Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Significant long-term debt issuances and borrowings during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were as follows:


	Principal Amount			Interest Rate						Maturity Date
	(millions)
FPL:
First mortgage bonds	$	1,500		2.45				%		2032
Senior unsecured notes	$	1,444		Variable					(a)	2024 – 2072

NEECH:
Debentures	$	5,375		2.94	%	–	5.00	%		2024	–	2062
Debentures	$	400		Variable					(a)	2024


Debentures, related to NEE's equity units	$	2,000		4.60				%		2027
Revolving credit facilities	$	850	(b)	Variable					(a)	2023

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(a)Variable rate is based on an underlying index plus or minus a specified margin.

(b)The borrowings occurred and were repaid during June 2022.

Subsidiaries of NEE, including FPL, had credit facilities with total capacity at September 30, 2022 of approximately $18.5 billion ($6.0 billion for FPL) which provide for the funding of loans and/or issuance of letters of credit. At September 30, 2022, letters of credit outstanding under these credit facilities totaled approximately $4.1 billion ($3.0 million for FPL). There were no borrowings outstanding under these credit facilities at September 30, 2022.

In August 2022, NEECH completed a remarketing of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of its Series J Debentures due September 1, 2024 that were issued in September 2019 as components of equity units issued concurrently by NEE (September 2019 equity units). The debentures are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by NEE. In connection with the remarketing of the debentures, the interest rate on the debentures was reset to 4.255% per year, and interest is payable on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing September 1, 2022. In connection with the settlement of the contracts to purchase NEE common stock that were issued as components of the September 2019 equity units, on September 1, 2022, NEE issued 21.6 million shares of common stock in exchange for $1.5 billion.

In September 2022, NEE sold $2.0 billion of equity units (initially consisting of Corporate Units). Each equity unit has a stated amount of $50 and consists of a contract to purchase NEE common stock (stock purchase contract) and, initially, a 5% undivided beneficial ownership interest in a Series M Debenture due September 1, 2027, issued in the principal amount of $1,000 by NEECH. Each stock purchase contract requires the holder to purchase by no later than September 1, 2025 (the final settlement date) for a price of $50 in cash, a number of shares of NEE common stock (subject to antidilution adjustments) based on a price per share range described in the following sentence. If purchased on the final settlement date, as of September 30, 2022, the number of shares issued per equity unit would (subject to antidilution adjustments) range from 0.5626 shares if the applicable market value of a share of NEE common stock is less than or equal to $88.88 (the reference price) to 0.4500 shares if the applicable market value of a share is equal to or greater than $111.10 (the threshold appreciation price), with the applicable market value to be determined using the average closing prices of NEE common stock over a 20-day trading period ending August 27, 2025. Total annual distributions on the equity units are at the rate of 6.926%, consisting of interest on the debentures (4.60% per year) and payments under the stock purchase contracts (2.326% per year). The interest rate on the debentures is expected to be reset on or after March 1, 2025. A holder of an equity unit may satisfy its purchase obligation with proceeds raised from remarketing the NEECH debentures that are part of its equity unit. The undivided beneficial ownership interest in the NEECH debenture that is a component of each Corporate Unit is pledged to NEE to secure the holder's obligation to purchase NEE common stock under the related stock purchase contract. If a successful remarketing does not occur on or before the third business day prior to the final settlement date, and a holder has not notified NEE of its intention to settle the stock purchase contract with cash, the debentures that are components of the Corporate Units will be used to satisfy in full the holders' obligations to purchase NEE common stock under the related stock purchase contracts on the final settlement date. The debentures are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by NEE.