SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
November 13, 2024
Commission File Number 001-36761
Kenon Holdings Ltd.
1 Temasek Avenue #37-02B Millenia Tower
Singapore 039192
(Address of principal executive offices)
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 ☒ Form 40-F ☐
EXHIBITS 99.1 AND 99.2 TO THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-201716) OF KENON HOLDINGS LTD. AND IN THE PROSPECTUSES RELATING TO SUCH REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
CONTENTS
Periodic Report of OPC Energy Ltd. for the Nine Month and Three Month Periods Ended September 30, 2024
On November 13, 2024, Kenon Holdings Ltd.'s subsidiary OPC Energy Ltd. ("OPC") reported to the Israeli Securities Authority and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange its periodic report (in Hebrew) for the nine-month and three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 ("OPC's Periodic Report"). English convenience translations of (i) the Report of the Board of Directors for the Nine-Month and Three-Month Periods ended September 30, 2024 and (ii) the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements as at September 30, 2024, each as published in OPC's Periodic Report are furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Report on Form 6-K. In the event of a discrepancy between the Hebrew and English versions, the Hebrew version shall prevail.
Forward Looking Statements
This Report on Form 6-K, including the exhibits hereto, includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can generally identify these statements by the use of words like "may", "will", "could", "should", "believe", "expect", "plan", "estimate", "forecast", "potential", "intend", "target", "future", and variations of these words or comparable words. These statements include statements with respect to: OPC's business strategy including OPC's plans to expand its activities in the generation and supply of renewable electricity, OPC's and CPV's construction and development projects and tenders, including expected start of construction and completion date of projects, estimated investment in projects, and characteristics of projects (e.g., capacity and technology) and stage of development of such projects, including expected commercial operation date ("COD"), and other information relating to construction and development projects and tenders including the total MW in various stages of development, estimated construction cost, expected competitive advantage, the description of projects in various stages of development, carbon capture projects or projects with carbon capture potential such as the Basin Ranch project, and statements relating to expectations about these projects, expected timing for completion for maintenance work, the agreements with a U.S. private equity fund for an investment in CPV Renewable including the terms and expected timing of completion of the investment and related statements and the expected accounting implications of the transaction for OPC, the agreements by CPV Group to acquire additional holdings in the Shore and Maryland power plants, including the expected investment amount and expected timing of completion of the transactions, and CPV's intention to examine opportunities to increase stakes in projects it owns, the expected impact on CPV Group's results of the availability prices in the PJM published in July 2024 including the expected impact resulting from the agreements to increase stakes in the Shore and Maryland power plants and the proposed postponement of the next PJM availability tender and potential changes in determining the demand curve and expected impact, expectations with respect to interest rates, the war in Israel and potential impact on OPC including statements about insurance policies covering war and terrorist risk, the Electricity Authority decision with respect to smart meters, electricity and natural gas prices including tariffs in Israel, forecasted electricity and natural gas prices for 2024, 2025 and 2026 and electricity margin, capacity payments and revenues, guaranteed capacity payments and the scope of energy hedges including for 2024 and 2025, the NYISO and ISO-NE markets capacity payments and availability prices, plans for hedging electricity margins, the impact of seasonal fluctuations in tariffs, carbon emissions regulation and the expected impact on CPV, provisions of financing agreements including cash sweep mechanisms and OPC's expectations to refinance or extend the Shore project's debt financing, gas supply agreements, and statements with respect to industry and potential regulatory developments in Israel and the U.S., including the Clean Air Act electricity tariffs and guaranteed payments in the U.S., the impact of seasonality and seasonal tariffs, the Electricity Authority tariffs, including statements about proposed changes in tariff structure and calculation methodology in Israel and expected impact on OPC, the expected excise tax on fuel in Israel and the expected impact of such a tax on OPC and other non- historical statements. These statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on OPC management's current expectations or beliefs, and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause the actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements. Such risks include risks relating to potential failure to obtain regulatory or other approvals for projects or to meet the required conditions and milestones for development of its projects, the risk that OPC (including CPV) may fail to develop or complete projects or any other planned transactions as planned (including as to the actual cost and characteristics of projects and other transactions) or at all, the risk that tenders are not successful and that development projects do not proceed to construction, risks relating to financing of construction and development projects, risks relating to new and existing regulations and proposed changes to regulations including tariff structure and methodology and risks relating the proposed excise tax on fuel in Israel, risks relating to license requirements and regulatory decisions, risks relating to tariffs and gas prices and hedging and the impact on OPC's results, risks relating to electricity prices and natural gas prices in the U.S. and Israel including the risk that prices may differ from the forecasts included in OPC's report and the impact of hedging arrangements of CPV, risks relating to the war in Israel and its impact on OPC and its business including the ability to obtain insurance and other risks and factors, including those risks set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" in Kenon's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC and other filings. Except as required by law, Kenon undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Exhibits
- OPC Energy Ltd. - Report of the Board of Directors for the Nine-Month and Three-Month Periods ended September 30, 2024, as published on November 13, 2024 with the Israeli Securities Authority and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange*
- OPC Energy Ltd. - Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements as at September 30, 2024, as published on November 13, 2024 with the Israeli Securities Authority and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange*
*English convenience translation from Hebrew original document.
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.
KENON HOLDINGS LTD. | ||
Date: November 13, 2024 | By: | /s/ Robert L. Rosen |
Name: | Robert L. Rosen | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Exhibit 99.1
OPC ENERGY LTD.
Report of the Board of Directors regarding the Company's Matters for the nine-month and three-month periods ended September 30, 2024
The Board of Directors of OPC Energy Ltd. (hereinafter - "the Company") is pleased to present herein the Report of the Board of Directors regarding the activities of the Company and its investee companies (hereinafter together - "the Group"), as at September 30, 2024 and for the nine-month and three-month periods then ended (the Period of the Report").
Except for the data reviewed in the Company's interim consolidated financial statements as at September 30, 2024 (hereinafter - "the Interim Statements") that is included in this report below, the data appearing in the Report of the Board of Directors has not been audited or reviewed by the Company's auditing CPAs.
This Report of the Board of Directors is submitted on the assumption that the interim reports and all parts of the Company's Periodic Report for 2023, which was published on March 12, 2024 (Reference No.: 2024-01-021301) ("the Periodic Report for 2023"), are before the reader and references to the Company's reports include the information presented therein by means of reference.
OPC Energy Ltd.
Report of the Board of Directors
1. Executive Summary1
Main financial parameters(in millions of shekels)
Consolidated | Adjusted EBITDA after |
proportionate consolidation | |
Net income | |
Adjusted net income | |
FFO | |
Israel | Adjusted EBITDA |
FFO | |
U.S. | Adjusted EBITDA after |
proportionate consolidation | |
FFO | |
Adjusted EBITDA after | |
proportionate consolidation | |
- | |
energy transition | |
Adjusted EBITDA - | |
renewable energies |
For the | For the | |||||
Nine Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||
September 30 | September 30 | |||||
2024 | 2023 | % | 2024 | 2023 | % | |
984 | 813 | 21% | 401 | 379 | 6% | |
74 | 140 | (47)% | 86 | 101 | (15)% | |
77 | 166 | (54)% | 81 | 100 | (19)% | |
572 | 644 | (11)% | 245 | 366 | (33)% | |
541 | 445 | 22% | 255 | 235 | 9% | |
383 | 430 | (11)% | 145 | 261 | (44)% | |
456 | 388 | 18% | 151 | 151 | 0% | |
228 | 272 | (16)% | 84 | 116 | (28)% | |
451 | 437 | 3% | 163 | 169 | (4)% | |
84 | 17 | 394% | 21 | (2) | 1,150% |
- Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA after proportionate consolidation, adjusted net income and FFO are not recognized in accordance with IFRS - for definitions and the manner of their calculation - see Sections 4A and 4B to the Report of the Board of Directors for 2023 and Section 4A below.
1 The Executive Summary below is presented solely for convenience and it is not a substitute for reading the full detail (including with reference to the matters referred to in the Summary) as stated in this report with all its parts (including warnings relating to "forward-looking" information as it is defined in the Securities Law, 1968 ("the Securities Law") definitions or explanations with respect to the indices for measurement of the results and including the information included by means of reference, as applicable). This Summary includes estimates, plans and assessment of the Company, which constitute "forward-looking" information regarding which there is no certainty it will materialize and the readers are directed to the detail presented in this report below.
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OPC Energy Ltd.
Report of the Board of Directors
1. Executive Summary (Cont.)
Main developments in the third quarter and thereafter
Israel | Ramat Beka project- in September 2024, the Group Made an initial payment to Israel Lands Authority (ILA) in respect of the Ramat Beka 2 tender, in the amount of |
about NIS 178 million (the Company's share - about NIS 142 million), constituting 20% of the aggregate consideration for the areas of the second tender. The Company | |
is continuing to advance a consolidated project for generation of electricity using photovoltaic technology with integrated storage with a cumulative capacity of about | |
505 megawatts and about 2,760 megawatts per hour of storage. See also Section 6A(1) below. | |
Refinancing in Israel- in August 2024, OPC Holdings Israel signed two bank financing agreements, with an aggregate scope of NIS 1.65 billion, which were used mainly | |
for purposes of early repayment of the project financing of the Zomet and Gat power plants. See also Note 7A(2) to the interim statements. | |
U.S. | Investment in the area of renewable energy activities in the U.S.- in August 2024, binding investment agreements were signed, in the aggregate amount $300 million, in |
CPV Renewables, in exchange for 33.3% of the ordinary rights in CPV's renewable-energy activities, based on a value "before the money" of $600 million. At the end of | |
October 2024, the regulatory approval for the investment agreement was received. As at the approval date of this report, In CPV's estimation, the transaction is | |
expected to be completed in the next few days. See also - Section 10D below. | |
Transactions for increase in the holdings in the Shore and Maryland power plants in the area of Energy Transition in the U.S.- in October 2024, acquisition of 25% of | |
the Maryland power plant was completed and binding agreements were signed for acquisition of an additional 25% of Maryland and 31% of Shore. The total amount | |
required in connection with the transactions, including as a result of their closing (if closed) is expected to amount to about $200 million - $230 million2. In CPV's | |
estimation, the additional acquisitions are expected to take place in the fourth quarter of 2024. See also Section 10C below. | |
Availability tenders in the PJM market for the period July 2025 through September 2026- in July 2024, the results of tenders for availability prices in PJM were | |
published, with a significant increase in the prices to about $270 per megawatt per day. In CPV's estimation, the additional to its revenues from availability for the period | |
of the tender us estimated at about $89 million: about $54 million from prior holdings in the power plants in PJM and about $35 million in respect of an increase in the | |
holdings in Shore (31%) and Maryland (50%) See also Section 3.3L below. |
2 Including the expected amount in connection with reduction of the leverage in respect of the holdings being acquired in one of the projects.
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OPC Energy Ltd.
Report of the Board of Directors
1. Executive Summary (Cont.)
U.S. (Cont.) | Start of construction of the Rogue's Wind project (wind-energypower plant with a capacity of 114 megawatts located in Pennsylvania)- in August 2024 a Work |
Commencement Order was issued for construction of the Rogue's Wind project, concurrent with closing the financing for the project. See also Section 6A(2) below. | |
Refinancing Fairview and reduction of interest in Maryland- in August and September 2024, the undertakings for refinancing Fairview and reducing the interest in | |
Maryland were completed. See also Section 9 below. | |
Tax partner agreement in the Backbone project (solar technology-basedpower plant with a capacity of 179 megawatts, in the state of Maryland)- in October 2024, a | |
binding agreement was signed with a tax partner for investment of an aggregate amount of about $116 million. See also Section 6A(2) below. | |
Group headquarters | Raising of capital- in July 2024, the Company completed raising of capital, in the amount of about NIS 800 million. |
Credit rating- in July 2024, S&P Maalot reconfirmed the credit rating of the Company and its debentures at the level of ilA- and updated the rating outlook from | |
negative to stable. |
Portfolio of about 10.1 GW and about 2.8 GWh of storage (for details - see Section 6 below)
United States (*)
- The above chart does not include increase in the holdings in the Shore power plant at the rate of 31% and in the Maryland power plant at the rate of 25%, and the investment agreement in the renewable-energy area, which as at the approval date of the report had not yet been completed.
- Natural gas with carbon capture potential - presented in the above diagram based on the rate of holdings of CPV (70%). In addition, the CPV Group has additional projects in the area of natural gas with carbon capture potential with a scope about 5GW (CPV's share - about 3.9GW) that are in the initial development stages.
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OPC Energy Ltd.
Report of the Board of Directors
Israel (*)
- The early development does not include the Hadera 2 project, with a capacity of 850 megawatts, in light of the Government's decision to reject the plan, as stated in Section 10A below. As at the approval date of the report, the Company had filed a petition with the High Court of Justice against the Government's decision to reject one of the plans.
That stated with respect to the development stages, capacities and expectations regarding construction of the development projects constitutes "forward-looking" information as it is defined in the Securities Law, which is based on the Company's estimates at the date of the report and regarding which there is no certainty they will be realized. Ultimately, there could be changes in the characteristics of the projects and/or delays due to regulatory and/or operating factors and/or realization of one or more of the risk factors to which the Company is exposed, as stated in Part A of the Periodic Report for 2023. Advancement of the development projects is subject to the discretion of the Company's competent organs and existence (fulfillment) of additional conditions, as stated in Part A of the Periodic Report for 2023.
2. Brief description of the areas of activity
The Company is a public company the securities of which are listed for trade on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. (hereinafter - "the Stock Exchange").
For details regarding the Group's activity segments in the period of the report - see Part 2 of the Report of the Board of Directors that is included in the Periodic Report for 2023 ("Report of the Board of Directors for 2023") and Note 27 to the annual financial statements.
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OPC Energy Ltd.
Report of the Board of Directors
3. Main Developments in the Business Environment
3.1 General
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Macro-economicenvironment (particularly inflation and interest)- for details regarding the business environment and the macro-economic situation in which the Group companies operate, significant changes that occurred in 2022-2023 and the impact thereof on the Group's activities - see Section 3.1A of the Report of the Board of Directors for 2023.
In the U.S, in the interest-rate decision made in September 2024, the interest rate was cut by 0.5% to the level of 4.75%-5%, and in the interest-rate decision made in November 2024, the interest rate was cut by 0.25% to the level of 4.5%-4.75%. Pursuant to estimates published by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, during 2024 an additional rate reduction of 0.25% is expected to the level of 4.25%-4.5%. In Israel, in the January 2024 interest decision Bank of Israel decided to reduce the interest rate to 4.5% while in the other interest-rate decisions there was no change, where according to the forecasts published by Bank of Israel, against the background of continuation of the war no change is expected in the interest rate in 2025.
Set forth below is data with reference to the currency exchange rate, Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Israel and in the U.S. the interest rates of Bank of Israel and the interest rates of the Fed in U.S.:
Dollar/shekel exchange rate* | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
At the end of the prior year | 3.627 | 3.519 | 3.1% |
On September 30 | 3.710 | 3.824 | (3.0)% |
On June 30 | 3.759 | 3.700 | 1.6% |
Average January- September | 3.701 | 3.642 | 1.6% |
Average July- September | 3.714 | 3.744 | (0.1)% |
* The dollar/shekel exchange rate shortly before the approval date of the report (on November 10, 2024) is 3.722. | ||||
Bank of | ||||
Israel | Federal | |||
Israeli | U.S. | Interest | interest | |
CPI | CPI | Rate | rate | |
On November 10, 2024 | 115.0 | 315.3 | 4.5% | 4.75%-4.50% |
On September 30, 2024 | 115.2 | 314.8 | 4.5% | 4.75%-5.00% |
On June 30, 2024 | 113.4 | 314.1 | 4.5% | 5.25%-5.50% |
On December 31, 2023 | 111.3 | 307.1 | 4.75% | 5.25%-5.50% |
On September 30, 2023 | 111.2 | 307.0 | 4.75% | 5.25%-5.50% |
On June 30, 2023 | 110.3 | 304.1 | 4.75% | 5.00%-5.25% |
On December 31, 2022 | 107.7 | 297.7 | 3.25% | 4.25%-4.50% |
Change in the first nine months of 2024 | 3.5% | 2.5% | (0.25)% | (0.5)% |
Change in the first nine months of 2023 | 3.3% | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1.00% |
Change in the third quarter of 2024 | 1.6% | 0.2% | 0% | (0.5)% |
Change in the third quarter of 2023 | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0% | 0.25% |
For details regarding credit linked to the CPI or to prime - see Section 9B of the Report of the Board of Directors for 2023, and that stated in Note 7A(2) to the interim statements. For additional details regarding impacts of the changes in the macro-economic environment on the results of the Group's activities - see Section 11 of the Report of the Board of Directors for 2023.
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