SunEdison - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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SunEdison M&A Summary

SunEdison has acquired 14 companies. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

SunEdison’s largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired First Wind Holdings for $2.4B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2015, when it sold SunEdison - 26 Megawatts Of Distributed Generation Solar Power Plants to TerraForm Power for $47M. SunEdison has acquired in 6 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include renewable energy (65%) and energy services and equipment (15%).

SunEdison Business Overview

Where is SunEdison headquartered?

SunEdison is headquartered in St. Peters, Montana.

What is SunEdison’s revenue?

SunEdison disclosed revenue of 2,484M USD for 2014 and 2,007M USD for 2013.

How many employees does SunEdison have?

SunEdison has 7,260 employees.

What sector is SunEdison in?

SunEdison is a renewable energy company.

When was SunEdison founded?

SunEdison was founded in 1984.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity16
    • M&A Buy Activity14
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 7
  • M&A Advisors 4

SunEdison

SunEdison, Inc.

501 Pearl Drive, City of O,
St. Peters, Montana 63376
United States,
(636) 474-5000
www.sunedison.com

SunEdison is a global renewable energy development company and is transforming the way energy is generated, distributed, and owned around the world. The company develops, finances, installs, owns and operates renewable power plants, delivering predictably priced electricity to its residential, commercial, government and utility customers. SunEdison was founded in 1984 and is based in St. Peters, Montana.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 T
Buy (2.4/yr) # 2 1 - 1 3 7 14
vol $66M $2.6B $347M $3.0B
Sell (0.4/yr) # - - - - - 2 2
vol $47M $47M
  16

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Mark Group 2015-07-21 - Add-on Acquisition
Leicester, United Kingdom · www.markgroup.co.uk
Atlantic Power Corp - Wind Portfolio 2015-06-26 347M USD Divestiture
, United States
Globeleq, Inc. 2015-06-16 - Add-on Acquisition
St. Peter Port Guernsey, United Kingdom · www.globeleq.com
Continuum Wind Energy Pte Ltd. 2015-06-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Singapore, Singapore
Alto Cielo, S.A. 2015-05-07 - Divestiture
, Uruguay
Renova - 336 MW Hydropower Assets 2015-05-07 - Divestiture
, Brazil
SunEdison - 168 MW of Solar Power Plants 2015-03-31 - Divestiture
, United States
Solar Grid Storage LLC 2015-03-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · www.solargridstorage.com
SunEdison - 26 Megawatts Of Distributed Generation Solar Power Plants 2015-01-07 47M USD Divestiture
, United States
First Wind Holdings LLC 2014-11-19 2.4B USD Add-on Acquisition
Boston, Massachusetts · www.firstwind.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Renewable Energy 9 (64%) 2.9B (98%) 2 (100%) 47M (100%)
Energy Services and Equipment 2 (14%) - - -
Semiconductors 2 (14%) 66M (2%) - -
Electrical Equipment 1 (7%) - - -
Total 14 $3.0B 2 $47M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 9 3.0B 2 47M
  California 3 66M - -
  Massachusetts 2 2.4B - -
  Virginia 1 179M - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Connecticut 1 - - -
United Kingdom 2 - - -
Brazil 1 - - -
Singapore 1 - - -
Uruguay 1 - - -
Domestic 9 (64%) 3.0B (100%) 2 (100%) 47M (100%)
Cross-border 5 (36%) - - -
Total 14 $3.0B 2 $47M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
1
GCA Corp.
1
Barclays Investment Bank
1
Legal Deals
Orrick
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $2.4B
$100M to $1B 2 $526M
< $100M 1 $66M
TOTAL $3.0B
Largest First Wind Holdings LLC
$2.4B (2014-11-19)
sell # Total
< $100M 1 $47M
TOTAL $47M
Largest SunEdison - 26 Megawatts Of Distributed Generation Solar Power Plants
$47M (2015-01-07)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
14%
2 (14%)
Strategic(s)
29%
4 (29%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

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