15 March 2021
Australian-New Zealand renewables developer Tilt Renewables is to be taken private after agreeing to joint $2.75 billion by the AGL Energy backed Powering Australian Renewables fund and New Zealand utility Mercury NZ.
Through the deal, the Tilt Renewables business will effectively be split up, with the Australian and New Zealand parts of the business, which are listed across the respective Australian and New Zealand stock exchanges, being acquired by different members of the takeover consortium
The takeover offer for Tilt’s Australian business has been launched by Powering Australian Renewables, a partnership between energy giant AGL Energy (20 per cent), Queensland government-owned investment group QIC (40 per cent) and the federal government’s Future Fund (40 per cent).