Exhibit 99.1
Hydro One Inc. Prices Offering of $425 Million Medium Term Notes under Sustainable Financing Framework
TORONTO, September 18, 2023 - Hydro One Limited, Ontario’s largest electricity transmission and distribution company, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hydro One Inc. (together with Hydro One Limited, “Hydro One”), has priced an offering of $425 million aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Medium Term Notes, Series 56, due 2026 (the “Notes”). The Notes bear interest at Daily Compounded CORRA plus 0.50%, payable quarterly in arrears. The net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes will be approximately $424 million. The offering of the Notes is expected to close on September 21, 2023.
The offering of Notes represents Hydro One’s second issuance of medium term notes pursuant to its Sustainable Financing Framework (the “Framework”) dated January 23, 2023 and Hydro One’s inaugural issuance of green bonds under the Framework. The offering of Notes is also the first issuance of green floating rate notes by a corporate issuer in Canada. Hydro One Inc. intends to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to finance and/or refinance, in whole or in part, new and/or existing eligible green projects that meet the eligibility criteria described in the Framework. Prior to such allocation, the net proceeds may be initially used, in part or in full, for repayment of indebtedness or investments in bank deposits or other cash equivalents, in each case in accordance with Hydro One’s internal liquidity management policies. Although Hydro One Inc. intends to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to eligible green projects under the Framework, it will not be an event of default under the trust indenture governing the applicable Notes if the company fails to do so.
The Notes are being offered on a best efforts basis in each of the provinces of Canada through a syndicate of agents. The Notes are being offered pursuant to a short form base shelf prospectus of Hydro One Inc. dated June 3, 2022. Hydro One Inc. will be filing a pricing supplement to the base shelf prospectus relating to the offering of the Notes with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada. The pricing supplement and accompanying base shelf prospectus contain important detailed information about the Notes being offered. A copy of the pricing supplement and the accompanying base shelf prospectus relating to the Notes may be obtained over the Internet under Hydro One Inc.’s profile at the Canadian Securities Administrators’ website at www.sedarplus.com. Investors should read the pricing supplement and accompanying base shelf prospectus before making an investment decision.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction. The Notes have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority nor has any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the short form base shelf prospectus or the pricing supplement.
This news release is not an offer for sale within the United States of any debt or other securities of Hydro One Limited or Hydro One Inc. Securities of Hydro One Limited or Hydro One Inc., including any offering of its debt securities, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under U.S. securities laws or unless exempt from registration under such laws. The offering described in this news release is not being made in the United States and has not been and will not be registered under U.S. securities laws, and accordingly, the Notes may not be offered or delivered, directly or indirectly, or sold in the United States except in certain transactions exempt from the registration requirements under applicable U.S. securities laws.
