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• Babcock & Wilcox Subsidiary Acquires Swedish Environmental Company

  Acquisition Expands B&W’s Capability in European Renewables Sector - By Linton Levy - Denmark-based Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S (B&W Vølund), a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has acquired Götaverken Miljö AB (GMAB), a flue gas cleaning and energy recovery company based in Gothenburg, Sweden. B&W Vølund is one of the world's leading suppliers of equipment and technologies designed to convert household waste and bio-fuels into thermal energy. B&W PGG is an operating subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company. ... Posted Jan 06 2010, 08:00 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, Babcock & Wilcox, Sweden, mergers and acquistions, B&W, babcock

• Ur-Energy Announces New Venture At Hauber Project With Bayswater Uranium

  The Company's properties at the Hauber Project, in Crook County Wyoming, include 205 unpatented lode mining claims and one State of Wyoming Uranium Lease - By Christopher Smith - Ur-Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that Bayswater Uranium Corporation has joined the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary... Posted Dec 03 2009, 08:03 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium, mergers, mining, cooperation, Bayswater Uranium, hauber project, Ur-Energy

• AREVA’s Supervisory Board Enters Into Exclusive Negotiations With Alstom/Schneider

  Sale of the Transmission & Distribution Business - By Stephen Heiser - On June 30, 2009, having reviewed the group’s development plan, the AREVA Supervisory Board asked AREVA’s Executive Board to initiate a process for the sale of the Transmission and Distribution business. At the close... Posted Dec 02 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, financials, AREVA, sale, areva t&d

• Centrica completes acquisition of 20 percent stake in British Energy/Important Nuclear Step

  EDF and Centrica will form a separate 80/20 joint venture through which they will undertake the pre-development activities for a planned nuclear new build program - By April Murelio - Centrica plc has completed the purchase of its stake in British Energy through the acquisition of a 20 per cent equity... Posted Nov 30 2009, 08:12 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, EDF, British Energy, ENERGY, nuclear, Centrica, power, Electrcite de France, new, BE, segebel

• Acquisition Of Majority Stake In SPE: EC Approves Transaction In Return For Commitments From EDF

  On 12 November 2009, the European Commission approved the transaction by which EDF will acquire Centrica’s 100% interest in Segebel, which owns 51% of SPE - By Christopher Smith - Approval comes at the end of phase 1 of the procedure, in return for commitments from EDF to dispose of one of the... Posted Nov 13 2009, 08:46 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, EDF, SPE, mergers and acquistions

• Exelon Contends That It Will Abandon NRG Deal If No New Directors Are Elected

  Exelon Says Election of Nine New NRG Directors Would Create Opportunity for Negotiations and Additional Value for NRG Shareholders - By Linton Levy - Exelon Corporation has announced in a letter to NRG shareholders that the election of nine new independent NRG directors is a vote for negotiations that... Posted Jul 20 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, Exelon, NRG, open letter, stock, shares, John Rowe, mergers and acquistions, NRG Energy, Takeover, proxy, vote, stockholders, hostile takeover, shareholders

• NRG Energy Urges Stockholders To Vote For NRG’s Experienced And Highly Qualified Directors

  A letter to NRG stockholders recommending that they vote for the NRG Board’s four independent directors - Edited by Stephen Heiser - NRG Energy Inc. is mailing a letter to NRG stockholders recommending that they vote for the NRG Board’s four experienced and highly qualified independent directors—John... Posted Jul 15 2009, 08:53 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, Exelon, NRG, mergers and acquistions, David Crane, voting, NRG Energy, Takeover, proxy, howard cosgrove

• Four Leading Proxy Advisory Companies Recommend NRG Stockholders Vote “FOR” All Four NRG Director Nominees

  Stockholders Recommended to Vote “Against” Exelon’s Board Expansion Proposal - By Abby Gessner - NRG Energy, Inc. has announced that RiskMetrics Group (formerly Institutional Shareholder Services), PROXY Governance, Inc., Glass Lewis & Co., and Egan-Jones Proxy Services, the nation’s... Posted Jul 14 2009, 08:47 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, Exelon, NRG, shares, mergers and acquistions, NRG Energy, proxy, vote, stockholders

• Exelon CEO: Our Offer Creates The Only Real, Meaningful Value Available To NRG Shareholders

  Exelon urges NRG shareholders to elect nine new independent directors to maximize the opportunity to realize this value - By Stephen Heiser - Exelon Corporation has announced that it has mailed a letter to shareholders of NRG Energy, Inc. with more information on its increased offer to acquire NRG. The... Posted Jul 13 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, Exelon, NRG, stock, John Rowe, mergers and acquistions, voting, NRG Energy, proxy, letter

• Exelon Files Preliminary Proxy For NRG Energy Annual Meeting

  Filing includes Proposals to Elect Independent Candidates - By Jack Bryar - Exelon Corporation has announced that it has filed a preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its solicitation of proxies for the 2009 annual meeting of the shareholders of NRG... Posted Mar 18 2009, 08:27 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, Exelon, NRG, filing

• NRG Energy Publishes Open Letter To NRG Stockholders

  Open letter expresses position of CEO and Chairman - Edited by Jack Bryar - NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) has issued the following open letter to NRG stockholders: Dear Fellow NRG stockholders: As there are two sides to every coin, there are two sides to every fixed exchange ratio offer. Over the past two weeks... Posted Mar 16 2009, 07:45 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, financials, Exelon, NRG

• NRG Energy Buying Reliant Energy’s Texas Retail Business For $287.5 Million

  Power Generation and Leading Retail Franchise Creates a Strong, Reliable and Competitive Business for the Benefit of Texas Customers - By Linton Levy - NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Reliant Energy Inc.’s Texas retail business, creating a strong,... Posted Mar 02 2009, 08:04 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, NRG, nuclear generation, Reliant

• Shareholder Support For Exelon-NRG Merger Grows

  Latest Extension Yields More Than 51% of Shares Exchange Offer Extended to June 26, 2009 Given Focus on NRG Board Elections - By Linton Levy - Exelon Corporation has announced that as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on February 25, 2009, NRG shareholders had tendered 125,403,103 shares of common stock... Posted Feb 27 2009, 09:59 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mergers, acquisitions, Exelon, NRG

• Australia’s Paladin Energy Poised To Boost Uranium Output

  Leading uranium producer is preparing to up its mining activities in Southern Africa - By Linton Levy – According to reports from the company, construction on Paladin's Kayelekera mine in Northern Malawi has been completed and the company's board has approved a proposal to move to full... Posted Jan 23 2009, 10:15 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium, mergers, acquisitions, nuclear fuel, Africa, Australia, mining, Paladin Energy

• Exelon Generation Formally Integrates AmerGen Assets Into Exelon Nuclear

  Integration an important milestone By Stephen Heiser Exelon Generation today officially integrated the nuclear generation assets held by its AmerGen Energy Company LLC subsidiary into Exelon Nuclear and dissolved the AmerGen legal entity. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the formal transfer... Posted Jan 13 2009, 12:38 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, mergers, acquisitions, Exelon