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TerraForm Power Closes $650 million Private Placement to Fund Saeta Yield Acquisition


BETHESDA, Md., June 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TerraForm Power, Inc (Nasdaq:TERP) ("TerraForm Power" or the "Company") today announced that it has issued 60,975,609 shares to certain affiliates of its sponsor Brookfield Asset Management ("Brookfield") and has received net proceeds of $650 million that the Company plans to use to fund the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares of Saeta Yield, S.A. ("Saeta Yield"). The Company's total shares outstanding now total 209,061,636.

About TerraForm Power

TerraForm Power owns and operates a best-in-class renewable power portfolio of solar and wind assets located primarily in the U.S., totaling more than 2,600 MW of installed capacity. TerraForm Power's goal is to acquire operating solar and wind assets in North America and Western Europe. TerraForm Power is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange (Nasdaq:TERP). It is sponsored by Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset manager with more than $285 billion of assets under management.

For more information about TerraForm Power, please visit: www.terraformpower.com.

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By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, risks related to: risks related to the transition to Brookfield Asset Management Inc. sponsorship, including our ability to realize the expected benefits of the sponsorship; risks related to wind conditions at our wind assets or to weather conditions at our solar assets; risks related to the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting; pending and future litigation; the willingness and ability of counterparties to fulfill their obligations under offtake agreements; price fluctuations, termination provisions and buyout provisions in offtake agreements; our ability to enter into contracts to sell power on acceptable prices and terms, including as our offtake agreements expire; our ability to compete against traditional and renewable energy companies; government regulation, including compliance with regulatory and permit requirements and changes in tax laws, market rules, rates, tariffs, environmental laws and policies affecting renewable energy; risks related to the proposed relocation of the Company's headquarters; the condition of the debt and equity capital markets and our ability to borrow additional funds and access capital markets, as well as our substantial indebtedness and the possibility that we may incur additional indebtedness going forward; operating and financial restrictions placed on us and our subsidiaries related to agreements governing indebtedness; our ability to successfully realize the anticipated benefits from the acquisition of Saeta Yield, S.A.; risks related to our ability to implement our funding plan to satisfy the purchase price for shares of Saeta Yield, S.A.; our ability to successfully integrate the operations, technologies and personnel of Saeta Yield, S.A.; our ability to establish appropriate accounting controls, reporting procedures and regulatory compliance procedures in connection with the acquisition of Saeta Yield, S.A.; our ability to successfully identify, evaluate and consummate future acquisitions; and our ability to integrate future projects we acquire from third parties, or otherwise and realize the anticipated benefits from such acquisitions.

The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions, factors, or expectations, new information, data, or methods, future events, or other changes, except as required by law. The foregoing list of factors that might cause results to differ materially from those contemplated in the forward-looking statements should be considered in connection with information regarding risks and uncertainties, which are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as additional factors we may describe from time to time in other filings with the SEC. We operate in a competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and you should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors and, consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties.

 



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