Chile regulator okays $3b Chinese takeover of Naturgy unit
By Reuters
April 1, 2021
Chile’s competition regulator on Wednesday approved a $3 billion takeover by China’s State Grid International Development of Spanish power company Naturgy’s Chilean unit Compania General de Electricidad (CGE).
Spain’s Naturgy said last November it had agreed to sell 96% of Chilean unit CGE to China’s State Grid for 2.57 billion euros ($3 billion), amid rising investment from the world’s second largest economy in South America.
Chile, the world’s top copper producer, counts China as its most important trade partner.
Chile’s Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE), the country’s antitrust authority, said in a statement that it had given its unconditional approval for the deal, saying that it did not substantially affect competition in the power sector.
CGE is mainly engaged in the transmission and distribution of electric power and owns distribution concessions in 11regions of the Andean country.
Reuters
Bring stories like this into your inbox every day.
Sign up for our newsletter – The Daily Brief
Related Stories
The nation’s Nama Holding retain a controlling stake in Oman Electricity after the transaction.
Any buyer of the Ardian stake, which comes with three board seats, will not have a blocking minority, which stands at 33 percent in Luxembourg.