Merger • Utilities

Vistra Acquires Dynegy

On April 9, 2018, Vistra acquired utilities company Dynegy

Acquisition Context

This is Vistra’s 1st transaction in the Utilities sector.
This is Vistra’s 1st transaction in the United States.
This is Vistra’s 1st transaction in Texas.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	April 9, 2018
Target	Dynegy
Sector	Utilities
Buyer(s)	Vistra
Deal Type	Merger

Target Company

Dynegy

Houston, Texas, United States

Entrance to Dynegy's corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas.

Dynegy, Inc. is a provider of wholesale power, capacity and ancillary services to utilities, cooperatives, municipalities, and other energy companies across the US. Dynegy was formed in 1984 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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Buyer

Vistra

Irving, Texas, United States

Category	Company
Founded	1882
Sector	Utilities
Employees	6,850
Revenue	17.2B USD (2024)

DESCRIPTION

Vistra is an integrated power company retail brands serve approximately 2.9 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers across five top retail states, and its generation fleet totals approximately 41,000 megawatts of highly efficient generation capacity, with a diverse portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar and battery storage facilities. Vistra was founded in 1882 and is based in Irving, Texas.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	1 of 5
Sector: Utilities	1 of 4
Type: Merger	1 of 2
State: Texas	1 of 2
Country: United States	1 of 5
Year: 2018	1 of 1

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2019-02-07	Crius Energy Norwalk, Connecticut, United States Crius Energy LLC is a provider of competitive electricity and natural gas products to residential and commercial customers in 19 states and the District of Columbia in the United States.	Buy	-

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TARGET

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VALUE

2019-02-07

Crius Energy

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States

Crius Energy LLC is a provider of competitive electricity and natural gas products to residential and commercial customers in 19 states and the District of Columbia in the United States.

Buy

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