Atlantica Holds Shareholders’ Meetings to Approve its Acquisition by Energy Capital Partners and Co-Investors
August 08 2024 - 4:10PM
UK Regulatory
Atlantica Holds Shareholders’ Meetings to Approve its Acquisition
by Energy Capital Partners and Co-Investors
Atlantica Holds Shareholders’ Meetings to Approve its
Acquisition by Energy Capital Partners and
Co-Investors
August 8, 2024 – Atlantica Sustainable
Infrastructure plc (NASDAQ: AY) (“Atlantica” or the “Company”),
announced today that it has completed the requisite meetings of its
shareholders to approve its acquisition by Energy Capital Partners
and a group of co-investors (the “Transaction”). Based upon the
preliminary results of these meetings, the Transaction received all
requisite approvals of the Company’s shareholders. Atlantica will
publish the final voting results of the meetings in the coming
days.
The Transaction is still subject to, among other
conditions, sanction of the Transaction by the High Court of
Justice of England and Wales, and regulatory approvals in different
jurisdictions, including clearance by the Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States and by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission in the United States. The Transaction is
expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024 or early first
quarter of 2025.
For further information regarding the
Transaction and the relevant agreements related thereto, please see
the Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed on May 28,
2024 by the Company, including the exhibits thereto and the Report
of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed on July 16, 2024,
including the exhibits thereto. The descriptions of the Transaction
and such agreements outlined above do not purport to be complete
and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text
of such agreements which are exhibits to the abovementioned Reports
of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Any statements that express, or involve
discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives,
assumptions, strategies, future events or performance (often, but
not always, through the use of words or phrases such as “may
result”, “are expected to”, “will continue”, “is expected”, “likely
to be”, “believe”, “will”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “estimated”,
“may”, “plan”, “potential”, “future”, “projection”, “goals”,
“target”, “outlook”, “predict”, “aim” and “intend” or words of
similar meaning) or the negative of these terms or other comparable
terminology are not statements of historical facts and may be
forward looking. Such statements occur throughout this report and
include statements with respect to the Transaction and the
implementation of the Scheme, the proposed timing and various
actions and other conditions contemplated in respect of the
Transaction and the Scheme.
The forward-looking statements in this report
are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties, estimates and
assumptions, including risks relating to (a) Bidco’s and
Atlantica’s ability to complete the Transaction on the proposed
terms or on the anticipated timeline, or at all, including risks
and uncertainties related to securing the necessary regulatory and
other third-party approvals, the sanction of the Scheme by the High
Court of Justice of England and Wales or the satisfaction of other
closing conditions to consummate the Transaction; (b) the
occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could
give rise to the termination of the Transaction Agreement or any
unanticipated difficulties or expenditures relating to the proposed
Transaction; (c) risks related to diverting the attention of
Atlantica’s management from ongoing business operations; (d)
failure to realize the expected benefits of the Transaction; (e)
significant transaction costs and/or unknown or inestimable
liabilities; (f) the risk of shareholder litigation in connection
with the Transaction, including resulting expense or delay; (g)
Bidco’s ability to fund the cash required to consummate the
Transaction; (h) risks related to future opportunities and plans
for the Company, including the uncertainty of expected future
regulatory filings, financial performance and results of the
Company following completion of the Transaction; (i) disruption of
currents plans and operations caused by the announcement of the
proposed Transaction, making it more difficult to conduct business
as usual or maintain relationships with current or future
customers, employees or suppliers, financing sources, governmental
authorities, and joint-venture partners; (j) effects relating to
the announcement of the Transaction or any further announcements or
the consummation of the Transaction on the market price of
Atlantica’s shares and, if the Transaction is not completed, and
the Company continues as a publicly-traded entity, risks that the
announcement of the proposed Transaction and the dedication of
substantial resources of the Company to the completion of the
Transaction could have an impact on its business, strategic
relationships, operating results and activities in general; (k)
risk of having to pay the company termination fee pursuant to the
terms of the Transaction Agreement; (l) regulatory initiatives and
changes in tax laws that may impact the Transaction; (m) market
volatility; and (n) other risks and uncertainties affecting Bidco
and Atlantica and more. Given these risks and uncertainties, you
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a
prediction of actual results. Accordingly, any such statements are
qualified in their entirety by reference to, and are accompanied
by, important factors included in “Part I—Item 3.D.—Risk Factors”
in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
2023 and in any subsequent reports on Form 6-K (in addition to any
assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in
connection with such forward-looking statements).
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of
the date on which such statement is made, and we undertake no
obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect
events or circumstances, including, but not limited to,
unanticipated events, after the date on which such statement is
made, unless otherwise required by law. New factors emerge from
time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all
of these factors, nor can it assess the impact of each of these
factors on the business or the extent to which any factor, or
combination of factors, may cause actual results, performance or
achievements, and the timing of events to differ materially from
those contained or implied in any forward-looking statement.
About Atlantica
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc is a
sustainable infrastructure company that owns a diversified
portfolio of contracted renewable energy, storage, efficient
natural gas, electric transmission and water assets in North &
South America, and certain markets in EMEA (www.atlantica.com).
Chief Financial Officer
Francisco Martinez-Davis
E ir@atlantica.com
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