Kenon Holdings unit signs $825M financing agreement
Proceeds are expected primarily to refinance the plants’ existing project financing and fund an approximately $130 million dividend distribution to CPV at closing.
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Kenon Holdings Ltd. said its subsidiary OPC Energy Ltd. announced that CPV Generation Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of CPV Group LP (71% owned by OPC), entered into an $825 million financing agreement. CPV Group LP holds 100% of the Shore and Maryland natural-gas-fired combined-cycle power plants, with capacities of 725 MW and 745 MW, respectively. The financing is non-recourse to CPV.
The $825 million principal comprises a $625 million term loan B, a $125 million letter of credit facility and a $75 million revolving credit facility. Proceeds are expected primarily to repay the plants’ existing project financing and fund an approximately $130 million dividend distribution to CPV at closing. The term loan matures on the seventh anniversary of closing and bears a SOFR-based interest rate plus a 2.5% spread. Closing is subject to conditions precedent; the financing is secured by first-ranking pledges over the projects and their assets, and a pledge over the borrower’s equity interests, and includes customary financial covenants.
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non-recourse financial
term loan B financial
SOFR-based interest rate financial
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first-ranking pledge financial
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