Canada's Couche-Tard in talks on $3.3 billion TotalEnergies stores deal

Reuters

Published Mar 16, 2023 04:43AM ET

(Reuters) - Convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard is in exclusive talks to buy some of French energy company TotalEnergies retail assets for 3.1 billion euros ($3.29 billion) in cash, the Canadian company said on Thursday.

The proposed deal would comprise all of the stores at TotalEnergies' service stations in Germany and the Netherlands as well as a 60% controlling interest in its stores in Belgium and Luxembourg.

The purchase price of about 3.1 billion euros is on a cash-free, debt-free basis, subject to closing adjustments, the Couche-Tard statement said.