Boralex Power Income
Fund Announces Refinancing Of Its US$ 70.7-Million And
CA$ 35-Million Bridge Facility
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Montréal, Québec, July 12, 2004
– Boralex Power Income Fund (the “Fund”)
announces that its wholly-owned subsidiaries,
BPIF Finance LP (“Finance LP”) and
Boralex Power Trust (“BPT”), have
respectively issued US$70.7 million and CA$35
million senior secured notes. These issues were
completed by way of private placements with eligible
investors in Canada. Proceeds of these issues
will be used to refinance borrowings under the
bridge facility put in place in September 2003
to fund the acquisition of the Hudson Falls and
South Glens Falls hydroelectric power generating
facilities in New York State.
Finance LP’s 6.2 per cent senior secured
notes are due August 31, 2013 and are secured
by all existing US assets of the Fund. BPT’s
6.6 per cent senior secured notes (the “CA$35
million BPT Senior Secured Notes”) are due
on July 9, 2014 and are secured by all existing
Canadian assets of the Fund. Both senior secured
notes will allow the Fund to benefit from low
and stable financing costs for close to 10 years.
Moreover, the CA$35 million BPT Senior Secured
Notes will also allow for additional debt to be
issued in the future, assuming certain covenants
are met, which permits BPT to align the benefits
of stable long-term financing costs with flexibility
for future investments.
Boralex Power Income Fund is an unincorporated
open-ended trust that indirectly owns ten power
generating stations located in the Province of
Québec and the United States producing
energy from different sources including wood-residue
or natural gas-fired thermal and cogenerating
facilities as well as hydroelectric power stations.
In total, these power stations have an installed
capacity of 190.0 MW. The Fund’s units are
listed for trading on The Toronto Stock Exchange
under the symbol BPT.UN.
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Mr. Claude Audet
President and Chief Operating Officer
Boralex Power Inc.
Telephone: (514) 284-9890
Fax: (514) 284-9895
E-mail: caudet@cascades.com |
Mr. Jean-François Thibodeau
Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
Boralex Power Inc.
Telephone: 514-985-1348
Fax: 514-985-1355
E-mail: jean-françois_thibodeau@cascades.com |
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Mrs. Carole Villeneuve
Communications Director
Boralex Inc.
Telephone: (514) 985-1353
Fax: (514) 985-1355
E-mail:
cvilleneuve@cascades.com |
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