Constellation Successfully Completes Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations for Calpine Notes

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Constellation Energy Generation successfully completed exchange offers and consent solicitations for over $2.29 billion of Calpine Corporation's notes, streamlining debt integration post-acquisition and enhancing financial flexibility.

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• Exchange Offers Expired

  Constellation Energy Generation, LLC announced the expiration of its private offers to exchange outstanding notes of Calpine Corporation for newly issued Constellation notes.

• High Participation Rates

  Approximately 99.51% of Existing Unsecured 2029 Notes, 99.73% of Existing Unsecured 2031 Notes, and 88.36% of Existing Secured 2031 Notes were validly tendered, totaling over $2.29 billion in principal amount.

• Covenant Amendments Approved

  Requisite consents were received to amend the Calpine Notes and their indentures, eliminating substantially all restrictive covenants and non-payment related events of default.

• Secured Debt Collateral Released

  Consents for the Existing Secured 2031 Notes will lead to the elimination of the security interest and release of collateral, effectively converting them to unsecured notes.

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Constellation Energy Generation, a subsidiary of Constellation Energy Corp, successfully completed its exchange offers and consent solicitations for over $2.29 billion in outstanding notes of Calpine Corporation. This action is a critical step in integrating Calpine's debt into Constellation's capital structure following the recent acquisition. The high participation rates in the exchange offers demonstrate strong bondholder confidence. Furthermore, the successful consent solicitations will eliminate substantially all restrictive covenants and events of default, and release collateral on the secured notes, providing Constellation with greater financial flexibility and streamlining its debt management.