Talen Energy Corporation Announces Launch of $600 Million Term Loan B Financing and Repurchase of Common Stock
December 05 2024 - 7:00AM
Talen Energy Corporation (“Talen” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: TLN)
announced today that the Company has launched an incremental Term
Loan B credit facility (the “Financing”) that will increase the
principal Term Loan B balance under its credit facilities from $859
million to approximately $1.459 billion. The Company also expects
to replace its existing Term Loan C facility with a new letter of
credit facility.
The Company has concurrently executed an
agreement to repurchase at least $600 million in aggregate purchase
price of shares of its outstanding common stock (the “Repurchase”)
from affiliates of Rubric Capital Management LP (collectively,
“Rubric”). The Repurchase is priced at a 4% discount to a 15-day
VWAP prior to the closing of the Repurchase and is conditioned on
the completion of the Financing. This transaction is incremental to
the Company’s previously announced share repurchase program. That
program will have approximately $1.2 billion of remaining capacity
available through 2026 after the Company closes the Repurchase.
The proceeds from the Financing will be used,
together with cash on hand, to fund the Repurchase, and both
transactions are expected to close before December 31, 2024.
Subject to market demand, the Company may increase the size of the
Financing and use the additional proceeds to purchase additional
shares of common stock from Rubric on the same terms as the initial
sizing, or for general corporate purposes.
“We are pleased to continue our ongoing focus on
shareholder returns through these transactions,” said Mac
McFarland, President and Chief Executive Officer. “This transaction
with Rubric significantly advances our efforts to evolve our
business away from a post-restructuring capital structure. Rubric
remains a substantial stakeholder in the Company, and we look
forward to continuing to deliver value to all our
stakeholders.”
There can be no assurance that the Financing or
Repurchase will occur. This press release is for informational
purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any
sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which the offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction.
About Talen
Talen Energy (NASDAQ: TLN) is a leading
independent power producer and energy infrastructure company
dedicated to powering the future. We own and operate approximately
10.7 gigawatts of power infrastructure in the United States,
including 2.2 gigawatts of nuclear power and a significant
dispatchable fossil fleet. We produce and sell electricity,
capacity, and ancillary services into wholesale U.S. power markets,
with our generation fleet principally located in the Mid-Atlantic
and Montana. Our team is committed to generating power safely and
reliably, delivering the most value per megawatt produced and
driving the energy transition. Talen is also powering the digital
infrastructure revolution. We are well-positioned to capture this
significant growth opportunity, as data centers serving artificial
intelligence increasingly demand more reliable, clean power. Talen
is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, visit
https://www.talenenergy.com/.
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Taryne WilliamsDirector, Corporate
CommunicationsTaryne.Williams@talenenergy.com
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