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NRG Energy to acquire Vivint Smart Home for $12/share ($2.8B) all-cash
NRG ENERGY, INC.
- NRG will acquire Vivint for $12.00 per share, all-cash, total enterprise value of $5.2 billion including $2.4B debt assumption.
- Premium of ~33% to Vivint's Dec. 5 closing price; implied 6.3x EV/run-rate Adj. EBITDA ($835M including $100M synergies).
- Transaction approved by both boards; Vivint stockholders holding 59% of shares have consented; expected close Q1 2023.
- NRG intends to maintain its dividend growth policy and complete $1B share repurchase program ($360M remaining).
- Goldman Sachs provides $2.1B bridge financing; closing subject to HSR antitrust clearance.