Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information set forth in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Idaho Power Company Bond Purchase Agreement and Supplemental Indenture
On December 22, 2022, Idaho Power Company (“IPC”) entered into a Bond Purchase Agreement (the “Bond Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional purchasers (the “Purchasers”), relating to the sale by IPC of $170,000,000 aggregate principal amount of IPC’s First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series N (the “Series N Notes”). IPC will use the proceeds of the sale of the Series N Notes for general corporate purposes, primarily related to the construction of a battery storage project. The Series N Notes consist of:
| • | | $23,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Idaho Power’s 4.99% First Mortgage Bonds due 2032, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series N, Tranche 1 (the “Tranche 1 Bonds”); |
| • | | $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Idaho Power’s 5.06% First Mortgage Bonds due 2042, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series N, Tranche 2 (the “Tranche 2 Bonds”); |
| • | | $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Idaho Power’s 5.06% First Mortgage Bonds due 2043, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series N, Tranche 3 (the “Tranche 3 Bonds”); and |
| • | | $62,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Idaho Power’s 5.20% First Mortgage Bonds due 2053, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series N, Tranche 4 (the “Tranche 4 Bonds”). |
The Bond Purchase Agreement contains representations, warranties and agreements of IPC, customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions. A copy of the Bond Purchase Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this report.
The Tranche 1 Bonds and Tranche 2 Bonds were issued on December 22, 2022 and the Tranche 3 Bonds and Tranche 4 Bonds are expected to be issued on March 8, 2023, each under the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1937, between IPC and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly known as Bankers Trust Company), as supplemented by all indentures supplemental thereto (the “Indenture”). Effective as of December 20, 2022, IPC entered into the Fifty-second Supplemental Indenture, to the Indenture. The Fifty-second Supplemental Indenture provides for, among other items, the issuance of Series N Notes pursuant to the Indenture.
A copy of the Fifty-second Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this report.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.