BlackRock Takes GasLog Private
Posted on 02/23/2021
BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure team signed a deal to buy all of the outstanding common shares of GasLog that are not held by certain existing shareholders of GasLog, including Blenheim Holdings Ltd., which is wholly owned by the Livanos family, and a wholly owned affiliate of the Onassis Foundation (collectively, the “Rolling Shareholders”), in exchange for $5.80 in cash per common share. The $5.80 per share acquisition price represents a 17% premium to the closing price of GasLog’s common shares on February 19, 2021 and a 22% premium to the volume weighted average share price of GasLog’s common shares over the last 30 days. Gaslog has a transaction enterprise value of approximately US$ 4.9 billion.
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GasLog Ltd. Announces Take Private Transaction with BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Team
GasLog Ltd. announced that it has entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure team (collectively, “GEPIF”), which is focused on essential, long-term infrastructure investments in the energy and power sector. Under the Merger Agreement, GEPIF will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of GasLog that are not held by certain existing shareholders of GasLog, including Blenheim Holdings Ltd., which is wholly owned by the Livanos family, and a wholly owned affiliate of the Onassis Foundation (collectively, the “Rolling Shareholders”), in exchange for $5.80 in cash per common share (the “Transaction”). The $5.80 per share acquisition price represents a 17% premium to the closing price of GasLog’s common shares on February 19, 2021 and a 22% premium to the volume weighted average
BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Backs GasLog
GasLog Ltd. has entered into an agreement and plan of merger with
BlackRock’s global energy and power infrastructure team, which is focused on essential, long-term infrastructure investments in the energy and power sector. Under the merger agreement, GEPIF will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of GasLog that are not held by certain existing shareholders of GasLog, including
Blenheim Holdings Ltd., which is wholly owned by the Livanos family, and a wholly owned affiliate of the
Onassis Foundation, in exchange for $5.80 in cash per common share. The members of the board unanimously approved the merger agreement and transaction.