New Mexico Gas Company’s Acquisition by TECO Energy

On May 28, 2013, TECO Energy, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement with Continental Energy Systems LLC, and its subsidiary New Mexico Gas Intermediate, Inc., to acquire New Mexico Gas Company for an aggregate value of $950 million, including the assumption of $200 million of New Mexico Gas Company debt, subject to customary closing adjustments. Cravath represented Continental Energy Systems, a portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg LLC, in connection with this transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, and is subject to regulatory approvals.

The Cravath team included partners Andrew R. Thompson and Richard Hall and associates Benjamin C. Hewitt, Kenneth S. Gerold and Curtis R. Weber on M&A matters; partner J. Leonard Teti II and associates Matthew O. Williams and William B. Abbott on tax matters; associates Jarrett R. Hoffman and Michelle M. Garrett on executive compensation and benefits matters; and senior attorney Annmarie M. Terraciano on environmental matters. Michele A. Cera and summer associate Lauren K. Lubelsky also worked on M&A matters.