Emera Incorporated announces the closing of the offering of US$500 million Aggregate Principal Amount of Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes
18 Junho 2024 - 12:27PM
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Emera Incorporated (“Emera” or the “Company”) (TSX: EMA)
announced today that EUSHI Finance, Inc. (the “Issuer”) has
completed the sale of US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
United States dollar denominated 7.625% fixed-to-fixed reset rate
junior subordinated notes due 2054 (the “U.S. Notes”), fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by Emera and Emera US Holdings Inc.
(“EUSHI and together with Emera, the “Guarantors”). EUSHI is a
direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Emera and the Issuer
is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EUSHI. Morgan Stanley &
Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC,
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., and Wells
Fargo Securities, LLC acted as joint book-running managers in
connection with the U.S. Notes offering. BMO Capital Markets Corp.,
BofA Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., TD Securities
(USA) LLC, and Truist Securities, Inc. acted as co-managers.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any of the U.S. Notes and shall not
constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in
which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
The offering of the U.S. Notes and the related guarantees has
not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and
the U.S. Notes and the related guarantees may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent a registration under the
Securities Act or an applicable exemption from registration
requirements. The U.S. Notes are being sold only to persons
reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” under
Rule 144A of the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons under
Regulation S of the Securities Act. This press release is not an
offer of securities for sale in the United States. The U.S. Notes
have not been qualified by prospectus for public distribution under
the securities laws of any province or territory of Canada. The
U.S. Notes are not being, and may not be offered or sold, directly
or indirectly, in Canada or to any resident of Canada except under
exemptions from prospectus requirements of those securities laws,
and either by an appropriately registered dealer or in
circumstances where a dealer registration is not required. Until
such time as the U.S. Notes are registered, they will be subject to
certain restrictions on resale under the Securities Act.
The U.S. Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange,
and the Issuer and the Guarantors do not intend to arrange for the
U.S. Notes to be included on any quotation system.
Use of Proceeds
Emera intends to use the net proceeds from any offering of U.S.
Notes to finance the repayment of Emera US Finance LP’s (EUSFLP)
US$300 million 0.833% 2021 exchange notes (the “2021 Notes”) that
matured on June 15, 2024. Emera intends to use the remaining net
proceeds for general corporate purposes.
Forward Looking
Information
This news release contains forward-looking information within
the meaning of applicable securities laws with respect to, among
other things, the intended use of the net proceeds from the sale of
the U.S. Notes, and the entering into of a registration rights
agreement in connection with the offering of U.S. Notes. Undue
reliance should not be placed on this forward-looking information,
which applies only as of the date hereof. By its nature,
forward-looking information requires Emera to make assumptions and
is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. These statements
reflect Emera management’s current beliefs and are based on
information currently available to Emera management. There is a
risk that predictions, forecasts, conclusions and projections that
constitute forward-looking information will not prove to be
accurate, that Emera’s assumptions may not be correct and that
actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking
information. Additional detailed information about these
assumptions, risks and uncertainties is included in Emera’s
securities regulatory filings, including under the heading
“Business Risks and Risk Management” in Emera’s annual Management’s
Discussion and Analysis, and under the heading “Principal Risks and
Uncertainties” in the notes to Emera’s annual and interim financial
statements, which can be found on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
About Emera
Emera Inc. is a geographically diverse energy and services
company headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with approximately
$39 billion in assets and 2023 revenues of more than $7.6 billion.
The company primarily invests in regulated electricity generation
and electricity and gas transmission and distribution with a
strategic focus on transformation from high carbon to low carbon
energy sources. Emera has investments in Canada, the United States
and in three Caribbean countries. Emera’s common and preferred
shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and trade
respectively under the symbol EMA, EMA.PR.A, EMA.PR.B, EMA.PR.C,
EMA.PR.E, EMA.PR.F, EMA.PR.H, EMA.PR.J and EMA PR.L. Depositary
receipts representing common shares of Emera are listed on the
Barbados Stock Exchange under the symbol EMABDR and on The Bahamas
International Securities Exchange under the symbol EMAB. Additional
information can be accessed at www.emera.com or at
www.sedarplus.ca.
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Relations Dave Bezanson, VP, Investor Relations &
Pensions 902-474-2126 dave.bezanson@emera.com
Media 902-222-2683
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