Company: BIP-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-014380
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Company: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 5
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co is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of our partnership incorporated under the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda on November 9, 2007. In January 2022, Bermuda Holdco issued $300 million of perpetual subordinated notes at a fixed rate of 5.125% per annum (the “ Perpetual Subordinated Notes”). The Perpetual Subordinated Notes were issued pursuant to the first supplemental indenture, dated as of January 21, 2022, to the indenture, as of January 21, 2022, by and among Bermuda Holdco, our partnership, the other Group A Guarantors (other than Bermuda Holdco) and Computershare Trust Company, N. A. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as trustees (as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, the “ Bermuda Holdco Indenture”). The Perpetual Subordinated Notes permit the deferral of interest at the discretion of Bermuda Holdco; however, if Bermuda Holdco has deferred interest then under the terms of the Bermuda Holdco Indenture, then (i) any such deferred interest shall become due and payable on the date Bermuda Holdco declares any distributions on any of Bermuda Holdco’s common shares or preferred shares and (ii) our partnership is restricted on paying distributions on or redeeming, purchasing or otherwise retiring any of our units or preferred units, and from paying interest on certain indebtedness. The Perpetual Subordinated Notes are redeemable at Bermuda Holdco’s option on or after January 21, 2027. The Perpetual Subordinated Notes are also redeemable in connection with certain ratings and tax events. A portion of the proceeds of the Perpetual Subordinated Notes was used to redeem our Series 7 Preferred Units on March 31, 2022, and the remainder for working capital purposes. The Perpetual Subordinated Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a subordinated basis, by our partnership and are also guaranteed by the other Group A Guarantors (other than Bermuda Holdco).

150 Brookfield Infrastructure

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Foreign Currency Hedging Strategy

To the extent that we believe it is economic to do so, our strategy is to hedge a portion of our equity investments and/or cash flows exposed to foreign currencies. The following key principles form the basis of our foreign currency hedging strategy:

• We leverage any natural hedges that may exist within our operations

• We utilize local currency debt financing to the extent possible