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Energy 2015-10-04
  • Nordex to acquire ACCIONA Windpower in a cash and shares transaction valued at €785 million
  • Combined company has potential to rank among the top five global players
  • ACCIONA to become Nordex’s strategic anchor shareholder with a 29.9% stake in the listed German company

ACCIONA Windpower and Nordex are joining forces to create a major new player in the wind industry.

Nordex, a listed German wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Hamburg, with a market capitalisation of €2 billion, will acquire ACCIONA Windpower from ACCIONA S.A., a global renewable energy and infrastructure group. The transaction is valued at €785m, payable in cash (€366m) and 16.1 million in new Nordex shares (€419m) equal to a 16.6% stake in the German company.

At the same time, ACCIONA S.A. will acquire 13.3% of additional existing Nordex shares, valued at €335m, from Skion-Momentum, an investment vehicle of the Quandt family and Nordex’s current main shareholder.

As a result of both transactions, ACCIONA S.A. will become the largest shareholder in Nordex with a 29.9% stake, while Skion-Momentum will retain a 5.7% share in the listed German company.

The transaction is subject to approval by relevant competition authorities.

In combining their activities, Nordex and ACCIONA Windpower will create a truly global company with complementary international footprints and technologies, and the potential to rank among the top 5 global onshore wind turbine manufacturers.

ACCIONA Windpower and Nordex complement each other in a number of important areas. Nordex has a strong market position in Europe, while ACCIONA Windpower is well-positioned in the Americas and emerging markets with manufacturing facilities in the US, Brazil and Spain, and a new factory under construction in India. The combined group has an estimated total order backlog of approximately 2.8GW in 2015.

ACCIONA Windpower’s products are primarily aimed at large-scale wind farms that require efficient and sturdy machines for unconstrained terrains, while Nordex’s products are well-suited to complex projects in populated areas subject to technical restrictions.

“Our investment in Nordex responds to ACCIONA’s strategy of seeking long-term value creation in sustainable industries”, José Manuel Entrecanales, ACCIONA’s Chairman and CEO, said.
“We are proud to be joining forces with Nordex to create a new industry leader based in Europe with a strong global footprint and a sustainable market position, which at the same time maintains the unique integrated business model of our renewable energy division,” Mr Entrecanales said. 

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