UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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SCHEDULE 13D
(Rule 13d-101)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 2)*
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Just Energy Group Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Shares, No Par Value
(Title of Class of Securities)
48213W408
(CUSIP Number)
Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
Attention: Zephram Yowell, Senior Vice President, Senior
Counsel
650 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, California 92660
(949) 720-6000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications)
May 12, 2022
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)
If the filing
person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or
240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐
Note. Schedules
filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See § 240.13d-7 for
other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
The information
required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to
be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of
the Act (however, see the Notes).
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AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SCHEDULE 13D
This Amendment
No. 2 (“Amendment No. 2”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D
filed on October 8, 2020, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto
filed on May 26, 2021 (the “Schedule 13D”), relating to the common
shares, no par value per share (the “Common Shares”), of Just
Energy Group Inc., a Canada Business Corporations Act (“CBCA”)
corporation. Each Item below amends and supplements the information
disclosed under the corresponding Item of the Schedule 13D. Except
as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 2 does not
modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule
13D. Unless otherwise stated herein, capitalized terms used but not
defined in this Amendment No.2 shall have the same meanings herein
as are ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D.
Schedule A, as
previously filed in this Item 2, is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety, as set forth in Schedule A below.
This Item 4 is
hereby amended to add the following:
Plan Support Agreement
In connection
with the Issuer’s proceedings under the CCAA (the “CCAA
Proceedings”) and under Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy
Code, on May 12, 2022, certain affiliates of PIMCO, including the
PIMCO Entities (collectively, the “Plan Sponsor”), entered into a
plan support agreement (the “Plan Support Agreement”) with (i) the
Issuer and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Just
Energy Entities”), (ii) Shell Energy North America (Canada) Inc.,
Shell Energy North America (US), L.P., and Shell Trading Risk
Management, LLC, (iii) CBHT Energy I LLC, an affiliate of the Plan
Sponsor, (iv) certain secured lenders of the Just Energy Entities
party thereto and (v) certain unsecured creditors of the Just
Energy Entities party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not
defined under this heading shall have the meaning ascribed to them
in the Plan Support Agreement.
The Plan Support
Agreement contemplates the implementation of a recapitalization and
financial restructuring (the “Restructuring”) of the Just Energy
Entities through: (i) a reorganization of the Just Energy Entities,
(ii) a rights offering for the issuance of approximately $192.5
million of new common equity which will be backstopped by the Plan
Sponsor pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Letter (as defined
below), (iii) the issuance of new preferred equity, which will be
owned entirely by certain affiliates of PIMCO, and new common
equity, (iv) the cancellation for no consideration of all
outstanding shares of the Issuer and (v) the entry into the New
Credit Agreement and the New Intercreditor Agreement. The
Restructuring will be effectuated through a plan of compromise and
arrangement in the CCAA Proceedings (the “Plan”), and the Plan will
be recognized in the United States under Chapter 15 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code. Upon the consummation of the Plan, the
Issuer and the new parent company of the Just Energy Entities will
be a private company and will no longer be a reporting company
under Canadian or U.S. securities laws.
The Plan Support
Agreement contains certain covenants on the part of the parties
thereto, as well as certain conditions to the obligations of such
parties and for termination upon the occurrence of certain events,
including, without limitation, the failure to achieve certain
milestones and certain breaches by the parties under the Plan
Support Agreement. The material terms of the Restructuring are set
forth in the term sheet attached as Exhibit C to the Plan Support
Agreement.
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Backstop Commitment Letter
In connection
with the Plan Support Agreement, on May 12, 2022, the Plan Sponsor
entered into a Backstop Commitment Letter (the “Backstop Commitment
Letter”) with Just Energy (U.S.) Corp., pursuant to which the Plan
Sponsor (the “Backstop Parties”) have agreed to backstop the
approximately $192.5 million rights offering contemplated by the
Plan Support Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined
under this heading shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the
Backstop Commitment Letter.
Under the
Backstop Commitment Letter, the Backstop Parties have agreed,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Backstop Commitment
Letter, to (i) purchase new common equity of the new parent company
of the Just Energy Entities, (ii) subscribe for and receive its pro
rata share of any unsubscribed new common equity in the rights
offering and (iii) subscribe for and receive its pro rata share of
new common equity in the rights offering upon the failure by
another participant to fulfill its subscription obligations by the
participation deadline. The issuance of the new common equity under
the rights offering will represent in the aggregate 80% of the new
common equity of the new parent company of the Just Energy
Entities.
Under the
Backstop Commitment Letter, Just Energy (U.S.) Corp. has agreed to
issue and deliver 10% of the outstanding New Common Shares on the
Effective Date, which will constitute Backstop Commitment Fee
Shares. In addition, Just Energy (U.S.) Corp. has agreed to pay a
termination fee of $15 million to the Backstop Parties if the Plan
Support Agreement is terminated under certain circumstances.
Pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Letter, the term loan lenders
of the Just Energy Entities will be entitled to participate in the
rights offering as backstop parties for their pro rata shares of
new common equity.
The Backstop
Parties’ commitments to backstop the rights offering and the other
transactions contemplated by the Backstop Commitment Letter are
conditioned upon the satisfaction of all applicable conditions set
forth in the Backstop Commitment Letter. The issuances of New
Equity Offering Shares are conditioned upon, among others, the
granting of an Authorization Order by the CCAA Court in the CCAA
Proceedings and the Plan’s effectiveness.
The foregoing
are summaries of certain material terms of the Plan Support
Agreement and the Backstop Commitment Letter. The foregoing
descriptions are not, and do not purport to be, complete and,
except as otherwise described above, are qualified in their
entirety by reference to the full text of the forms of those
documents, which have been filed as Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4,
respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Except as
described in this Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D in connection
with the Restructuring, or as would occur upon completion of any of
the matters discussed herein, the PIMCO Entities do not have any
present plans or proposals that relate to or would result in any of
the actions described in subparagraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of
Schedule 13D, although such persons, at any time and from time to
time, may review, reconsider and change their position and/or
change their purpose and/or develop such plans and may seek to
influence management or the Board with respect to the business and
affairs of the Issuer, and may from time to time consider pursuing
or proposing such matters with advisors, the Issuer or other
persons.
This Item 6 is
amended to add and incorporate the responses set forth in Item 4
herein in their entirety.
The following additional materials are filed as Exhibits to this
Amendment No. 2:
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable
inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that
the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: May 13,
2022
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The name and present principal occupation of each Executive
Committee Member and Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO is set forth
below. Unless otherwise noted the business address of each person
listed below is c/o Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, 650
Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICERS OF
PACIFIC
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC