FWP 1 a19-17940_5fwp.htm FWP

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333
-232968
September 10, 2019

 

U.S.$1,100,000,000
TransCanada Trust
TransCanada PipeLines Limited

 

Trust Notes — Series 2019-A due 2079

 

Issuer:

 

TransCanada Trust

 

 

 

Guarantor:

 

TransCanada PipeLines Limited

 

 

 

Security:

 

Trust Notes — Series 2019-A due 2079

 

 

 

Size:

 

U.S.$1,100,000,000

 

 

 

Maturity Date:

 

September 15, 2079

 

 

 

Coupon:

 

5.500%

 

 

 

Interest Rate and Interest Payment Dates:

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Rate Period:

 

From, and including, the Closing Date to, but excluding, September 15, 2029 at a fixed rate equal to 5.500% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2020.

 

 

 

Floating Rate Period:

 

From September 15, 2029, and on every March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year thereafter until September 15, 2079 (each such date, a “Series 2019-A Interest Reset Date”), the interest rate on the Trust Notes — Series 2019-A will be reset as follows: (i) starting on September 15, 2029 on every Series 2019-A Interest Reset Date, until September 15, 2049, the interest rate on the Trust Notes — Series 2019-A will be reset at an interest rate per annum equal to the three month LIBOR plus 4.154%, payable in arrears, with the first payment at such rate being on December 15, 2029 and, (ii) starting on September 15, 2049, on every Series 2019-A Interest Reset Date, until September 15, 2079, the interest rate on the Trust Notes - Series 2019-A will be reset on each Series 2019-A Interest Reset Date at an interest rate per annum equal to the three month LIBOR plus 4.904%, payable in arrears, with the first payment at such rate being on December 15,

 


 

 

 

2049. A Benchmark Transition Event (as defined in the prospectus) and related Benchmark Replacement Date (as defined in the prospectus) may occur with respect to three-month LIBOR. If the Trust or its designee determine that a Benchmark Transition Event and related Benchmark Replacement Date occur, then interest on the Trust Notes — Series 2019-A during the floating rate period will be determined not by reference to three-month LIBOR but instead by reference to the applicable Benchmark Replacement (as defined in the prospectus).

 

 

 

Day Count Convention:

 

Fixed Rate Period: 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

Floating Rate Period: actual number of days elapsed during each interest period and a 360-day year.

 

 

 

Business Day:

 

A day on which the Guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada and AST Trust Company (Canada) are open for business in the City of Calgary, Alberta, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any statutory or civic holiday in the City of Toronto, Ontario, the City of Calgary, Alberta and the City of New York, New York.

 

 

 

Price to Public:

 

100.000%

 

 

 

Yield:

 

5.500%

 

 

 

Optional Redemption:

 

On or after September 15, 2029 the Trust may redeem the Trust Notes — Series 2019-A in whole at any time or in part from time to time on any Series 2019-A Interest Payment Date at a redemption price equal to par, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption.

 

 

 

Redemption for Tax Event or Rating Agency Event:

 

Upon the occurrence of, or any time following the occurrence of, a Rating Event or a Tax Event, the Trust may redeem all (but not less than all) of the Trust Notes — Series 2019-A at a redemption price per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the Trust Notes - Series 2019-A equal to par (in the case of a Tax Event) and par plus $20 (in the case of a Rating Event), together with accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the date fixed for redemption.

 

 

 

ERISA:

 

Subject to the considerations discussed under “Certain ERISA Matters,” the Trust Notes—Series 2019-A may be acquired by plans that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of the Employee

 


 

 

 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or the provisions of Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and entities deemed to hold plan assets of the foregoing (such plans and entities referred to herein as “Plans”), and plans that are subject to federal, state or other laws (referred to as “Similar Law”) that are substantially similar to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code (such plans referred to herein as “Similar Law Plans”). Each purchaser and subsequent transferee acquiring the Trust Notes—Series 2019-A with assets of a Plan or Similar Law Plan shall be deemed to represent and warrant that its acquisition, holding, redemption or exchange of the Trust Notes—Series 2019-A will not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code or a violation of Similar Law. See “Certain ERISA Matters.”

 

 

 

Trade Date:

 

September 10, 2019

 

 

 

Expected Settlement Date:

 

September 12, 2019 (T+2)

 

 

 

Anticipated Security Ratings:*

 

Moody’s Baa3; S&P BBB-; Fitch BBB

 

 

 

CUSIP:

 

89356BAE8

 

 

 

ISIN:

 

US89356BAE83

 

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

 

 

Co-Managers:

 

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Barclays Capital Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

*Note: A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.

 


 

You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at (212) 834-4533 or Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll free at (800) 831-9146.