NextEra Energy and Hawaiian Electric Industries clear another hurdle to proposed merger.

JUNO BEACH, Fla., and HONOLULU – Sept. 9, 2015 – NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) and Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HE) (HEI), today announced the expiration of the mandatory, pre-merger waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act) in connection with the companies’ proposed merger that was announced in December 2014. Accordingly, the condition to the closing of the transaction with respect to the expiration of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act has been satisfied.



NextEra Energy and Hawaiian Electric Industries clear another hurdle to proposed merger.