Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 19
RWE Nears Amprion Stake Deal at €10 Billion Grid Valuation
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 19

RWE Nears Amprion Stake Deal at €10 Billion Grid Valuation

2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 19

Summary

  • Late-stage talks would let RWE raise its holding in Amprion by buying stakes from Swiss Life and a German pension fund, people familiar with the matter said.
  • A key piece of the deal is Swiss Life’s roughly 17% stake in M31, the holding company that owns 74.9% of Amprion.
  • The transaction would value Amprion at about €10 billion, underscoring investor appetite for regulated power-grid assets.
  • Amprion carries electricity to about 29 million people and industrial users across seven western German states, making the stake increase strategically important for RWE.

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