DBRS Morningstar Assigns Provisional Rating of BB With a Stable Trend to Capital Power Corporation’s $350 Million Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) assigned a provisional rating of BB with a Stable trend to the $350 million Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes, Series 1 due September 9, 2082 (the Subordinated Notes), to be issued by Capital Power Corporation (the Company).

The Company intends to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the Subordinated Notes to finance or refinance new or existing investments and expenditures that meet the eligibility criteria as described in its Green Financing Framework. Pending such allocation, the Company expects to use the net proceeds to redeem the Company’s outstanding Cumulative Minimum Rate Reset Preference Shares, Series 9, to repay certain amounts drawn on the Company’s credit facilities and for general corporate purposes.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS
There were no Environmental/Social/Governance factors that had a significant or relevant effect on the credit analysis.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/396929/dbrs-morningstar-criteria-approach-to-environmental-social-and-governance-risk-factors-in-credit-ratings.

Notes:
All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodology is Rating Companies in the Independent Power Producer Industry (May 18, 2022; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/396971), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria. Other applicable methodologies include the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Preferred Share and Hybrid Security Criteria for Corporate Issuers (October 21, 2021; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/386355) and DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings (May 17, 2022; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/396929).

The related regulatory disclosures pursuant to the National Instrument 25-101 Designated Rating Organizations are hereby incorporated by reference and can be found by clicking on the link under Related Documents or by contacting us at [email protected].

The rated entity or its related entities did participate in the rating process for this rating action. DBRS Morningstar had access to the accounts and other relevant internal documents of the rated entity or its related entities in connection with this rating action.

The conditions that lead to the assignment of a Negative or Positive trend are generally resolved within a 12-month period. DBRS Morningstar trends and ratings are under regular surveillance.

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