GASCADE is a transmission system operator for gas in Germany. GASCADE operates a gas transmission network of approx. 2300 km in Germany and employs approximately 300 persons. GASCADE is wholly owned by W&G Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co.KG (hereafter, "W&G"). W&G is on the one hand partially owned by Wintershall Erdgas Beteiligungs-GmbH (50,02%), which is owned by Wintershall Holding GmbH, company which is owned for [BUSINESS SECRET] directly by BASF [BUSINESS SECRET] and for [BUSINESS SECRET] by BASF [BUSINESS SECRET]. On the other hand, W&G is partially owned by GAZPROM Germania GmbH (49,98%), whose only shareholder is OOO GAZPROM export which in turn is owned by OAO GAZPROM.