IRVING, Texas, March 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistra Energy
Corp. (NYSE: VST): On February 26,
2019, Vistra Energy Corp. (NYSE: VST) announced that its
Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.125 per share of Vistra common stock, or
$0.50 per share on an annualized
basis (the "Dividend"). In declaring the Dividend, the Board set
March 14, 2019 as the ex-dividend
date, March 15, 2019 as the record
date, and March 29, 2019 as the
payment date. Vistra (as successor in interest to Dynegy Inc.) is
party to that certain purchase contract agreement dated as of
June 21, 2016 (as amended and
supplemented, the "Purchase Contract Agreement") by and between
Vistra and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the purchase
contract agent and as the trustee, whereby Vistra is the issuer of
the prepaid stock purchase contracts that form a component part of
its 4,600,000 7.00% Tangible Equity Units ("TEUs").
Upon the payment of the Dividend to stockholders of record of
Vistra, Vistra is required to adjust the Fixed Settlement Rates (as
defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement) pursuant to Section
5.01(a)(iv) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, resulting in the
following:
- the adjusted Minimum Settlement Rate (as defined in the
Purchase Contract Agreement) shall be 3.2889 shares of common stock
of Vistra Energy, subject to further adjustment from time to time
as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement; and
- the adjusted Maximum Settlement Rate (as defined in the
Purchase Contract Agreement) shall be 4.0616 shares of common stock
of Vistra Energy, subject to further adjustment from time to time
as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
This adjustment effectively changes the Reference Price (as
defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement) per share to
$24.6205 from $24.7393 and the Threshold Appreciation Price (as
defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement) to $30.4053 from $30.5521, in each case, subject to further
adjustment from time to time as provided in the Purchase Contract
Agreement.
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About Vistra Energy
Vistra Energy (NYSE: VST) is a premier, integrated power company
based in Irving, Texas, combining
an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail with a focus on
safe, reliable, and efficient power generation. Through its retail
and generation businesses which include TXU Energy, Homefield
Energy, Dynegy, and Luminant, Vistra operates in 12 states and six
of the seven competitive markets in the U.S., with about 5,400
employees. Vistra's retail brands serve approximately 2.9 million
residential, commercial, and industrial customers across five top
retail states, and its generation fleet totals approximately 41,000
megawatts of highly efficient generation capacity, with a diverse
portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery storage
facilities. The company is currently developing the largest battery
energy storage system of its kind in the world – a 300-MW/1,200-MWh
system in Moss Landing, California.
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Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange
Act, as amended. These forward-looking statements, which are based
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making any such forward-looking statement, Vistra Energy's
expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, any such
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could cause results to differ materially from those projected in or
implied by any such forward-looking statement, including but not
limited to (i) adverse changes in general economic or market
conditions (including changes in interest rates) or changes in
political conditions or federal or state laws and regulations; (ii)
the ability of Vistra Energy to execute upon the contemplated
strategic and performance initiatives (including the risk that
Vistra Energy's and Dynegy's respective businesses will not be
integrated successfully or that the cost savings, synergies and
growth from the merger will not be fully realized or may take
longer than expected to realize); (iii) actions by credit ratings
agencies, (iv) with respect to the proposed Crius acquisition, (x)
the ability of the parties to obtain all required approvals,
including regulatory approvals and Crius unitholder approval, (y)
the parties ability to otherwise successfully consummate the
transaction, and (z) for Vistra to successfully integrate the Crius
business as currently projected, and (v) those additional risks and
factors discussed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") by Vistra Energy from time to time, including
the uncertainties and risks discussed in the sections entitled
"Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" in Vistra Energy's
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and any subsequently filed
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only at the date on which
it is made, and except as may be required by law, Vistra Energy
will not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on
which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not
possible to predict all of them; nor can Vistra Energy assess the
impact of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or
combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from
those contained in any forward-looking statement.
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