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16. E.ON
E.ON
Financials: Latest Results
Rank: 16 (Previous rank: 29)
CEO: Johannes Teyssen
Employees: 78,889
Address: E.ON Platz 1
Düsseldorf, 40479
Country: Germany
Website: www.eon.com

Germany's largest utility company, E.ON, is struggling in the face of a couple of tough conditions: For one, demand in Europe for energy is flatlining. And last year, the German government called for the shutdown of its nuclear reactors in the wake of the Fukushima plant disaster in Japan.

E.ON and other utilities companies are suing the German government for damages as a result of its decision to close the reactors. E.ON is asking for €8 billion (about $10 billion) in damages. Going forward, the company plans to continue to survive the economic environment by selling non-core assets and boosting its efforts in renewable energy, CEO Johannes Teyssen said during the company's interim report for the first quarter of 2012. --S.D.


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  $ millions % change from 2010
Revenues 157,057.1 25.6
Profits -3,085.4 -139.8
Assets 198,473.7 --
Stockholders' equity 46,397.3 --
Profits as % of  
Revenues -2
Assets -1.5546
From the July 23, 2012 issue
Figures prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards.
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