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澳大利亚顶级能源零售商 Origin Energy 周一没有足够多的股东支持布鲁克菲尔德领导的投资者财团的收购要约，导致拟议的 110 亿美元交易失败。

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 澳大利亚公司 Origin Energy今天表示，该公司股东总共以 68.92% 的票数支持了此次收购，但未达到批准该提案并推进交易所需的 75% 多数票。 

 Origin Energy上个月表示，由 Brookfield 和 EIG 牵头的财团已提议收购 Origin Energy Limited，其最佳最终提议为每股 9.53 澳元，大幅提高了现金对价 。

Origin Energy 的股东预计将于 11 月 23 日对该提案进行投票，但 Origin Energy 在 11 月 22 日晚收到布鲁克菲尔德领导的投资者财团和EIG 修改当前的修订提案。

Origin Energy的最大股东、持股超过17%的养老基金AustralianSuper表示，将 投票反对 拟议的收购条款。

“最新的低价报价强化了 AustralianSuper 的观点，即该报价仍大大低于我们对 Origin 长期价值的估计，”AustralianSuper 在上个月的一份声明中表示。

“ustralianSuper 态度坚决，Origin 的价值和未来价值掌握在 AustralianSuper 成员和其他股东手中，比计划欺骗他们的私募股权财团更好。”

EIG 首席执行官布莱尔·托马斯 (Blair Thomas) 在 11 月份接受路透社 采访时表示，该财团已结束与 AustralianSuper 的谈判。

Origin Energy 董事长斯科特·珀金斯 (Scott Perkins) 在评论周一未能赢得 75% 股东支持的投票时表示，“在我们专注于实现战略重点、加快清洁能源投资的同时，我们期待股东的持续支持”能源和存储，并追求我们引领能源转型的雄心。”

AustralianSuper 周一表示， 据 《华尔街日报》报道，“我们从未动摇过我们的信念，即 Origin 的价值和未来价值更好地掌握在会员和其他股东手中，而不是掌握在私人手中。”寻求快速回报的股权财团。”

作者：Oilprice.com 的 Tsvetana Paraskova

Oil Price

Not enough shareholders of Australia’s top energy retailer, Origin Energy, backed on Monday a takeover bid from a Brookfield-led consortium of investors, leading to a collapse of a proposed $11-billion deal.

Source: Oil Price

A total of 68.92% of the votes cast by Origin Energy’s shareholders were in favor of the bid, short of the required 75% majority necessary to approve the proposal and move the deal forward, the Australian company said today.

A consortium led by Brookfield and EIG has proposed to acquire Origin Energy Limited and its best and final proposal of AUS $9.53 per share significantly raised the cash consideration, Origin Energy said last month.

Origin Energy’s shareholders were expected to vote on the proposal on November 23, but Origin Energy adjourned the vote to December 4, after receiving on the evening of November 22 a non-binding and indicative proposal from the Brookfield-led consortium of investors and EIG to amend the current Revised Proposal.

The top shareholder in Origin Energy, pension fund AustralianSuper with a stake of more than 17%, has said that it would vote against the proposed terms of the acquisition.

“This latest low-ball offer strengthens AustralianSuper’s view that the offer remains substantially below our estimate of Origin’s long-term value,” AustralianSuper said in a statement last month.

“AustralianSuper is resolute the value and future value of Origin is better in the hands of AustralianSuper members and other shareholders than a private equity consortium planning to shortchange them.”

Blair Thomas, CEO of EIG, told Reuters in an interview in November that the consortium was done talking to AustralianSuper.

Commenting on Monday’s vote that failed to win 75% of shareholder support, Origin Energy’s chairman Scott Perkins said “We look forward to the continuing support of our shareholders as we focus on delivering on our strategic priorities, accelerating investment in cleaner energy and storage and pursuing our ambition to lead the energy transition.”

AustralianSuper, for its part, said on Monday, as carried by The Wall Street Journal, “We have never wavered in our belief that the value and future value of Origin is better in the hands of members and other shareholders rather than a private-equity consortium seeking to make a quick return.”

By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com