Hilltop Opportunity Partners to Sell Moser Energy Systems to Atlas Energy in $220M Deal

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | January 27, 2025 08:16am

Hilltop Opportunity Partners, the merchant bank subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH), today announced that its portfolio company, Moser Holdings, LLC, entered into a definitive agreement to sell all of the capital stock of Moser Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Moser Holdings, LLC, to Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. ("Atlas"). Moser Energy Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Moser Acquisition, Inc., is a leading provider of distributed power solutions. Hilltop Opportunity Partners has an approximate 30% aggregate interest in Moser Holdings, LLC.

The aggregate transaction value is approximately $220 million. The transaction consideration includes $180 million of cash and approximately 1.7 million common shares of Atlas common stock, which currently is valued at approximately $41 million based on the price as the close of trading on January 24, 2025. Atlas has the ability to elect to pay the aggregate transaction consideration in cash in lieu of Atlas's issuance of the stock consideration. The final consideration mix will be determined at closing and the equity consideration is subject to revision for customary post-closing adjustments. Following closing, if the cash in lieu of shares option has not been exercised by Atlas, all or any portion of the equity consideration will be subject to redemption in cash at the option of Atlas. The boards of both Atlas Energy Solutions and Moser Holdings, LLC have approved the transaction. The closing of the transaction, which is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2025, is subject to customary closing conditions.

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