Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P 6-K, filed Dec 23, 2024
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (BIP)
About this 6-K
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P filed this 6-K on December 23, 2024.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 2024
| Commission File Number: 001-33632 | Commission file number 001-39250 |
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) | BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION |
| 73 Front Street, Fifth Floor Hamilton, HM 12 Bermuda (Address of principal executive office) | 250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor New York, New York 10281 (Address of principal executive office) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [ X ] Form 40-F [ ]
On December 20, 2024, the Registrant issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Exhibit 99.1. Press release dated December 20, 2024
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | ||
| by its general partner, BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS LIMITED | ||
| Date: December 20, 2024 | By: | /s/ Jane Sheere |
| Name: Jane Sheere | ||
| Title: Secretary | ||
| BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION | ||
| Date: December 20, 2024 | By: | /s/ Michael Ryan |
| Name: Michael Ryan | ||
| Title: Secretary | ||
EXHIBIT 99.1
Brookfield Infrastructure Announces Closing Date of Reorganization
BROOKFIELD, News, Dec. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (“BIP”) (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN) and Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation (“BIPC”) (TSX, NYSE: BIPC) today announced that they have now received all required shareholder, court and regulatory approvals for the previously-announced proposed reorganization of BIPC (the “Arrangement”). Accordingly, the Arrangement will become effective prior to markets open on December 24, 2024.
As a result of the Arrangement, in exchange for their class A exchangeable subordinate voting shares of BIPC, BIPC shareholders will automatically receive new class A exchangeable shares (“New Exchangeable Shares”) that provide the same economic benefits and governance of investing in BIPC today. The New Exchangeable Shares will be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BIPC”.
About Brookfield Infrastructure
Brookfield Infrastructure is a leading global infrastructure company that owns and operates high-quality, long-life assets in the utilities, transport, midstream and data sectors across the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. We are focused on assets that have contracted and regulated revenues that generate predictable and stable cash flows. Investors can access its portfolio either through Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN), a Bermuda-based limited partnership, or Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BIPC), a Canadian corporation. Further information is available at https://bip.brookfield.com.
Brookfield Infrastructure is the flagship listed infrastructure company of Brookfield Asset Management, a global alternative asset manager with over $1 trillion of assets under management. For more information, go to https://brookfield.com.
Contact Information
| Media: | Investor Relations: |
| Simon Maine Managing Director Corporate Communications Tel: +44 739 890 9278 Email: simon.maine@brookfield.com | Stephen Fukuda Senior Vice President Corporate Development & Investor Relations Tel: +1 416 956 5129 Email: stephen.fukuda@brookfield.com |
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The words “will,” “expect”, or derivations thereof and other expressions which are predictions of or indicate future events, trends or prospects and which do not relate to historical matters identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements regarding BIP and BIPC’s beliefs on certain benefits of the Arrangement; the anticipated closing date of the Arrangement; and the commencement of trading of the New Exchangeable Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. Although BIP and BIPC believe that these forward-looking statements and information are based upon reasonable assumptions and expectations, the reader should not place undue reliance on them, or any other forward-looking statements or information in this news release. The future performance and prospects of BIP and BIPC are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results of BIP and BIPC to differ materially from those contemplated or implied by the statements in this news release include risks and factors described in the documents filed by BIP and BIPC with securities regulators in Canada and the United States including under “Risk Factors” in BIP’s and BIPC’s most recent Annual Reports on Form 20-F and other risks and factors that are described therein. Except as required by law, BIP and BIPC undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.