FTAI Infrastructure Inc.

11/25/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/25/2024 07:32

Regulation FD Disclosure Form 8 K

Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure

On November 25, 2024, a subsidiary of Long Ridge Energy & Power LLC ("Long Ridge"), an equity method investee within the Power and Gas segment of FTAI Infrastructure Inc. ("FIP"), announced that it plans to market the refinancing of its existing loans (collectively, the "Existing Loans") with proceeds of a new senior secured term loan (the "New Term Loan"). Long Ridge intends to use the net proceeds from the New Term Loan to (a) refinance the outstanding approximately $600 million aggregate principal amount of Existing Loans, (b) fund the costs related to the termination of certain electricity sale derivative contracts and the entry into new electricity sale derivative contracts, and (c) fund certain reserves and transaction fees and expenses related to the incurrence of the New Term Loan and repayment of the Existing Loans.

Long Ridge is targeting annual revenues of approximately $226 million and Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $160 million after completing the above transactions. These targets are based on a variety of assumptions, including that Long Ridge's power plant continues to operate at approximately 90% capacity, 325 Megawatts of electricity produced by the plant will be subject to new electricity sale derivative contracts set at current market rates and 160 Megawatts of electricity produced by the plant will be sold at an assumed average daily market price of $38 per megawatt-hour, average gas production per day of 90,000 MMBtu, an average of 21,000 MMBtu of gas per day will be sold at an assumed average daily market price of $3.10 per MMBtu, an average cost of gas production of approximately $1.15 per MMBtu, and other operating expenses of approximately $28 million per year. There can be no assurance that Long Ridge will be able to meet these targets and actual results may vary materially. Please see "Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" below.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished, not filed, pursuant to this Item 7.01 of this Current Report and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any of FIP's filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, unless expressly set forth as being incorporated by reference into such filing.

Long Ridge is not providing forward looking guidance for U.S. GAAP reported financial measures or a quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure because it is unable to predict with reasonable certainty the ultimate outcome of certain significant items without unreasonable effort. These items include, but are not limited to, the fair value of Long Ridge's derivative instruments, interest expense, general and administrative expenses and income taxes. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could have a material impact on U.S. GAAP reported results for the guidance period.

Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Words such as, but not limited to, "will," "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "plans," "could," "may," "should," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this current report include, among other things, statements about FIP's and Long Ridge's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions; the expected financial condition, results of operations and business of Long Ridge; and the terms and conditions of the proposed New Term Loan. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to the ability to complete the New Term Loan and related derivative transactions on the terms assumed by Long Ridge or at all; risks related to Long Ridge's ability to realize the anticipated benefits of terminating its existing derivative contracts and entering into new derivative contracts; risks related to Long Ridge's ability to meet its obligations under the definitive documents for the New Term Loan, including scheduled principal and interest payments; future electricity and gas prices, exchange and interest rates; risks related to the cost of producing gas, changes in tax and other laws, regulations, rates and policies; and competitive developments. All forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions, estimates and data concerning future results and events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such statements. Accordingly, FIP cautions that the forward-looking statements contained herein are qualified by these and other important factors and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially from those reflected by such statements. For more information on additional potential risk factors, please review FIP's filings with the SEC, including, but not limited to, FIP's Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and its Current Reports on Form 8-K.