As warned, Germany’s E.ON takes €1.5 billion charge on impaired ‘goodwill’ at Kentucky units

摘要

As it had warned February 10, Germany’s E.ON March 10nsaid it booked an impairment charge on “goodwill” of €1.5nbillion on its “US Midwest” segment, Kentucky Utilities andnLouisville Gas & Electric, which do business as “E.ON U.S.”nThe fourth quarter 2008 charge equaled about $2.08 billion,nat the year-end exchange rate of €1.00=$1.39.