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Infratil believes offer price is fair and reasonable

M&A5 September 2018IFTUtilities

Infratil Limited 5 Market Lane, PO Box 320, Wellington, New Zealand Tel +64-4-473 3663 www.infratil.com




6 September 2018




Infratil believes NZ$2.30 offer price for Tilt Renewables is reasonable and fair


Infratil Limited (“Infratil”) notes the statement released by the independent directors of Tilt

Renewables Limited ("Tilt Renewables") on 4 September in relation to the full cash takeover

offer ("Offer") by Infratil 2018 Limited and Mercury NZ Limited ("TLT JV"). Infratil continues to

believe that the NZ$2.30 Offer price is reasonable and more than fair. Infratil emphasises the

following key points:


• The NZ$2.30 per share Offer price represents a 24.3% premium to the closing share price

of Tilt Renewables before any indication of potential takeover related activity, recognising

the value of Tilt Renewables’ pipeline of opportunities including the Dundonnell wind farm.


• The Offer price is higher than all of the broker analyst 12-month price targets and 6.8%

higher than the average broker analyst 12-month price target prior to the announcement of

the Offer.


• The Offer price is higher than the maximum closing price of Tilt Renewables over the 18

months prior to the announcement of the Offer.


• The Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust, the third largest shareholder in Tilt Renewables,

recently sold a 19.99% holding in Tilt Renewables for NZ$2.30 and granted an option over

the remainder of its stake at the same price. If the Offer is declared fully unconditional, it is

intended that this remaining 6.81% holding will be sold into the Offer consistent with the

terms of the option. The only substantive condition of the Offer has already been satisfied

and TLT JV expects to receive information shortly that will allow it to confirm its expectation

that all outstanding conditions can be waived or declared satisfied.


• There is significantly increased political and regulatory uncertainty in the Australian

renewable energy sector at this time, affecting Tilt Renewables’ outlook and value and the

broader prospects for the renewable energy industry.


• The value of the Tilt Renewables pipeline of development options is highly dependent on a

number of factors, including: long-term electricity prices, trends in underlying generation

and storage technologies, retirement of existing thermal generation assets, Federal and

State renewable settings, and the quality and quantity of competing generation sites and

development capital.




Any enquiries should be directed to:


Mark Flesher, Investor Relations, Infratil Limited mark.flesher@infratil.com

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