The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday, Nov. 19, edition that Brookfield Asset Management
says it is ready to offer $13 a share in cash to acquire
TerraForm Power, valuing
the yieldco at about $1.8-billion (all figures U.S.).
A Bloomberg dispatch to The Globe reports that Brookfield says it is also prepared to
make an offer for another unit of
bankrupt SunEdison, Terra-Form Global, for an undisclosed
sum. The
offer is below TerraForm Power's
Thursday closing price of $13.01 a
share and below its $42 peak
in April, 2015.
TerraForm's market value
has slumped in the past 18
months as SunEdison's fortunes
waned after a $2.6-billion buying
spree left it overextended. Brookfield senior managing
partner Sachin
Shah says the valuation is fair
given the current state of the
market, noting that it is 49 per cent
above the closing price on
June 28, the day before Brookfield
initially disclosed its holdings.
He says, "We firmly believe these proposals
represent unique,
extremely attractive opportunities
for TERP and GLBL shareholders,
as well as the creditors of
SunEdison." He
says TerraForm Power and Terra-Form Global should act quickly to
avoid further "diminution of value."
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