Investor Presentaiton
Financing Strategy
Prudent plan achieves acquisition accretion metrics and maximizes shareholder value
Acquisition financing - Completed
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Long-term financing plan structured to maintain
strong investment grade credit profile
C$2.1bn bought deal and C$400mm private
placement of subscription receipts
■ Committed C$3.8bn acquisition bridge facility,
12 - 18 month asset sale bridge¹
Original bridge facility of C$6.3bn offset by issuance of $2.5bn in
subscription receipts
Acquisition financing - Outstanding
■ Monetization of assets of over C$2bn
Sold a 35% minority interest in the Northwest B.C. Hydro Electric
Facilities for $922 million
Consideration also being given for potential of minority or majority
interests, as well as outright sales of other assets
Hybrids, preferred shares, and incremental debt
provide funding flexibility for remaining portion
Asset sales aligned with long-term business
mix and are expected to close over the course
of 2018
Acquisition funding sources (C$bn)
~$9.5
~$3.4
-$2.4
~$0.9
~$2.8
$0.9
-$1.9
Total transaction
value²
Assumed debt³
Subscription
receipts
NWH Minority
Interest Sale
Bridge Loan
Drawn
Hybrids / Prefs
Asset sales/term
debt
AltaGas
1 Bridge facility is denominated in US dollars (US$3bn with US-$2.3bn drawn at close of WGL), converted for presentation purposes to Canadian dollars at 1.26 CAD/USD; 2 Includes
additional transaction related items; 3 Debt, Minority Interest and Preferred shares as of December 31, 2017, converted to Canadian dollars at 1.26 CAD/USD
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