News Release – TC Energy Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (“TC Energy”)
today announced that TransCanada PipeLines Limited (the “Company”),
a wholly-owned subsidiary of TC Energy, has commenced separate
offers (the “Offers”) to purchase for cash any and all of the seven
series of outstanding notes of the series listed in the table below
(collectively, the “Notes”), up to a maximum of US$1,750,000,000
aggregate Total Consideration (as defined below). Subject to the
Maximum Purchase Condition (as defined below), the series of Notes
that are purchased in the Offers will be based on the acceptance
priority levels (each, an “Acceptance Priority Level”) set forth in
the table below. If a given series of Notes is accepted for
purchase pursuant to the Offers, all Notes of that series that are
validly tendered will be accepted for purchase. No series of Notes
will be subject to proration pursuant to the Offers.
The Offers are made upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated October 1, 2024 relating
to the Notes (the “Offer to Purchase”) and the notice of guaranteed
delivery attached as Appendix A thereto (the “Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Tender
Offer Documents”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
announcement have the meanings given to them in the Offer to
Purchase.
AcceptancePriorityLevel(1) |
Title of Notes(2) |
Principal Amount Outstanding (in millions) |
CUSIP / ISIN Nos.(2) |
ReferenceSecurity(3) |
BloombergReferencePage(3) |
Fixed Spread (Basis
Points)(3) |
1 |
2.500% Senior Notes due 2031 |
US$1,000 |
89352HBC2 / US89352HBC25 |
3.875% U.S. Treasury due August 15, 2034 |
FIT1 |
+35 |
2 |
5.000% Senior Notes due 2043 |
US$625 |
89352HAL3 / US89352HAL33 |
4.125% U.S. Treasury due August 15, 2044 |
FIT1 |
+90 |
3 |
4.875% Senior Notes due 2048 |
US$1,000 |
89352HAY5 / US89352HAY53 |
4.625% U.S. Treasury due May 15, 2054 |
FIT1 |
+100 |
4 |
5.100% Senior Notes due 2049 |
US$1,000 |
89352HAZ2 / US89352HAZ29 |
4.625% U.S. Treasury due May 15, 2054 |
FIT1 |
+95 |
5 |
4.750% Senior Notes due 2038 |
US$500 |
89352HAX7 / US89352HAX70 |
3.875% U.S. Treasury due August 15, 2034 |
FIT1 |
+110 |
6 |
4.250% Senior Notes due 2028 |
US$1,400 |
89352HAW9 / US89352HAW97 |
3.50% U.S. Treasury due September 30, 2029 |
FIT1 |
+55 |
7 |
4.875% Senior Notes due 2026 |
US$850 |
89352HAT6 / US89352HAT68 |
3.875% U.S. Treasury due January 15, 2026 |
FIT4 |
+45 |
(1) Subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions of the Offers described in
the Offer to Purchase, if the Maximum Purchase Condition is not
satisfied with respect to every series of Notes, the Company will
accept Notes for purchase in the order of their respective
Acceptance Priority Level specified in the table above (with 1
being the highest Acceptance Priority Level and 7 being the lowest
Acceptance Priority Level). It is possible that a series of Notes
with a particular Acceptance Priority Level will not be accepted
for purchase even if one or more series with a higher or lower
Acceptance Priority Level are accepted for purchase.
(2) No representation is
made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP numbers or
ISINs listed in this News Release or printed on the Notes. They are
provided solely for convenience.
(3) The total
consideration for each series of Notes (such consideration, the
“Total Consideration”) payable per each US$1,000 principal amount
of such series of Notes validly tendered for purchase will be based
on the applicable Fixed Spread specified in the table above for
such series of Notes, plus the applicable yield based on the
bid-side price of the applicable U.S. Treasury reference security
as specified in the table above, as quoted on the applicable
Bloomberg Reference Page as of 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on October
8, 2024, unless extended with respect to the applicable Offer (such
date and time with respect to an Offer, as the same may be extended
with respect to such Offer, the “Price Determination Date”). The
Total Consideration does not include the applicable Accrued Coupon
Payment (as defined below), which will be payable in cash in
addition to the applicable Total Consideration.
The Offers will expire at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on October 8,
2024, unless extended or earlier terminated (such date and time
with respect to an Offer, as the same may be extended with respect
to such Offer, the “Expiration Date”). Notes may be validly
withdrawn at any time at or prior to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on
October 8, 2024, unless extended with respect to any Offer.
For Holders who deliver a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and all
other required documentation at or prior to the Expiration Date,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Tender Offer Documents, the deadline to validly tender Notes using
the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures (as defined in the Offer to
Purchase) will be the second business day after the Expiration Date
and is expected to be 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on October 10, 2024,
unless extended with respect to any Offer (the “Guaranteed Delivery
Date”).
Settlement for all Notes tendered prior to the Expiration Date
or pursuant to a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery will be four
business days after the Expiration Date and the second business day
after the Guaranteed Delivery Date, respectively, which is expected
to be October 15, 2024, unless extended with respect to any Offer
(the “Settlement Date”).
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Offer to Purchase, Holders whose Notes are accepted for purchase in
the Offers will receive the applicable Total Consideration for each
US$1,000 principal amount of such Notes in cash on the Settlement
Date. Promptly after 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on October 8, 2024,
the Price Determination Date, unless extended with respect to any
Offer, the Company will issue a press release specifying, among
other things, the Total Consideration for each series of Notes
validly tendered and accepted.
In addition to the applicable Total Consideration, Holders whose
Notes are accepted for purchase will receive a cash payment equal
to the accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes from and including
the immediately preceding interest payment date for such Notes to,
but excluding, the Settlement Date (the “Accrued Coupon Payment”).
Interest will cease to accrue on the Settlement Date for all Notes
accepted in the Offers. Under no circumstances will any interest be
payable because of any delay in the transmission of funds to
Holders by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its
participants.
The Company’s obligation to complete an Offer with respect to a
particular series of Notes validly tendered is conditioned on the
satisfaction of conditions described in the Offer to Purchase,
including that the aggregate Total Consideration payable for Notes
purchased in the Offers (the “Aggregate Purchase Amount”) not
exceed US$1,750,000,000 (the “Maximum Purchase Amount”), and on the
Maximum Purchase Amount being sufficient to pay the Total
Consideration for all validly tendered and not validly withdrawn
Notes of such series (after accounting for all validly tendered
Notes that have a higher Acceptance Priority Level) (the “Maximum
Purchase Condition”). The Company reserves the right, but is under
no obligation, to increase or waive the Maximum Purchase Amount, in
its sole discretion subject to applicable law, with or without
extending the Withdrawal Date. No assurance can be given that the
Company will increase or waive the Maximum Purchase Amount. If
Holders tender more Notes in the Offers than they expect to be
accepted for purchase based on the Maximum Purchase Amount and the
Company subsequently accepts more than such Holders expected of
such Notes tendered as a result of an increase of the Maximum
Purchase Amount, such Holders may not be able to withdraw any of
their previously tendered Notes. Accordingly, Holders should not
tender any Notes that they do not wish to be accepted for
purchase.
If the Maximum Purchase Condition is not satisfied with respect
to each series of Notes, for (i) a series of Notes (the “First
Non-Covered Notes”) for which the Maximum Purchase Amount is less
than the sum of (x) the Aggregate Purchase Amount for all validly
tendered First Non-Covered Notes and (y) the Aggregate Purchase
Amount for all validly tendered Notes of all series having a higher
Acceptance Priority Level as set forth in the table above (with 1
being the highest Acceptance Priority Level and 7 being the lowest
Acceptance Priority Level) than the First Non-Covered Notes, and
(ii) all series of Notes with an Acceptance Priority Level lower
than the First Non-Covered Notes (together with the First
Non-Covered Notes, the “Non- Covered Notes”), the Company may, at
any time on or prior to the Expiration Time:
(a) terminate an Offer with
respect to one or more series of Non-Covered Notes for which the
Maximum Purchase Condition has not been satisfied, and promptly
return all validly tendered Notes of such series, and any other
series of Non-Covered Notes, to the respective tendering Holders;
or
(b) waive the Maximum Purchase
Condition with respect to one or more series of Non-Covered Notes
and accept all Notes of such series, and of any series of Notes
having a higher Acceptance Priority Level, validly tendered; or
(c) if there is any
series of Non-Covered Notes with a lower Acceptance Priority Level
than the First Non-Covered Notes for which:
(i) the Aggregate
Purchase Amount necessary to purchase all validly tendered Notes of
such series, plus
(ii) the Aggregate Purchase
Amount necessary to purchase all validly tendered Notes of all
series having a higher Acceptance Priority Level than such series
of Notes, other than any series of Non-Covered Notes that has or
have not also been accepted as contemplated by this clause (c), is
equal to, or less than, the Maximum Purchase Amount, accept all
validly tendered Notes of all such series having a lower Acceptance
Priority Level, until there is no series of Notes with a higher or
lower Acceptance Priority Level to be considered for purchase for
which the conditions set forth above are met.
It is possible that a series of Notes with a particular
Acceptance Priority Level will fail to meet the conditions set
forth above and therefore will not be accepted for purchase even if
one or more series with a higher or lower Acceptance Priority Level
are accepted for purchase.
For purposes of determining whether the Maximum Purchase
Condition is satisfied, the Company will assume that all Notes
tendered pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures will be
duly delivered at or prior to the Guaranteed Delivery Date and the
Company will not subsequently adjust the acceptance of the Notes in
accordance with the Acceptance Priority Levels if any such Notes
are not so delivered. The Company reserves the right, subject to
applicable law, to waive the Maximum Purchase Condition with
respect to any Offer.
The Offers are subject to the satisfaction of these conditions
and certain other conditions. The Company reserves the right,
subject to applicable law, to waive any and all conditions to any
Offer. If any of the conditions is not satisfied, the Company is
not obligated to accept for payment, purchase or pay for, and may
delay the acceptance for payment of, any tendered notes, in each
event subject to applicable laws, and may terminate or alter any or
all of the Offers. The Offers are not conditioned on the tender of
any aggregate minimum principal amount of Notes of any series
(subject to minimum denomination requirements as set forth in the
Offer to Purchase).
The Company has retained Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P.
Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and RBC
Capital Markets, LLC to act as the dealer managers (the “Dealer
Managers”) for the Offers. Questions regarding the terms and
conditions for the Offers should be directed to Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. at +1 (866) 627-0391 (toll-free) or +1 (212)
250-2955 (collect), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at +1 (866) 834-4666
(toll-free) or +1 (212) 834-4818 (collect), Morgan Stanley &
Co. LLC at +1 (800) 624-1808 (toll-free) or +1 (212) 761-1057
(collect), or RBC Capital Markets, LLC at +1 (877) 381-2099
(toll-free) or +1 (212) 618-7843 (collect).
D.F. King & Co., Inc. will act as the Information and Tender
Agent for the Offers. Questions or requests for assistance related
to the Offers or for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase may
be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. in New York by telephone
at +1 (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers only) or +1 (866)
620-9554 (for all others toll-free), or by email at
TCEnergy@dfking.com. You may also contact your broker, dealer,
commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance
concerning the Offers. The Tender Offer Documents can be accessed
at the following link: www.dfking.com/transcanada.
If the Company terminates any Offer with respect to one or more
series of Notes, it will give prompt notice to the Information and
Tender Agent, and all Notes tendered pursuant to such terminated
Offer will be returned promptly to the tendering Holders thereof.
With effect from such termination, any Notes blocked in DTC will be
released.
Holders are advised to check with any bank, securities broker or
other intermediary through which they hold Notes as to when such
intermediary would need to receive instructions from a beneficial
owner in order for that Holder to be able to participate in, or
withdraw their instruction to participate in the Offers before the
deadlines specified herein and in the Offer to Purchase. The
deadlines set by any such intermediary and DTC for the submission
and withdrawal of tender instructions will also be earlier than the
relevant deadlines specified herein and in the Offer to
Purchase.
This announcement is for informational purposes only. This
announcement is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an
offer to sell any Notes or any other securities of TC Energy, the
Company or any of their subsidiaries. The Offers are being made
solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. The Offers are not being
made to Holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or
acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities,
“blue sky” or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction
in which the securities laws or “blue sky” laws require the Offers
to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offers will be
deemed to have been made on behalf of the Company by the Dealer
Managers or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are
licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction that
would permit the possession, circulation or distribution of either
this announcement, the Offer to Purchase or any material relating
to us or the Notes in any jurisdiction where action for that
purpose is required. Accordingly, neither this announcement, the
Offer to Purchase nor any other offering material or advertisements
in connection with the Offers may be distributed or published, in
or from any such country or jurisdiction, except in compliance with
any applicable rules or regulations of any such country or
jurisdiction.
Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking information
and forward-looking statements as defined in applicable securities
laws (collectively referred to as “forward-looking statements”).
Forward-looking statements include: statements regarding the terms
and timing for completion of the Offers, including the acceptance
for purchase of any Notes validly tendered and the expected
Expiration Date and settlement dates thereof; and the satisfaction
or waiver of certain conditions of the Offers.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of TC Energy to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors
that may cause actual results to vary include, but are not limited
to, conditions in financial markets, investor response to the
Offers, and other risk factors as detailed from time to time in TC
Energy’s reports filed with Canadian securities administrators and
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Readers are cautioned against unduly relying on forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are made as of the date of
the relevant document and, except as required by law, TC Energy
undertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information
or future events or otherwise.
About TC Energy
TC Energy is a team of 7,000+ energy problem solvers working to
safely move, generate and store the energy North America relies on.
Today, we’re delivering solutions to the world’s toughest energy
challenges – from innovating to deliver the natural gas that feeds
LNG to global markets, to working to reduce emissions from our
assets, to partnering with our neighbors, customers and governments
to build the energy system of the future. It’s all part of how we
continue to deliver sustainable returns for our investors and
create value for communities.
TC Energy’s common shares trade on the Toronto (TSX) and New
York (NYSE) stock exchanges under the symbol TRP. To learn more,
visit us at TCEnergy.com.
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800-361-6522
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