Brookfield Renewable to Issue C$400 Million of Green Bonds
16 July 2024 - 10:13AM
Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEP, BEPC; TSX: BEP.UN, BEPC)
(“Brookfield Renewable”) today announced that it has agreed to
issue C$400 million aggregate principal amount of medium-term notes
(the “Notes”), comprised of C$100 million aggregate principal
amount of Series 17 Notes (the “Series 17 Notes”), due January 10,
2054, with an effective interest rate1 of 5.417% and C$300 million
aggregate principal amount of Series 18 Notes (the “Series 18
Notes”), due October 20, 2034, which will bear interest at a rate
of 4.959% per annum.
The Series 17 Notes will be issued as a
re-opening on identical terms, other than issue date and the price
to the public, to the C$400 million principal amount of 5.318%
Series 17 Notes that were issued in January 2024. The Series 17
Notes will be issued at a price of C$98.549, plus accrued
interest.
Brookfield Renewable Partners ULC, a subsidiary
of Brookfield Renewable, will be the issuer of the Notes, which
will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Brookfield
Renewable and certain of its key holding subsidiaries.
The Notes will be issued pursuant to a base
shelf prospectus dated September 8, 2023 and a related prospectus
supplement and pricing supplements to be dated July 15, 2024. The
issue is expected to close on or about July 17, 2024 subject to
customary closing conditions.
The Series 18 Notes will represent Brookfield
Renewable’s fourteenth green labelled corporate securities issuance
in North America and the third issuance under Brookfield
Renewable’s 2024 Green Financing Framework (the “Green Financing
Framework”). Brookfield Renewable intends to use the net proceeds
from the sale of the Notes to fund Eligible Investments (as defined
in the Green Financing Framework), including to repay indebtedness
incurred in respect thereof. The Green Financing Framework is
available on Brookfield Renewable’s website and described in the
prospectus supplement in respect of the offering.
The Notes have been rated BBB+ by S&P Global
Ratings, BBB (high) with a stable trend by DBRS Limited and BBB+ by
Fitch Ratings.
The Notes are being offered through a syndicate
of agents led by RBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, BMO Capital
Markets, TD Securities, CIBC Capital Markets and National Bank
Financial Markets, and including Desjardins, SMBC Nikko, Mizuho
Securities, MUFG, BNP Paribas and iA Private Wealth Inc.
This news release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in
any jurisdiction, nor shall there be any offer or sale of the
securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful. The securities being offered have not been
approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority nor has any
such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the short
form base shelf prospectus or the prospectus supplement. The offer
and sale of the securities has not been and will not be registered
under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be
offered or sold in the United States or to United States persons
absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws.
Brookfield Renewable
Brookfield Renewable operates one of the world’s
largest publicly traded platforms for renewable power and
sustainable solutions. Our renewable power portfolio consists of
hydroelectric, wind, utility-scale solar and storage facilities in
North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Our operating
capacity totals almost 34,000 megawatts and our development
pipeline stands at approximately 157,000 megawatts. Our portfolio
of sustainable solutions assets includes our investments in
Westinghouse (a leading global nuclear services business) and a
utility and independent power producer with operations in the
Caribbean and Latin America, as well as both operating assets and a
development pipeline of carbon capture and storage capacity,
agricultural renewable natural gas and materials recycling.
Investors can access the portfolio either
through Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (NYSE: BEP; TSX:
BEP.UN), a Bermuda-based limited partnership, or Brookfield
Renewable Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BEPC), a Canadian
corporation.
Brookfield Renewable is the flagship listed
renewable power and transition company of Brookfield Asset
Management, a leading global alternative asset manager with over
$925 billion of assets under management.
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Alex Jackson |
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alexander.jackson@brookfield.com |
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Forward-looking Statements
Note: This news release contains forward-looking
statements and information within the meaning of Canadian
securities laws. Forward-looking statements may include estimates,
plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, guidance or
other statements that are not statements of fact. Forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of words such as “will”,
“expected”, “intend”, or variations of such words and phrases.
Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements
regarding the closing, the terms and the use of proceeds of the
offering of Notes. Although Brookfield Renewable believes that such
forward-looking statements and information are based upon
reasonable assumptions and expectations, no assurance is given that
such expectations will prove to have been correct. The reader
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and
information as such statements and information involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of Brookfield Renewable
to differ materially from anticipated future results, performance
or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements and information. Except as required by law, Brookfield
Renewable does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether
written or oral, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
1) Calculated as effective yield if held to
maturity.
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