First Solar to sell its North American O&M business to NovaSource Power Services
First Solar, Inc. announced that it has entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with NovaSource Power Services, a portfolio company of Toronto-based private equity firm Clairvest Group Inc., pursuant to which NovaSource will acquire First Solar’s North American operations and maintenance (O&M) business.
Upon closing of the transaction, approximately 220 First Solar O&M associates are expected to be transferred with the acquired business. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Clairvest supported a management buy-out of SunPower Corporation’s O&M business in May of this year, which was subsequently renamed NovaSource Power Services which today oversees some of the most high profile solar projects in the United States and operates in nine countries.
The completion of the transaction is subject to a number of closing conditions, including the receipt of third-party consents, the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
The transaction will be funded through a combination of third-party term debt and equity from Clairvest. Assuming satisfaction of the closing conditions, the transaction is anticipated to close in the last quarter of 2020.
Source: Press Release by First Solar. Photo credit: © First Solar.
