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Brookfield and La Caisse completed their acquisition of Boralex Inc. on Friday, paying $37.25 a share in cash and taking the renewable-power producer private as institutional demand for clean-energy infrastructure keeps building.
The investment will help advance Boralex's mission of delivering affordable renewable energy and meet demand driven by electrification, reindustrialization, digitalization and energy security, the companies said in a statement.
Boralex, Canada's renewable-power leader and France's largest independent onshore wind producer, brings 3,822 megawatts of installed capacity, up more than 50 percent over five years, plus a development pipeline of about 8.2 gigawatts spanning wind, solar and battery storage. Brookfield manages more than $1 trillion in assets, while La Caisse held CAD 552 billion in net assets as of June 30.
Shareholders will be paid through Computershare, the deal's depositary, and Boralex's shares are expected to be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange on or about Aug. 17. Boralex will operate independently, with the new owners backing expansion into electrification and energy-security demand.
The transaction was completed by way of a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act, with the purchaser comprising Brookfield, its institutional partners including Brookfield Renewable Partners, and La Caisse. Computershare has received sufficient funds to pay shareholders, who must return letters of transmittal to receive the consideration. Boralex has also applied to cease being a reporting issuer in each Canadian province where it currently files.
The deal folds one of Canada's largest independent renewable platforms into Brookfield Renewable Partners, one of the world's biggest publicly traded vehicles for clean power, alongside La Caisse, which invests on behalf of 48 depositors representing more than six million Quebecers. Boralex's installed capacity has grown more than 50 percent over the past five years to 3,822 megawatts, and Corporate Knights ranked it the seventh-best corporate citizen in Canada.
The acquisition extends a wave of institutional consolidation in renewable power as electricity demand climbs. Boralex's roughly 8.2-gigawatt pipeline of wind, solar and battery-storage projects gives the new owners a base to serve demand tied to electrification, reindustrialization and data-center buildout. The total equity value of the deal was not disclosed in the announcement.
With Boralex operating independently, the new owners gain a platform to expand across Canada, France, the United States and the United Kingdom, where the producer already runs facilities. The delisting on Aug. 17 ends Boralex's run as a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed company, shifting its growth funding from public markets to the balance sheets of two of the largest institutional investors in North America.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
