PRC examiners let TXNM-Blackstone merger move forward

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    "url": "https://www.abqjournal.com/business/prc-examiners-wont-probe-sale-of-txnm-stock-to-zimmer/3144251",
    "title": "PRC examiners let TXNM-Blackstone merger move forward - Albuquerque Journal",
    "excerpt": "ENERGY Separate ruling lets Blackstone, TXNM refile merger application to show $400 million stock sale was unwound Sign up to get the Business Outlook Newsletter emailed to you daily Hearing examiners for New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission said Friday they would not investigate the legality of a stock transaction associated with the proposed $11.5 billion acquisition of TXNM Energy by New York private equity firm Blackstone. The nonprofits New Energy Economy and the New Mexico Consumer Protection Alliance asked the commission to investigate a 2025 sale of roughly $200 million in TXNM shares to a New York investment management firm, Zimmer Partners, and its associates. The request to investigate the transaction followed a July ruling made by state regulators that declared the sale of $400 million in TXNM stock to Blackstone illegal. In a 2-1 ruling, commissioners said the stock sale violated state law and ordered the companies to unwind the transaction and pay fines. Nonprofit organizations opposing the purchase of TXNM, parent company of Public Service Company of New Mexico, said the stock sale to Zimmer was illegal for similar reasons. They pointed to a stock purchase agreement between Zimmer and TXNM, which says Zimmer should use its beneficial shares to vote in support of the Blackstone takeover. Like the TXNM stock sale to Blackstone, the issue threatened to drag...",
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