Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, Brookfield Taug kev deb ntawm AGL Bid Raws li Sweetened Offer Rejected

Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes 'Grok Ventures thiab nws tus khub Canada's Brookfield Asset Management tab tom taug kev deb ntawm lawv qhov kev sib tw sib tw kom tau AGL Zog tom qab Australian cov neeg tsim hluav taws xob tsis lees paub lub koom haum cov khoom qab zib.

Brookfield thiab Grok Ventures tau hais rau hnub Friday tau tsa lawv qhov kev pom zoo los yuav 100% ntawm AGL Zog rau kwv yees li $ 5.4 billion ($ 4 billion), los ntawm cov koom haum thawj zaug ntawm A$ 5 billion uas tau ua lub hli dhau los. Thaum lub asthiv dhau los, AGL Energy tsis lees paub qhov kev lees paub zaum kawg ntawm A $ 8.25 rau ib feem, hais tias "qhov kev hloov kho tsis tau thov yog tseem zoo hauv qab ob qho tib si tus nqi ncaj ncees ntawm lub tuam txhab ntawm kev hloov pauv ntawm kev tswj hwm thiab txheeb ze rau tus nqi xav tau ntawm qhov kev thov demerger. ”

AGL Energy tau npaj rau lub Peb Hlis kom faib cov tuam txhab mus rau hauv cov tuam txhab lag luam tawm txawv teb chaws: AGL Australia thiab Accel Energy, aiming kom txiav cov pa roj tsev cog khoom kom ntau li 60% los ntawm 2034. Lub demerger yog kev vam meej thiab nyob rau hauv txoj kev kom tiav los ntawm Lub rau hli ntuj xyoo no. , lub tuam txhab tau hais lub hli tas los.

Lub koom haum tshaj tawm tsab ntawv tshaj tawm "tsis quav ntsej lub zog uas peb tau pom tsis ntev los no hauv kev lag luam los ntawm peb cov txiaj ntsig ib nrab xyoo, muaj kev vam meej ntawm demerger, muaj kev txaus siab rau peb lub zog hloov pauv kev sib koom tes thiab kev txhim kho peb tau pom hauv cov nqi muag khoom tom ntej," AGL Energy hais. hauv ib nqe lus.

Tom qab qhov kev tsis lees paub zaum kawg, Cannon-Brookes tweeted: "Lub koom haum Brookfield-Grok tab tom nrhiav kev coj tus kheej & hloov AGL tau tso peb cov cwj mem, nrog kev tu siab heev." Brookfield thiab Grok Ventures tsis kam hais lus ntxiv thaum nug los ntawm Forbes Asia kom paub meej.

Lub koom haum tau npaj ua kom AGL Energy hloov pauv mus rau cov roj huv huv thiab ua tiav cov pa hluav taws xob xoom los ntawm 2035. Cov phiaj xwm ntawd yuav xav tau txog $ 20 nphom hauv kev nqis peev, cov koom tes tau hais thaum Lub Ob Hlis.

Cannon-Brookes, cofounder thiab co-CEO ntawm kev koom tes software tuam txhab Atlassian, tau nce qib kev nqis peev hauv lub zog tauj dua tshiab thiab yog tus txhawb nqa tseem ceeb ntawm Sun Cable, suav tias yog lub ntiaj teb loj tshaj plaws hnub ci project, nrog rau mining billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest. Sun Cable tab tom tsim lub hnub ci mega hnub ci ua liaj ua teb nyob rau hauv cov suab puam ntawm Australia lub Northern Territory los muab hluav taws xob rau Darwin los ntawm 2026 thiab rau Singapore rau xyoo tom ntej los ntawm 4,200-kilometer-ntev High Voltage Direct Tam sim no undersea cable.

Nrog cov nuj nqis ntawm $ 16.5 nphom, Cannon-Brookes, 42, yog tus neeg nplua nuj thib peb hauv Australia, raws li Forbes' cov ntaub ntawv real-time. Nws tus kheej-nyiaj pab Grok Ventures lub hom phiaj los nqis peev A $ 1 nphom hauv lub zog tauj dua tshiab thiab lwm cov haujlwm ruaj khov nyob rau ob peb xyoos tom ntej no, nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm $ 1 billion lub tuam txhab tau nqis peev.