German utility E.ON AG (EOAN.XE) said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its natural-gas transmission grid to a consortium led by Australian bank Macquarie Group Ltd.'s (MQG.AU) infrastructure funds, in a deal worth EUR3.2 billion.
German utility E.ON AG (EOAN.XE) said Wednesday it has agreed to sell
its natural-gas transmission grid to a consortium led by Australian bank
Macquarie Group Ltd.'s (MQG.AU) infrastructure funds, in a deal worth EUR3.2
billion.
The consortium includes
Macquarie
's
European Infrastructure Fund 4,
Abu Dhabi
's
Infinity Investments, British Columbia Investment Management Corp. from
Canada
and
the capital investment unit of German reinsurer Munich Re AG (MUV2.XE), said
E.ON in a written statement.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter 2012, said E.ON,
subject to approval by the German Federal Cartel Office and the German Federal
Ministry of Economics and Technology.
The announcement confirms a previous report by Dow Jones Newswires that the
Macquarie
consortium has beaten stiff competition, including from financial heavyweights
such as German insurer Allianz SE (ALV.XE) and French partially
state-controlled utility GDF Suez SA (GSZ.FR).
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