...Problems arose last summer when SunEdison agreed to buy Vivint Solar and sell most of the operating assets to TerraForm Power. .....
The most vocal critic was David Tepper of Appaloosa Management, who acquired about a 10% stake in TerraForm Power and started demanding answers to why an independent company would acquire residential solar assets for returns lower than its own stock's dividend yield.
Tepper's latest move is a lawsuit aimed to block TerraForm Power's acquisition of Vivint Solar assets. If successful, it wouldn't block the Vivint Solar acquisition by SunEdison, but it could make financing it very difficult... SunEdison anticipated having $1.12 billion in cash on hand at the end of Q1 2016, so the deal could get done, but it would be a stretch. Without new financing, the acquisition could cause a credit crunch. SunEdison's balance sheet is already a mess and acquiring Vivint Solar without the help of TerraForm Power would only make it worse. It could even lead to bankruptcy without asset sales and/or new financing. As Tepper tries to get TerraForm Power out of the Vivint Solar deal, the architects of SunEdison's business model are fleeing the company. On January 14, COO Perez Gundin left SunEdison and on January 19, Steven Tesoriere, Managing Principal at Altai Capital Management and a key architect of the current SunEdison business model, resigned from the board of directors. .....
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