BlackRock Agrees to Acquire Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP"), Creating a World Leading Infrastructure Private Markets Investment Platform

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) and Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), a leading independent infrastructure fund manager, jointly announce that they have entered into an agreement for BlackRock to acquire GIP for total consideration of $3 billion of cash and approximately 12 million shares of BlackRock common stock. A $1 trillion market today, infrastructure is forecast to be one of the fastest growing segments of private markets in the years ahead. A number of long-term structu ...