Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333-272237
The information in this preliminary prospectus supplement is not
complete and may be changed. This preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION,
DATED NOVEMBER 18, 2024
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated May 26, 2023)
$
$ %
Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate
Junior Subordinated Notes
due 2055
(Non-Call 5 2055 Notes)
$ % Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate
Junior Subordinated Notes due 2055
(Non-Call 10 2055 Notes)
We are offering
$ aggregate principal amount of our % Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2055 (the Non-Call 5 2055 notes) and $ aggregate principal amount of our %
Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2055 (the Non-Call 10 2055 notes and, together with the Non-Call 5 2055 notes, the notes).
The Non-Call 5
2055 notes will bear interest (i) from and including , 2024 (the original issue date) to, but excluding, April 1, 2030 at the rate of % per annum and (ii) from and
including April 1, 2030 , during each Reset Period (as defined herein) at a rate per annum equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined herein) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined herein) plus a spread
of %, to be reset on each Reset Date (as defined herein), and will mature on April 1, 2055. Interest on the Non-Call 5 2055 notes will accrue from and
including , 2024 and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2025.
The Non-Call 10 2055 notes will bear interest (i) from and including the original issue date to,
but excluding, April 1, 2035 at the rate of % per annum and (ii) from and including April 1, 2035, during each Reset Period at a rate per annum equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the most recent
Reset Interest Determination Date plus a spread of %, to be reset on each Reset Date, and will mature on April 1, 2055. Interest on the Non-Call 10 2055 notes will accrue
from and including , 2024 and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2025.
So long as no event of default (as defined herein) with respect to the notes of any series has occurred and is continuing, we may, at our
option, defer interest payments on either or both series of notes, from time to time, for one or more deferral periods of up to 20 consecutive semi-annual Interest Payment Periods (as defined herein) each. During any deferral period, interest on the
applicable series of notes will continue to accrue at the then-applicable interest rate on the notes (as reset from time to time on any Reset Date occurring during such deferral period in accordance with the terms of the notes) and, in addition,
interest on deferred interest will accrue at the then-applicable interest rate on the notes (as reset from time to time on any Reset Date occurring during such deferral period in accordance with the terms of the notes), compounded semi-annually, to
the extent permitted by applicable law. See Description of the NotesOption to Defer Interest Payments.
The notes of
each series will be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
At our option, we may redeem
notes of each series at the times and at the applicable redemption prices for such series of notes described in this prospectus supplement. The notes of each series will be our unsecured obligations and will rank junior and subordinate in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of our existing and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined herein). The notes of each series will rank equally in right of payment with each other and with our existing $1.0 billion aggregate principal
amount of 4.125% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2052, $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.400%
Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2054, $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.875%
Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2054, and $758 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2079 and with any
future unsecured indebtedness that we may incur from time to time if the terms of such indebtedness provide that it ranks equally with the notes of any series in right of payment.
The Non-Call 5 2055 notes and the Non-Call 10 2055 notes are
each a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We do not intend to apply for the listing or trading of the notes of either series on any securities exchange or trading facility or for inclusion of the notes of either series in
any automated quotation system.
Investing in the notes involves risks. See the Risk Factors beginning on page S-12 of this prospectus supplement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per Non-Call 5 2055 note |
|
|
Total for Non- Call 5 2055 notes |
|
|
Per Non-Call 10 2055 note |
|
|
Total for Non- Call 10 2055 notes |
|
|
Total |
|
Public Offering Price(1) |
|
|
|
% |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Underwriting Discount |
|
|
|
% |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Proceeds to Sempra (before expenses)(1) |
|
|
|
% |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
(1) |
Plus accrued interest from , 2024, if settlement occurs after that date.
|
Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of
these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The underwriters expect to deliver the notes in book-entry form through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the accounts of its
participants, including Clearstream Banking S.A. and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, against payment in New York, New York on or about , 2024.
Joint Book-Running Managers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BofA Securities |
|
Goldman Sachs &
Co. LLC |
|
J.P. Morgan |
|
Mizuho |
|
Morgan Stanley |
|
PNC Capital
Markets LLC |
, 2024