No securities tendered to the Offer (as defined below) will be taken up until (a) more than 55% of the outstanding securities of the class sought (excluding those securities beneficially owned, or over which control or direction is exercised, by the Offeror or any person acting jointly or in concert with the Offeror) have been tendered to the Offer, (b) the minimum deposit period under the applicable securities laws has elapsed, and (c) any and all other conditions of the Offer have been complied with or waived, as applicable. If these criteria are met, the Offeror will take up securities deposited under the Offer in accordance with applicable securities laws and extend the Offer for an additional minimum period of 10 U.S. Business Days to allow for further deposits of securities.
The information contained in this prospectus/offer to exchange may be changed. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This prospectus/offer to exchange is not an offer to sell these securities, and no person is soliciting an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted or would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Shareholders (as defined below) in the United States should read the “Notice to Shareholders in the United States” on page xii of this prospectus/offer to exchange.
This document is important and requires your immediate attention. If you are in doubt as to how to deal with it, you should consult your investment advisor, stockbroker, bank manager, trust company manager, accountant, lawyer or other professional advisor. If you have any questions or require assistance with tendering your shares, please contact Laurel Hill Advisory Group, the Information Agent and Depositary in connection to the Offer, by telephone at 1-877-452-7184 (North American Toll Free Number) or 1-416-304-0211 (outside North America) or by email at assistance@laurelhill.com. To keep current with further developments and information about the Offer, visit www.ipl-offer.com.
This prospectus/offer to exchange amends and supersedes information included in the prospectuses/offers to exchange filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2021, April 5, 2021, June 9, 2021, June 24, 2021 and July 15, 2021.
Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any U.S. state or Canadian provincial or territorial securities commission has approved or disapproved of the securities to be issued under this prospectus/offer to exchange or determined that this prospectus/offer to exchange is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
This document does not constitute an offer or a solicitation to any person in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. The Offer is not being made to, nor will deposits be accepted from or on behalf of, Shareholders in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance of the Offer would not be in compliance with the Laws (as defined herein) of such jurisdiction. However, the Offeror may, in its sole discretion, take such action as it may deem necessary to extend the Offer to Shareholders in any such jurisdiction.
This prospectus/offer to exchange does not constitute a solicitation of proxies for any meeting of shareholders of the Company. We are not asking you for a proxy and you are requested not to send to us a proxy. Any solicitation of proxies that the Offeror or the Company might make will be made only pursuant to separate proxy solicitation materials complying with the requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws.
July 21, 2021
OFFER TO PURCHASE
all of the outstanding Common Shares of
INTER PIPELINE LTD.
by BISON ACQUISITION CORP.
and
BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE
CORPORATION EXCHANGE LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
for consideration per Common Share, at the choice of each holder, of
(i) $20.00 in cash (the “Cash Consideration”);
(ii) 0.250 of a Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation (“BIPC”) class A exchangeable subordinate voting share
(the “Share Consideration”); or
(iii) 0.250 of a Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation Exchange Limited Partnership class B exchangeable limited partnership
unit (the “Unit Consideration”)
subject, in the case of the Share Consideration
and the Unit Consideration, to pro-ration as set out herein
Bison Acquisition Corp. (the “Offeror”) and Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation Exchange Limited Partnership (“Exchange LP”) hereby offer to purchase (the “Offer” or “Offer to Purchase”), on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, all of the issued and outstanding common shares (the “Common Shares”) of Inter Pipeline Ltd. (“IPL”), together with the associated rights (the “SRP Rights”) issued and outstanding under the Shareholder Rights Plan (as defined herein) of IPL, including any Common Shares that may become issued and outstanding after the date of the Offer but prior to the Expiry Time (as defined herein) upon any exercise, exchange or conversion of securities of IPL into Common Shares (other than pursuant to the SRP Rights).
The Offer is open for acceptance until 5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) on August 6, 2021 (the “Expiry Time”), unless the Offer is extended, accelerated or withdrawn by the Offeror in accordance with its terms.