Talen Names Terry Nutt Chief Executive Officer and Announces $1.5 Billion Accelerated Share Repurchase
Talen Energy named President Terry Nutt as its next CEO effective January 1, 2027, with retiring CEO Mac McFarland staying as senior advisor through March 2027 for an orderly handoff. Alongside the succession, the Board upsized the share repurchase program to $3.0 billion through 2028, including $1.5 billion in accelerated share repurchases with Goldman Sachs and Banco Santander expected to retire more than 10% of shares outstanding by end of Q1 2027.
Key figures
- Deal Value Usd
- 1500000000
- Asr completion
- expected by end of Q1 2027
- Asr initial shares
- approximately 4.0 million shares (~80% of expected)
- Net leverage target
- 3.5x by 2H 2027
- Adjusted fcf forecast
- approximately $4 billion from 2H 2026 through year-end 2028 ($2.8 billion after capacity monetization)
- Shares repurchased qtd
- 600000
- Capacity monetization rate
- SOFR + 200 basis points with Citi
- Asr expected share reduction
- more than 10% of shares outstanding
- Share repurchase program total
- $3.0 billion through December 31, 2028
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