LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in London-listed ContourGlobal leapt by a third on Tuesday after U.S. private company KKR agreed to buy the power generation company for 1.75 billion pounds ($2.16 billion) in a bid to expand its renewable energy portfolio.
KKR will pay 263.6 pence for each share of ContourGlobal, according to the deal announced on Tuesday. That represents a 36% premium to the company's closing price on Monday.
Tuesday's 33% jump in early European trading took the shares to their highest level since August 2018.
(Reporting by Joice Alves; editing by Marc Jones)
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| 94.87 USD | -1.96% | +1.63% | 83.96B | ||
| 8,114 PTS | +0.44% | +2.78% | - | ||
