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Dynegy Inc. warned it could seek bankruptcy protection if it cannot amend or replace its existing loan facility, the latest twist in the power company’s bumpy effort to restructure itself.
Investors seemed to mostly shrug off the warning, made in a regulatory filing, as the company’s shares fell 1.7 percent. Get the full story »
Carl Icahn’s $665 million cash takeover of power producer Dynegy Inc. received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday.
The billionaire investor’s deal follows a failed bid by private equity firm Blackstone Group LP. Icahn, Dynegy’s largest shareholder, opposed the $5 per share deal arguing it undervalued the company. Get the full story »
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said he had agreed to buy power producer Dynegy Inc for $665 million in cash, just three weeks after a bid by private equity firm Blackstone Group failed to win over Dynegy shareholders.
The offer of $5.50 a share by Icahn Enterprises LP is 10 percent higher than Blackstone’s bid and calls for Dynegy to continue soliciting other buyers until Jan. 24, the companies said in a press release. Get the full story »
Private equity firm Blackstone Group lost its $602 million bid to buy power producer Dynegy Inc. after failing to win shareholder support in the face of opposition from the two largest shareholders.
Dynegy said it planned to end the deal Tuesday and would look for other buyers, including the two shareholders — billionaire Carl Icahn and hedge fund Seneca Capital. Icahn has said he may bid for Dynegy if the Blackstone bid failed. Get the full story »
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said he would vote against Blackstone Group’s proposal to buy Dynegy Inc. and would offer a $2 billion line of credit to the struggling power company.
Icahn and hedge fund Seneca Capital, Dynegy’s two largest shareholders, believe Blackstone’s $543 million bid for the company is too low, threatening the deal. Seneca has argued that the company would have more value on its own, but Dynegy has said it could face dire financial problems. Get the full story »
Private equity firm Blackstone Group Friday struck a deal to buy power producer Dynegy Inc. for $543 million in cash and sell some of the company’s best assets to NRG Energy in the latest shake-up in the electric industry.
The deal values Dynegy at $4.7 billion including debt, which would make it one of the biggest buyouts of a power company since Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs bought TXU for $32 billion in 2007. Get the full story »
