Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc:

Atlantica announces proposed offering of $100 million green exchangeable senior notes

July 14, 2020 – Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure Plc (“Atlantica,” NASDAQ: AY) announced the launch of an offering of $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of green exchangeable senior notes due 2025 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be the senior unsecured obligations of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure Jersey Limited (the “Issuer”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlantica, and fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior, unsecured basis, by Atlantica. 

The Notes will accrue interest payable semiannually in arrears. The Notes will be exchangeable, pursuant to a cash box procedure, into the ordinary shares of Atlantica par value $0.10 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), cash, or a combination thereof, at Atlantica’s election and will mature on July 15, 2025 unless earlier repurchased, redeemed pursuant to a tax redemption or exchanged. The interest rate, initial exchange rate and other terms of the Notes have not been finalized and will be determined at the time of pricing of the offering.

The Issuer may not redeem the Notes prior to their stated maturity date, unless certain tax-related events occur. If certain events that constitute a “fundamental change” occur, then holders of the Notes may require the Issuer to repurchase their Notes for cash at a repurchase price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, upon certain corporate events or upon tax redemption, Atlantica will, under certain circumstances, increase the exchange rate for holders who exchange Notes in connection with the relevant event or tax redemption.

Atlantica intends to use the proceeds to refinance or finance, in whole or in part, the acquisition of new or ongoing assets or projects which meet certain eligibility criteria in accordance with Atlantica’s Green Finance Framework.

The Notes and related guarantee are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). The Notes, related guarantee and any Ordinary Shares issuable upon exchange of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This notice is issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act, and does not constitute an offer to sell, nor a solicitation for an offer to purchase, the Notes.

The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in any jurisdiction where the distribution of such information is restricted by law, and does not constitute an offer to sell, or solicitation of an offer to buy securities.

This notice and any other documents or materials relating to the issue of the Notes are for distribution within the United Kingdom only to persons who are “qualified investors” (as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129) and who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Financial Promotion Order”), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.”) of the Financial Promotion Order, or (iii) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 in connection with the issue or sale of the Notes may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”). This notice and any other documents or materials relating to the issue of the Notes are directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this notice and any other documents or materials relating to the issue of the Notes relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons.

About Atlantica

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc is a sustainable infrastructure company that owns a diversified portfolio of contracted renewable energy, efficient natural gas, electric transmission and water assets in North & South America, and certain markets in EMEA ().

Forward-Looking Statements

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By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are not guarantees of future performance and are based on numerous assumptions. Our actual results of operations, financial condition and the development of events may differ materially from (and be more negative than) those made in, or suggested by, the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated above, including those factors discussed under “Item 1.A—“Risk Factors” in our quarterly report for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 furnished on Form 6-K on May 7, 2020, and “Item 3.D—Risk Factors” and “Item 5.A—Operating Results” in our annual report filed for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 filed on Form 20-F. Atlantica undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.