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Solus Alternative Asset Management agrees with the NRG board's view that Exelon's unsolicited offer to buy the company for $6.5 billion is inadequate. Solus is the investment adviser to Sola Ltd. and Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund, which, combined, own 14 million NRG Energy shares (6% of the total outstanding).

Exelon, meanwhile, has made an all-stock offer totaling about $6 billion, for NRG Energy (NRG), which last September became the first company to file for a permit in the new round of construction proposals.

Hold -- Price 25 on Oct. 21
by Jefferies & Co.

Downgrading from Buy, following Exelon's proposal to acquire NRG ... [in] an all-stock offer at a fixed exchange ratio of 0.485 Exelon shares for each share of NRG common. Our lowered target, 26.50, reflects the [offer. Based on shares at 25], this represents 12-month price appreciation and total return potential of 6%. Risks: earnings are highly sensitive to long-term natural-gas prices; or a decline in demand ... or a decline in capacity revenues in the New York City and Texas markets. Market cap: $7 billion.

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Shares of NRG Energy (NRG) jumped after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a stake in the Texas power producer.

NRG Energy is a wholesale power-generation company that operates a broad portfolio of power plants in 5 countries. Most of NRG's assets are in the U.S. (primarily the northeast, TX & CA). It is also involved in energy marketing and trading and fuel procurement, and its recent acquisition of Texas Genco gives it scale advantages over peers. NRG exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stand-alone company in 2003.

Goldman said it is reinstating coverage of NRG Energy (NRG) with a Buy rating, as M&A talks with Calpine have subsided. Note free cash flow yields and attractive hedging of output. Price target at $48.

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