Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 2 (this “Amendment No. 2”) to Schedule 13D is being filed to by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“Brookfield”), Partners Limited (“Partners”), Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. (“BRPI”), Brookfield Investments Corporation (“BIC”), Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (“BEP”) and Brookfield Renewable Partners Limited (“BRPL,” and collectively with Brookfield, Partners, BRPI, BIC and BEP, the “Reporting Persons”) to reflect the closing on February 16, 2021 of the previously announced secondary offering (the “Offering”) by BIC, BPY Holdings Inc. (“BPYH”), BPY Canada Investor Inc. (“BPYCI”), Brookfield International Limited (“BIL”), Brookfield Holdings (Alberta) Limited (“BHAL”), and Brookfield Financial Real Estate Holdings Inc. (“BFREH,” and collectively with BIC, BPYH, BPYCI, BIL and BHAL, the “Selling Shareholders”), each a subsidiary of Brookfield, of an aggregate of 15,000,000 class A exchangeable subordinate voting shares, no par value (“Class A Shares”) of Brookfield Renewable Corporation (the “Issuer”).
Information and defined terms reported in the original Schedule 13D remain in effect except to the extent that it is amended or superseded by information or defined terms contained in this Amendment No. 2.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
Item 2 of the original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
Schedules I, II, III, IV and V hereto set forth updated names of directors and executive officers of Brookfield, Partners, BRPI, BIC, and BRPL (to be included as Scheduled Persons), respectively, and their respective principal occupations, addresses, and citizenships.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
Item 3 of the original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
On February 10, 2021, the Selling Shareholders, BRPI, BREP Holding L.P., BEP and the Issuer entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the underwriters party thereto (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Selling Shareholders agreed to sell an aggregate of 15,000,000 Class A Shares to the Underwriters for an aggregate gross purchase price of $772,500,000, or $51.50 per Class A Share. In addition, BIC has granted the Underwriters an option to purchase an additional 2,250,000 Class A Shares at the same price as the sales made in the Offering, which option is exercisable until March 18, 2021. The Offering closed on February 16, 2021.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.7.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 4 of the original Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented as follows:
The information set forth in Item 3 of this Amendment No. 2 is hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5(a)-(c) of the original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:
(a)-(b) The aggregate number and percentage of Class A Shares of the Issuer held by the Reporting Persons to which this Schedule 13D relates is 44,813,835 shares, constituting 26.0% of the Issuer’s currently outstanding Class A shares. The percentage of Class A Shares of the Issuer is based on an aggregate number of Class A Shares of the Issuer of 172,201,415 outstanding as of February 16, 2021.