M&A Activity • Sep 17, 2024
M&A Activity
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Registered office: Rua Manuel Pinto de Azevedo 818, 4100-320 Porto, Portugal Fully subscribed and paid-up share capital: € 567,094,274.62 Registered at the Commercial Registry Office of Lisbon under the sole registration and taxpayer number 506 042 715
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April, Greenvolt – Energias Renováveis, S.A. ("Greenvolt") hereby informs that, on this date, it has received from GVK Omega, SGPS, Unipessoal, Lda. ("GVK Omega") the attached communication, through which Greenvolt was informed about the increase in the offer price of the General and Mandatory Public Offer over the Share Capital of Greenvolt, disclosed to the market on May 31st, 2024.
Oporto, September 16th, 2024. The Market Relations Representative.
Rua Manuel Pinto de Azevedo, n.º 818 4100-320 Porto
Att.: Mr. Miguel Valente Market Relations and CMVM's Representative
Portuguese Securities Market Commission Issuers Department Rua Laura Alves, n.º 4
1050-138 Lisboa
Att.: Mrs. Sandra Cardoso Head of the Issuers Department
Lisbon, Portugal, 16 September 2024
Dear Sirs,
Reference is made to the preliminary announcement of a general and mandatory tender offer ("Offer") over the shares corresponding to the share capital of Greenvolt - Energias Renováveis, S.A. ("Target Company") disclosed to the market on 31 May 2024 ("Preliminary Announcement").
After the Preliminary Announcement and the conversion of the convertible bonds with an aggregate face value of EUR 200,000,000, issued by the Target Company on 8 February 2023 and subscribed for by GV Investor Bidco S.à r.l. ("Convertible Bonds"), the CMVM informed the Offeror that the Offer price should be increased to a minimum amount corresponding to the conversion ratio of the Convertible Bonds. Albeit the Offeror is in disagreement with the CMVM's understanding, the Offeror has decided, on the date hereof, to increase the Offer Price from EUR 8.30 per share to EUR 8.3107 per share with the exclusive purpose of obtaining registration of the Offer by the CMVM.
As a consequence thereof and of the time elapsed, paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 and 14 of the Preliminary Announcement are hereby amended as follows:
"1. The Offeror is GVK Omega, S.G.P.S., Unipessoal, Lda., a sole-shareholder limited liability company (sociedade unipessoal por quotas) incorporated and existing under the laws of Portugal, with registered office at Avenida Duque d' Ávila, n.° 46, 3.° C, 1050-083 Lisbon, holder of the sole registry and tax identification number 517892650, with a share capital of € 65,383,231.30 (sixty five million, three hundred and eighty-three thousand, two hundred and thirty-one euros and thirty cents) ("Offeror").
The Offeror is an affiliate of affiliated investment funds advised by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or its affiliates ("KKR").
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| Entity | Grounds for attributing of voting rights |
No. of Shares |
% Share capital |
No. of voting rights | % voting rights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offeror | Direct shareholding (article 20(1) PSC) |
84,699,101 | 51.89% | 84,699,101 | 51.89% |
| MEDIOBANCA - Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. ("MedioBanca")(*) |
Direct shareholding (article 20(1) PSC) |
29,782,086 | 18.24% | 29,782,086 | 18.24% |
| Gamma Lux Holdco S.à r.l. ("Gamma Lux")(*) |
(i) Control over Offeror (article 20(1)(b) PSC); and (ii) Swap entered into with MedioBanca (article 20 (1)(c) and (e) PSC) |
- | - | 114,481,187 | 70.13% |
| Gamma Lux TopCo S.à r.l. ("Gamma Lux TopCo") |
Control over Offeror and Gamma Lux (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 114,481,187 | 70.13% |
| GV Investor | Direct shareholding |
24,065,362 | 14.74% | 24,065,362 | 14.74% |
| Entity | Grounds for attributing of voting rights |
No. of Shares |
% Share capital |
No. of voting rights | % voting rights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (article 20(1) PSC) |
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| GV Investor Holdco S.à r.l. ("GV Investor Holdco") |
Control over GV Investor (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 24,065,362 | 14.74% |
| Gamma Lux Aggregator S.à r.l. ("Lux Aggregator") |
Control over Offeror and GV Investor Holdco (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| KKR GV Investor Aggregator L.P. ("KKR GV Investor Aggregator") |
Control over Offeror and Lux Aggregator (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| KKR GV Investor Aggregator GP LLC ("KKR GV Investor Aggregator GP") |
Control over Offeror and KKR GV Investor Aggregator (article 20(1)(b) and (f) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| K-INFRA Gamma Aggregator GP Limited ("K-INFRA GP") |
Control over Offeror and KKR GV Investor Aggregator (article 20(1)(b) and (f) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| KKR Global Infrastructure Investors IV (USD) SCSp ("KKR Global Infrastructure") |
Control over Offeror, K INFRA GP and KKR GV Investor Aggregator GP (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. ("KKR & Co") |
Control over Offeror and KKR Global Infrastructure |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| Entity | Grounds for attributing of voting rights |
No. of Shares |
% Share capital |
No. of voting rights | % voting rights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
|||||
| KKR & Co. Inc. | Control over Offeror and KKR & Co (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
(*) MedioBanca entered into a share swap transaction ("Swap") with Gamma Lux as disclosed on 5 April 2024, under which the voting rights attaching to the Shares acquired by Mediobanca under the Swap are attributable to Gamma Lux.
The securities that are object of the Offer ("Offer Shares") are the 54,469,945 (fifty-four million four hundred and sixty-nine thousand and nine hundred and fourty-five) Shares, representing 33.37% of the Target Company's share capital, whose underlying voting rights are not attributable to the Offeror or to GV Investor.
GV Investor has undertaken not to tender in the Offer the 24,065,362 (twenty-four million, sixtyfive thousand and three hundred and sixty-two) Shares, representing 14.74% of the Target Company's share capital, that were subscribed for by GV Investor ("GV Investor Shares"), by instructing its financial intermediary to block them until the end of the Offer period. The Offer Shares thus exclude the Shares acquired from the Selling Shareholders and the GV Investor Shares.
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Moreover, the consideration offered in paragraph 12 includes:
(a) a premium of 95.5% (ninety five point five percent) in relation to the listing price of the initial public offering of the Shares on 15 July 2021, which was of € 4.25 (four euros and twenty five cents) per Share;
(inclusive), and corresponding to €6.28 (six euros and twenty-eight cents) per Share; and
(c) a premium of 13.8% (thirteen point eight percent) in relation to the minimum price per Share determined by EY, in the capacity of independent expert appointed by the CMVM pursuant to article 188(2) of the PSC."
A consolidated version of the Preliminary Announcement is attached hereto.
Yours faithfully,
GVK Omega, S.G.P.S., Unipessoal, Lda.
Name: Hugo Daniel Marvanejo de Sousa Capacity: Director
Registered office: Avenida Duque d' Ávila, n.º 46, 3.º C, 1050-083 Lisbon
Share Capital: € 65,383,231.30
Holder of the sole registry and tax identification number 517892650
In the context of the completion, on 31 May 2024, of the acquisition of the shares held by (i) Actium Capital, S.A.; (ii) Caderno Azul, S.A.; (iii) Livrefluxo, S.A.; (iv) Promendo Investimentos, S.A.; (v) V-Ridium Holding Limited; (vi) KWE Partners Ltd.; and (vii) 1 Thing Investments, S.A. (jointly referred to as "Selling Shareholders"), in an aggregate amount of 84,699,101 (eighty-four million six hundred and ninety-nine thousand one hundred and one) shares corresponding to 60.86% (sixty point eighty six per cent) of the voting rights of Greenvolt - Energias Renováveis, S.A., under the 7 (seven) shares purchase agreements executed with the Selling Shareholders on 21 December 2023 (the share purchase agreements jointly referred as "SPAs"), GVK Omega, S.G.P.S., Unipessoal, Lda., hereby makes public the decision, under the terms and for the purposes of articles 175, 176 and 187 of the Portuguese Securities Code ("PSC"), to launch a general and mandatory tender offer over all shares corresponding to the share capital of Greenvolt - Energias Renováveis, S.A. ("Offer"), under the following terms and conditions of this preliminary announcement ("Preliminary Announcement") and the remaining documents of the Offer:
The Offeror is an affiliate of affiliated investment funds advised by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or its affiliates ("KKR").
The Target Company is Greenvolt - Energias Renováveis, S.A., a company with registered office at Rua Manuel Pinto de Azevedo, n.º 818, 4100-320 Porto, Portugal, registered with the Commercial Registry Office of Lisbon under the sole company and tax number 506.042.715, with a fully subscribed and paid-up share capital of € 567,094,274.62 (five hundred and sixty-seven million, ninety-four thousand two hundred and seventy-four euros and sixty-two cents), represented by 163,234,408 (one hundred and sixty-three million two hundred and thirty-four thousand and four hundred and eight) ordinary nominative book-entry shares, without nominal value ("Target Company" and the "Shares").
| Entity | Grounds for attributing of voting rights |
No. of Shares |
% Share capital |
No. of voting rights | % voting rights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offeror | Direct shareholding (article 20(1) PSC) |
84,699,101 | 51.89% | 84,699,101 | 51.89% |
| MEDIOBANCA - Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. ("MedioBanca")(*) |
Direct shareholding (article 20(1) PSC) |
29,782,086 | 18.24% | 29,782,086 | 18.24% |
| Gamma Lux Holdco S.à r.l. ("Gamma Lux")(*) |
(i) Control over Offeror (article 20(1)(b) PSC); and (ii) Swap entered into with MedioBanca (article 20 (1)(c) and (e) PSC) |
- | - | 114,481,187 | 70.13% |
| Gamma Lux TopCo S.à r.l. ("Gamma Lux TopCo") |
Control over Offeror and Gamma Lux (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 114,481,187 | 70.13% |
| GV Investor | Direct shareholding |
24,065,362 | 14.74% | 24,065,362 | 14.74% |
| Entity | Grounds for attributing of voting rights |
No. of Shares |
% Share capital |
No. of voting rights | % voting rights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (article 20(1) PSC) |
|||||
| GV Investor Holdco S.à ("GV Investor Holdco") |
Control over GV Investor (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 24,065,362 | 14.74% |
| Gamma Lux Aggregator S.à r.l. ("Lux Aggregator") |
Control over Offeror and GV Investor Holdco (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| KKR GV Investor Aggregator L.P. ("KKR GV Investor Aggregator") |
Control over Offeror and Lux Aggregator (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| KKR GV Investor Aggregator GP LLC ("KKR GV Investor Aggregator GP") |
Control over Offeror and KKR GV Investor Aggregator (article 20(1)(b) and (f) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| K-INFRA Gamma Aggregator GP Limited ("K-INFRA GP") |
Control over Offeror and KKR GV Investor Aggregator (article 20(1)(b) and (f) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| KKR Global Infrastructure Investors IV (USD) SCSp ("KKR Global Infrastructure") |
Control over Offeror, K INFRA GP and KKR GV Investor Aggregator GP (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. ("KKR & Co") |
Control over Offeror and KKR Global Infrastructure |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
| Entity | Grounds for attributing of voting rights |
No. of Shares |
% Share capital |
No. of voting rights | % voting rights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
|||||
| KKR & Co. Inc. | Control over Offeror and KKR & Co (article 20(1)(b) PSC) |
- | - | 138,546,549 | 84.87% |
(*) MedioBanca entered into a share swap transaction ("Swap") with Gamma Lux as disclosed on 5 April 2024, under which the voting rights attaching to the Shares acquired by Mediobanca under the Swap ("Swap Shares") are attributable to Gamma Lux.
the right to the concerned amount is detached from the Shares and provided that such moment takes place prior to the settlement of the Offer.
Lisbon, 16 September 2024
The Offeror
GVK Omega, S.G.P.S., Unipessoal. Lda.
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