Jade Power Trust (“
Jade Power” or the
“
Trust”) (TSXV: JPWR.UN) is pleased to announce
that the board of directors of Jade Power Administrator Inc., in
its capacity as administrator of the Trust (the
“Board”), has declared a special distribution (the
"
Initial Special Distribution") to holders of
Units (“
Unitholders”) comprised of the following
consideration per trust unit (each, a “
Unit”) in
the capital of the Trust: (i) $3.24 in cash; and (ii) one
contingent value right (each, a “
CVR”).
The Initial Special Distribution will be paid on
December 12, 2022 (the “Payment Date”) to holders
of Units (“Unitholders”) of record at the close of
business on December 5, 2022, subject to compliance with the TSX
Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”) “due bill” trading
requirements as set out below. As of the date of this press
release, there are 22,525,912 Units issued and outstanding. As a
result of the value of the Initial Special Distribution being
greater than 25% of the value of the Units on the declaration date,
the payment of the Initial Special Distribution is subject to
compliance with the due bill trading requirements of the TSXV. As
such, the Units will trade on a "due bill" basis during the period
(the "Due Bill Period") from and including
December 2, 2022 until the close of trading on the Payment Date,
being December 12, 2022, with the ex-distribution date being
December 13, 2022 and the due bill redemption date being December
14, 2022. This means that purchasers of Units during the Due Bill
Period will receive the Initial Special Distribution payment
provided they continue to be holders of the applicable Units on the
Payment Date.
CVR Terms
Each CVR shall entitle the holder thereof to its
pro rata portion of any net cash amounts available for
distribution, if any, following the release of the Indemnity Escrow
Amount (as defined below) and any amounts remaining from the cash
reserve set aside by the Board from the net proceeds of the Sale
Transaction (as defined below) to fund the Trust’s ongoing overhead
and operational expenses and contingent liabilities (any such
amounts, collectively, “CVR Distributions”).
The CVRs are to be governed by the terms of an
indenture to be entered into between the Trust and TSX Trust
Company, transfer agent to the Trust, on the Payment Date. The
issuance of the CVRs by the Trust will crystallize the entitlement
of current Unitholders to a portion of the CVR Distributions, if
any, and prevent dilution of this entitlement through future Unit
issuances of the Trust. There can be no assurance as to the quantum
and timing of any CVR Distributions. The record date for
Unitholders to be entitled to the CVR Distributions, if any, will
be the same as the record date for the Initial Special
Distribution, being December 5, 2022, and will also be subject to
the same Due Bill Period trading parameters applicable to the
Initial Special Distribution set out above.
The declaration of the Initial Special
Distribution was made in connection with the closing of the Trust’s
previously announced sale transaction of all of its renewable
energy operating assets (the “Sale Transaction”)
to Enery Power Holding GmbH (“Enery”) and an
affiliate thereof (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to
the terms and conditions set out in the share sale agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”) dated September 1, 2022
entered into among the Trust, Enery, the Purchaser and certain
subsidiaries of the Trust. As announced on November 22, 2022 (the
“Closing Press Release”), the net cash payment
paid by the Purchaser to the Trust at the closing of the Sale
Transaction was approximately Euro 66 million (approximately
CDN$90.93 million1), of which Euro 4.0 million (approximately
CDN$5.51 million) (the “Indemnity Escrow Amount”)
has been deposited into escrow to cover potential claims by the
Purchaser pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement. Please
see the Closing Press Release, which is available at www.sedar.com,
for additional details relating to the release of the Indemnity
Escrow Amount.
It is the intention of the Trust to distribute
all of the net proceeds received from the Sale Transaction,
including the portion of the Indemnity Escrow Amount released from
escrow, together with any existing working capital less certain
necessary holdbacks for future operating and maintenance expenses
and contingent liabilities of the Trust, to Unitholders by way of
two or more CVR Distributions following the payment of the Initial
Special Distribution. The Board has resolved that any holdback
amounts not deemed necessary or expended in the future for the
current Unitholders shall also be distributed in the future as a
CVR Distribution.
For further information, please
contact:
Ravi SoodChairman+1
647-987-7663rsood@jadepower.com |
J. Colter EadieChief Executive Officer+40 736-372-724
jceadie@jadepower.com |
Betty SoaresChief Financial
Officer+1 416-803-6760bsoares@jadepower.com |
About Jade Power
The Trust, through its direct and indirect
subsidiaries in Canada, the Netherlands and Romania, was formed to
acquire interests in renewable energy assets in Romania, other
countries in Europe and abroad that can provide stable cash flow to
the Trust and a suitable risk-adjusted return on investment. The
Trust intends to qualify as a “mutual fund trust” under
the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Tax Act”). The Trust
will not be a “SIFT trust” (as defined in the Tax Act), provided
that the Trust complies at all times with its investment
restriction which precludes the Trust from holding any
“non-portfolio property” (as defined in the Tax Act). All material
information about the Trust may be found under Jade Power's issuer
profile at www.sedar.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release contain
forward-looking information. Such forward-looking information may
be identified by words such as “anticipates”, “plans”, “proposes”,
“estimates”, “intends”, “expects”, “believes”, “may” and “will”.
The forward-looking statements included in this press release,
including statements regarding the Sale Transaction, the release of
the Indemnity Escrow Amount and the ultimate amount and timing of
any CVR Distributions payable to Unitholders. Forward-looking
statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Trust’s control. Such
risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: risks that
the Sale Transaction and transfer of the Units to NEX Board of the
TSXV may have negative impacts on the market price and liquidity of
the Units; risks related to the diversion of management’s attention
from the Trust’s ongoing business operations; risks related to the
Trust’s strategy going forward; risks related to the COVID-19
pandemic and ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict; foreign exchange
risk; and risks related to the potential loss of the Trust’s status
as a “mutual fund trust” following the payment of the Initial
Special Distribution and/or CVR Distributions. When relying on
forward-looking statements to make decisions, investors and others
should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other
uncertainties and potential events. Readers are cautioned that the
foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.
Details of additional risk factors relating to
the Trust and its business, generally, are discussed under the
heading “Business Risks and Uncertainties” in the Trust's annual
Management's Discussion & Analysis for the year ended December
31, 2021, a copy of which is available on Jade Power's SEDAR
profile at www.sedar.com. These statements speak only as of
the date of this press release. Except as otherwise required by
applicable securities statutes or regulation, Jade Power expressly
disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly
forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
Neither the TSXV nor its regulation
services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the
TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
1 As the purchase price payable pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement is denoted in Euros, the CDN$ references in
this press release assume a Euro / CDN$ exchange rate of 1:1.3778
based on the Bank of Canada exchange rate as at November 21,
2022.
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