Brookfield Renewable Announces Exercise of Underwriters’ Option
April 05 2022 - 06:57PM
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Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (
TSX: BEP.UN;
NYSE: BEP) (“Brookfield Renewable”) today
announced that as a result of strong investor demand for its
previously announced offering, the underwriters have exercised
their option to increase the size of the offering to 6,000,000
5.50% Cumulative Perpetual Class A Preferred Limited Partnership
Units, Series 18 (the “Series 18 Preferred Units”) to be offered on
a bought deal basis to a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC
Capital Markets, BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc.,
RBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank and TD Securities Inc. The Series
18 Preferred Units will be issued at a price of C$25.00 per unit,
for gross proceeds of C$150,000,000.
The Series 18 Preferred Units will be offered in
all provinces and territories of Canada by way of a prospectus
supplement to Brookfield Renewable’s existing Canadian short form
base shelf prospectus dated August 20, 2021. Once filed, the
prospectus supplement will be available on Brookfield Renewable’s
profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Series 18 Preferred Units
may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons
absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act.
Brookfield Renewable intends to use the net
proceeds from this offering to finance and/or refinance investments
made in renewable power generation assets or businesses and to
support the development of clean energy technologies that
constitute Eligible Investments, including the potential redemption
of all or a portion of the Partnership’s Class A Preferred Limited
Partnership Units, Series 11 on April 30, 2022.
The offering of Series 18 Preferred Units is
expected to close on or about April 14, 2022.
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, pure-play renewable power platforms. Our
portfolio consists of hydroelectric, wind, solar and storage
facilities in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, and
totals approximately 21,000 megawatts of installed capacity and an
approximately 62,000-megawatt development pipeline. Brookfield
Renewable is listed on the New York and Toronto stock
exchanges.
Brookfield Renewable is the flagship listed
renewable power company of Brookfield Asset Management, a leading
global alternative asset manager with approximately US$690 billion
of assets under management.
Contact information:
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Investors: |
Simon Maine |
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Robin Kooyman |
Managing Director – Corporate |
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Senior Vice President – Investor |
Communications |
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Relations |
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(44) 7398-909-278 |
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(416) 649-8172 |
simon.maine@brookfield.com |
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robin.kooyman@brookfield.com |
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking
information
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 and use of proceeds of the offering. 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.
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