DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
The Issuer will issue $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.000% Subordinated Notes due 2081 under an indenture, to be dated as of the date the Notes are originally issued (the “Base Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Partnership, BILP, Bermuda Holdco, Can Holdco, US Holdco and BIPC Holdings, as guarantors, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “U.S. Trustee”) and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the “Canadian Trustee”), as trustees (together, the “Trustees”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture, to be dated as of the date the Notes are originally issued (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Partnership, BILP, Bermuda Holdco, Can Holdco, US Holdco and BIPC Holdings, as guarantors, and the Trustees. The Indenture and the U.S. Trustee are subject to the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The U.S. Trustee will initially act as paying agent for the Notes.
The following is a summary of the material rights, privileges, restrictions, obligations and conditions attaching to the Notes and certain provisions of the Indenture and is intended to supplement, and to the extent inconsistent, to replace, the more general terms and provisions of the debt securities described in the accompanying base prospectus to which we refer you. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the Indenture and the Notes. You should read the Indenture and the Notes in their entirety. Copies of the Indenture and the Notes may be obtained upon request to the Partnership at the address set forth under “Documents Incorporated by Reference.”
For information concerning the Exchange Preferred Units into which the Notes are exchangeable upon the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and related events as described under “— Automatic Exchange” below, see “Description of the Exchange Preferred Units.” Unless otherwise indicated, defined terms used in this section apply only to this “Description of the Notes” section and the “Description of the Exchange Preferred Units” section and not to any other sections of this prospectus supplement.
General
The Notes will be unsecured subordinated obligations of the Issuer and will initially be limited to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount, all of which will be issued under the Indenture. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a subordinated basis, by the Partnership, and will also be guaranteed, on a subordinated basis, by each of BILP, Bermuda Holdco, Can Holdco, US Holdco and BIPC Holdings (such guarantees, collectively, the “Guarantees”).
The Notes will mature on May 24, 2081 (the “Maturity Date”). The Notes will bear interest at the rate of 5.000% per annum from May 24, 2021 (the “Issue Date”), or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or provided for, payable quarterly in arrears in equal installments on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing on September 30, 2021 (each such quarterly date, an “Interest Payment Date”), subject to Optional Interest Deferral as described below in “— Optional Interest Deferral”. Subject to Optional Interest Deferral as described below in “— Optional Interest Deferral,” the amount of interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will be in the amount of $0.3125 per $25 principal amount of Notes.
Interest for each interest period from the Issue Date will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. For the purposes of disclosure under the Interest Act (Canada), and without affecting the interest payable on the Notes, whenever the interest rate on the Notes is to be calculated on the basis of a period of less than a calendar year, the yearly interest rate equivalent for such interest rate will be the interest rate multiplied by the actual number of days in the relevant calendar year and divided by 360.
Interest payments will be made to the persons or entities in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on March 16, June 15, September 15 and December 16 (in each case, whether or not a business day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date. If an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a business day, the Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next business day, and no further interest will accrue in respect of such postponement.
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