The Partnership’s limited partnership agreement authorizes it to establish one or more classes, or one or more series of any such classes of Preferred LP Units with such designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties (which may be senior to existing classes and series of Preferred LP Units), as shall be fixed by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, including: (i) the right to share in our profits and losses or items thereof; (ii) the right to share in our distributions; (iii) rights upon the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; (iv) whether, and the terms and conditions upon which, we may or shall be required to redeem the Preferred LP Units (including sinking fund provisions); (v) whether such Preferred LP Units are issued with the privilege of conversion or exchange and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (vi) the terms and conditions upon which each Preferred LP Unit will be issued, evidenced by certificates, and assigned or transferred; and (vii) the requirement, if any, of each holder of Preferred LP Units to consent to certain partnership matters.
As of March 31, 2021, the Partnership had outstanding 2,885,496 class A preferred units (series 5), 7,000,000 class A preferred units (series 7), 8,000,000 class A preferred units (series 9), 10,000,000 class A preferred units (series 11), 10,000,000 class A preferred units (series 13), 7,000,000 class A preferred units (series 15) and 8,000,000 class A preferred units (series 17).
The issuance of Preferred LP Units may have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change of control of the Partnership. The issuance of Preferred LP Units with voting and conversion rights may adversely affect the voting power of the holders of our LP Units.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Debt Securities. The particular terms and provisions of the series of Debt Securities offered by a prospectus supplement, and the extent to which the general terms and provisions described below may apply thereto, will be described in such prospectus supplement.
The Debt Securities will be issued under an indenture (the “Indenture”) to be entered into among NA HoldCo, as the issuer (the “Issuer”), the Partnership, BRELP, LATAM HoldCo, Euro HoldCo, InvestCo and Canada SubCo, each as a guarantor, the additional guarantors from time to time party thereto (collectively, and together with the Partnership, for purposes of this “Description of Debt Securities” and as used in the Indenture, the “Guarantors”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), or such other trustees named in the Indenture. The Partnership will fully and unconditionally guarantee the Debt Securities as a Guarantor under the Indenture. The Guarantors will also include each of BRELP, LATAM HoldCo, Euro HoldCo, InvestCo and Canada SubCo. The Debt Securities may be issued under one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture as we and the applicable Trustee(s) may enter into in the future. Any such supplemental indentures under which any Debt Securities are issued will be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.
The Indenture is subject to the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939. A form of the Indenture has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The Indenture will also be available on SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
The following statements with respect to the Indenture and the Debt Securities to be issued thereunder are brief summaries of certain provisions of the Indenture and do not purport to be complete; such statements are subject to the detailed referenced provisions of the Indenture, including the definition of capitalized terms used under this caption. Wherever a particular section or defined term of the Indenture is referred to, the statement is qualified in its entirety by such section or term. References to the “Issuer” refer to NA HoldCo as issuer under the Indenture.
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