Note 3 Acquired and divested operations
In April 2008 the redemption of the outstanding minority shares (3.19%) in Vattenfall's German subsidiary Vattenfall Europe AG was completed, and the company was delisted from the German stock exchanges.
During October and November 2008 Vattenfall acquired several British wind power companies: AMEC Wind Energy Ltd, (100% and later renamed to Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd) one of the UK's foremost developers of commercial wind farms, with current projects corresponding to 500-750MW, Eclipse Energy UK Plc (96%) which is working with six wind power projects in the UK with a combined capacity of more than 200 MW and Thanet Offshore Wind Ltd, (100%) which with 300 MW under construction is the UK's largest wind power project.
Valuations of assets and liabilities acquired are preliminary pending a final review of each acquisition, respectively. In addition, there are some minor acquisitions and divestments.
| Wind power companies | Other companies | Total | |
| Intangible assets: non-current | 2,068 | - | 2,068 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 1,072 | 33 | 1, 105 |
| Trade receivables and other receivables | 114 | 16 | 130 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 49 | 109 | 158 |
| Minority interests | -2 | - | -2 |
| Interest-bearing liabilities | -107 | - | -107 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | -213 | -27 | -240 |
| Trade payables and other liabilities | -878 | -21 | -899 |
| Identifiable assets and liabilities, net | 2,103 | 110 | 2,213 |
| Goodwill arising on acquisitions | 700 | ||
| Total purchase consideration for wind power and other companies | 2,913 | ||
| Redemption of minority interests in Germany | 4,056 | ||
| Total acquisitions of Group companies (Note 42) | 6,969 |
In November 2008 Vattenfall also acquired 18.7% of the Polish energy company ENEA S.A. for SEK 4,602 million, recognised as Other shares and participations.
The company has 2.3 million customers and accounts for approximately 8% of Poland's energy generation.
