(Reuters) - Power producer Pattern Energy Group Inc (O:PEGI) said on Monday it had agreed to be taken private by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for $2.63 billion.
Shareholders of Pattern Energy - a renewable energy company, which owns wind and solar projects in North America and Japan, - will receive $26.75 per share, a discount of about 4% to the stock's Friday close.
Pattern Energy said CPPIB had also agreed to combine it with Pattern Development, a company backed by private-equity firm Riverstone Holdings LLC, to create an integrated renewable energy company.
Pattern Energy Chief Executive Officer Mike Garland will lead the combined entity, the company said in a statement.
The company said in August that it had drawn interest from potential third parties, prompting it to form a special committee to review various bids.
The deal, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020, is valued at about $6.1 billion, including debt.
Evercore and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) & Co. LLC were financial advisers to Pattern Energy's special committee, while Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP was its legal counsel.