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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-035201"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TLN"
cik: "0001622536"
company_name: "Talen Energy Corp"
filed_at: "2025-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T05:58:15.588655+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Talen Energy to acquire Moxie Freedom and Guernsey CCGT plants for $3.8B gross, accretive to FCF per share >40%

## Summary
- Net purchase price $3.5B after tax benefits (6.7x 2026 EV/EBITDA); adds 2,980 MW of H-class CCGT capacity in PJM.
- Transaction expected to close Q4 2025, subject to HSR and FERC approvals.
- Funding via $3.8B in new debt ($1.2B secured bridge, $2.57B unsecured bridge) from Citi and RBC.
- Immediately accretive: >40% FCF/share accretion in 2026, >50% through 2029.
- Maintains leverage target ≤3.5x by year-end 2026; plans ~$500M annual share repurchases during deleveraging.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-035201
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TLN
- cik: 0001622536
- company_name: Talen Energy Corp
- filed_at: 2025-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1622536/000162828025035201/0001628280-25-035201-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1622536/000162828025035201/tln-20250717.htm

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