US utility buys E.ON’s UK network for £4bn

PPL Corporation has beat competition from Cheung Kong Infrastructure to acquire the UK’s second-largest electricity distribution network. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse will lend the US utility £3.6bn to help fund the deal, which is expected to close in April.

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