NEWS RELEASE 27 February 2013
Mighty River Power successfully prices new wholesale bond issue Mighty River Power today announced the successful pricing of a new wholesale bond issue in the domestic market. The issue consists of $75 million of six year bonds and $25 million of 10 year bonds with fixed coupons of 5.029% and 5.793% respectively. The issue date of the bonds is 6 March 2012. Mighty River Power’s Chief Financial Officer, William Meek, said these bonds were part of a refinancing programme and the proceeds would be used for general corporate purposes. “The issue was taken up by a broad range of local institutional investors and we’re delighted with the continued support for Mighty River Power from the domestic debt market. The success of the bond issue will lengthen our debt maturity profile to more than 5 years following the Company’s repayment of its Retail Bond in May 2013,” said Mr Meek. BNZ was the sole lead arranger for the bond issue.
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Mighty River Power is one of New Zealand’s largest electricity companies – with its core business based on reliable, low fuel-cost electricity generation complemented by sales to homes and businesses. The Company generates about 17% of New Zealand’s electricity from the nine hydro stations on the Waikato River, four geothermal power stations in the Central North Island and a multi-unit gas-fired station in Auckland. More than 90% of its electricity production is from renewable sources. Mighty River Power sells electricity through multiple channels and retail brands, including Mercury Energy, GLO-BUG, Bosco Connect and Tiny Mighty Power. Mighty River Power’s metering business, Metrix, provides electricity retailers with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solutions for their residential and commercial customers. Mighty River Power is one of the world’s largest geothermal power station owners, and has successfully developed 255MW of renewable geothermal generation since 2008, with the new 82MW Ngatamariki station to be commissioned by mid-2013. The Company is applying this capability and experience – gained through domestic geothermal exploration, development, construction and operations – to invest in international growth opportunities.