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Evergy Mergers & Acquisitions

Evergy M&A Summary

Evergy has acquired 2 companies. It has also divested 1 asset.

Evergy’s largest acquisition to date was in 2016, when it acquired Westar Energy for $12.2B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2008, when it sold Strategic Energy to Direct Energy for $300M. Evergy has acquired in 2 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include energy services and equipment (50%) and utilities (50%).

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity3
    • M&A Buy Activity2
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1

Evergy

Evergy, Inc.

One Kansas City Pl,
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
United States,
(816) 556-2200
www.evergy.com

All (3) Buy (2) Sell (1)
Date Target Value
$mlns 		Transaction Type Acquirer Seller SRC
Link
2016-05-31 Westar Energy, Inc. · Utilities
Topeka, Kansas · www.westarenergy.com

Westar Energy, Inc. is an electric utility company. Westar has 7,200 MW of electric generation capacity fueled by coal, uranium, natural gas, wind and landfill gas. Westar Energy was formed in 1924 and is based in Topeka, Kansas.

Revenue (mlns) 2,459 USD
Advisors: Baker Botts , Guggenheim Securities 		12,200
5.0x REVENUE 		Add-on Acquisition

Evergy
Advisors: Bracewell , Goldman Sachs

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