6]
Number of employees
Increase5.000 [3] (2014)
Subsidiaries Terna Energy S.A. (45.9%)[7]
Heron S.A. (50%)
Website www.gekterna.com

GEK Terna Holding Real Estate Construction (Greek: ΓΕΚ ΤΕΡΝΑ) is a large Greek conglomerate which is listed on the Athens Exchange. Its construction branch Terna is one of the leading enterprises of its sector in Greece.

GEK Terna's electric utilities branch Terna Energy lately focussed on the production and transmission of renewable energy. Through its subsidiary Heron S.A., it is as well involved in the construction and operation of thermoelectric power generation fuelled with natural gas. Terna Energy is listed separately on the Athens Exchange (Athex: TENERGY ).[8] [9]

Company

The company was formed when former competitors GEK and TERNA merged in 1999. Until 2008, GEK was the name of the holding with TERNA being its operational branch. The Athens-based company has been listed at the Athens Exchange since 1969[10] and belongs to the 25 companies forming the FTSE/Athex Large Cap index. In 2013, U.S. investment firm York Capital Magagement bought a 10% share of the company.[11]

Rail privatization bid

Following the Greek government-debt crisis, GEK Terna showed interest in the planned privatization of Greek state-owned railway carrier TrainOSE. Together with the state-owned railway companies of Russia and France, RZD and SNCF, and Romanian private railway carrier Grup Feroviar Roman, it placed a joint bid for TrainOSE and the Hellenic Company for Rolling Stock Maintenance (Rosco), currently held by the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund. Following the January 2015 legislative election, the new SYRIZA-led administration however put the decision under review.[12]

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