Part Six – Other Information
Indebtedness of Directors, Officers and Employees
As at the date of this Circular, none of the directors, officers, employees and former directors, officers and employees of the Corporation, the Service Providers or any of their respective subsidiaries, nor any of their associates, has or had any indebtedness owing to the Corporation or to another entity whose indebtedness is the subject of a guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or other similar agreement or understanding provided by the Corporation, the Service Providers or any of their respective subsidiaries. There is no indebtedness to the Corporation by current and former directors, officers or employees of the Corporation, the Service Providers or any of their respective subsidiaries, nor any of their associates, in connection with the purchase of securities of the Corporation.
Audit Committee
Additional information about the Audit Committee required by Part 5 of National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees can be found under Item 6.C of our Annual Report on Form 20-F under the heading “BEPC Audit Committee,” which is filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar. The Audit Committee charter is also attached as Appendix B to this Circular.
Related Party Transactions
Brookfield Asset Management is a leading global alternative asset manager with over $600 billion of assets under management across real estate, infrastructure, renewable power, private equity and credit. Brookfield Asset Management owns and operates long-life assets and businesses, many of which form the backbone of the global economy. The business address of Brookfield Asset Management is Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3.
The Corporation is an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management. The Corporation has entered into a number of agreements and arrangements with Brookfield Asset Management in order to enable it to be established as a separate entity and to pursue its vision of being a leading owner and operator of high-quality renewable power assets. While the Corporation believes that this ongoing relationship with Brookfield Asset Management provides it with a strong competitive advantage as well as access to opportunities that would otherwise not be available to it, the Corporation and the partnership operate as an independent, stand-alone business unit. Please refer to the information contained in our Annual Report on Form 20-F under Item 7.B “Related Party Transactions”, Item 3.D “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Relationship with Brookfield”, Item 5.A “Operating Results—Related Party Transactions”, Item 6.A “Directors and Senior Management”, Item 6.C “Board Practices”, Item 7.A “Major Shareholders” and Note 26 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 for a description of these relationships as well as potential conflicts of interest (and the methods for resolving them) and other material considerations arising from the Corporation’s relationship with Brookfield Asset Management.
TERP Transaction
On July 31, 2020, BEP and the Corporation completed the TERP Transaction. Pursuant to the TERP Transaction, each TERP Share (other than TERP Shares owned by BEP and its affiliates) was acquired for either 0.47625 of an exchangeable share or 0.47625 of a BEP Unit, at the election of holders of TERP Shares. Upon closing of the TERP Transaction, BEP issued an aggregate of 4,034,469 BEP Units and the Corporation issued an aggregate of 37,035,241 exchangeable shares to holders of TERP Shares.
Prior to the TERP Transaction, approximately 47% of the TERP Shares were controlled by Brookfield Asset Management on behalf of itself and its institutional partners, including an approximate 14% economic interest in TerraForm Power on behalf of BEP.
The TERP Shares controlled by Brookfield Asset Management were not acquired in the TERP Transaction. TerraForm Power is now controlled as to 47% by Brookfield Asset Management and as to 53% by BEP (including through its
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