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Opc Energy Ltd. Capital/Financing Update 2025

Oct 23, 2025

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Capital/Financing Update

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OPC ENERGY LTD

("The Company")

October 23, 2025

To:

Israel Securities Authority www.isa.gov.il

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.

www.tase.co.il

Subject: CPV Group - Signing of a Financing Agreement with BANK LEUMI LE- ISRAEL B.M. for Financing Part of the Equity in the Basin Ranch Project - 1.35 GW Power Plant in Texas

    1. Further to Section 6b2 of the Company's interim report as of June 30, 2025, and the Company's immediate report dated June 9, 2025[¹⁰¹], regarding the Basin Ranch Project ("the Project")[¹⁰²], the Company updates that on October 22, 2025, the financing agreement, as mentioned in previous reports, was signed between the CPV Group and BANK LEUMI LE-ISRAEL B.M. ("the Financing Agreement" and "the Lender", respectively) for the purpose of receiving a total loan of USD 300 million, to finance part of CPV Group's equity contribution to the Project. Upon signing, a cash amount of approximately USD 150 million (out of the total loan amount) less fees was transferred to an escrow account, and an additional amount of USD 150 million was provided in the form of a Letter of Credit (LC), which will be released upon and subject to the completion of the TEF loan agreement as detailed below.
    1. The financing agreement is subject to closing conditions, mainly the completion of the TEF loan agreement (as defined in previous reports), which is expected in the near future[¹⁰³]. In the event that the TEF loan is not completed by the date set in the financing agreement, the financing agreement will terminate, and the funds deposited in the escrow account will be returned to the lender, and the aforementioned Letter of Credit will be canceled – all no later than the date set according to the terms of the financing agreement.
    1. Further to previous reports regarding the negotiations towards the loan agreement, below are the main principles of the final financing agreement:
Borrower CPV
Group
Loan
Amount
USD
300
million
(approx.
NIS
1
billion
as
of
this
report
date)
("Loan
(Principal) Amount").
Loan
Drawdown
Dates
First
payment
of
USD
150
million
at
signing,
and
a
second
payment
of
USD
150
million
no
later
than
December
31,
2026,
concurrently
with
the
expiration
of
the
Letter
of
Credit
(LC)
issued
at
signing
(as
mentioned
above).
Interest
Rate
(Annual)
Long-term
loan:
Interest
based
on
SOFR
plus
a
margin
ranging
from
2.8%
to
3.4%.
Financial
guarantee
fee
(via
the
Letter
of
Credit
as
mentioned
above):
between
1.3%
and
2%.
Principal
and
Interest
Repayment
Dates
Interest
on
the
loan
will
be
paid
quarterly
starting
March
31,
2027,
with
interest
accrued
until
the
start
of
payments
added
to
the
loan
principal;
The
loan
principal
(including
accrued
interest
as
above)
will
be
repaid
starting
March
31,
2027,
according
to
the
following
schedule:
2027-2029:
5%
per
year
2030-2031:
25%
per
year
2032:
35%
Notwithstanding
the
above,
if
the
commercial
operation
of
the
project
begins
during
2029,
an
adjustment
will
be
made
to
the
principal
repayment
rates
(increase
from
1.25%
per
quarter
to
6.25%
per
quarter)
starting
from
the
first
quarter
after
the
commercial
operation
date,
so
that
the
entire
loan
will
be
repaid
no
later
than
December
31,
2032.
Financial
Covenants
The
financial
covenants
applicable
to
the
borrower:
Total
equity
attributable
to
shareholders:
greater
than
USD
750
million;
Adjusted
net
debt
to
adjusted
EBITDA
ratio
less
than
7.0.
The
financial
covenants
will
be
tested
quarterly
and
will
be
subject
to
conditions
and
provisions
(as
well
as
pre-agreed
cure
periods)
and
testing
mechanisms,
as
set
out
in
the
financing
agreement.
As
of
June
30,
2025,
the
calculation
of
compliance
with
the
covenants
is
as
follows:
USD
1.589
billion
and
a
ratio
of
4.1x,
respectively.
Collateral Subject
to
applicable
law
and
the
terms
of
the
project
financing
agreements
(including
the
TEF
loan),
the
lender
will
be
entitled
to
a
pledge
on
the
account
to
which
dividends
from
the
project

companies are paid directly to the borrower, all in accordance with the terms to be detailed in the financing agreement;

  • In addition, the borrower has undertaken a negative pledge, except in the following cases:
  • (a) Existing and future project financing or granting of pledges as part of financing the borrower's portfolio assets and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates;
  • (b) Other permitted pledges, existing and future, in the ordinary course of business, all as set out in the financing agreement.

3. - -

Additional Key Terms: Additional terms, undertakings, and events of default (as applicable) include (as relevant) certain restrictions on the borrower and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, regarding:

  • (a) Incurring debt as set out in the financing agreement, except for permitted debt (as defined in the financing agreement and under pre-agreed conditions regarding the borrower's leverage and liquidity);
  • Regarding the areas of activity of the borrower and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates (such as incurring project financing without recourse for a new project and/or refinancing existing project debt or portfolio financing of existing/new projects without recourse, incurring corporate debt by the borrower under conditions set in the financing agreement, taking and/or extending certain credit facilities, etc.);
  • (b) Restrictions on asset sales, except for assets that meet pre-agreed conditions in the financing agreement regarding the borrower's leverage and liquidity or assets that are not material to the business activity of the borrower and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates;
  • (c) Restrictions on investments not in the ordinary course of business funded from the borrower's free cash flow in cases where:
  • (i) The net debt to EBITDA ratio (as detailed above) exceeds a value set in the financing agreement;
  • (ii) Certain events of default exist in the project and/or other ongoing events of default in the project that have not been remedied within the cure periods set in the financing agreement;
  • (d) Additional undertakings, events of default, and repayment triggers as customary in such agreements, including:
  • Restrictions on changes of control in the borrower (including in the Company and its controlling shareholders);
  • Restrictions on changes in the borrower's business activity;
  • Cross Acceleration as defined in the financing agreement;
  • Non-payment;
  • Insolvency events;
  • Legal/regulatory proceedings or matters as defined in the financing agreement;
  • Breach of covenants and undertakings (subject to cure periods);
  • Cross Default for certain events relating to the project (including Material Adverse Effect events as defined in the financing agreement, breach of the obligation to pay or accelerate the TEF loan, bankruptcy, and abandonment events); non-payment of debt by the borrower or the project above a certain threshold, all in accordance with and subject to the definitions, cure periods, and other conditions set in the financing agreement.

Payments to the Borrower's Shareholders Payments

Starting March 31, 2027, distribution of dividends and repayment of shareholder loans are subject to compliance with the following financial covenants (as defined above):

  • Total equity attributable to shareholders: greater than USD 1 billion;
  • Adjusted net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio less than 4.0 up to 12 months after the project's commercial operation date (COD), and less than 5.0 thereafter.

Additionally, under certain adverse circumstances defined in the financing agreement, such payments and additional payments to shareholders (such as management fees) will not be permitted even if the aforementioned financial covenants are met.

Fees

Provisions regarding fees have been set, including an upfront-fee and non-utilization fees, as customary in financing agreements, as well as early repayment fees. It is clarified that the early repayment fees for the loan (except for economic damage, if applicable) have been set at decreasing levels over time.

  1. The loan period, so that after a certain number of years as set, no early repayment fees will apply.

It should be emphasized that the above includes forward-looking information as defined in the Securities Law, 1968, the realization, timing, or manner of which is uncertain. As of the report date, the completion of the Leumi loan under the aforementioned financing agreement is subject to conditions precedent that have not yet been met, including the completion of the TEF loan (which itself is subject to additional factors and conditions), the fulfillment or timing of which is uncertain. These conditions include, among others, agreements with the parties related to the project and coordination with regulatory and commercial entities required for financial closing and commencement of construction, and the non-occurrence of risk factors to which the Company and the CPV Group are exposed as stated in previous reports.

Sincerely,

OPC ENERGY LTD

By: Giora Almogi, CEO

and Nurit Traurik, Chief Legal Counsel

The loan period, so that after a certain number of years as set, no early repayment fees will apply. Early.

FOOTNOTE:

¹⁰¹ Section 6b2 of the Company's Board of Directors report as of June 30, 2025, published on August 13, 2025 (Reference: 2025-01-059955) ("Interim Report") and the Company's immediate report dated June 9, 2025 (Reference: 2025-01-041243), incorporated by reference (together: "the previous reports").

¹⁰² As of this report date, 70% of the project is indirectly held by the CPV Group. For details about the project and its characteristics, see the previous reports.

¹⁰³ The above information, including regarding the completion of the financing agreement with Leumi and the conditions required for its completion, including the financial closing of the TEF loan and its timing, includes forward-looking information as defined in the Securities Law, 1968 ("Securities Law"), the realization (in whole or in part) of which is uncertain and may be delayed or not realized, among other things, due to external factors to the Company that have not yet occurred, including the completion of the full required equity contribution, completion of the conditions precedent for the financial closing of the TEF loan and/or the absence of delays by all parties and entities to the agreements required for closing.

²⁰⁴ In general, the defined terms are based on the definitions set in the financing agreement of the Company's subsidiary, OPC Israel, with banking corporations in Israel, including BANK LEUMI LE- ISRAEL B.M. (for more details see Note 14b1 to the Company's financial statements as of December 31, 2024, attached to the 2024 annual report dated March 12, 2025 (Reference: 2025-01-016318)), and are based on the proportional consolidation method, with adjustments and changes as required, such as the inclusion of the project for this purpose starting six months after the COD date.

³⁰⁵ Except for certain shareholder loans defined in the agreement, the repayment of which is not conditional.