Des Monies, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings on Thursday said it had reached a tentative agreement to acquire Baltimore-based Constellation Energy for about $4.7 billion.rnUnder the deal, MidAmerican said it will pay $26.50/share for Constellation, $1.73 above the Baltimore-based company's Wednesday closing price of $24.77/share.rnConstellation, whose gas marketing unit is the second largest in North America, sold an average of 14.2 Bcf/d in the second quarter.rnThe companies said they expect to enter into a definitive merger agreement by close of business Friday. Once that merger agreement is signed, Constellation said it will issue $1 billion of preferred equity yielding 8% to MidAmerican.
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机译：总部位于爱荷华州德斯蒙尼的MidAmerican Energy Holdings周四表示，已达成初步协议，以约47亿美元的价格收购总部位于巴尔的摩的Constellation Energy。根据交易，MidAmerican表示将以每股26.50美元的价格收购Constellation，较巴尔的摩高出1.73美元。该公司周三的收盘价为每股24.77美元。rnConstellation的天然气销售部门是北美第二大天然气销售部门，第二季度的平均销售量为14.2 Bcf / d。星期五营业。一旦签署了合并协议，星座集团将发行10亿美元的优先股给中美能源，收益率为8％。
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