CorEnergy Provides Update on Asset Sales
22 March 2023 - 10:30PM
Business Wire
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CORR, CORRPrA)
("CorEnergy" or the "Company") announced today that it has retained
an advisor for the sale its MoGas and Omega systems and that the
process has generated a number of highly interested and qualified
participants. Given the level of interest, the Company expects to
close the sale by early Q3 2023.
“We anticipate net proceeds from the sale of our MoGas and Omega
systems will be sufficient to repay our bank facility in full. We
also expect that the remaining proceeds, combined with a new credit
facility and operating cash flow, will enable us to retire a
material percentage of our outstanding convertible debt prior to
maturity. Additionally, we are pursuing the sale of underutilized
real estate with proceeds expected to be available for continued
deleveraging,” said Dave Schulte, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer.
“Given the recent volume shifts in the California crude oil
market, our regulated pipelines are presently earning below what
the California PUC considers fair and reasonable returns. We have
filed appropriate tariff increases to address these volume changes
and begun collection of the first 10% increase as the balance of
our proposed increase undergoes the CPUC review process. We believe
that these proposed rate increases will restore our profitability,
enabling us to repay any accumulated preferred dividend, resume
quarterly preferred dividends and re-start our common dividend,”
Schulte concluded.
About CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CORR, CORRPrA) is a
real estate investment trust that owns and operates regulated
natural gas transmission and distribution lines and crude oil
transmission pipelines and associated rights-of-way. For more
information, please visit corenergy.reit.
Forward-Looking Statements
With the exception of historical information, certain statements
contained in this press release may include "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
including those related to the potential sale of our MoGas and
Omega systems and use of proceeds therefrom, our ability to execute
on our business strategy of restoring our cost of services, the
expected results of tariff increase requests and our ability to pay
future dividends. Although CorEnergy believes that the expectations
reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they
do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these
expectations may prove to be incorrect. Actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of a variety of factors, including that the
final bids for the sale of MoGas and Omega might be less than
expected or the sales might not be completed, we might not receive
our requested tariff increases, we might have further cost
increases and volume reductions beyond those projected in our
tariff requests, we may not be able to resume paying future
dividends at past levels or at all, and those additional factors
discussed in CorEnergy’s reports that are filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
of this press release. Other than as required by law, CorEnergy
does not assume a duty to update any forward-looking statement. In
particular, any dividends paid in the future to our stockholders
will depend on the actual performance of CorEnergy, its costs of
leverage and other operating expenses and will be subject to the
approval of CorEnergy’s Board of Directors and compliance with
leverage covenants and other applicable requirements.
Source: CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.
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CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. Investor Relations Jeff
Teeven or Matt Kreps info@corenergy.reit
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