Philippines' Ayala fights to take over Australia's Infigen Energy

Bidding war with Spain's Iberdrola heats up for renewables company

20200629  Infigen Energy

Australia-listed Infigen Energy owns and operates 670 megawatts of wind farm, gas, battery and other contracted assets. © Reuters

CLIFF VENZON, Nikkei staff writer

MANILA -- Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp. and Spanish utility giant Iberdrola entered a bidding war on Monday for Australian renewable power purveyor Infigen Energy.

Ayala improved its offer by declaring that its AUD$0.86 per share bid was now "wholly unconditional," prompting Iberdrola to raise its bid to AUD$0.89 a share, slightly above the AUD$0.885 closing price on Friday. Iberdrola's offer values Infigen at AUD$856.3 million ($588 million), according to Reuters.

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