Ownership Structure

Northern Gas Networks is owned by a consortium of six partners, as shown:

All six owners are committed to building on the network's inheritance of providing safe and reliable operations, and to establishing Northern Gas Networks as a socially responsible corporate citizen in the region.

The company will develop a culture of sustained high performance, delivering continuous improvement to the benefit of customers, consumers, employees and shareholders.

Cheung Kong Infrastructure (CKI) is the largest publicly listed diversified infrastructure company in Hong Kong and is one of the largest investors in China's infrastructure. Its three core business activities are energy, materials and transportation.

CKI has business interests in more than 40 counties around the world, has around 200,000 employees and has a market capitalisation of approximately £3.9 billion.

In the UK CKI also owns the Cambridge Water Company.

Hongkong Electric Holdings (HEH) owns and operates a vertically integrated electricity generation, transmission and distribution business in Hong Kong.

HEH is 38.9% owned by CKI and in partnership they own three electricity distribution networks in southern Australia.

HEH is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of approximately £5.3 billion. The HEH Group has around 2,100 employees .

The Li Ka Shing (Overseas) Foundation was established in 1980 to co-ordinate medical, cultural, educational and other community welfare projects. Since then donations have been made totalling approximately £2.3 billion.

The Foundation invests in projects with a stable cash flow to secure additional funding for charitable projects.

United Utilities plc (UU) is the holding company of multi-utility companies which include water supply and distribution, waste water services, facilities management and other outsourcing options. It is the largest provider of outsourced utility management services in the UK.

UU is based in Warrington in the North West of England where it supplies water and waste water services to around three million homes and businesses and also provides electricity distribution to more than 2.3 million properties. The company's market capitalisation is approximately £4.3 billion.

The Challenger Financial Services Group manages and administers more than £4.3 billion on behalf of around 100,000 Australian investors.

The SAS Trustee Corporation is a pension fund for government employees in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It has net assets of approximately £11.2 billion.