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 August, 2019

Commission File Number 001-36487



Atlantica Yield plc
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



Not applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)



Great West House, GW1, 17th floor
Great West Road
Brentford, TW8 9DF
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 203 499 0465



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
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): 
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): 
 
This Report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into  the Registration Statement on Form F-3 of the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2018 (File 333-226611).
 


ATLANTICA YIELD PLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS

   
Page
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
     
Item 1
 6
     
Item 2
36
     
Item 3
57
     
Item 4
59
     
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
     
Item 1
 60
     
Item 1A
60
     
Item 2
 60
     
Item 3
61
     
Item 4
 61
     
Item 5
 61
     
Item 6
 61
     
62

Definitions

Unless otherwise specified or the context requires otherwise in this quarterly report:


references to “2017 Note Issuance Facility” refer to the senior secured note facility dated February 10, 2017 of €275 million (approximately $308.5 million), with U.S. Bank as facility agent and a group of funds managed by Westbourne Capital as purchasers of the notes issued thereunder;
 

references to “2019 Notes” refer to the 7.000% Senior Notes due 2019 in an aggregate principal amount of $255 million issued on November 17, 2014, as further described in “Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations— Liquidity and Capital Resources—Sources of Liquidity—2019 Notes”;
 

references to “2019 Note Issuance Facility” refer to the senior unsecured note facility dated April 30, 2019 of an amount equal to the euro equivalent of $300 million, with Lucid Agency Services Limited as facility agent and a group of funds managed by Westbourne Capital as purchasers of the notes issued thereunder;
 

references to “AAGES” refer to Abengoa-Algonquin Global Energy Solutions B.V.,the joint venture between Algonquin and Abengoa to invest in the development and construction of clean energy and water infrastructure contracted assets;
 

references to “AAGES ROFO Agreement” refer to the agreement we entered into with AAGES on March 5, 2018, which became effective upon completion of the Share Sale, that provides us a right of first offer to purchase any of the AAGES ROFO Assets, as amended and restated from time to time;
 

references to “Abengoa” refer to Abengoa, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires;
 

references to “Abengoa ROFO Agreement” refer to the agreement we entered into with Abengoa on June 13, 2014, as amended and restated on December 9, 2014, that provides us a right of first offer to purchase any of the present or future contracted assets in renewable energy, efficient natural gas, electric transmission and water of Abengoa that are in operation, and any other renewable energy, efficient natural gas, electric transmission and water asset that is expected to generate contracted revenue and that Abengoa has transferred to an investment vehicle that are located in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia and the European Union, and four additional assets in other selected regions, including a pipeline of specified assets that we expect to evaluate for future acquisition, for which Abengoa will provide us a right of first offer to purchase if offered for sale by Abengoa or an investment vehicle to which Abengoa has transferred them;
 

references to “ACBH” refer to Abengoa Concessões Brasil Holding, a subsidiary holding company of Abengoa that was engaged in the development, construction, investment and management of concessions in Brazil, comprised mostly of transmission lines and which is currently undergoing a restructuring process in Brazil;
 

references to “ACT” refer to the gas-fired cogeneration facility located inside the Nuevo Pemex Gas Processing Facility near the city of Villahermosa in the state of Tabasco, Mexico;
 

references to “Algonquin” refer to, as the context requires, either Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a North American diversified generation, transmission and distribution utility, or Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. together with its subsidiaries;
 

references to “Algonquin ROFO Agreement” refer to the agreement we entered into with Algonquin on March 5, 2018, which became effective upon completion of the Share Sale, under which Algonquin granted us a right of first offer to purchase any of the assets offered for sale located outside of the United States or Canada as amended from time to time.  See “Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Overview”;
 

references to “Annual Consolidated Financial Statements” refer to the audited annual consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, including the related notes thereto, prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB (as such terms are defined herein);
 

references to “Annual Report” refer to our 2018 Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed on February 28, 2019;
 

references to “ASI Ops” refer to ASI Operations LLC;
 

references to “Atlantica” refer to Atlantica Yield plc;
 

references to “ATN” refer to ATN S.A., the operational electronic transmission asset in Peru, which is part of the Guaranteed Transmission System;
 

references to “AYES Canada” refer to Atlantica Yield Energy Solutions Canada Inc., a vehicle formed by Atlantica and Algonquin to channel co-investment opportunities;
 

references to “Befesa Agua Tenes” refer to Befesa Agua Tenes, S.L.U;
 

references to “cash available for distribution” refer to the cash distributions received by the Company from its subsidiaries minus cash expenses of the Company, including debt service and general and administrative expenses;
 

references to “CESCE” refer to Compañia Española de Seguros de Credito a la Exportacion , S.A. the Spanish Company of Export Credit Insurance;
 

references to “COD” refer to the commercial operation date of the applicable facility;
 

references to “Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements” refer to the consolidated condensed unaudited interim financial statements as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 and for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, including the related notes thereto prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB, which form a part of this quarterly report;
 

references to “DOE” refer to the U.S. Department of Energy;
 

references to “EMEA” refer to Europe, Middle East and Africa;
 

references to “EPC” refer to engineering, procurement and construction;
 

references to “EURIBOR” refer to Euro Interbank Offered Rate, a daily reference rate published by the European Money Markets Institute, based on the average interest rates at which Eurozone banks offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the euro wholesale money market;
 

references to “Federal Financing Bank” refer to a U.S. government corporation by that name;
 

references to “Financial Support Agreement” refer to the Financial Support Agreement we entered into with Abengoa on June 13, 2014, as amended and restated on September 28, 2017, pursuant to which Abengoa agreed to maintain certain guarantees or letters of credit for a period of five years following our initial public offering of ordinary shares in June 2014;
 

references to “Further Adjusted EBITDA” have the meaning set forth in “Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Metrics” within this quarterly report;
 

references to “GWh” refer to gigawatt hour;

 

references to “IAS” refer to the International Accounting Standards;

 

 

references to “IASB” refer to the International Accounting Standards Board, the board responsible for the development and publication of IFRS standards;



references to “IFRIC 12” refer to the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee’s interpretation relating to service concessions arrangements;
 

references to “IFRS” refer to the globally accepted International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the IASB;


reference to “IFRS 10” refers to the IFRS requirements for the preparation and presentation of consolidated financial statements, requiring entities to consolidate entities it controls;


reference to “International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee” refers to the interpretative body of the IASB that supports the application of the IFRS standards;
 

reference to “ITC Cash Grant” refers to the investment tax credit cash grant provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury under Section 1603 of Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009;
 

references to “kV” refer to kilovolts;
 

references to “LIBOR” refer to the London Interbank Offered Rate, a benchmark interest rate;
 

references to “Mft 3” refer to million cubic feet;
 
 

references to “Morgan Stanley” refer to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC;



references to “MW” refer to megawatts;
 

references to “operation” refer to the status of projects that have reached COD (as defined above);
 

references to “O&M” refer to Operations and Maintenance;
 

references to “Pemex” refer to Petróleos Mexicanos;
 

references to “PG&E” refer to PG&E Corporation and its regulated utility subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company collectively;
 

references to “PPA” refer to the power purchase agreements through which our power generating assets have contracted to sell energy to various off-takers;
 
references to “PTS” refer to Pemex Transportation System;


references to “Revolving Credit Facility” refers to the credit and guaranty agreement with a syndicate of banks (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) providing for a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $425 million, of which $37.5 million matures on December 31, 2021, and the remaining $387.5 matures on December 31, 2022. The Revolving Credit Facility replaced tranche A of the former revolving credit facility, which was repaid in full and cancelled prior to its maturity on June 1, 2018;
 

references to “Rioglass” refer to Rioglass Solar Holding, S.A.;
 

references to “ROFO” refer to a right of first offer;
 

references to “ROFO agreements” refer to the AAGES ROFO Agreement, Algonquin ROFO Agreement and Abengoa ROFO Agreement;
 

references to “Shareholders Agreement” refer to the agreement by and among Algonquin, AAGES and Atlantica, dated March 5, 2018 which became effective upon completion of the 25% Share Sale;
 

references to “Share Sale” refer to the sale by Abengoa to Algonquin of 25% of our ordinary shares pursuant to an agreement for the sale that was entered into in November 2017; Algonquin acquired later an additional 16.5% stake in Atlantica and it currently holds a 44.2% equity interest in the Company;
 

references to “U.S. NOLs” refer to the net operating losses recognized under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code as a result of certain tax-deductible expenses exceeding taxable revenues for a taxable year;
 

reference to “U.S.” or “United States”   refer to the United States of America;
 

references to “UTE” refer to Administracion Nacional de Usinas y Transmisiones Electricas, the Republic of Uruguay’s state-owned electricity company,

 
references to “Windlectric” refer to Windlectric, Inc.;


references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Atlantica” and the “Company” refer to Atlantica Yield plc and its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires.
 
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This quarterly report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, strategies, future events or performance (often, but not always, through the use of words or phrases such as may result, are expected to, will continue, is anticipated, believe, will, could, should, would, estimated, may, plan, potential, future, projection, goals, target, outlook, predict and intend or words of similar meaning) are not statements of historical facts and may be forward looking. Such statements occur throughout this report and include statements with respect to our expected trends and outlook, potential market and currency fluctuations, occurrence and effects of certain trigger and conversion events, our capital requirements, changes in market price of our shares, future regulatory requirements, the ability to identify and/or consummate future acquisitions on favorable terms, reputational risks, divergence of interests between our company and those of our largest shareholders and affiliates, tax and insurance implications, and more. Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties. Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to, and are accompanied by, important factors included in Part I, Item 3D. Risk Factors in our Annual Report (in addition to any assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in connection with such forward-looking statements) that could have a significant impact on our operations and financial results, and could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied in forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf in this quarterly report, in presentations, on our website, in response to questions or otherwise. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to:


our growth strategy and reliance on favorable market trends in renewable energy and demand for sustainable power generation and new water sources;
 

our intention to expand our portfolio while maintaining core geographies in North America, South America and Europe;
 

our ability to grow through partnerships with, and acquisitions from AAGES, Algonquin, other partners, or third parties, including our ability to acquire assets under our existing agreements with Algonquin and AAGES;
 

our existing agreements to jointly analyze future value opportunities with partners;
 

asset investments made directly or through investment vehicles with partners, including for projects under development or construction;
 

the performance of our assets and long-term agreements and investments;
 

our intention to collaborate with new and existing partners to expand asset ownership and growth;
 

our objective to expand cash available for distribution and to pay consistent and growing cash dividends to shareholders;
 

potential net operating losses due to changes in shareholder ownership;
 
termination of certain operation and maintenance service agreements;


acquisition closings that are subject to conditions precedent or outstanding government approval;
 

contingent rights under existing agreements;
 

the remaining term life of our assets and the expected costs of asset expansions and acquisitions;
 

the impact of fluctuating interest rates on our performance and expenses and the projected success of mitigation tactics;
 

our expected sources of liquidity and the sufficiency of our existing liquidity position and cash flows in meeting commitments and dividend requirements;
 

the impact of currency fluctuations on business operations and cash-flow hedging tactics;
 

the condition of the debt and equity capital markets and our ability and need to borrow additional funds and access capital markets, as well as our substantial indebtedness and the possibility that we may incur additional indebtedness going forward;
 

the ability of our counterparties to satisfy their financial commitments or business obligations and our ability to seek new counterparties in a competitive market;
 

government regulations, including compliance with regulatory and permit requirements and changes in tax laws, market rules, rates, tariffs and policies affecting renewable energy, as well as those creating the potential for business growth opportunities;

potential environmental liabilities and the cost and conditions of compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations;


our ability to finance and consummate new acquisitions on favorable terms;
 

third-party contractor and supplier viability;
 

the effects of litigation and other legal proceedings (including bankruptcy) against us and our subsidiaries;
 

price fluctuations, revocation and termination provisions in our offtake agreements and power purchase agreements;
 

our relationship with our shareholders including considerations related to bankruptcy; our substantial short-term and long-term indebtedness, and incurring additional debt in the future; and
 

financial damage caused by our off-taker PG&E and potential default under our project finance agreement due to a breach of our underlying PPA agreement with PG&E.
 
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances, including, but not limited to, unanticipated events, after the date on which such statement is made, unless otherwise required by law. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all of such factors, nor can it assess the impact of each such factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied in any forward-looking statement.

Consolidated condensed statements of financial position as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

         
As of
June 30,
   
As of
December 31,
 
   
Note (1)
   
2019
   
2018
 
Assets
                 
Non-current assets
                 
Contracted concessional assets
   
6
     
8,359,776
     
8,549,181
 
Investments carried under the equity method
   
7
     
135,496
     
53,419
 
Financial investments
   
8&9
     
72,548
     
52,670
 
Deferred tax assets
           
156,384
     
136,066
 
                         
Total non-current assets
           
8,724,204
     
8,791,336
 
                         
Current assets
                       
Inventories
           
19,117
     
18,924
 
Trade and other receivables
   
12
     
292,040
     
236,395
 
Financial investments
   
8
     
252,473
     
240,834
 
Cash and cash equivalents
           
576,066
     
631,542
 
                         
Total current assets
           
1,139,696
     
1,127,695
 
                         
Total assets
           
9,863,900
     
9,919,031
 

(1)
Notes 1 to 22 are an integral part of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

Consolidated condensed statements of financial position as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

         
As of
June 30,
   
As of
December 31,
 
   
Note (1)
   
2019
   
2018
 
Equity and liabilities
                 
Equity attributable to the Company
                 
Share capital
   
13
     
10,160
     
10,022
 
Parent company reserves
   
13
     
1,983,097
     
2,029,940
 
Other reserves
           
52,245
     
95,011
 
Accumulated currency translation differences
           
(80,504
)
   
(68,315
)
Retained earnings
   
13
     
(430,636
)
   
(449,274
)
Non-controlling interest
   
13
     
206,893
     
138,728
 
                         
Total equity
           
1,741,255
     
1,756,112
 
                         
Non-current liabilities
                       
Long-term corporate debt
   
14
     
677,750
     
415,168
 
Long-term project debt
   
15
     
4,204,804
     
4,826,659
 
Grants and other liabilities
   
16
     
1,649,971
     
1,658,126
 
Related parties
   
11
     
25,970
     
33,675
 
Derivative liabilities
   
9
     
330,571
     
279,152
 
Deferred tax liabilities
           
247,412
     
211,000
 
                         
Total non-current liabilities
           
7,136,478
     
7,423,780
 
                         
Current liabilities
                       
Short-term corporate debt
   
14
     
11,842
     
268,905
 
Short-term project debt
   
15
     
792,616
     
264,455
 
Trade payables and other current liabilities
   
17
     
149,337
     
192,033
 
Income and other tax payables
           
32,372
     
13,746
 
                         
Total current liabilities
           
986,167
     
739,139
 
                         
Total equity and liabilities
           
9,863,900
     
9,919,031
 

(1)
Notes 1 to 22 are an integral part of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

Consolidated condensed income statements for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

   
Note (1)
   
For the six-month period ended June 30,
 
         
2019
   
2018
 
Revenue
   
4
     
504,790
     
513,113
 
Other operating income
   
20
     
44,908
     
85,058
 
Raw materials and consumables used
           
(6,293
)
   
(7,274
)
Employee benefit expenses
           
(10,777
)
   
(10,315
)
Depreciation, amortization, and impairment charges
   
4
     
(150,063
)
   
(160,297
)
Other operating expenses
   
20
     
(126,230
)
   
(141,226
)
                         
Operating profit
           
256,335
     
279,059
 
                         
Financial income
   
19
     
517
     
36,871
 
Financial expense
   
19
     
(210,532
)
   
(206,106
)
Net exchange differences
           
326
     
1,148
 
Other financial income/(expense), net
   
19
     
(211
)
   
(9,687
)
                         
Financial expense, net
           
(209,900
)
   
(177,774
)
                         
Share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method
           
3,352
     
2,909
 
                         
Profit/(loss) before income tax
           
49,787
     
104,194
 
                         
Income tax
   
18
     
(27,040
)
   
(31,019
)
                         
Profit/(loss) for the period
           
22,747
     
73,175
 
                         
Loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interests
           
(5,791
)
   
(5,825
)
                         
Profit/(loss) for the period attributable to the Company
           
16,956
     
67,350
 
                         
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands)
   
21
     
100,516
     
100,217
 
                         
Basic and diluted earnings per share (U.S. dollar per share)
   
21
     
0 . 17
     
0.67
 

(1)
Notes 1 to 22 are an integral part of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

Consolidated condensed statements of comprehensive income for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

   
For the six-month period ended June 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Profit/(loss) for the period
   
22,747
     
73,175
 
Items that may be subject to transfer to income statement
               
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges
   
(89,199
)
   
(9,190
)
Currency translation differences
   
(13,121
)
   
(36,336
)
Tax effect
   
21,939
     
(848
)
                 
Net income/(expenses) recognized directly in equity
   
(80,381
)
   
(46,374
)
                 
Cash flow hedges
   
29,320
     
33,899
 
Tax effect
   
(7,330
)
   
(8,475
)
                 
Transfers to income statement
   
21,990
     
25,424
 
                 
Other comprehensive income/(loss)
   
(58,391
)
   
(20,950
)
                 
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the period
   
(35,644
)
   
52,225
 
                 
Total comprehensive (income)/loss attributable to non-controlling interest
   
(673
)
   
(3,336
)
                 
Total comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to the Company
   
(36,317
)
   
48,889
 

Consolidated condensed statements of changes in equity for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

   
Share
Capital
   
Parent
company
reserves
   
Other
reserves
   
Retained
earnings
   
Accumulated
currency
translation
differences
   
Total
equity
attributable
to the
Company
   
Non-
controlling
interest
   
Total
equity
 
                                                 
Balance as of January 1, 2018
   
10,022
     
2,163,229
     
82,294
     
(489,026
)
   
(18,147
)
   
1,748,372
     
136,595
     
1,884,967
 
                                                                 
Profit/(loss) for the six-month period after taxes
   
     
     
     
67,350
     
     
67,350
     
5,825
     
73,175
 
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges
   
     
     
17,009
     
6,517
     
     
23,526
     
1,183
     
24,709
 
Currency translation differences
   
     
     
     
     
(33,011
)
   
(33,011
)
   
(3,325
)
   
(36,336
)
Tax effect
   
     
     
(7,368
)
   
(1,608
)
   
     
(8,976
)
   
(347
)
   
(9,323
)
Other comprehensive income
   
     
     
9,641
     
4,909
     
(33,011
)
   
(18,461
)
   
(2,489
)
   
(20,950
)
                                                                 
Total comprehensive income
   
     
     
9,641
     
72,259
     
(33,011
)
   
48,889
     
3,336
     
52,225
 
                                                                 
Dividend distribution
   
     
(63,137
)
   
     
     
     
(63,137
)
   
(9,821
)
   
(72,958
)
                                                                 
Balance as of June 30, 2018
   
10,022
     
2,100,092
     
91,935
     
(416,767
)
   
(51,158
)
   
1,734,124
     
130,110
     
1,864,234
 

   
Share
Capital
   
Parent
company
reserves
   
Other
reserves
   
Retained
earnings
   
Accumulated
currency
translation
differences
   
Total
equity
attributable
to the
Company
   
Non-
controlling
interest
   
Total
equity
 
Balance as of December 31, 2018
   
10,022
     
2,029,940
     
95,011
     
(449,274
)
   
(68,315
)
   
1,617,384
     
138,728
     
1,756,112
 
                                                                 
Profit/(loss) for the six -month period after taxes
   
     
     
     
16,956
     
     
16,956
     
5,791
     
22,747
 
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges
   
     
     
(56,490
)
   
1,682
     
     
(54,808
)
   
(5,071
)
   
(59,879
)
Currency translation differences
   
     
     
     
     
(12,189
)
   
(12,189
)
   
(932
)
   
(13,121
)
Tax effect
   
     
     
13,724
     
     
     
13,724
     
885
     
14,609
 
Other comprehensive income
   
     
     
(42,766
)
   
1,682
     
(12,189
)
   
(53,273
)
   
(5,118
)
   
(58,391
)
                                                                 
Total comprehensive income
   
     
     
(42,766
)
   
18,638
     
(12,189
)
   
(36,317
)
   
673
     
(35,644
)
                                                                 
Capital reduction
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
(1,867
)
   
(1,867
)
                                                                 
Capital increase (Note 13)
   
138
     
29,862
     
     
     
     
30,000
     
     
30,000
 
                                                                 
Changes in scope (Note 5)
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
92,303
     
92,303
 
                                                                 
Dividend distribution
   
     
(76,705
)
   
     
     
     
(76,705
)
   
(22,944
)
   
(99,649
)
                                                                 
Balance as of June 30, 2019    
10,160
     
1,983,097
     
52,245
     
(430,636
)    
(80,504
)
   
1,534,362
     
206,893
     
1,741,255
 

Consolidated condensed cash flow statements for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

   
For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
I. Profit/(loss) for the period
   
22,747
     
73,175
 
Financial expense and non-monetary adjustments
   
361,616
     
297,862
 
                 
II. Profit for the period adjusted by financial expense and non-monetary adjustments
   
384,363
     
371,037
 
                 
III. Variations in working capital
   
(91,926
)
   
(47,227
)
                 
Net interest and income tax paid
   
(143,329
)
   
(160,604
)
                 
A. Net cash provided by operating activities
   
149,108
     
163,206
 
                 
Investment in contracted concessional assets*
   
14,704
     
62,690
 
Other non-current assets/liabilities
   
(30,439
)
   
(11,362
)
Acquisitions of subsidiaries and other financial instruments
   
(103,614
)
   
(6,806
)
B. Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
   
(119,349
)
   
44,522
 
                 
Proceeds from Project & Corporate debt
   
308,981
     
73,767
 
Repayment of Project & Corporate debt
   
(433,906
)
   
(211,441
)
Dividends paid to Company´s shareholders
   
(76,705
)
   
(63,137
)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest
   
(5,105
)
   
(6,787
)
Proceeds from capital increase
   
30,000
      -  
Proceeds from non-controlling interest
   
92,303
      -  
C. Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
   
(84,432
)
   
(207,598
)
                 
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
(54,673
)
   
130
 
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
   
631,542
     
669,387
 
                 
Translation differences in cash or cash equivalent
   
(803
)
   
(12,305
)
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
   
576,066
     
657,212
 

* Includes proceeds for $14.8 million and $60.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2018 respectively, related to the amounts received from Abengoa by Solana further to Abengoa´s obligation as EPC Contractor. For further details, we refer to Note 10 of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 included in the annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 on Form 20-F.

Notes to the consolidated condensed interim financial statements

Note 1.- Nature of the business
14
   
Note 2.- Basis of preparation
17
   
Note 3.- Financial risk management
18
   
Note 4.- Financial information by segment
19
   
Note 5.- Changes in the scope of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements
24
   
Note 6.- Contracted concessional assets
26
   
Note 7.- Investments carried under the equity method
26
   
Note 8.- Financial Investments
27
   
Note 9.- Derivative financial instruments
27
   
Note 10.- Fair Value of financial instruments
28
   
Note 11.- Related parties
28
   
Note 12.- Trade and other receivables
29
   
Note 13.- Equity
29
   
Note 14.- Corporate debt
30
   
Note 15.- Project debt
31
   
Note 16.- Grants and other liabilities
32
   
Note 17.-Trade payables and other current liabilities
33
   
Note 18.- Income tax
33
   
Note 19.- Financial income and expenses
33
   
Note 20.- Other operating income and expenses
34
   
Note 21.- Earnings per share
35
   
Note 22.- Subsequent events
35

Note 1. - Nature of the business

Atlantica Yield plc (“Atlantica” or the “Company”) was incorporated in England and Wales as a private limited company on December 17, 2013 under the name Abengoa Yield Limited. On March 19, 2014, the Company was re-registered as a public limited company, under the name Abengoa Yield plc. On May 13, 2016, the change of the Company´s registered name to Atlantica Yield plc was filed with the Registrar of Companies in the United Kingdom.

Atlantica is a sustainable total return infrastructure company that owns, manages and acquires renewable energy, efficient natural gas, electric transmission lines and water assets focused on North America (the United States, Mexico and Canada), South America (Peru, Chile and Uruguay) and EMEA (Spain, Algeria and South Africa).

Atlantica’s shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ABY” on June 13, 2014. The symbol changed to “AY” on November 11, 2017.

On March 9, 2018 and on November 27, 2018, Algonquin Power & Utilities (“Algonquin”) announced that it completed the acquisition from Abengoa S.A, (“Abengoa”) of a 25% and 16.47% equity interest in Atlantica, respectively. Algonquin is the largest shareholder of the Company and currently owns a 44.2% stake in Atlantica. Algonquin does not consolidate the Company in its consolidated financial statements.

During the year 2018, the Company completed the following acquisitions:

-
On February 28, 2018, the Company closed the acquisition of a 100% stake in a 4 MW hydroelectric power plant in Peru (“Mini-Hydro”) for approximately $9 million;
-
On October 10, 2018, the Company closed acquisition of a 5% stake in a natural gas transportation in Mexico (Pemex Transportation System or “PTS”). Consideration for this 5% stake, which amounts to approximately $7 million, will be disbursed progressively as construction progresses;
-
On December 11, 2018, the Company closed the acquisition of a 66kV transmission line in operation in Chile (“Chile TL3”) for approximately $6 million;
-
On December 14, 2018, the Company closed the acquisition of a 100% stake in a 50 MW on-shore wind plant in Uruguay (“Melowind”) for approximately $45 million;
-
On December 28, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of a transmission line, which is an expansion of ATN (“ATN expansion 1”) for approximately $16 million.

On January 29, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with Abengoa under the Right of First Offer (“ROFO”) Agreement for the acquisition of Befesa Agua Tenes S.L.U., a holding company which in turn owns a 51% stake in Tenes, a water desalination plant in Algeria. Closing of the acquisition is subject to conditions precedent, including the approval by the Algerian administration. At this stage, the Company cannot guarantee it will obtain this approval nor the expected timing of such approval. The price agreed for the equity value is $24.5 million, of which $19.9 million was paid in January 2019 as an advance payment and the rest is expected to be paid once the conditions precedent are fulfilled. If all the conditions precedent are not fulfilled by September 30, 2019, the advance payment shall be progressively reimbursed by Abengoa through a full cash-sweep of all the dividends to be received and in any case no later than September 30, 2031, together with an annual 12% interest. These dividends would be guaranteed by a right of usufruct over the economic rights and certain political rights and a pledge over the shares of Befesa Agua Tenés, S.L.U., granted by Abengoa to the Company.

On April 15, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire a 30% stake in Monterrey, a 142 MW gas-fired engine facility including 130MW installed capacity and 12 MW battery capacity. The acquisition was closed on  August 2, 2019, after conditions precedent were fulfilled, and the Company paid $42 million for the total equity investment. The asset, located in Mexico, has been in operation since 2018 and represents the first investment in electric batteries for the Company. It has a U.S. dollar-denominated 20-year PPA with two international large corporations engaged in the car manufacturing industry as well as a 20-year contract for the natural gas transportation with a U.S. energy company. The PPA also includes price escalation factors. The asset is the sole electricity supplier for the off-takers, it has no commodity risk and also has the possibility to sell excess energy to the North-East region of the country.  The Company also entered into a ROFO agreement with the seller of the shares for the remaining 70% stake in the asset.

On May 9, 2019, the Company entered into a partnership agreement with Algonquin, investing $4.9 million in the equity of a wind farm plant, Amherst Island, with a 75 MW installed capacity, owned and operated by Algonquin in Canada.

The following table provides an overview of the concessional assets the Company owned as of June 30, 2019:

Assets
Type
Ownership
Location
Currency (8)
Capacity
(Gross)
Counterparty
Credit Ratings (9)
COD*
Contract
Years Left
  (13)
                 
Solana
Renewable
(Solar)
100%
Class B (1)
Arizona (USA)
USD
280 MW
A-/A2/A-
2013
25
                 
Mojave
Renewable
(Solar)
100%
California
(USA)
USD
280 MW
D/WR/WD
2014
21
                 
Solaben 2 & 3
Renewable
(Solar)
70% (2)
Spain
Euro
2x50 MW
A-/Baa1/A-
2012
19/18
                 
Solacor 1 & 2
Renewable
(Solar)
87% (3)
Spain
Euro
2x50 MW
A-/Baa1/A-
2012
18/18
                 
PS10/PS20
Renewable
(Solar)
100%
Spain
Euro
31 MW
A-/Baa1/A-
2007&
2009
13/15
                 
Helioenergy 1 & 2
Renewable
(Solar)
100%
Spain
Euro
2x50 MW
A-/Baa1/A-
2011
18/18
                 
Helios 1 & 2
Renewable
(Solar)
100%
Spain
Euro
2x50 MW
A-/Baa1/A-
2012
19/19
                 
Solnova 1, 3 & 4
Renewable
(Solar)
100%
Spain
Euro
3x50 MW
A-/Baa1/A-
2010
16/16/17
                 
Solaben 1 & 6
Renewable
(Solar)
100%
Spain
Euro
2x50 MW
A-/Baa1/A-
2013
20/20
                 
Kaxu
Renewable
(Solar)
51% (4)
South Africa
Rand
100 MW
BB/Baa3/
BB+ (10)
2015
16
                 
Palmatir
Renewable
(Wind)
100%
Uruguay
USD
50 MW
BBB/Baa2/BBB- (11)
2014
15
                 
Cadonal
Renewable
(Wind)
100%
Uruguay
USD
50 MW
BBB/Baa2/BBB- (11)
2014
16
                 
ACT
Efficient natural gas
100%
Mexico
USD
300 MW
BBB+/ Baa3/BB+
2013
14
                 
ATN (12)
Transmission
line
100%
Peru
USD
365 miles
BBB+/A3/BBB+
2011
22
                 
ATS
Transmission
line
100%
Peru
USD
569 miles
BBB+/A3/BBB+
2014
25

ATN 2
Transmission
line
100%
Peru
USD
81 miles
Not rated
2015
14
                 
Quadra 1
Transmission
line
100%
Chile
USD
49 miles
Not rated
2014
16
                 
Quadra 2
Transmission
line
100%
Chile
USD
32 miles
Not rated
2014
16
                 
Palmucho
Transmission
line
100%
Chile
USD
6 miles
BBB+/Baa1/
BBB+
2007
19
                 
Chile TL3
Transmission
line
100%
Chile
USD
50 miles
A+/A1/A
1993
Regulated
                 
Skikda
Water
34.2% (5)
Algeria
USD
3.5 M
ft3/day
Not rated
2009
15
                 
Honaine
Water
25.5% (6)
Algeria
USD
7 M ft3/
day
Not rated
2012
19
                 
Seville PV
Renewable
(Solar)
80% (7)
Spain
Euro
1 MW
A-/Baa1/A-
2006
17
                 
Melowind
Renewable
(Wind)
100%
Uruguay
USD
50MW
BBB/Baa2/BBB-
2015
17
                 
Mini-Hydro
Renewable
(Hydraulic)
100%
Peru
USD
4 MW
BBB+/A3/BBB+
2012
14

(1)
On September 30, 2013, Liberty Interactive Corporation agreed to invest $300 million in Class A shares of ASO Holdings Company LLC, the holding company of Solana, in exchange for a share of the dividends and the taxable losses generated by Solana.

(2)
Itochu Corporation, a Japanese trading company, holds 30% of the shares in each of Solaben 2 and Solaben 3.

(3)
JGC, a Japanese engineering company, holds 13% of the shares in each of Solacor 1 and Solacor 2.

(4)
Kaxu is owned by the Company (51%), Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (29%) and Kaxu Community Trust (20%).

(5)
Algerian Energy Company, SPA owns 49% of Skikda and Sacyr Agua, S.L. owns the remaining 16.83%.

(6)
Algerian Energy Company, SPA owns 49% of Honaine and Sacyr Agua, S.L. owns the remaining 25.5%.

(7)
Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía (“Idae”), a Spanish state owned company, holds 20% of the shares in Seville PV.

(8)
Certain contracts denominated in U.S. dollars are payable in local currency.

(9)
Reflects the counterparty’s credit ratings issued by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or S&P, Moody’s Investors Service Inc., or Moody’s, and Fitch Ratings Ltd, or Fitch.

(10)
Refers to the credit rating of the Republic of South Africa. The offtaker is Eskom, which is a state-owned utility company in South Africa.

(11)
Refers to the credit rating of Uruguay, as UTE (Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisoras Eléctricas) is unrated.

(12)
Including the acquisition of ATN expansion 1.

(13)
As of December 31, 2018.

(*)
Commercial Operation Date.

The project financing arrangement of Kaxu contains cross-default provisions related to Abengoa such that debt defaults by Abengoa, subject to certain threshold amounts and/or a restructuring process, could trigger a default under the Kaxu project financing arrangement. In March 2017, Atlantica obtained a waiver in its Kaxu project financing arrangement which waives any potential cross-defaults with Abengoa up to that date, but it does not cover potential future cross-default events. As of June 30, 2019, there are no cross-default events with Abengoa.

Note 2. - Basis of preparation

The accompanying consolidated condensed interim financial statements represent the consolidated results of the Company and its subsidiaries.

The company´s annual consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018, were approved by the Board of Directors on February 26, 2019.

These consolidated condensed interim financial statements are presented in accordance with International Accounting Standards (“IAS”) 34, “Interim Financial Reporting”. In accordance with IAS 34, interim financial information is prepared solely in order to update the most recent annual consolidated financial statements prepared by the Company, placing emphasis on new activities, occurrences and circumstances that have taken place during the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, and not duplicating the information previously published in the annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018. Therefore, the consolidated condensed interim financial statements do not include all the information that would be required in a complete set of consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with the IFRS-IASB (“International Financial Reporting Standards-International Accounting Standards Board”). In view of the above, for an adequate understanding of the information, these consolidated condensed interim financial statements must be read together with Atlantica’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 included in the 2018 20-F.

In determining the information to be disclosed in the notes to the consolidated condensed interim financial statements, Atlantica, in accordance with IAS 34, has taken into account its materiality in relation to the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

The consolidated condensed interim financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars, which is the Company’s functional and presentation currency. Amounts included in these consolidated condensed interim financial statements are all expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

These consolidated condensed interim financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on August 2, 2019.

Application of new accounting standards

a) Standards, interpretations and amendments effective from January 1, 2019 under IFRS-IASB, applied by the Company in the preparation of these condensed interim financial statements:

·
IFRS 9 (Amendments to IFRS 9): Prepayment Features with Negative Compensation. This Standard is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted.

·
IAS 19 (Amendments to IAS 19): Plan Amendment, Curtailment or Settlement. This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted.

·
IFRIC 23: Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments. This Standard is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019 under IFRS-IASB.

·
IAS 28 (Amendment). Long-term Interests in Associates and Joint Ventures. This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted.

·
Amendments resulting from Annual Improvements 2015–2017 Cycle (remeasurement of previously held interest). This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019 under IFRS-IASB,

The applications of these amendments have not had any material impact on these condensed interim financial statements.

b) Standards, interpretations and amendments published by the IASB that will be effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020:

·
IFRS 17 ‘Insurance Contracts’. This Standard is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2021 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted.

·
IFRS 3 (Amendment). Definition of Business. This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted.

·
IAS 1 and IAS 8 (Amendment). Definition of Material. This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted.

·
Amendments to References to the Conceptual Frameworks in IFRS Standards. This Standard is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020 under IFRS-IASB.

The Company does not anticipate any significant impact on the consolidated condensed financial statements derived from the application of the new standards and amendments that will be effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020, although it is currently still in the process of evaluating such application.

Use of estimates

Some of the accounting policies applied require the application of significant judgment by management to select the appropriate assumptions to determine these estimates. These assumptions and estimates are based on the Company´s historical experience, advice from experienced consultants, forecasts and other circumstances and expectations as of the close of the financial period. The assessment is considered in relation to the global economic situation of the industries and regions where the Company operates, taking into account future development of our businesses. By their nature, these judgments are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty; therefore, actual results could materially differ from the estimates and assumptions used. In such cases, the carrying values of assets and liabilities are adjusted.

The most critical accounting policies, which reflect significant management estimates and judgment to determine amounts in these consolidated condensed interim financial statements, are as follows:


Contracted concessional agreements.


Impairment of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment.


Assessment of control.


Derivative financial instruments and fair value estimates.


Income taxes and recoverable amount of deferred tax assets.

As of the date of preparation of these consolidated condensed interim financial statements, no relevant changes in the estimates made are anticipated and, therefore, no significant changes in the value of the assets and liabilities recognized at June 30, 2019 are expected.

Although these estimates and assumptions are being made using all available facts and circumstances, it is possible that future events may require management to amend such estimates and assumptions in future periods. Changes in accounting estimates are recognized prospectively, in accordance with IAS 8, in the consolidated income statement of the period in which the change occurs.

Note 3. - Financial risk management

Atlantica’s activities are exposed to various financial risks: market risk (including currency risk and interest rate risk), credit risk and liquidity risk. Risk is managed by the Company’s Risk Finance and Compliance Departments, which are responsible for identifying and evaluating financial risks, quantifying them by project, region and company, in accordance with mandatory internal management rules. Written internal policies exist for global risk management, as well as for specific areas of risk. In addition, there are official written management regulations regarding key controls and control procedures for each company and the implementation of these controls is monitored through internal audit procedures.

These consolidated condensed interim financial statements do not include all financial risk management information and disclosures required for annual financial statements, and should be read together with the information included in Note 3 to Atlantica’s annual consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018.

Note 4. - Financial information by segment

Atlantica’s segment structure reflects how management currently makes financial decisions and allocates resources. Its operating segments are based on the following geographies where the contracted concessional assets are located:


North America


South America


EMEA

Based on the type of business, as of June 30, 2019, the Company had the following business sectors:

Renewable energy: Renewable energy assets include two solar plants in the United States, Solana and Mojave, each with a gross capacity of 280 MW and located in Arizona and California, respectively. The Company owns eight solar platforms in Spain: Solacor 1 and 2 with a gross capacity of 100 MW, PS10 and PS20 with a gross capacity of 31 MW, Solaben 2 and 3 with a gross capacity of 100 MW, Helioenergy 1 and 2 with a gross capacity of 100 MW, Helios 1 and 2 with a gross capacity of 100 MW, Solnova 1, 3 and 4 with a gross capacity of 150 MW, Solaben 1 and 6 with a gross capacity of 100 MW and Seville PV with a gross capacity of 1 MW. The Company also owns a solar plant in South Africa, Kaxu with a gross capacity of 100 MW. Additionally, the Company owns three wind farms in Uruguay, Palmatir, Cadonal and Melowind, with a gross capacity of 50 MW each, and a hydroelectric power plant in Peru with a gross capacity of 4 MW.

Efficient natural gas: The Company´s sole efficient natural gas asset is ACT, a 300 MW cogeneration plant in Mexico, which is party to a 20-year take-or-pay contract with Pemex for the sale of electric power and steam.

Electric transmission lines : Electric transmission assets include (i) three lines in Peru, ATN, ATS and ATN2, spanning a total of 1,015 miles; and (ii) four lines in Chile, Quadra 1, Quadra 2, Palmucho and Chile TL3, spanning a total of 137 miles.

Water: Water assets include a minority interest in two desalination plants in Algeria, Honaine and Skikda with an aggregate capacity of 10.5 Mft3 per day

Atlantica’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) assesses the performance and assignment of resources according to the identified operating segments. The CODM considers the revenues as a measure of the business activity and the Further Adjusted EBITDA as a measure of the performance of each segment. Further Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as profit/(loss) for the period attributable to the parent company, after adding back loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interests from continued operations, income tax, share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method, finance expense net, depreciation, amortization and impairment charges of entities included in these consolidated financial statements, and compensations received from Abengoa in lieu of Abengoa Concessões Brasil Holding (“ACBH”) dividends (for the period up to the first quarter of 2017 only).

In order to assess performance of the business, the CODM receives reports of each reportable segment using revenues and Further Adjusted EBITDA. Net interest expense evolution is assessed on a consolidated basis. Financial expense and amortization are not taken into consideration by the CODM for the allocation of resources.

In the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019, Atlantica had three customers with revenues representing more than 10% of the total revenues, two in the renewable energy and one in the efficient natural gas business sectors. In the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018, Atlantica had four customers with revenues representing more than 10% of the total revenues, three in the renewable energy and one in the efficient natural gas business sectors.


a)
The following tables show Revenues and Further Adjusted EBITDA by operating segments and business sectors for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

   
Revenue
   
Further Adjusted EBITDA
 
   
For the six-month period ended
June 30,
   
For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Geography
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
North America
   
164,536
     
172,315
     
147,162
     
154,659
 
South America
   
69,090
     
59,881
     
57,464
     
49,247
 
EMEA
   
271,164
     
280,917
     
201,772
     
235,450
 
Total
   
504,790
     
513,113
     
406,398
     
439,356
 

   
Revenue
   
Further Adjusted EBITDA
 
   
For the six-month period ended
June 30,
   
For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Business sector
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Renewable energy
   
380,086
     
392,213
     
301,395
     
345,386
 
Efficient natural gas
   
61,698
     
61,437
     
54,302
     
46,982
 
Electric transmission lines
   
51,098
     
47,903
     
43,585
     
40,300
 
Water
   
11,908
     
11,560
     
7,116
     
6,688
 
Total
   
504,790
     
513,113
     
406,398
     
439,356
 

The reconciliation of segment Further Adjusted EBITDA with the profit/(loss) attributable to the Company is as follows:

   
For the six-month period ended
June 30,
($ in thousands)
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Profit/(Loss) attributable to the Company
 
$
16,956
     
67,350
 
(Loss)/Profit attributable to non-controlling interests
   
5,791
     
5,825
 
Income tax
   
27,040
     
31,019
 
Share of (profits)/losses of associates
   
(3,352
)
   
(2,909
)
Financial expense, net
   
209,900
     
177,774
 
Depreciation, amortization, and impairment charges
   
150,063
     
160,297
 
Total segment Further Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
406,398
     
439,356
 


b)
The assets and liabilities by operating segments (and business sector) as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:

Assets and liabilities by geography as of June 30, 2019:

   
North
America
   
South America
   
EMEA
   
Balance as of
June 30,
2019
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Assets allocated
                       
Contracted concessional assets
   
3,377,228
     
1,193,156
     
3,789,392
     
8,359,776
 
Investments carried under the equity method
   
79,119
     
-
     
56,377
     
135,496
 
Current financial investments
   
157,083
     
61,827
     
31,499
     
250,409
 
Cash and cash equivalents (project companies)
   
146,237
     
41,704
     
280,849
     
468,790
 
Subtotal allocated
   
3,759,667
     
1,296,687
     
4,158,117
     
9,214,471
 
Unallocated assets
                               
Other non-current assets
                           
228,932
 
Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level)
                           
420,497
 
Subtotal unallocated
                           
649,429
 
Total assets
                           
9,863,900
 

   
North
America
   
South America
   
EMEA
   
Balance as of
June 30,
2019
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Liabilities allocated
                       
Long-term and short-term project debt
   
1,708,966
     
891,278
     
2,397,176
     
4,997,420
 
Grants and other liabilities
   
1,509,206
     
7,382
     
133,383
     
1,649,971
 
Subtotal allocated
   
3,218,172
     
898,660
     
2,530,559
     
6,647,391
 
Unallocated liabilities
                               
Long-term and short-term corporate debt
                           
689,592
 
Other non-current liabilities
                           
603,953
 
Other current liabilities
                           
181,709
 
Subtotal unallocated
                           
1,475,254
 
Total liabilities
                           
8,122,645
 
Equity unallocated
                           
1,741,255
 
Total liabilities and equity unallocated
                           
3,216,509
 
Total liabilities and equity
                           
9,863,900
 

Assets and liabilities by geography as of December 31, 2018:

   
North
America
   
South America
   
EMEA
   
Balance as of
December 31,
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Assets allocated
                       
Contracted concessional assets
   
3,453,652
     
1,210,624
     
3,884,905
     
8,549,181
 
Investments carried under the equity method
   
-
     
-
     
53,419
     
53,419
 
Current financial investments
   
147,213
     
61,959
     
30,080
     
239,252
 
Cash and cash equivalents (project companies)
   
195,678
     
41,316
     
287,456
     
524,450
 
Subtotal allocated
   
3,796,543
     
1,313,899
     
4,255,860
     
9,366,302
 
Unallocated assets
                               
Other non-current assets
                           
188,736
 
Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level)
                           
363,993
 
Subtotal unallocated
                           
552,729
 
Total assets
                           
9,919,031
 

   
North
America
   
South America
   
EMEA
   
Balance as of
December 31,
2018
 
         
($ in thousands)
 
Liabilities allocated
                       
Long-term and short-term project debt
   
1,725,961
     
900,801
     
2,464,352
     
5,091,114
 
Grants and other liabilities
   
1,527,724
     
7,550
     
122,852
     
1,658,126
 
Subtotal allocated
   
3,253,685
     
908,351
     
2,587,204
     
6,749,240
 
Unallocated liabilities
                               
Long-term and short-term corporate debt
                           
684,073
 
Other non-current liabilities
                           
523,827
 
Other current liabilities
                           
205,779
 
Subtotal unallocated
                           
1,413,679
 
Total liabilities
                           
8,162,919
 
Equity unallocated
                           
1,756,112
 
Total liabilities and equity unallocated
                           
3,169,791
 
Total liabilities and equity
                           
9,919,031
 

Assets and liabilities by business sector as of June 30, 2019:

   
Renewable
energy
   
Efficient
natural
gas
   
Electric
transmission
lines
   
Water
   
Balance as of
June 30,
2019
 
         
($ in thousands)
 
Assets allocated
                             
Contracted concessional assets
   
6,825,572
     
578,423
     
869,685
     
86,096
     
8,359,776
 
Investments carried under the equity method
   
89,149
     
-
     
-
     
46,347
     
135,496
 
Current financial investments
   
33,268
     
139,076
     
60,971
     
17,094
     
250,409
 
Cash and cash equivalents (project companies)
   
426,255
     
19,567
     
13,373
     
9,595
     
468,790
 
Subtotal allocated
   
7,374,244
     
737,066
     
944,029
     
159,132
     
9,214,471
 
Unallocated assets
                                       
Other non-current assets
                                   
228,932
 
Other current assets  (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level)
                                   
420,497
 
Subtotal unallocated
                                   
649,429
 
Total assets
                                   
9,863,900
 

   
Renewable
energy
   
Efficient
natural
gas
   
Electric
transmission
lines
   
Water
   
Balance as of
June 30,
2019
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Liabilities allocated
                             
Long-term and short-term project debt
   
3,791,447
     
536,690
     
642,496
     
26,787
     
4,997,420
 
Grants and other liabilities
   
1,648,118
     
139
     
957
     
757
     
1,649,971
 
Subtotal allocated
   
5,439,565
     
536,829
     
643,453
     
27,544
     
6,647,391
 
Unallocated liabilities
                                       
Long-term and short-term corporate debt
                                   
689,592
 
Other non-current liabilities
                                   
603,953
 
Other current liabilities
                                   
181,709
 
Subtotal unallocated
                                   
1,475,254
 
Total liabilities
                                   
8,122,645
 
Equity unallocated
                                   
1,741,255
 
Total liabilities and equity unallocated
                                   
3,216,509
 
Total liabilities and equity
                                   
9,863,900
 

Assets and liabilities by business sector as of December 31, 2018:

   
Renewable
energy
   
Efficient
natural
gas
   
Electric
transmission
lines
   
Water
   
Balance as of
December 31,
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Assets allocated
                             
Contracted concessional assets
   
6,998,020
     
580,997
     
882,980
     
87,184
     
8,549,181
 
Investments carried under the equity method
   
10,257
     
-
     
-
     
43,162
     
53,419
 
Current financial investments
   
15,396
     
147,192
     
61,102
     
15,562
     
239,252
 
Cash and cash equivalents (project companies)
   
453,096
     
45,625
     
14,043
     
11,686
     
524,450
 
Subtotal allocated
   
7,476,769
     
773,814
     
958,125
     
157,594
     
9,366,302
 
Unallocated assets
                                       
Other non-current assets
                                   
188,736
 
Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level)
                                   
363,993
 
Subtotal unallocated
                                   
552,729
 
Total assets
                                   
9,919,031
 

   
Renewable
energy
   
Efficient
natural gas
   
Electric
transmission
lines
   
Water
   
Balance as of
December 31,
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Liabilities allocated
                             
Long-term and short-term project debt
   
3,868,626
     
545,123
     
647,820
     
29,545
     
5,091,114
 
Grants and other liabilities
   
1,656,146
     
161
     
1,025
     
794
     
1,658,126
 
Subtotal allocated
   
5,524,772
     
545,284
     
648,845
     
30,339
     
6,749,240
 
Unallocated liabilities
                                       
Long-term and short-term corporate debt
                                   
684,073
 
Other non-current liabilities
                                   
523,827
 
Other current liabilities
                                   
205,779
 
Subtotal unallocated
                                   
1,413,679
 
Total liabilities
                                   
8,162,919
 
Equity unallocated
                                   
1,756,112
 
Total liabilities and equity unallocated
                                   
3,169,791
 
Total liabilities and equity
                                   
9,919,031
 


c)
The amount of depreciation, amortization and impairment charges recognized for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:

   
For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
Depreciation, amortization and impairment by geography
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
North America
   
(53,013
)
   
(59,638
)
South America
   
(22,859
)
   
(21,056
)
EMEA
   
(74,191
)
   
(79,603
)
Total
   
(150,063
)
   
(160,297
)

   
For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
Depreciation, amortization and impairment by business sectors
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Renewable energy
   
(142,895
)
   
(140,491
)
Electric transmission lines
   
(12,593
)
   
(14,608
)
Efficent natual gas
   
5,425
     
(5,198
)
Total
   
(150,063
)
   
(160,297
)

Note 5. - Changes in the scope of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019

On May 24, 2019, Atlantica and Algonquin formed Atlantica Yield Energy Solutions Canada Inc. (“AYES Canada”), a vehicle to channel co-investment opportunities in which Atlantica holds the majority of voting rights. The first investment was in Amherst Island, a 75 MW wind plant in Canada owned by the project company Windlectric, Inc. (“Windlectric”). Atlantica invested $4.9 million and Algonquin invested $92.3 million, both through AYES Canada, which in turn invested those funds in Amherst Island Partnership (“AIP”), the holding company of Windlectric. Atlantica accounts for the investment in AIP and ultimately Windlectric under the equity method as per IAS 28, Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures. Since Atlantica has control over AYES Canada under IFRS 10 “Consolidated Financial Statements”, its consolidated financial statements show a total investment in the Amherst Island project of $97.2 million, accounted for as “Investments carried under the equity method” (Note 7) and Algonquin’s portion of that investment of $92.3 million as “Non-controlling interest”.

For the year ended December 31, 2018

On February 28, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in Hidrocañete, S.A. (Mini-Hydro). Total purchase price for this asset amounted to $9,327 thousand. The acquisition has been accounted for in the consolidated accounts of Atlantica, in accordance with IFRS 3, Business Combinations.

On October 10, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of a 5% stake in Gas CA-KU-A1, S.A.P.I de C.V. (Pemex Transportation System or “PTS”). The acquisition has been accounted for in the consolidated accounts of Atlantica, in accordance with IAS 28, Investments in Associates. Consideration for the initial 5%, which amounts to approximately $7 million will be disbursed progressively as construction progresses. Once the project enters into operation, which is expected for the first half of 2020, the Company expects to acquire an additional 65% as per the terms of the purchase agreements. Finally, the Company expects to acquire the remaining 30% one year after COD, subject to final approvals. The total equity investment is estimated to amount to approximately $150 million.

On December 11, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of a transmission line in Chile (Chile TL3). The total purchase price for this asset amounted to $6 million. The acquisition has been accounted for in the consolidated financial statements of Atlantica, in accordance with IFRS 3, Business Combinations.

On December 13, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in Estrellada, S.A. (Melowind). Total purchase price for this asset amounted to approximately $45 million. The acquisition has been accounted for in the consolidated financial statements of Atlantica, in accordance with IFRS 3, Business Combinations.

On December 28, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of a power substation and two small transmission lines in Peru, being an expansion of the ATN transmission line (“ATN expansion 1”). Total purchase price for this asset amounted to $16 million. The acquisition has been accounted for in the consolidated financial statements of Atlantica, in accordance with IFRS 3, Business Combinations.

The amount of assets and liabilities integrated at the effective acquisition date for the aggregated change in scope is shown in the following table:

   
Asset Acquisition
for the year ended
December 31, 2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Concessional assets
   
155,909
 
Investments carried under the equity method
   
1
 
Current assets
   
5,646
 
Project debt long term
   
(79,016
)
Deferred tax liabilities
   
(590
)
Project debt short term
   
(2,346
)
Other current and non-current liabilities
   
(3,000
)
Asset acquisition - purchase price
   
(76,604
)
Net result of the asset acquisition
   
-
 

As a result of the acquisitions being made effective near to year end, the allocation of the purchase prices was provisional as of December 31, 2018. As such, the amounts indicated may be adjusted during the measurement period to reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date that, if known, would have affected the amounts recognized as of December 31, 2018. The measurement period will not exceed one year from the acquisition dates.

Note 6. - Contracted concessional assets

The detail of contracted concessional assets included in the heading ‘Contracted concessional assets’ as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 is as follows:

   
Balance as of
June 30,
2019
   
Balance as of
December 31,
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Contracted concessional assets cost
   
10,433,886
     
10,475,828
 
Amortization and impairment
   
(2,074,110
)
   
(1,926,647
)
Total
   
8,359,776
     
8,549,181
 

Contracted concessional assets include fixed assets financed through project debt, related to service concession arrangements recorded in accordance with IFRIC 12, except for Palmucho, which is recorded in accordance with IAS 17, and PS10, PS20, Seville PV, Mini-Hydro and Chile TL3 which are recorded as property plant and equipment in accordance with IAS 16. Concessional assets recorded in accordance with IFRIC 12 are either intangible or financial assets. As of June 30, 2019, contracted concessional financial assets amount to $840,876 thousand ($843,291 thousand as of December 31, 2018).

The decrease in the contracted concessional assets cost is primarily due to the lower value of assets denominated in euros since the exchange rate of the euro decreased against the U.S. dollar since December 31, 2018.

No losses from impairment of contracted concessional assets were recorded during the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 ($42.7 million during the year 2018 in the Solana project).

Other matters

Abengoa maintains a number of obligations under O&M and other contracts, as well as indemnities covering certain potential risks. Additionally, Abengoa represented that further to the accession to the restructuring agreement, Atlantica would not be a guarantor of any obligation of Abengoa with respect to third parties and agreed to indemnify the Company for any penalty claimed by third parties resulting from any breach in such representations. The Company has contingent assets, which have not been recognized as of June 30, 2019, related to the obligations of Abengoa referred above, which result and amounts will depend on the occurrence of uncertain future events. In particular as of April 26, 2018 and November 28, 2018, Abengoa agreed to pay Atlantica certain amounts subject to conditions which are beyond the control of the Company.

The Company entered into a Financial Support Agreement on June 13, 2014, under which Abengoa agreed to maintain any guarantees and letters of credit that have been provided by it on behalf of or for the benefit of Atlantica and its affiliates for a period of five years. This agreement with Abengoa expired in June 2019, and Abengoa’s commitment to maintain guarantees and letters of credit currently outstanding in the Company´s affiliates´ favor expired, as well. The Company replaced all the guarantees where necessary.

Note 7. - Investments carried under the equity method

The table below shows the breakdown of the investments held in associates as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018:

   
Balance as of
June 30,
2019
   
Balance as of
December 31,
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Evacuación Valdecaballeros, S.L.
   
8,561
     
8,773
 
Myah Bahr Honaine, S.P.A.(*)
   
46,347
     
43,161
 
Pectonex, R.F. Proprietary Limited
   
1,437
     
1,485
 
ABY Infraestructuras, S.L.
   
1
     
-
 
Ca Ku A1, S.A.P.I. de CV (PTS)
   
-
     
-
 
Evacuación Villanueva del Rey, S.L
   
-
     
-
 
Amherst Island Partnership (**)
   
79,150
     
-
 
Total
   
135,496
     
53,419
 

(*) Myah Bahr Honaine, S.P.A., the project entity, is 51% owned by Geida Tlemcen, S.L. which is accounted for using the equity method in these consolidated condensed interim financial statements. Geida Tlemcen, S.L. is 50% owned by Atlantica.

(**) Amherst Island Partnership, the holding company owing 100% of Windlectric Inc., the project entity, is accounted for under the equity method (Note 5).

Note 8. - Financial investments

The detail of Non-current and Current financial investments as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 is as follows:

   
Balance as of
June 30,
2019
   
Balance as of
December 31,
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Fair Value through OCI (Investment in Ten West link)
   
9,070
     
6,034
 
Fair Value through Profit and Loss (Investment in Rioglass)
   
7,000
     
-
 
Derivative assets
   
2,951
     
11,571
 
Other receivable accounts at amortized cost
   
53,527
     
35,065
 
Total non-current financial investments
   
72,548
     
52,670
 
Contracted concessional financial assets
   
152,787
     
159,128
 
Derivative assets
   
2,064
     
1,582
 
Other receivable accounts at amortized cost
   
97,622
     
80,124
 
Total current financial investments
   
252,473
     
240,834
 

Investment in Ten West Link is a 12.5% interest in a 114-mile transmission line in the U.S.

Investment in Rioglass corresponds to the acquisition of 15.12% of the equity interest of Rioglass, a multinational solar power and renewable energy technology manufacturer.

Current other receivable accounts include restricted cash amounting to $78.4 million as of June 30, 2019 ($78.9 million as of December 31, 2018).

The increase of Non-current other receivable accounts at amortized cost is primarily due to the $19.9 million advance payment the Company made in January 2019 for the acquisition of Befesa Agua Tenés S.L.U. (Note 1).

Note 9. - Derivative financial instruments

The breakdowns of the fair value amount of the derivative financial instruments as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:

   
Balance as of June 30, 2019
   
Balance as of December 31, 2018
 
($ in thousands)
 
Assets
   
Liabilities
   
Assets
   
Liabilities
 
Interest rate cash flow hedges
   
2,154
     
330,571
     
9,923
     
279,152
 
Foreign exchange derivative instruments
   
2,861
     
-
     
3,230
     
-
 
Total
   
5,015
     
330,571
     
13,153
     
279,152
 

The derivatives are primarily interest rate cash flow hedges. All are classified as non-current assets or non-current liabilities, as they hedge long-term financing agreements.

Additionally, the Company owns currency options with leading international financial institutions, which guarantee minimum Euro-U.S. dollar exchange rates. The strategy of the Company is to hedge the exchange rate for the distributions from its Spanish assets after deducting euro-denominated interest payments and euro-denominated general and administrative expenses. Through currency options, the strategy of the Company is to hedge 100% of its euro-denominated net exposure for the next 12 months and 75% of its euro denominated net exposure for the following 12 months, on a rolling basis. Hedge accounting is not applied to these options.

The net amount of the fair value of interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges transferred to the consolidated condensed income statement is a loss of $29.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 (loss of $33.9 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2018)

The after-tax results accumulated in equity in connection with derivatives designated as cash flow hedges as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 amount to a profit of $52.2 million and a profit of $95.0 million, respectively.

Note 10. - Fair value of financial instruments

Financial instruments measured at fair value are presented in accordance with the following level classification based on the nature of the inputs used for the calculation of fair value:

Level 1: Inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Fair value is measured based on inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).

Level 3: Fair value is measured based on unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

As of June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, all the financial instruments measured at fair value correspond to derivatives and have been classified as Level 2.

Note 11. - Related parties

During the normal course of business, the Company has historically conducted operations with related parties consisting mainly of Abengoa´s subsidiaries and non-controlling interests. The transactions were completed at market rates.

Further to the sale of its remaining 16.47% stake in the Company to Algonquin on November 27, 2018, Abengoa ceased to fulfill the conditions to be a related party as per IAS 24 - Related Parties Disclosures. Algonquin on its side is a related party since it completed the acquisition of a 25% stake in the Company in March 2018.

Details of balances with related parties as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, which therefore do not include balances with Abengoa, are as follows:

   
Balance as of
June 30,
   
Balance as of
December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Credit receivables (current)
   
21,869
     
5,328
 
Total current receivables with related parties
   
21,869
     
5,328
 
                 
Trade and other payables (current)
   
36,459
     
19,352
 
Total current payables with related parties
   
36,459
     
19,352
 
                 
Credit payables (non-current)
   
25,970
     
33,675
 
Total non-current payables with related parties
   
25,970
     
33,675
 

Credit receivables as of June 30, 2019 include $18.0 million of dividends to be collected from Amherst Island Partnership. From this amount, $17.9 million is in turn payable to Algonquin, and is recorded as current payables. Algonquin made a majority of the investment and owns a majority of the economic rights in Amherst Island (Note 5).

The remaining amounts recorded as Credit receivables, Trade and other payables and non-current Credit payables relate to debts with non-controlling interests’ partners in Kaxu, Solaben 2&3 and Solacor 1&2.

The transactions carried out with related parties, which are primarily transactions with Abengoa and with subsidiaries of Abengoa, during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018, have been as follows:

   
For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Services received
   
-
     
(56,619
)
Financial income
   
12
     
1,819
 
Financial expenses
   
(104
)
   
(690
)

During 2018 services received primarily include operation and maintenance services received by some assets.

Note 12. - Trade and other receivables

Trade and other receivables as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, consist of the following:

   
Balance as of
June 30,
   
Balance as of
December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Trade receivables
   
229,061
     
163,856
 
Tax receivables
   
37,333
     
54,959
 
Prepayments
   
16,636
     
5,521
 
Other accounts receivable
   
9,010
     
12,059
 
Total
   
292,040
     
236,395
 

Increase in trade receivables primarily relates to seasonality of sales in some of the assets.

As of June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the fair value of trade and other receivables accounts does not differ significantly from its carrying value.

Note 13. - Equity

Atlantica’s shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ABY” on June 13, 2014. The symbol changed to “AY” on November 11, 2017.

As of June 30, 2019, the share capital of the Company amounts to $10,160,167 represented by 101,601,666 ordinary shares completely subscribed and disbursed with a nominal value of $0.10 each, all in the same class and series. Each share grants one voting right.

Algonquin completed in 2018 the acquisition from Abengoa of its entire stake in Atlantica, 41.47% of the total shares of the Company, becoming the largest shareholder of the Company. On May 22, 2019, the Company issued additional 1,384,402 ordinary shares, which were fully subscribed by Algonquin for a total amount of $30,000,000, increasing the stake of Algonquin to 42.27%. Additionally, Algonquin purchased 2,000,000 ordinary shares on May 31, 2019, increasing its stake in Atlantica to 44.2%.

Atlantica Yield reserves as of June 30, 2019 are made up of share premium accounts and distributable reserves.

Retained earnings primarily include results attributable to Atlantica.

Non-controlling interests fully relate to interests held by JGC in Solacor 1 and Solacor 2, by Idae in Seville PV, by Itochu Corporation in Solaben 2 and Solaben 3, by Algerian Energy Company, SPA and Sacyr Agua S.L. in Skikda, by Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) and Kaxu Community Trust in Kaxu and by Algonquin Power Co. in AYES Canada.

On February 26, 2019, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.37 per share corresponding to the fourth quarter of 2018. The dividend was paid on March 22, 2019 for a total amount of $37.1 million

On May 7, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a dividend of $0.39 per share corresponding to the first quarter of 2019. The dividend was paid on June 14, 2019 for a total amount of $39.6 million

In addition, as of June 30, 2019, there was no treasury stock and there have been no transactions with treasury stock during the six-month period then ended.

Note 14. - Corporate debt

The breakdown of the corporate debt as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 is as follows:

   
Balance as of
June 30,
   
Balance as of
December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Non-current
   
677,750
     
415,168
 
Current
   
11,842
     
268,905
 
Total Corporate Debt
   
689,592
     
684,073
 

The repayment schedule for the corporate debt as of June 30, 2019 is as follows:

   
Remainder
of 2019
   
Between
January and
June 2020
   
2021
   
2022
   
2023
   
Subsequent
years
   
Total
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
New Revolving Credit Facility
   
167
     
-
     
72,963
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
73,130
 
Note Issuance Facility
   
246
     
-
     
-
     
102,480
     
101,715
     
101,632
     
306,072
 
2017 Credit Facility
   
11,356
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
11,356
 
2019 Note Issuance Facility
   
73
      -
      -
      -
      -
     
298,960
     
299,034
 
Total
   
11,842
     
-
     
72,963
     
102,480
     
101,715
     
400,592
     
689,592
 

On November 17, 2014, the Company issued the Senior Notes due 2019 in an aggregate principal amount of $255,000 thousand (the “2019 Notes”). The 2019 Notes accrued annual interest of 7.00% payable semi-annually beginning on May 15, 2015 until their maturity date. The 2019 Notes were fully repaid on May 29, 2019.

On February 10, 2017, the Company issued Senior Notes due 2022, 2023, 2024 (the “Note Issuance Facility”), in an aggregate principal amount of €275,000 thousand. The 2022 to 2024 Notes accrue annual interest, equal to the sum of (i) EURIBOR plus (ii) 4.90%, as determined by the Agent. Interest on the Notes are payable in cash quarterly in arrears on each interest payment date. The Company pays interest to the holders of record on each interest payment date. The interest rate on the Note Issuance Facility is fully hedged by two interest rate swaps contracted with Jefferies Financial Services, Inc. with effective date March 31, 2017 and maturity date December 31, 2022, resulting in the Company paying a net fixed interest rate of 5.5% on the Note Issuance Facility. Changes in fair value of these interest rate swaps have been recorded in the consolidated income statement. The Note Issuance Facility is a € denominated liability for which the Company applies net investment hedge accounting. When converted to US$ at US$/€ closing exchange rate, it contributes to reduce the impact in translation difference reserves generated in the equity of these consolidated financial statements by the conversion of the net assets of the Spanish solar assets into US$.

On July 20, 2017, the Company signed a credit facility (the “2017 Credit Facility”) for up to €10 million, approximately $11.4 million, which is available in euros or U.S. dollars and was fully drawn down in 2017. Amounts drawn down accrue interest at a rate per year equal to EURIBOR plus 2.25% or LIBOR plus 2.25%, depending on the currency. The credit facility maturity date was July 20, 2019   and therefore the amounts drawn down were classified as Current as of June 30, 2019.   It has been renewed during the month of July 2019 and the new maturity date is July 4, 2020.

On May 10, 2018, the Company entered into a $215 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) with Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and Royal Bank of Canada and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as issuers of letters of credit. Amounts drawn down accrue interest at a rate per year equal to (A) for Eurodollar rate loans, LIBOR plus a percentage determined by reference to the leverage ratio of the Company, ranging between 1.60% and 2.25% and (B) for base rate loans, the highest of (i) the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight U.S. Federal funds transactions with members of the U.S. Federal Reserve System arranged by U.S. Federal funds brokers on such day plus ½ of 1.00%, (ii) the U.S. prime rate and (iii) LIBOR plus 1.00%, in any case, plus a percentage determined by reference to the leverage ratio of the Company, ranging between 0.60% and 1.00%. Letters of credit may be issued using up to $70 million of the Revolving Credit Facility. As of June 30, 2019, the Company had drawn down an amount of $73 million (net of debt issuance costs). During the month of January 2019, the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility increased from $215 million to $300 million. On August 2, 2019, the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility increased from $300 million to $425 million and the maturity was extended to December 31, 2022 for $387.5 million, while the remaining 37.5 million matures on December 31, 2021. As of June 2019, the maturity of the Revolving Credit Facility was December 31, 2021 for its full amount.
 
Current corporate debt corresponds mainly to the nominal of the 2017 Credit Facility.

On April 30, 2019, the Company entered into a senior unsecured note facility with a group of funds managed by Westbourne Capital as purchasers of the notes issued thereunder for a total amount of €268 million (the “2019 Note Issuance Facility”). The principal amount was issued in May 24, 2019 and was used to prepay and subsequently cancel in full the aforementioned 2019 Notes and for general corporate purposes. The 2019 Note Issuance Facility includes an upfront fee of 2% paid on drawdown and its maturity date is April 30, 2025. Interest accrue at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 3-month EURIBOR plus 4.65%. The interest rate on the 2019 Note Issuance Facility is fully hedged by an interest rate swap with effective date June 28, 2019 and maturity date June 30, 2022, resulting in the Company paying a net fixed interest rate of 4.4%. The 2019 Note Issuance Facility provides that the Company may capitalize interest on the notes issued thereunder for a period of up to two years from closing at the Company´s discretion, subject to certain conditions.

Note 15. - Project debt

The main purpose of the Company is the long-term ownership and management of contracted concessional assets, such as renewable energy, efficient natural gas, electric transmission line and water assets, which are financed through project debt. This note shows the project debt linked to the contracted concessional assets included in Note 6 of these consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

Project debt is generally used to finance contracted assets, exclusively using as guarantee the assets and cash flows of the company or group of companies carrying out the activities financed. In most of the cases, the assets and/or contracts are set up as guarantee to ensure the repayment of the related financing. In addition, the cash of the Company´s projects includes funds held to satisfy the customary requirements of certain non-recourse debt agreements and other restricted cash for an amount of $249 million as of June 30, 2019 ($296 million as of December 31, 2018).

Compared with corporate debt, project debt has certain key advantages, including a greater leverage and a clearly defined risk profile.

The breakdown of project debt for both non-current and current liabilities as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 is as follows:

   
Balance as of
June 30,
   
Balance as of
December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Non-current
   
4,204,804
     
4,826,659
 
Current
   
792,616
     
264,455
 
Total Project debt
   
4,997,420
     
5,091,114
 

The decrease in total project debt is primarily due to contractual payments of debt for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019.

Due to the PG&E Corporation and its regulated utility subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E”), chapter 11 filings in January 2019, a default of the PPA agreement with PG&E occurred. Since PG&E failed to assume the PPA within 180 days from the commencement of the PG&E’s chapter 11 proceedings, a technical event of default was triggered under the Mojave project finance agreement in July 2019, and this event was highly probable as of June 30, 2019. Although the Company does not contemplate the scenario under which the DOE would declare the acceleration of debt, the project debt agreement does not have an unconditional right to defer the settlement of the debt for at least twelve months as of June 30, 2019, as the event of default provision make that right not totally unconditional, and therefore the debt has been presented as current in these condensed interim financial statements in accordance with International Accounting Standards 1 (“IAS 1”), “Presentation of Financial Statements”.

The repayment schedule for project debt in accordance with the financing arrangements and assuming there will be no acceleration of the Mojave debt, as of June 30, 2019, is as follows and is consistent with the projected cash flows of the related projects:

Remainder of 2019
                                           
Payment of
interests
accrued as of
June 30, 2019
   
Nominal
repayment
   
Between
January and
June 2020
   
Between
July and
December 2020
   
2021
   
2022
   
2023
   
Subsequent
Years
   
Total
 
($ in thousands)
 
 
17,629
     
158,254
     
86,695
     
166,057
     
265,094
     
296,201
     
322,544
     
3,684,945
     
4,997,420
 

Note 16. - Grants and other liabilities

   
Balance as of
June 30,
   
Balance as of
December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Grants
   
1,117,517
     
1,150,805
 
Other Liabilities
   
532,454
     
507,321
 
Grant and other non-current liabilities
   
1,649,971
     
1,658,126
 

As of June 30, 2019, the amount recorded in Grants corresponds primarily to the ITC Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to Solana and Mojave for a total amount of $723 million ($739 million as of December 31, 2018), which was primarily used to fully repay the Solana and Mojave short-term tranche of the loan with the Federal Financing Bank. The amount recorded in Grants as a liability is progressively recorded as other income over the useful life of the asset.

The remaining balance of the “Grants” account corresponds to loans with interest rates below market rates for Solana and Mojave for a total amount of $393 million ($410 million as of December 31, 2018). Loans with the Federal Financing Bank guaranteed by the Department of Energy for these projects bear interest at a rate below market rates for these types of projects and terms. The difference between proceeds received from these loans and its fair value, is initially recorded as “Grants” in the consolidated statement of financial position, and subsequently recorded in “Other operating income” starting at the entry into operation of the plants. Total amount of income for these two types of grants for Solana and Mojave is $29.5 million and $29.6 million for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Other liabilities mainly relate to the investment from Liberty Interactive Corporation (”Liberty”) made on October 2, 2013 for an amount of $300 million. The investment was made in class A shares of Arizona Solar Holding, the holding of Solana Solar plant in the United States. Such investment was made in a tax equity partnership which permits the partners to have certain tax benefits such as accelerated depreciation and ITC. Liberty has the right to receive 61.20% of taxable losses and distributions until such time as Liberty reaches a certain rate of return, or the Flip Date, and 22.60% of taxable losses and distributions thereafter. Given the underperformance of the asset in the last years, there is uncertainty regarding the Flip Date, regarding when it will occur, if so. The Company expects potential cash distributions from Solana to go mostly or entirely to Liberty in the upcoming years.

According to the stipulations of IAS 32 and in spite of the fact that the investment of Liberty is in shares, it does not qualify as equity and has been classified as a liability as of June 30, 2019 and as of December 2018. The liability is recorded in Grants and other liabilities for a total amount of $371 million as of June 30, 2019 ($358 million as of December 31, 2018) and its current portion is recorded in other current liabilities for the remaining amount (Note 17). This liability has been initially valued at fair value, calculated as the present value of expected cash-flows during the useful life of the concession, and is then measured at amortized cost in accordance with the effective interest method, considering the most updated expected future cash-flows.

Additionally, other liabilities include $55 million as of June 30, 2019 ($57 million as of December 2018) of finance lease liabilities.

Note 17. - Trade payables and other current liabilities

Trade payable and other current liabilities as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:

   
Balance as of
June 30,
   
Balance as of
December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Trade accounts payable
   
61,218
     
109,430
 
Down payments from clients
   
6,209
     
6,289
 
Liberty (Note 16)
   
37,119
     
37,119
 
Other accounts payable
   
44,791
     
39,195
 
Total
   
149,337
     
192,033
 

Trade accounts payables mainly relate to the operation and maintenance of the plants.

Nominal values of Trade payables and other current liabilities are considered to approximately equal to fair values and the effect of discounting them is not significant.

Note 18. - Income Tax

The effective tax rate for the periods presented has been established based on Management’s best estimates.

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, Income tax amounted to a $27,040 thousand expense with respect to a profit before income tax of $49,787 thousand. In the six-month period ended June 30, 2018, Income tax amounted to a $31,019 thousand expense with respect to a profit before income tax of $104,194 thousand. The effective tax rate differs from the nominal tax rate mainly due to permanent differences and treatment of tax credits in some jurisdictions.

Note 19. - Financial income and expenses

Financial income and expenses

The following table sets forth our financial income and expenses for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

   
For the six-month period ended June 30,
 
Financial income
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Interest income from loans and credits
   
340
     
36,871
 
Interest rates benefits derivatives: cash flow hedges
   
177
     
-
 
Total
   
517
     
36,871
 

   
For the six-month period ended June 30,
 
Financial expenses
 
2019
   
2018
 
Expenses due to interest:
 
($ in thousands)
 
- Loans from credit entities
   
(130,644
)
   
(128,838
)
- Other debts
   
(50,387
)
   
(42,951
)
Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges
   
(29,501
)
   
(34,317
)
Total
   
(210,532
)
   
(206,106
)

As of June 30, 2018, financial income from loans and credits primarily included a non-monetary financial income of $36.6 million resulting from the refinancing of the debts of Helios 1&2 and Helioenergy 1&2 in the second quarter of 2018.

Interests from other debts are primarily interests on the notes issued by ATS, ATN, Atlantica and Solaben Luxembourg and interests related to the investment from Liberty (Note 16). Losses from interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges correspond primarily to transfers from equity to financial expense when the hedged item is impacting the consolidated condensed income statement.

Other net financial income and expenses

The following table sets out ‘Other net financial income and expenses” for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019, and 2018:

   
For the six-month period ended June 30,
 
Other financial income / (expenses)
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Other financial income
   
8,536
     
5,514
 
Other financial losses
   
(8,747
)
   
(15,201
)
Total
   
(211
)
   
(9,687
)

Other financial income are primarily interests on deposits.

Other financial losses primarily include expenses for guarantees and letters of credit, wire transfers, other bank fees and other minor financial expenses.

Note 20. - Other operating income and expenses

The table below shows the detail of Other operating income and expenses for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019, and 2018:

Other Operating income
 
For the six-month period ended June 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Grants (Note 16)
   
29,578
     
29,719
 
Income from various services and insurance proceeds
   
15,330
     
16,384
 
Income from the purchase of the long-term operation and maintenance payable with Abengoa
   
-
     
38,955
 
Total
   
44,908
     
85,058
 

On April 26, 2018, Atlantica purchased from Abengoa the long-term operation and maintenance payable accrued for the period up to December 31, 2017, which was recorded for an amount of $57.3 million at the date of repayment. The Company paid $18.3 million for this extinguishment of debt and accounted for the difference of $39.0 million with the carrying amount of the debt as an income in the profit and loss statement.

Other Operating expenses
 
For the six-month period ended June 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Leases and fees
   
(945
)
   
(1,033
)
Operation and maintenance
   
(66,580
)
   
(71,367
)
Independent professional services
   
(17,604
)
   
(15,714
)
Supplies
   
(11,326
)
   
(13,152
)
Insurance
   
(12,053
)
   
(12,606
)
Levies and duties
   
(14,715
)
   
(21,957
)
Other expenses
   
(3,007
)
   
(5,397
)
Total
   
(126,230
)
   
(141,226
)

Note 21. - Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share have been calculated by dividing the loss attributable to equity holders by the average number of shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share equals basic earnings per share for the periods presented.

Item
 
For the six-month period ended June 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Profit/ (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Atlantica.
   
16,956
     
67,350
 
Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - basic and diluted
   
100,516
     
100,217
 
Earnings per share from continuing operations (U.S. dollar per share) - basic and diluted
   
0.17
     
0.67
 
Earnings per share from profit/(loss) for the period (U.S. dollar per share) - basic and diluted
   
0.17
     
0.67
 

Note 22. - Subsequent events

On July 30, 2019, Atlantica signed an agreement with Abengoa to acquire ASI Operations LLC (“ASI Ops”), the company that performs the operation and maintenance services to the solar assets of the Company in the U.S., for a price of approximately $6 million. With this acquisition, Atlantica reduces its dependence on Abengoa as O&M supplier and will achieve a cost reduction of $0.5 to $0.6 million per year.

On August 2, 2019, The Company closed the acquisition of a 30% stake in Monterrey, a 142 MW gas-fired engine facility including 130 MW installed capacity and 12 MW battery capacity, after conditions precedent were fulfilled, and paid $42 million for the total equity investment.

On August 2, 2019, the limit of the Revolving Credit Facility was increased by an additional $125 million up to a total of $425 million.

On August 2, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a dividend of $0.40 per share, which is expected to be paid on September 13, 2019.

Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
The following discussion and analysis should be read together with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements and our Annual Consolidated Financial Statements prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB and other disclosures including the disclosures under “Part II. Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Item 3.D – Risk Factors” in our Annual Report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs, which are based on assumptions we believe to be reasonable. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. The results shown here are not necessarily indicative of the results expected in any future period. Please see our Annual Report for additional discussion of various factors affecting our results of operations.

Overview

We are a sustainable total return infrastructure company that owns and manages renewable energy, efficient natural gas, transmission and transportation infrastructures and water assets. We currently have operating facilities in North America (United States, Canada and Mexico), South America (Peru, Chile and Uruguay) and EMEA (Spain, Algeria and South Africa). We intend to expand our portfolio, maintaining North America, South America and Europe as our core geographies.

As of the date of this quarterly report, we own or have an interest in a portfolio of high-quality and diversified assets in terms of type of asset, technology and geographic footprint. Our portfolio consists of 25 assets with 1,496 MW of aggregate renewable energy installed generation capacity, 442 MW of efficient natural gas-fired power generation capacity, 10.5 Mft 3 per day of water desalination and 1,152 miles of electric transmission lines.

All of our assets have contracted revenue (regulated revenue in the case of our Spanish assets and one transmission line in Chile) and are underpinned by long-term contracts. As of December 31, 2018, our assets had a weighted average remaining contract life of approximately 18 years. Most of the assets we own or in which we have an interest have project finance agreements in place.

We intend to take advantage of, and leverage our growth strategy on, favorable trends in the clean power generation, transmission and transportation infrastructures and water sectors globally, including energy scarcity and the focus on the reduction of carbon emissions. Our portfolio of operating assets and our strategy focus on sustainable technology including renewable energy, efficient natural gas, water infrastructure, and transmission networks as enablers of a sustainable power generation mix. Renewable energy is expected to represent the majority of new investments in the power sector in most markets, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance 2018. Approximately 50% of the world’s power generation by 2050 is expected to come from renewable sources, indicating that renewable energy is becoming mainstream. We believe regions will need to complement investments in renewable energy with investments in efficient natural gas, transmission networks and storage. We believe that we are well positioned to benefit from the expected transition towards a more sustainable power generation mix. In addition, we believe that water is going to be the next frontier in a transition towards a more sustainable world. New sources of water are needed worldwide, and water desalination and water transportation infrastructure should help make that possible. We currently participate in two water desalination plants with a 10 million cubic feet capacity and we have reached an agreement to acquire a third.

We are focused on high-quality and long-life facilities as well as long-term agreements that we expect will produce stable, long-term cash flows. We intend to grow our cash available for distribution and our dividend to shareholders through organic growth and by acquiring new assets and/or businesses where revenues are not fully contracted.

We believe we can achieve organic growth through the optimization of the existing portfolio, price escalation factors in many of our assets and the expansion of current assets, particularly our transmission lines, to which new assets can be connected. We currently own three transmission lines in Peru and four in Chile. We believe that current regulations in Peru and Chile provide a growth opportunity by expanding transmission lines to connect new clients. Additionally, we believe that we have repowering opportunities in certain existing generation assets.

In addition, we have in place exclusive right of first offer agreements with AAGES, Algonquin and Abengoa. The AAGES ROFO Agreement provides us with a right of first offer on any proposed sale, transfer or other disposition of certain of AAGES’s assets. The Algonquin ROFO Agreement provides us a right of first offer on any proposed sale, transfer or other disposition of any of Algonquin’s contracted facilities or with infrastructure facilities located outside of the United States or Canada which are developed under expected long-term revenue agreements or concession agreements. Additionally, we plan to collaborate with Algonquin on several co-investment opportunities for assets in operation and for assets under development or construction, and it could represent another source of future growth. In addition, under the Algonquin ROFO Agreement, Algonquin agreed to periodically discuss with us the possibility of offering for sale interests in certain assets owned by Algonquin companies in Canada and the United States. On May 9, 2019, we signed a new enhanced collaboration agreement with Algonquin that we expect will facilitate Atlantica accelerating its growth in the US and Canada (see Recent Developments). The Abengoa ROFO Agreement provides us with a right of first offer on any proposed sale, transfer or other disposition of any of Abengoa’s contracted renewable energy, efficient natural gas, electric transmission or water assets in operation and located in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia and the European Union, as well as four assets in selected countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. See “Item 4.B—Business Overview—Overview” and “Item 7.B—Related Party Transactions—Abengoa Right of First Offer” in our Annual Report.

Additionally, we intend to enter or have already entered into similar agreements or partnerships with other developers or asset owners to acquire assets. We may also invest directly or through investment vehicles with partners in assets under development or construction, ensuring that such investments are always a small part of our total investments. Finally, we also expect to acquire assets from third parties leveraging the local presence and network we have in the geographies and sectors in which we operate.

With this business model, our objective is to pay a consistent and growing cash dividend to shareholders that is sustainable on a long-term basis. We expect to distribute a significant percentage of our cash available for distribution as cash dividends and we will seek to increase such cash dividends over time through organic growth and through the acquisition of assets. Pursuant to our cash dividend policy, we intend to pay a cash dividend each quarter to holders of our shares.

On March 9, 2018, Algonquin completed an acquisition of a 25.0% stake in us from Abengoa with the option to acquire the remaining 16.5% stake. On April 17, 2018, Algonquin announced that it reached an agreement with Abengoa to acquire Abengoa’s remaining 16.5% stake. On November 27, 2018, Algonquin announced that they had completed the purchase of a 16.5% equity interest in Atlantica from Abengoa, and therefore Abengoa no longer has an equity interest in Atlantica. In 2019, Algonquin has increased its equity interest in us to 44.2% (see “Recent Developments”).

Key Metrics

We regularly review a number of financial measurements and operating metrics to evaluate our performance, measure our growth and make strategic decisions. In addition to traditional IFRS performance measures, such as total revenue, we also consider Further Adjusted EBITDA. Our management believes Further Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors and other users of our financial statements in evaluating our operating performance because it provides them with additional tools to compare business performance across companies and across periods. This measure is widely used by investors to measure a company’s operating performance without regard to items such as interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization, which can vary substantially from company to company depending upon accounting methods and book value of assets, capital structure and the method by which assets were acquired. This measure is widely used by other companies in the same industry.

Further Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as profit/(loss) for the period attributable to the parent company, after adding back loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interest from continued operations, income tax, share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method, finance expense net, depreciation, amortization and impairment charges of entities included in the Annual Consolidated Financial Statements and the Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements, and dividends received from our preferred equity investment in ACBH until 2017.

Our revenue and Further Adjusted EBITDA by geography and business sector for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are set forth in the following tables:

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Revenue by geography
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
total revenue
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
total revenue
 
North America
 
$
164.5
     
32.6
%
 
$
172.3
     
33.6
%
South America
   
69.1
     
13.7
%
   
59.9
     
11.7
%
EMEA
   
271.2
     
53.7
%
   
280.9
     
54.7
%
Total revenue
 
$
504.8
     
100.0
%
 
$
513.1
     
100.0
%

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Revenue by business sector
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
 
Renewable energy
 
$
380.1
     
75.3
%
 
$
392.2
     
76.4
%
Efficient natural gas power
   
61.7
     
12.2
%
   
61.4
     
12.0
%
Electric transmission lines
   
51.1
     
10.1
%
   
47.9
     
9.3
%
Water
   
11.9
     
2.4
%
   
11.6
     
2.3
%
Total revenue
 
$
504.8
     
100.0
%
 
$
513.1
     
100.0
%

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Further Adjusted EBITDA by geography
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
 
North America
 
$
147.1
     
89.4
%
 
$
154.7
     
89.8
%
South America
   
57.5
     
83.2
%
   
49.2
     
82.2
%
EMEA
   
201.8
     
74.4
%
   
235.5
     
83.8
%
Total Further Adjusted EBITDA (1)
 
$
406.4
     
80.5
%
 
$
439.4
     
85.6
%

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Further Adjusted EBITDA by business sector
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
 
Renewable energy
 
$
301.4
     
79.3
%
 
$
345.4
     
88.1
%
Efficient natural gas power
   
54.3
     
88.0
%
   
47.0
     
76.5
%
Electric transmission lines
   
43.6
     
85.3
%
   
40.3
     
84.1
%
Water
   
7.1
     
59.7
%
   
6.7
     
57.9
%
Total Further Adjusted EBITDA (1)
 
$
406.4
     
80.5
%
 
$
439.4
     
85.6
%

Note:

(1)
Further Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as profit/(loss) for the period attributable to the parent company, after adding back loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interest from continued operations, income tax, share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method, finance expense net, depreciation, amortization and impairment charges of entities included in the Annual Consolidated Financial Statements and the Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements. Further Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of performance under IFRS as issued by the IASB and you should not consider Further Adjusted EBITDA as an alternative to operating income or profits or as a measure of our operating performance, cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities or as a measure of our ability to meet our cash needs or any other measures of performance under generally accepted accounting principles. We believe that Further Adjusted EBITDA is a useful indicator of our ability to incur and service our indebtedness and can assist securities analysts, investors and other parties to evaluate us. Further Adjusted EBITDA and similar measures are used by different companies for different purposes and are often calculated in ways that reflect the circumstances of those companies. Further Adjusted EBITDA may not be indicative of our historical operating results, nor is it meant to be predictive of potential future results See Note 4 to the Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements.

Recent Acquisitions

In January 2019, we entered into an agreement with Abengoa under the Abengoa ROFO Agreement for the acquisition of Befesa Agua Tenes, S.L.U., a holding company which owns a 51% stake in Tenes, a water desalination plant in Algeria, similar in several aspects to our Skikda and Honaine plants. Tenes has a capacity of 7 million cubic feet per day to provide water under a water purchase agreement in place with Sonatrach and ADE (Algerienne des Eaux), with a remaining term of approximately 22 years. It has been in operation since 2015. The tariff structure is based upon plant capacity and water production and the price is adjusted monthly based on indexation mechanisms that include local inflation, U.S. inflation and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and local currency. Closing of the acquisition is subject to conditions precedent, including approval by the Algerian administration. At this stage, we cannot guarantee that we will obtain this approval nor the expected timing of such approval. The price agreed for the equity value is $24.5 million, of which $19.9 million has been paid as of January 2019 as an advanced payment and the rest is expected to be paid once the conditions precedent are fulfilled. If all the conditions precedent are not fulfilled by September 30, 2019, the advanced payment shall be progressively reimbursed by Abengoa through a full cash-sweep of all the dividends to be received in no case later than September 30, 2031, together with an annual 12% interest.

In April 2019, we entered into an agreement to acquire a 30% stake in Monterrey, a 142 MW gas-fired engine facility including 130MW installed capacity and 12 MW battery capacity. The acquisition closed on August 2, 2019 and we paid $42 million for the total equity investment. The asset, located in Mexico, has been in operation since 2018 and represents our first investment in electric batteries. It has a U.S. dollar-denominated 20-year PPA with two international large corporations engaged in the car manufacturing industry as well as a 20-year contract for the natural gas transportation from Texas with a U.S. energy company. The PPA also includes price escalation factors. The asset is the sole electricity supplier for the off-takers, it has no commodity risk and also has the possibility to sell excess energy to the North-East region of the country. We have also entered into a ROFO agreement with the seller of the shares for the remaining 70% stake in the asset.

On May 31, 2019, we entered into an agreement with Abengoa to acquire a 15% stake in Rioglass, a multinational manufacturer of solar components in order to secure certain Abengoa obligations. The investment was $7 million, and it is classified as available for sale and will generate an interest income for us once divested.

Recent Developments

On August 2, 2019, our board of directors approved a dividend of $0.40 per share, which represents an increase of 18% from the second quarter of 2018.  The dividend is expected to be paid on September 13, 2019, to shareholders of record as of August 30, 2019.

On July 30, 2019, Atlantica signed an agreement with Abengoa to acquire ASI Ops, the company that performs the operation and maintenance services to our solar assets in the U.S., for a price of approximately $6 million. With this acquisition, we reduce our dependence on Abengoa as O&M supplier and we will achieve a cost reduction of $0.5 to $0.6 million per year, corresponding to the fee previously paid by Mojave for these services. Additionally, if Abengoa did not comply with its obligations to Solana as the EPC supplier, including the long-term payments agreed in the context of the DOE consent, we would achieve an additional cost reduction of $0.5 million per year, corresponding to the fee payable by Solana for these services. If Abengoa continued to comply with its obligations, Solana would continue making its O&M service fee payments to ASI Ops and we would transfer to Abengoa those amounts starting in 2021.

Additionally, the Company intends to internalize part of the activities contracted in two wind assets, maintaining a direct relationship with the supplier for the turbine maintenance services.

On May 9, 2019, we signed a new enhanced collaboration agreement with Algonquin. The main terms are as follows:


Atlantica has a right to acquire stakes or make investments in two Algonquin assets in the U.S., subject to the parties acting reasonably and in good faith agreeing price and terms of such transfers.


Additionally, both companies have agreed to analyze jointly during the next six months Algonquin’s contracted assets portfolio in the U.S. and Canada to identify assets where a drop down could add value for both parties, according to each company’s key metrics.


The existing Shareholders Agreement has been modified to allow Algonquin to increase its shareholding in Atlantica up to a 48.5% without any change in corporate governance. Algonquin’s voting rights and rights to appoint directors are limited to a 41.5% and the additional 7% will vote replicating non-Algonquin’s shareholders vote. Part of this investment in Atlantica’s shares was done by Algonquin by subscribing $30 million dollars in new shares issued by Atlantica on May 22, 2019 at a price of $21.67 per share, a 6% premium with respect to the closing price of May 9, 2019. In addition, Algonquin acquired an additional 2 million shares through an accelerated share purchase agreement signed with a broker on May 31, 2019, increasing its stake in us up to a 44.2%.

Additionally, on May 24, 2019, Atlantica and Algonquin formed AYES Canada, a vehicle to channel co-investment opportunities in which Atlantica holds the majority of voting rights. AYES Canada’s first investment was in Amherst Island, a 75 MW wind plant in Canada owned by the project company Windlectric, Inc. (“Windlectric”). Atlantica invested $4.9 million and Algonquin invested $92.3 million, both through AYES Canada, which in turn invested those funds in Amherst Island Partnership , the holding company of Windlectric. Since Atlantica has control over AYES Canada under IFRS 10 “Consolidated Financial Statements”, its consolidated financial statements show a total investment in the Amherst Island project of $97.2 million, accounted for as “Investments carried under the equity method” (Note 7) and Algonquin’s portion of that investment of $92.3 million as “Non-controlling interest”. In addition, and under certain circumstances considered remote by both companies, Atlantica and Algonquin have options to convert shares of AYES Canada currently owned by Algonquin into Atlantica ordinary shares in exchange for a higher stake in the plant, subject to the provisions of the standstill and enhanced collaboration agreements with Algonquin.

We cannot guarantee that we will be able to consummate the acquisition of stakes or investments in the two assets in the U.S. (or, if consummated, that such acquisitions will take place within expected timetable) or that the joint review of Algonquin’s contracted assets portfolio in North America will result in any additional drop-down acquisitions or further growth.

On May 7, 2019, a proposal led by AAGES won the bidding process for a new transmission line in Uruguay. The project includes two transmission lines of approximately 50 miles and a substation, which will be contracted under 20 and 30 year agreements, respectively, in U.S. dollars with UTE, the current off-taker in the three plants we own in Uruguay. Atlantica expects to own 25% of the project and has a right of the first offer over the rest of the investment.

On January 29, 2019, PG&E, the off-taker for Atlantica with respect to the Mojave plant, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California . As a consequence, PG&E has not paid the portion of the invoice corresponding to the electricity delivered for the period between January 1 and January 28, 2019, which was due on February 25, given that the services relate to the pre-petition period and any payment therefore would require approval by the Bankruptcy Court. However, Mojave Solar has filed a 503(b)(9) claim for the portion of energy delivered 20 days prior to the PG&E filing in accordance with the Bankruptcy Court’s order regarding 503(b)(9) claims and will file a claim for the remaining outstanding balance of energy delivered prior to the claims filing bar date set by the Bankruptcy Court. Further, PG&E has paid all the invoices corresponding to the electricity delivered after January 28. Due to the PG&E chapter 11 filings, a default of the PPA agreement with PG&E occurred with the PG&E bankruptcy filing. Since PG&E failed to assume the PPA within 180 days from the commencement of PG&E’s chapter 11 proceeding, a technical event of default was triggered under our Mojave project finance agreement in July 2019 and this event was highly probable as of June 30, 2019. Although we do not expect the acceleration of debt to be declared by the DOE, the project debt agreement does not have what International Accounting Standards define as an unconditional right to defer the settlement of the debt for at least twelve months, as the event of default provision make that right not totally unconditional, and therefore the debt has been presented as current in our financial statements. As of June 30, 2019, Mojave had $730 million outstanding under its project financing agreement with the Federal Financing Bank, with a guarantee from the DOE. Additionally, Mojave represents approximately 13.5% of 2018 project level cash available for distribution. Chapter 11 bankruptcy is a complex process and we do not know at this time whether PG&E will seek to reject the PPA or not.  However, PG&E has continued to be in compliance with the remaining terms and conditions of the PPA, including with all payment terms of the PPA up through the date hereof with the exception of services for prepetition services that became due and payable after the chapter 11 filing date. It remains possible that at any time during the chapter 11 proceeding, PG&E may decide to cease performing under the PPA and attempt to reject or renegotiate the terms of its contract with us. If PG&E rejected the contract and stopped making payments in accordance with the PPA, Mojave could fail in servicing its debt under its project finance agreement, which would also cause a default under the project finance agreement. If not cured or waived, an event of default in the project finance agreement could result in debt acceleration and, if such amounts were not timely paid, the DOE could decide to foreclose on the asset. The PG&E bankruptcy has heightened the risk that project level cash distributions could be restricted for an undetermined period of time, thereby impacting our corporate liquidity and corporate leverage. Mojave project cash distributions to the corporate level normally take place at the end of the year. The last distribution received at the corporate level took place in December 2018. Unless the technical event or default is cured or waived, distributions may not be made during the pendency of the bankruptcy. Such events may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Changes in our shareholder base during the first quarter of 2019 may have triggered an ownership change under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This section generally restricts the use of U.S. NOLs. A corporation that experiences an ownership change will generally be subject to an annual limitation on the use of its pre-ownership change U.S. NOLs, equal to the equity value of the corporation immediately before the ownership change, multiplied by the long-term tax-exempt rate for the month in which the ownership change occurs, and increased by a certain portion of any “built-in-gains.” According to our analysis, we do not expect additional limitations in our U.S. NOLs as a result of this ownership change.

Potential implications of Abengoa developments

Abengoa, which is currently our largest supplier and used to be our largest shareholder, went through a restructuring process which started in November 2015 and ended in March 2017 and has recently obtained approval for a new restructuring.

We expect Abengoa to continue to maintain its contractual obligations under material contracts with us including the operation and maintenance agreements. However, a decline in the financial situation of Abengoa and certain Abengoa subsidiaries may result in a material adverse effect on our operation and maintenance agreements. Abengoa and its subsidiaries provide operation and maintenance services for many of our assets. We cannot guarantee that Abengoa and/or its subcontractors will be able to continue performing with the same level of service, under the same terms and conditions, or at the same prices. If Abengoa cannot continue performing current services at the same prices, we may need to renegotiate contracts, change suppliers, pay higher prices or change the level of services.

In addition, the project financing arrangement of Kaxu contains cross-default provisions related to Abengoa such that debt defaults by Abengoa, subject to certain threshold amounts and/or a restructuring process, could trigger a default under the Kaxu project financing arrangement.

A decline in the financial situation of Abengoa may also result in a material adverse effect on Abengoa’s and its subsidiaries’ obligations, warranties and guarantees, and indemnities covering, for example, potential tax liabilities for assets acquired from Abengoa, or any other agreement. The Financial Support Agreement with Abengoa expired in June 2019 and Abengoa’s commitment to maintain guarantees and letters of credit currently outstanding in our affiliates’ favor expired as well. We are in the process of replacing the $3 million remaining guarantees which expire in the short-term. In addition, Abengoa represented that in furtherance of the accession to the restructuring agreement, we would not be a guarantor of any obligation of Abengoa with respect to third parties. Abengoa agreed to indemnify us for any penalty claimed by third parties resulting from any breach in Abengoa’s representations.

Furthermore, in January 2019, we entered into an agreement with Abengoa under the Abengoa ROFO Agreement for the acquisition of Befesa Agua Tenes, a holding company which owns a 51% stake in Tenes, a water desalination plant in Algeria. Closing of the acquisition is subject to conditions precedent, including the approval by the Algerian administration. The price agreed for the equity value is $24.5 million, of which $19.9 million were paid in January 2019 as an advanced payment and the rest is expected to be paid once the conditions precedent are fulfilled. If all the conditions precedent are not fulfilled by September 30, 2019, the advanced payment shall be progressively reimbursed by Abengoa through a full cash-sweep of all the dividends to be received, in no case later than September 30, 2031, together with an annual 12% interest. If the acquisition does not close and Abengoa is not able to reimburse the advanced payment, this may have an adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows.

Currency Presentation and Definitions

In this quarterly report, all references to “U.S. Dollar” and “$” are to the lawful currency of the United States.

Factors Affecting the Comparability of Our Results of Operations

Acquisitions

In February 2018, we completed the acquisition of a 4 MW mini-hydroelectric power plant in Peru for a cash consideration of approximately $9 million.

In December 2018, we completed the acquisition for an expansion of our ATN transmission line by acquiring a 220-kV power substation and two small transmission lines in Peru. The total purchase price  for this asset was approximately $16 million.

In December 2018, we completed the acquisition of Chile TL3, a transmission line currently in operation in Chile. Our investment amounted to approximately $6 million.

In December 2018, we completed the acquisition of Melowind, a 50 MW wind plant in Uruguay, from Enel Green Power S.p.A. The total purchase price for this asset was approximately $45 million.

The results of operations of each acquisition have been consolidated since the date of their respective acquisition. The acquisitions we have made in 2018 and 2019 and any other acquisitions we may make from time to time, will affect the comparability of our results of operations.

Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

Interest rates

We incur significant indebtedness at the corporate and asset level. The interest rate risk arises mainly from indebtedness with variable interest rates.

Most of our debt consists of project debt. As of December 31, 2018, approximately 93% of our project debt has either fixed interest rates or has been hedged with swaps or caps.

To mitigate interest rate risk, we primarily use long-term interest rate swaps and interest rate options which, in exchange for a fee, offer protection against a rise in interest rates. We estimate that approximately 91% of our total interest risk exposure (including both corporate and project debt) was fixed or hedged as of December 31, 2018. Nevertheless, our results of operations can be affected by changes in interest rates with respect to the unhedged portion of our indebtedness that bears interest at floating rates, which typically bears a spread over EURIBOR or LIBOR.

Exchange rates

Our functional currency is the U.S. dollar, as most of our revenues and expenses are denominated or linked to U.S. dollars. All our companies located in North America, South America and Algeria have their PPAs, or concessional agreements, and financing contracts signed in, or indexed to, U.S. dollars. Our solar power plants in Spain have their revenues and expenses denominated in euros, and Kaxu, our solar plant in South Africa, has its revenues and expenses denominated in South African rand.

Our strategy is to hedge cash distributions from our Spanish assets. We hedge the exchange rate for the distributions from our Spanish assets after deducting euro-denominated interest payments and euro-denominated general and administrative expenses. Through currency options, we have hedged 100% of our euro-denominated net exposure for the next 12 months and 75% of our euro-denominated net exposure for the following 12 months. We expect to continue with this hedging strategy on a rolling basis.

Although we hedge cash-flows in euros, fluctuations in the value of the euro in relation to the U.S. dollar may affect our operating results. Impacts associated with fluctuations in foreign currency are discussed in more detail under “Item 11—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk—Foreign exchange rate risk” in our Annual Report. In subsidiaries with functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars using end-of-period exchange rates. Revenue, expenses and cash flows are translated using average rates of exchange. Fluctuations in the value of the South African rand in relation to the U.S. dollar may also affect our operating results.

Apart from the impact of translation differences described above, the exposure of our income statement to fluctuations of foreign currencies is limited, as the financing of projects is typically denominated in the same currency as that of the contracted revenue agreement. This policy seeks to ensure that the main revenue and expenses in foreign companies are denominated in the same currency, limiting our risk of foreign exchange differences in our financial results.

In our discussion of operating results, we have included foreign exchange impacts in our revenue by providing constant currency revenue growth. The constant currency presentation is not a measure recognized under IFRS and excludes the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We believe providing constant currency information provides valuable supplemental information regarding our results of operations. We calculate constant currency amounts by converting our current period local currency revenue using the prior period foreign currency average exchange rates and comparing these adjusted amounts to our prior period reported results. This calculation may differ from similarly titled measures used by others and, accordingly, the constant currency presentation is not meant to substitute for recorded amounts presented in conformity with IFRS as issued by the IASB nor should such amounts be considered in isolation.

Key Performance Indicators

In addition to the factors described above, we closely monitor the following key drivers of our business sectors’ performance to plan for our needs and to adjust our expectations, financial budgets and forecasts appropriately.

   
Volume sold and availability levels
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Key performance indicator
 
2019
   
2018
 
Renewable energy
           
MW in operation (1)
   
1,496
     
1,446
 
GWh produced (2)
   
1,651
     
1,446
 
Efficient natural gas power
               
MW in operation
   
300
     
300
 
GWh produced (3)
   
866
     
1,101
 
Availability (%) (3)(4)
   
88.5
%
   
98.6
%
Electric transmission lines
               
Miles in operation
   
1,152
     
1,099
 
Availability (%) (5)
   
100.0
%
   
99.9
%
Water
               
Mft 3 in operation (1)
   
10.5
     
10.5
 
Availability (%) (5)
   
100.6
%
   
100.9
%


Note:
(1)
Represents total installed capacity in assets owned at the end of the period, regardless of our percentage of ownership in each of the assets
(2)
Includes curtailment in wind assets for which we receive compensation
(3)
Major maintenance overhaul held in Q1 and Q2 2019, as scheduled, which reduced production and electric availability as per the contract
(4)
Electric availability refers to operational MW over contracted MW
(5)
Availability refers to actual availability divided by contracted availability

Production in the renewable business sector increased by 14% in the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Production increased significantly in Spain, mainly due to higher solar radiation in the period and solid operational performance of our assets. In South Africa, Kaxu continued to deliver solid performance which, coupled with higher solar resource, resulted in higher production. Production in our wind assets during the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 increased significantly as a result of the contribution of Melowind, which was acquired in December 2018. This increase was partially offset by lower energy generation in the United States, mainly due to lower solar radiation in the first half of 2019 and longer than expected maintenance stops in the first quarter. In Solana, we have completed the improvements in our heat exchangers proposed by the equipment supplier and Abengoa to improve performance and reliability. We continue working on the replacement of one of the six heat exchangers.

In ACT, our efficient natural gas power asset, we performed our scheduled major overhaul in one of the turbines in the first quarter of 2019 and in the other turbine in the second quarter of 2019, which explains lower availability and production levels when compared to the first half of 2018. Since the major overhaul was scheduled, it did not have any impact on revenues in this quarter.

Our transmission lines and water assets, the two other sectors where our revenues are based on availability, continue to comfortably achieve high availability levels.

Results of Operations

The table below illustrates our results of operations for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018.

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
   
% Variation
 
   
($ in millions)
       
Revenue
 
$
504.8
   
$
513.1
     
(1.6
)%
Other operating income
   
44.9
     
85.1
     
(47.2
)%
Raw materials and consumables used
   
(6.3
)
   
(7.3
)
   
(13.7
)%
Employee benefit expenses
   
(10.8
)
   
(10.3
)
   
4.9
%
Depreciation, amortization, and impairment charges
   
(150.1
)
   
(160.3
)
   
(6.4
)%
Other operating expenses
   
(126.2
)
   
(141.2
)
   
(10.6
)%
Operating profit
 
$
256.3
   
$
279.1
     
(8.2
)%
                         
Financial income
   
0.5
     
36.9
     
(98.6
)%
Financial expense
   
(210.5
)
   
(206.1
)
   
2.1
%
Net exchange differences
   
0.3
     
1.1
     
(72.7
)%
Other financial income/(expense), net
   
(0.2
)
   
(9.7
)
   
(97.9
)%
Financial expense, net
 
$
(209.9
)
 
$
(177.8
)
   
(18.1
)%
                         
Share of profit of associates carried under the equity method
   
3.4
     
2.9
     
17.2
%
Profit/(loss) before income tax
 
$
49.8
   
$
104.2
     
(52.2
)%
                         
Income tax
   
(27.0
)
   
(31.0
)
   
(12.9
)%
Profit/(loss) for the period
 
$
22.8
   
$
73.2
     
(68.9
)%
                         
Profit attributable to non-controlling interest
   
(5.8
)
   
(5.8
)
   
(0.0
)%
Profit/(loss) for the period attributable to the parent company
 
$
17.0
   
$
67.4
     
(74.8
)%
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands)
   
100,516
     
100.217
         
Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to the parent company (U.S. dollar per share)
   
0.17
     
0.67
         
Dividend paid per share (1)
   
0.76
     
0.63
         

Note:
(1)
On February 26, 2019 and May 7, 2019, our board of directors approved dividends of $0.37 and $0.39 per share, corresponding to the fourth quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019, respectively, which were paid on March 22, 2019 and June 14, 2019. On February 27, 2018 and May 11, 2018, the board of directors declared a dividend of $0.31 and $0.32 per share, corresponding to the fourth quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, respectively, which were paid on March 27, 2018 and June 15, 2018.

Comparison of the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018

The significant variance, or variances, of the material components of the results of operations are discussed in the following section.

Revenue

Revenue decreased by 1.6% to $504.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $513.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. The decrease was primarily due to the effect of the depreciation of the euro and South African rand against the U.S. dollar. On a constant currency basis, revenue for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 would have been $527.3 million, representing an increase of 2.8% compared to six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Although we hedge our net cash flow exposure to the euro, variations in the euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate affect our revenues and Further Adjusted EBITDA. The decrease in revenue is also due to the reduced production from our U.S. solar assets, resulting from lower solar radiation and scheduled maintenance stops that took longer than expected in the first quarter. These effects were partially offset by an increase in revenues resulting from our recent acquisitions of wind and transmission assets and increased production in Spain and South Africa, where our assets continue to deliver solid operational performance.

Other operating income

The following table sets forth our other operating income for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Other operating income
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in millions)
 
Grants
 
$
29.6
   
$
29.7
 
Income from various services
   
15.3
     
16.4
 
Income from purchase of long-term O&M payable
   
0
     
39.0
 
Total
 
$
44.9
   
$
85.1
 

Other operating income decreased by 47.2% to $44.9 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $85.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. The decrease was due to the one-time gain we recorded in the second quarter of 2018 in relation to the purchase from Abengoa of the long-term operation and maintenance payable accrued until December 31, 2017, which amounted to $57.3 million. We paid $18.3 million for  such payables accrued and as a result in the second quarter of 2018 we recorded a one-time gain equal to the difference, amounting to $39.0 million. Excluding this one-time impact, other operating income for the first six months of 2019 was in line with the same period of 2018.

Grants represent the financial support provided by the U.S. government to Solana and Mojave and consist of ITC Cash Grant and an implicit grant related to the below market interest rates of the project loans with the Federal Financing Bank.

Raw materials and consumables used

Raw materials and consumables used decreased by 13.7% to $6.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $7.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to fewer spare parts and consumables used at certain Spanish assets.

Employee benefits expenses

Employee benefit expenses remained stable at $10.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $10.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018.

Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges

Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges decreased by 6.4% to $150.1 million for six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared with $160.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018 mainly due to a reversal of the impairment provisions in ACT. IFRS 9 requires impairment provisions to be based on the expected credit losses on financial assets rather than on actual credit losses and the expected loss decreased in the first half of 2019. This decrease was partly offset by the increase resulting from the new assets acquired at the end of 2018.

Other operating expenses

The following table sets forth our other operating expenses for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Other operating expenses
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
 
Leases and fees
 
$
1.0
     
0.2
%
 
$
1.0
     
0.2
%
Operation and maintenance
   
66.6
     
13.2
%
   
71.4
     
13.9
%
Independent professional services
   
17.6
     
3.5
%
   
15.7
     
3.1
%
Supplies
   
11.3
     
2.2
%
   
13.2
     
2.6
%
Insurance
   
12.1
     
2.4
%
   
12.6
     
2.5
%
Levies and duties
   
14.7
     
2.9
%
   
21.9
     
4.3
%
Other expenses
   
2.9
     
0.6
%
   
5.4
     
1.1
%
Total
 
$
126.2
     
25.0
%
 
$
141.2
     
27.5
%

Other operating expenses decreased by 10.6% to $126.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $141.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018.  This decrease was mainly due to lower levies and duties expenses, which generally include a 7% electricity sales tax in our Spanish assets. At the end of 2018, the Spanish government granted a six-month exemption from this tax until April 2019, which reduced our expenses. Revenues were reduced in the same amount during the six-month period, in accordance with the regulation in place. The decrease was also due to lower operation and maintenance costs in ACT, since a major overhaul took place during the first six months of 2019. There is a reduction in operation and maintenance costs in the quarters prior to the major maintenance takes place.

Operating profit

As a result of the above factors, operating profit for the first six months of 2019 decreased by 8.2% compared to the first half of 2018. Operating profit amounted to $256.3 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 compared to $279.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. If we exclude the $39.0 million one-time gain we recorded in the second quarter of 2018 in relation to the purchase of the long-term operation and maintenance, operating profit for the first six months of 2019 would have increased by 6.8%.

Financial income and financial expense

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Financial income and financial expense
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
$ in millions
 
Financial income
  $
0.5
    $
36.9
 
Financial expense
   
(210.5
)
   
(206.1
)
Net exchange differences
   
0.3
     
1.1
 
Other financial income/(expense), net
   
(0.2
)
   
(9.7
)
Financial expense, net
  $
(209.9
)
  $
(177.8
)

Financial income

Financial income decreased in the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 compared to the same period of the previous year mainly due to a non-cash financial income of $36.6 million recorded in the second quarter of 2018, resulting from the refinancing of Helios 1/2 and Helioenergy 1/2. Under the new IFRS 9, when there is a refinancing with a non-substantial modification of the original debt, there is a gain or loss recorded in the income statement. This gain or loss is equal to the difference between the present value of the cash flows under the original terms of the former financing and the present value of the cash flows under the new financing, discounted both at the original effective interest rate.

Financial expense

The following table sets forth our financial expense for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Financial expense
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in millions)
 
Interest expense:
           
—Loans from credit entities
 
$
(130.6
)
 
$
(128.8
)
—Other debts
   
(50.4
)
   
(43.0
)
Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges
   
(29.5
)
   
(34.3
)
Total
 
$
(210.5
)
 
$
(206.1
)

Financial expense increased slightly by 2.1% to $210.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $206.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018.

Interest expense on other debts consists of interest on the notes issued by ATS, ATN, Atlantica and Solaben 1/6 and interests related to the investments from Liberty. The increase was largely due to the cancelation costs in relation to the prepayment in full of the 2019 Notes in the second quarter of 2019.

Losses from interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges correspond primarily to transfers from equity to financial expense when the hedged item is impacting the consolidated condensed income statement.

Other financial income/(expense), net

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Other financial income /(expense), net
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in millions)
 
Other financial income
 
$
8.5
   
$
5.5
 
Other financial expense
   
(8.7
)
   
(15.2
)
Total
 
$
(0.2
)
 
$
(9.7
)

Other financial income/(expense), net decreased to a net expense of $0.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 compared to a net expense of $9.7 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018.  Other financial income in 2019 are primarily interests on deposits. Other financial expense primarily constitutes expenses for guarantees and letters of credit, wire transfers, other bank fees and other minor financial expenses. The decrease in other financial expense was mostly due to $6.2 million cost recorded in the second quarter of 2018 in relation to the cancelation of project guarantees in Mojave.

Share of profit of associates carried under the equity method

Share of profit of associates carried under the equity method increased to $3.4 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 compared to $2.9 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. This includes mainly the income from Honaine, which we account for using the equity method.

Profit/(loss) before income tax

As a result of the previously mentioned factors, we reported a profit before income tax of $49.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to a profit before income tax of $104.2 million for six-month period ended June 30, 2018.

Income tax

The effective tax rate for the periods presented has been established based on management’s best estimates. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, income tax amounted to an expense of $27.0 million, with a profit before income tax of $49.8 million. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2018, income tax amounted to a $31.0 million expense, with a profit before income tax of $104.2 million. The effective tax rate differs from the nominal tax rate mainly due to permanent differences and treatment of tax credits in some jurisdictions.

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests was $5.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019  as well as for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018.

Profit / (loss) attributable to the parent company

As a result of the previously mentioned factors, profit attributable to the parent company was $17.0 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to a loss of $67.4 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018.

Segment Reporting

We organize our business into the following three geographies where the contracted assets and concessions are located:

• North America;

• South America; and

• EMEA.

In addition, we have identified the following business sectors based on the type of activity:

• Renewable energy, which includes our activities related to the production of electricity from concentrating solar power and wind plants;

• Efficient natural gas, which includes our activities related to the production of electricity and steam from natural gas;

• Electric transmission, which includes our activities related to the operation of electric transmission lines; and

• Water, which includes our activities related to desalination plants.

As a result, we report our results in accordance with both criteria.

Revenue and Further Adjusted EBITDA by geography

The following table sets forth our revenue, Further Adjusted EBITDA and volumes for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, by geographic region:

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Revenue by geography
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
 
North America
 
$
164.5
     
32.6
%
 
$
172.3
     
33.6
%
South America
   
69.1
     
13.7
%
   
59.9
     
11.7
%
EMEA
   
271.2
     
53.7
%
   
280.9
     
54.7
%
Total revenue
 
$
504.8
     
100.0
%
 
$
513.1
     
100.0
%

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Further Adjusted EBITDA by geography
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
 
North America
 
$
147.1
     
89.4
%
 
$
154.7
     
89.8
%
South America
   
57.5
     
83.2
%
   
49,2
     
82.2
%
EMEA
   
201.8
     
74.4
%
   
235.5
     
83.8
%
Total Further Adjusted EBITDA (1)
 
$
406.4
     
80.5
%
 
$
439.4
     
85.6
%


Note:
(1)
Further Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as profit/(loss) for the period attributable to the parent company, after adding back loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interest from continued operations, income tax, share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method, finance expense net, depreciation, amortization and impairment charges of entities included in the Annual Consolidated Financial Statements and the Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements.Further Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of performance under IFRS as issued by the IASB, and you should not consider Further Adjusted EBITDA as an alternative to operating income or profits or as a measure of our operating performance, cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities or as a measure of our ability to meet our cash needs or any other measures of performance under generally accepted accounting principles. We believe that Further Adjusted EBITDA is a useful indicator of our ability to incur and service our indebtedness and can assist securities analysts, investors and other parties to evaluate us. Further Adjusted EBITDA and similar measures are used by different companies for different purposes and are often calculated in ways that reflect the circumstances of those companies. Further Adjusted EBITDA may not be indicative of our historical operating results, nor is it meant to be predictive of potential future results. See “Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Metrics.”

Volume by geography
   
Volume sold and availability levels
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Geography
 
2019
   
2018
 
North America (GWh) (1)
   
1,535
     
1,817
 
North America availability (1)(2)
   
88.5
%
   
98.6
%
South America (miles in operation)
   
1,152
     
1,099
 
South America (GWh) (3)
   
240
     
151
 
South America availability (4)
   
100.0
%
   
99.9
%
EMEA (GWh)
   
742
     
579
 
EMEA (capacity in Mft 3 per day) (5)
   
10.5
     
10.5
 
EMEA availability (4)
   
100.6
%
   
100.9
%

Note:

(1)
Major maintenance overhaul conducted in Q1 and Q2 2019 in ACT, as scheduled, which reduced electric production

(2)
Electric availability refers to operational MW over contracted MW with Pemex

(3)
Includes curtailment production in wind assets for which we receive compensation

(4)
Availability refers to actual availability divided by contracted availability

(5)
Represents total installed capacity in assets owned at the end of the period, regardless of our percentage of ownership in each of the assets

North America

Revenue decreased by 4.5% to $164.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $172.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. The decrease was primarily due to the reduced production from our U.S. solar assets as a result of lower solar radiation and scheduled maintenance stops in the first quarter of 2019 that took longer than expected. Further Adjusted EBITDA margin remained stable in the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period of the previous year.

South America

Revenue increased by 15.4% to $69.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $59.9 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Production increased by 59% and availabilities remained in line with the same period of last year. Further Adjusted EBITDA increased by 16.7% to $57.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $49.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Both revenue and Further Adjusted EBITDA increases are primarily a result of the contribution of the newly acquired assets in the region consisting of Melowind, Chile TL3 and ATN Expansion 1.

EMEA

Revenue decreased by 3.5% to $271.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $280.9 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. This revenue decrease was mainly due to the depreciation of the euro and South African rand against the U.S. dollar in the first half of 2019 compared to the first half of 2018. On a constant currency basis, revenue for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 would have been $281.8 million, representing a 0.3% increase compared to six-month period ended June 30, 2018. The decrease was partially offset by increased production in Spain and South Africa, where our assets continue to deliver solid operational performance. Further Adjusted EBITDA decreased by 14.3% to $201.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $235.5 million for six-month period ended June 30, 2018 and Further Adjusted EBITDA margin decreased to 74.4% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to 83.8% for the same period in 2018. The decrease was mainly due to the $39 million one-time gain we recorded in the second quarter of 2018 (see– Comparison of the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018– “Other operating income”).

Revenue and Further Adjusted EBITDA by business sector

The following table sets forth our revenue, Further Adjusted EBITDA and volumes for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, by business sector:

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Revenue by business sector
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
 
Renewable energy
 
$
380.1
     
75.3
%
 
$
392.2
     
76.4
%
Efficient natural gas power
   
61.7
     
12.2
%
   
61.4
     
12.0
%
Electric transmission lines
   
51.1
     
10.1
%
   
47.9
     
9.3
%
Water
   
11.9
     
2.4
%
   
11.6
     
2.3
%
Total revenue
 
$
504.8
     
100.0
%
 
$
513.1
     
100.0
%

Further Adjusted EBITDA by business sector
   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Further Adjusted EBITDA by business sector
 
2019
   
2018
 
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
   
$ in
millions
   
% of
revenue
 
Renewable energy
 
$
301.4
     
79.3
%
 
$
345.4
     
88.1
%
Efficient natural gas power
   
54.3
     
88.0
%
   
47.0
     
76.5
%
Electric transmission lines
   
43.6
     
85.3
%
   
40.3
     
84.1
%
Water
   
7.1
     
59.7
%
   
6.7
     
57.9
%
Total Further Adjusted EBITDA (1)
 
$
406.4
     
80.5
%
 
$
439.4
     
85.6
%


Note:

(1)
Further Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as profit/(loss) for the period attributable to the parent company, after adding back loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interest from continued operations, income tax, share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method, finance expense net, depreciation, amortization and impairment charges of entities included in the Annual Consolidated Financial Statements and the Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements and dividends received from our preferred equity investment in ACBH until 2017. Further Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of performance under IFRS as issued by the IASB, and you should not consider Further Adjusted EBITDA as an alternative to operating income or profits or as a measure of our operating performance, cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities or as a measure of our ability to meet our cash needs or any other measures of performance under generally accepted accounting principles. We believe that Further Adjusted EBITDA is a useful indicator of our ability to incur and service our indebtedness and can assist securities analysts, investors and other parties to evaluate us. Further Adjusted EBITDA and similar measures are used by different companies for different purposes and are often calculated in ways that reflect the circumstances of those companies. Further Adjusted EBITDA may not be indicative of our historical operating results, nor is it meant to be predictive of potential future results. See “Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Information—Non-GAAP FinancialCondition and Results of Operations—Key Metrics.”

Volume by business sector

   
Volume sold and availability levels
 
   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
Business Sectors
 
2019
   
2018
 
Renewable Energy (GWh) (1)
   
1,651
     
1,446
 
Efficient Natural Gas Power (GWh) (2)
   
866
     
1,101
 
Efficient Natural Gas Power availability (3)
   
88.5
%
   
98.6
%
Electric transmission (miles in operation)
   
1,152
     
1,099
 
Electric transmission availability (4)
   
100
%
   
99.9
%
Water (capacity in Mft 3 per day) (5)
   
10.5
     
10.5
 
Water availability (4)
   
100.6
%
   
100.9
%

Note:

(1)
Includes curtailment production in wind assets for which we receive compensation

(2)
Major maintenance overhaul conducted in Q1 and Q2 2019 in ACT, as scheduled, which reduced electric production, as per the contract

(3)
Electric availability refers to operational MW over contracted MW with Pemex. Major overhaul held in Q1and Q2 2019, as scheduled, which reduced the electric availability as per the contract with Pemex

(4)
Availability refers to actual availability divided by contracted availability

(5)
Represents total installed capacity in assets owned at the end of the period, regardless of our percentage of ownership in each of the assets

Renewable energy

Revenue decreased by 3.1% to $380.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $392.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Further Adjusted EBITDA decreased by 12.7% to $301.4 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $345.4 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Revenue decreased mainly due to the depreciation of the euro and South African rand against the U.S. dollar in the first half of 2019 compared to the first half of 2018. On a constant currency basis, revenue for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 would have been $402.6 million, representing a 5.7% increase year-over-year. Further Adjusted EBITDA decrease was also due to the depreciation of the euro and South African rand against the U.S. dollar in the first half of 2019 compared to the first quarter of 2018 and to the $39.0 million one-time gain recorded in the second quarter of 2018 described in “ Other Operating Income”. The decrease was also due to lower production in our solar assets in the United States resulting mainly from lower solar radiation and longer than expected maintenance stops in the first quarter. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in production in Spain and Kaxu, which continue to deliver solid operational performance and by an increase resulting from the contribution of the newly acquired Melowind asset. Further Adjusted EBITDA margin decreased to 79.3% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to 88.1% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018 mainly due to the $39.0 million one-time gain recorded in the second quarter of 2018 (see– Comparison of the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018– “Other operating income”).

Efficient natural gas

Revenue remained stable in our efficient natural gas segment, with $61.7 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $61.4 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Further Adjusted EBITDA increased by 15.6% to $54.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to $47.0 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Further Adjusted EBITDA margin increased to 88.0% in the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 from 76.5% in the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Further Adjusted EBITDA increase in our efficient natural gas segment was mainly due to a one-time adjustment with no impact in cash in the first quarter of 2019. Our ACT asset is accounted for under IFRIC 12 following the financial asset model, and a decrease in future operation and maintenance costs has increased the value of the asset, causing a one-time increase in Revenues and Further Adjusted EBITDA amounting to approximately $6 million. In addition, Further Adjusted EBITDA also increased in ACT due a major overhaul in the first half of 2019, since operation and maintenance cost are higher in the quarters prior to such major overhauls.

Electric transmission lines

Revenue increased to $51.1 million for six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared with $47.9 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Further Adjusted EBITDA increased to $43.6 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 from $40.3 million in the for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Both revenue and Further Adjusted EBITDA increases were mainly due to the contribution from the recently acquired transmission assets consisting of Chile TL3 and ATN Expansion 1, with no corresponding contribution in the first quarter of 2018.

Water

Revenue and Further Adjusted EBITDA remained stable for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, amounting to $11.9 million and $7.1 million, respectively, compared to $11.6 million and $6.7 million, respectively, for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Further Adjusted EBITDA margin increased to 59.7% in the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, compared to 57.9% in the six-month period ended June 30, 2018.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The liquidity and capital resources discussion which follows contains certain estimates as of the date of this quarterly report of our sources and uses of liquidity (including estimated future capital resources and capital expenditures) and future financial and operating results. These estimates, while presented with numerical specificity, necessarily reflect numerous estimates and assumptions made by us with respect to industry performance, general business, economic, regulatory, market and financial conditions and other future events, as well as matters specific to our businesses, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These estimates reflect subjective judgment in many respects and thus are susceptible to multiple interpretations and periodic revisions based on actual experience and business, economic, regulatory, financial and other developments. As such, these estimates constitute forward-looking information and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual sources and uses of liquidity (including estimated future capital resources and capital expenditures) and financial and operating results to differ materially from the estimates made here, including, but not limited to, those related to our performance, industry performance, general business and economic conditions, customer requirements, competition, adverse changes in applicable laws, regulations or rules, and the various risks set forth in this quarterly report and our Annual Report. See “Forward-Looking Statements.”

In addition, these estimates reflect assumptions of our management as of the time that they were prepared regarding certain business decisions that were and are subject to change. These estimates also may be affected by our ability to achieve strategic goals, objectives and targets over the applicable periods. The estimates cannot, therefore, be considered a guarantee of future sources and uses of liquidity (including estimated future capital resources and capital expenditures) and future financial and operating results, and the information should not be relied on as such. All of us, our board of directors, advisors, officers, directors and representatives disclaim any obligation to update, revise, or correct these estimates, except as otherwise required by law, including if the estimates are or become inaccurate (even in the short-term).

The inclusion of these estimates in this quarterly report should not be deemed an admission or representation by us or our board of directors that such information is viewed by us or our board of directors as our material information. Such information should be evaluated, if at all, in conjunction with the historical financial statements and other information about us contained in this quarterly report. None of us, our board of directors, advisors, officers, directors or representatives, has made or makes any representation to any prospective investor or other person regarding our ultimate performance compared to the information contained in these estimates or assuring them that forecasted results will be achieved. In light of the foregoing factors and the uncertainties inherent in the information provided above, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these estimates. Our liquidity plans are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, some of which are outside of our control. Macroeconomic conditions could limit our ability to successfully execute our business plans and, therefore, adversely affect our liquidity plans. See “Item 3.D—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report.

Our principal liquidity and capital requirements consist of the following:


debt service requirements on our existing and future debt;


cash dividends to investors; and


acquisitions of new companies and operations (see “Item 4.B—Business Overview—Our Business Strategy” in our Annual Report).

As a normal part of our business, depending on market conditions, we will from time to time consider opportunities to repay, redeem, repurchase or refinance our indebtedness. Changes in our operating plans, lower than anticipated sales, increased expenses, acquisitions or other events may cause us to seek additional debt or equity financing in future periods. There can be no guarantee that financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all. Debt financing, if available, could impose additional cash payment obligations and additional covenants and operating restrictions. In addition, any of the items discussed in detail under “Item 3.D—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report and other factors may also significantly impact our liquidity.

Liquidity position

As of June 30, 2019, our cash and cash equivalents at the project company level were $469.0 million compared to $524.8 million as of December 31, 2018. In addition, our cash and cash equivalents at the Atlantica Yield plc level were $107.0 million as of June 30, 2019 compared to $106.7 million as of December 31, 2018. As of June 30, 2019, we had $225.0 million available under our Revolving Credit Facility and therefore total corporate liquidity of $332.0 million. On August 2, 2019, we entered into an amendment to our Revolving Credit Facility which, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, increases the commitments thereunder by an additional $125 million, thus increasing our total corporate liquidity. As of December 31, 2018, we had $105.0 million available under our Revolving Credit Facility, and our total corporate liquidity was $211.7 million.

Cash and cash equivalents at the project company level include cash held to satisfy the customary requirements of certain non-recourse debt agreements and other restricted cash for an amount of $249 million as of June 30, 2019 ($296 million as of December 31, 2018). In addition, short-term financial investments also include restricted cash amounting to $78.4 million as of June 30, 2019 ($78.9 million as of December 31, 2018).

Sources of liquidity

We expect our ongoing sources of liquidity to include cash on hand, cash generated from our operations, project debt arrangements, corporate debt and the issuance of additional equity securities, as appropriate, and given market conditions. Our financing agreements consist mainly of the project-level financings for our various assets, the 2019 Note Issuance Facility, the Revolving Credit Facility, the 2017 Note Issuance Facility and a line of credit with a local bank.

2019 Note Issuance Facility

On April 30, 2019, we entered into the 2019 Note Issuance Facility, a senior unsecured financing with a group of funds managed by Westbourne Capital as purchasers of the notes issued thereunder for a total amount of the euro equivalent of $300 million. The notes under the 2019 Note Issuance Facility were issued in May 2019 and are due on April 30, 2025. Interest accrues at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 3-month EURIBOR plus 4.65%. The 2019 Note Issuance Facility includes an upfront fee of 2% paid upon drawdown. The principal amount of the notes issued under the 2019 Note Issuance Facility was hedged with an interest rate swap, resulting in an all-in interest cost of 4.4%. The 2019 Note Issuance Facility provides that we may capitalize at our choice interest on the notes issued thereunder for a period of up to two years from closing at our discretion, subject to certain conditions and we have decided to capitalize interest for the upcoming quarters until we have further visibility on the PG&E situation.

The notes issued under the 2019 Note Issuance Facility are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by our subsidiaries ABY Concessions Infrastructures, S.L.U., ABY Concessions Perú S.A., ACT Holding, S.A. de C.V., ASHUSA Inc., ASUSHI Inc. and Atlantica Yield South Africa Ltd. If we fail to make payments on the notes issued under the 2019 Note Issuance Facility, the guarantors are mandated to make such payments on a joint and several basis.

The 2019 Note Issuance Facility contains covenants that limit certain of our and the guarantors’ activities, including those relating to: mergers; consolidations; certain limitations on the ability to create liens; sales, transfers and other dispositions of property and assets; providing new guarantees; transactions with affiliates; and our ability to pay cash dividends is also subject to certain standard restrictions. Additionally, we are required to comply with a maintenance leverage ratio of our indebtedness to our cash available for distribution of 5.00:1.00 (which may be increased under certain conditions to 5.50:1.00 for a limited period in the event we consummate certain acquisitions).

The 2019 Note Issuance Facility also contains customary events of default (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods). Generally, if an event of default occurs and is not cured within the time periods specified, the agent or the holders of more than 50% of the principal amount of the notes then outstanding may declare all of the notes issued under the 2019 Note Issuance Facility to be due and payable immediately.

The proceeds of the notes issued under the 2019 Note Issuance Facility were used to prepay and subsequently cancel in full the 2019 Notes and for general corporate purposes.

  Revolving Credit Facility

On May 10, 2018, we entered into a $215 million revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks that matures in December 2021. The facility was increased $85 million to $300 million in January 2019. In addition, on August 2, 2019 the facility was further increased by $125 million to a total limit of $425 million and the maturity extended until December 31, 2022 for $387.5 million, with the remaining $37.5 million maturing on December 31, 2021. Loans under the facility accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to: (A) for Eurodollar rate loans, LIBOR plus a percentage determined by reference to our leverage ratio, ranging between 1.60% and 2.25% and (B) for base rate loans, the highest of (i) the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight U.S. Federal funds transactions with members of the U.S. Federal Reserve System arranged by U.S. Federal funds brokers on such day plus 1/2 of 1.00%, (ii) the prime rate of the administrative agent under the Revolving Credit Facility and (iii) LIBOR plus 1.00%, in any case, plus a percentage determined by reference to our leverage ratio, ranging between 0.60% and 1.00%. As of June 30, 2019, we had $225.0 million available under our Revolving Credit Facility. On August 2, 2019, we entered into an amendment to our Revolving Credit Facility which, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, increases the commitments thereunder by an additional $125 million, thus increasing our total corporate liquidity. As of December 31, 2018, we had $105.0 million available under our Revolving Credit Facility, and our total corporate liquidity was $211.7 million.

2017 Note Issuance Facility

On February 10, 2017, we entered into the 2017 Note Issuance Facility, a senior secured note facility with a group of funds managed by Westbourne Capital as purchasers of the notes issued thereunder for a total amount of €275 million (approximately $308.5 million), with three series of notes: series 1 notes worth €92 million mature in 2022; series 2 notes worth €91.5 million mature in 2023; and series 3 notes worth €91.5 million mature in 2024. Interest on all series accrues at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 3-month EURIBOR plus 4.90%. We fully hedged the principal amount of the notes issued under the 2017 Note Issuance Facility with a swap that fixed the interest rate at 5.50%.

2019 Notes

On November 17, 2014, we issued the 2019 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $255 million with an original maturity date of November 15, 2019.  On May 31, 2019 we prepaid the 2019 Notes before maturity in accordance with the terms thereof with the proceeds of the notes issued under the 2019 Note Issuance Facility.

Other Credit Lines

In July 2017, we signed a line of credit with a bank for up to €10.0 million (approximately $11.4 million) which is available in euros or U.S. dollars. Amounts drawn accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to EURIBOR plus 2.25% or LIBOR plus 2.25%, depending on the currency. The credit facility has a maturity date of July 4, 2020 and was fully drawn as of June 30, 2019.

See “Item 5.B –Liquidity and Capital Resources – Financing Arrangements –Other Credit Lines” in our Annual Report.

ESG-linked Financial Guarantee Line

In June 2019, we signed our first ESG-linked financial guarantee line with ING Bank, N.V.. The guarantee line has a limit of approximately $39 million. The cost is linked to Atlantica’s environmental, social and governance performance under Sustainalytics, a leading sustainable rating agency. The green guarantees will be exclusively used for renewable assets. We expect to use this guarantee line to progressively release restricted cash in some of our projects, providing additional financial flexibility.

Project level financing

In addition, we have outstanding project-specific debt that is backed by certain of our assets. These financing arrangements generally include a pledge of shares of the entities holding our assets and customary covenants, including restrictive covenants that limit the ability of the project-level entities to make cash distributions to their parent companies and ultimately to us including if certain financial ratios are not met. For more information about the debt of project level entities, see “Item 4.B—Business Overview—Our Operations” In our Annual Report.

On June 27, 2019, we refinanced the project debt of our Chilean assets Palmucho, Quadra 1 and Quadra 2. The new financing agreement consists of a single loan agreement for Palmucho, Quadra 1 and Quadra 2 for a total amount of $75 million with a syndicate of local banks formed by Itaú, Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) and Banco BICE. The new project debt has replaced the previous two independent project loans in Quadra 1 and Quadra 2. The new loan is denominated in U.S. dollars and matures on June 30, 2031. The new loan has a semi-annual amortization schedule and accrues interest at a variable rate based on the six-month U.S. LIBOR plus 3.60%, which represents a 20-basis point improvement compared to the previous financing. We have cancelled the swaps previously in place and contracted a new interest rate swap at an approximate fixed rate of 2.25% to hedge 75% of the amount nominal during the entire debt term. The new financing agreement is cross-collateralized jointly between the Chilean assets and permits cash distributions to its parent company twice per year if the combined debt service coverage ratio for the three assets is at least 1.20x.

In addition, Mojave, our asset with PG&E as off-taker has a 25-year term loan maturing in 2036. However, following the filing of the Chapter 11 by PG&E and since PG&E failed to assume the PPA within 180 days from the commencement of PG&E’s chapter 11 proceeding, a technical event of default was triggered under our Mojave project finance agreement in July 2019 and this event was highly probable as of June 30, 2019. Given that Mojave does not have what the IAS defines as an unconditional contracted right to defer the settlement of the debt for at least 12 months after that date, the debt of the projects has been classified as Current Liabilities in accordance with the provisions of IFRS IAS 1, “Presentation of Financial Statements”. We do not expect the DOE to use the cross-default provisions to request an acceleration of the debt .

Our ability to meet our debt service obligations and other capital requirements, including capital expenditures, as well as acquisitions, will depend on our future operating performance which, in turn, will be subject to general economic, financial, business, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other conditions, many of which are beyond our control.

We believe that our existing liquidity position and cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet our requirements and commitments for the next 12 months and to distribute dividends to our investors. Based on our current level of operations, we believe our cash flow from operations and available cash will be adequate to meet our future liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months. Please see “Item 3.D—Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Indebtedness—Potential future defaults by our subsidiaries, our off-takers, our suppliers, Abengoa or other persons could adversely affect us” in our Annual Report.

Cash dividends to investors

We intend to distribute to holders of our shares a significant portion of our cash available for distribution less all cash expenses including corporate debt service and corporate general and administrative expenses and less reserves for the prudent conduct of our business (including, among other things, dividend shortfall as a result of fluctuations in our cash flows), on an annual basis. We intend to distribute a quarterly dividend to shareholders. Our board of directors may, by resolution, amend the cash dividend policy at any time. The determination of the amount of the cash dividends to be paid to holders of our shares will be made by our board of directors and will depend upon our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, long-term prospects and any other matters that our board of directors deem relevant.

Our cash available for distribution is likely to fluctuate from quarter to quarter and, in some cases, significantly as a result of the seasonality of our assets, the terms of our financing arrangements, maintenance and outage schedules, among other factors. Accordingly, during quarters in which our projects generate cash available for distribution in excess of the amount necessary for us to pay our stated quarterly dividend, we may reserve a portion of the excess to fund cash distributions in future quarters. In quarters in which we do not generate sufficient cash available for distribution to fund our stated quarterly cash dividend, if our board of directors so determines, we may use retained cash flow from other quarters, as well as other sources of cash.


On February 27, 2018, our board of directors approved a dividend of $0.31 per share. The dividend was paid on March 27, 2018, to shareholders of record as of March 19, 2018.


On May 11, 2018, our board of directors approved a dividend of $0.32 per share. The dividend was paid on June 15, 2018, to shareholders of record as of May 31, 2018.


On July 31, 2018, our board of directors approved a dividend of $0.34 per share. The dividend was paid on September 15, 2018, to shareholders of record as of August 31, 2018.


On October 31, 2018, our board of directors approved a dividend of $0.36 per share. The dividend was paid on December 14, 2018, to shareholders of record as of November 30, 2018.


On February 26, 2019, our board of directors approved a dividend of $0.37 per share. The dividend was paid on March 22, 2019, to shareholders of record as of March 12, 2019.


On May 7, 2019, our board of directors approved a dividend of $0.39 per share, which represents an increase of 21.9% from the first quarter of 2018. The dividend was paid on June 14, 2019, to shareholders of record as of June 3, 2019.


On August 2, 2019 our board of directors approved a dividend of $0.40 per share, which represents an increase of 18% from the second quarter of 2018. The dividend is expected to be paid on September 13, 2019, to shareholders of record as of August 30, 2019.

Acquisitions

In February 2018, we completed the acquisition of a 4 MW mini-hydroelectric power plant in Peru for a cash consideration of approximately $9 million.

In October 2018 we reached an agreement to acquire PTS, a natural gas transportation platform located in the Gulf of Mexico, close to ACT, our efficient natural gas plant. On October 10, 2018, we acquired a 5% ownership in the project; once the project begins operation, which is expected in the first half of 2020, we expect to acquire an additional 65% stake; finally, we will acquire the remaining 30% one year after COD, subject to final approvals. The total equity investment is estimated to be approximately $150 million. The amount paid so far has been small.

In addition, in October 2018, we reached a preliminary agreement for another expansion of ATN consisting of certain transmission assets in Peru. Our total investment is expected to be approximately $20 million. The final purchase agreement has not been signed yet and we cannot guarantee we will be able to close this acquisition.

In December 2018, we completed a transaction for an expansion of our ATN transmission line by acquiring a 220-kV power substation and two small transmission lines in Peru. The total purchase price amounted to $16 million and has been fully paid.

In December 2018, we completed the acquisition of Chile TL3, a transmission line currently in operation in Chile. Our investment amounted to approximately $6 million.

In December 2018, we completed the acquisition of Melowind, a 50 MW wind plant in Uruguay, from Enel Green Power S.p.A. Total purchase price was approximately $45 million and has been completely paid.

In January 2019, we entered into an agreement with Abengoa under the Abengoa ROFO Agreement for the acquisition of Befesa Agua Tenes, a holding company which owns a 51% stake in Tenes, a water desalination plant in Algeria, similar in several aspects to our Skikda and Honaine plants. Closing of the acquisition is subject to conditions precedent, including the approval by the Algerian administration. The price agreed for the equity value is $24.5 million, of which $19.9 million was paid in January 2019 as an advanced payment and the rest is expected to be paid once the conditions precedent are fulfilled. If all the conditions precedent are not fulfilled by September 30, 2019, the advanced payment shall be progressively reimbursed by Abengoa through a full cash-sweep of all the dividends to be received in no case later than September 30, 2031, together with an annual 12% interest.

In April 2019, we entered into an agreement to acquire a 30% stake in Monterrey, a 142 MW gas-fired engine facility with batteries in operation since 2018 in Mexico. The acquisition closed in July 2019 and the total equity investment amounted to $42 million.

In May 2019, we entered into an agreement with Abengoa to acquire a 15% stake in Rioglass, a manufacturer of solar components. The equity investment paid was $7 million. In July 2019 we entered into an agreement to acquire ASI Ops, the company that performs the operation and maintenance services to our solar assets in the U.S. The equity investment paid was $6 million.

Cash flow

The following table sets forth cash flow data for the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:

   
Six-month period ended June 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
($ in millions)
 
Gross cash flows from operating activities
           
Profit/(loss) for the period
 
$
22.8
   
$
73.2
 
Financial expense and non-monetary adjustments
   
361.6
     
297.8
 
Profit for the period adjusted by financial expense and non-monetary adjustments
 
$
384.4
   
$
371.0
 
Variations in working capital
   
(91.9
)
   
(47.2
)
Net interest and income tax paid
   
(143.4
)
 
$
(160.6
)
                 
Total net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
149.1
   
$
163.2
 
                 
Net cash provided/(used in) investing activities (1)
 
$
(119.3
)
 
$
44.5
 
                 
Net cash used in financing activities
 
$
(84.4
)
 
$
(207.6
)
                 
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
(54.6
)
   
0.1
 
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
   
631.5
     
669.4
 
Translation differences in cash or cash equivalents
   
(0.8
)
   
(12.3
)
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
 
$
576.1
   
$
657.2
 


Note:
(1)
Includes proceeds for $14.8 million and $60.8 million for the six-month period ended June 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018 respectively, related to the amounts received from Abengoa by Solana further to Abengoa´s obligation as EPC Contractor.

Net cash flows provided by/(used in) operating activities

Net cash provided by operating activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2019 was $149.1 million compared to $163.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018. Net cash provided by operating activities during the six-month period of 2018 included approximately $17 million corresponding to Abengoa’s payments to Solana, with no corresponding amount in the first half of 2019, which explains the decrease. The decrease was also due to longer collection periods in Mexico and Spain versus the same period of the previous year and to a property tax payment in the first quarter corresponding to previous years.

Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, net cash used in investing activities was $119.3 million and corresponded mainly to the investment in Amherst Island. Atlantica and Algonquin formed AYES Canada, a vehicle to channel co-investment opportunities and the first investment was in Amherst Island, a 75 MW wind plant in Canada. Atlantica invested $4.9 million and Algonquin invested $92.3 million, both through AYES Canada. Since Atlantica controls AYES Canada under IFRS 10, we show in Net cash used in investing activities the total $97.2 million invested by AYES Canada in the project company and in Net cash provided by financing activities the $92.3 million received from Algonquin by AYES Canada. In addition, net cash used in investing activities includes the initial payment for Tenes of $19.9 million.

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2018, net cash provided by investing activities amounted to $44.5 million and corresponded mainly to the $60.8 million received by Solana from Abengoa in relation to the consent with the DOE.

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, net cash used in financing activities was $84.4 million and corresponded principally to $433.9 million of principal debt repayments, of which $259.7 million corresponded to the prepayment of the 2019 Notes, $124.2 million of project debt repayments and $50 million of revolving credit facility repayment. We also received $293.1 million net proceeds under the 2019 Note Issuance Facility, net of fees and paid $81.8 million of dividends to shareholders and non-controlling interest. As explained above, we also include $92.3 million corresponding to Algonquin’s participation in Amherst.

Net cash used in financing activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2018 amounted to $207.6 million and corresponded principally to $195.2 million of the repayments of principal of our project financing agreements, of which $52.5 million were prepayments to Solana using the proceeds of the payment received from Abengoa in connection with the DOE consent and $54 million corresponded to the prepayment and cancelation of our former revolving credit facility. Additionally, we drew down $57.5 million of the Revolving Credit Facility and $69.9 million of dividends paid to shareholders and non-controlling interest.

Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

Our activities are undertaken through our segments and are exposed to market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. Risk is managed by our Risk Management and Finance Department in accordance with mandatory internal management rules. The internal management rules provide written policies for the management of overall risk, as well as for specific areas, such as exchange rate risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, use of hedging instruments and derivatives, and the investment of excess cash.

Market risk

We are exposed to market risk, such as movement in foreign exchange rates and interest rates. All of these market risks arise in the normal course of business and we do not carry out speculative operations. For the purpose of managing these risks, we use a series of swaps and options on interest rates and foreign exchange rates. None of the derivative contracts signed has an unlimited loss exposure.

Foreign exchange rate risk

The main cash flows from our subsidiaries are cash collections arising from long-term contracts with clients and debt payments arising from project finance repayment. Given that financing of the projects is always denominated in the same currency in which the contract with the client is signed, a natural hedge exists for our main operations.

Our functional currency is the U.S. dollar, as most of our revenues and expenses are denominated or linked to U.S. dollars. All our companies located in North America, South America and Algeria have their PPAs, or concessional agreements, and financing contracts signed in, or indexed to, U.S. dollars. Our solar power plants in Spain have their revenues and expenses denominated in euros. Revenues and expenses of Kaxu, our solar plant in South Africa, are denominated in South African rand. While fluctuations in the value of the euro and the South African rand may affect our operating results, we hedge cash distributions from our Spanish assets. Our strategy is to hedge the exchange rate for the distributions from our Spanish assets after deducting euro-denominated interest payments and euro-denominated general and administrative expenses. Through currency options, we have hedged 100% of our euro-denominated net exposure for the next 12 months and 75% of  our euro-denominated net exposure for the following 12 months.

Since we hedge cash flows, fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies (the euro and the South African rand) in relation to the U.S. dollar may affect our operating results.

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risks arise mainly from our financial liabilities at variable interest rate (less than 10% of our total project debt financing). We use interest rate swaps and interest rate options (caps) to mitigate interest rate risk.

As a result, the notional amounts hedged as of June 30, 2019, contracted strikes and maturities, depending on the characteristics of the debt on which the interest rate risk is being hedged, are very diverse, including the following:


·
Project debt in euros: between 81% and 100% of the notional amount, maturities until 2030 and average guaranteed interest rates of between -0.26% and 4.87%;


·
Project debt in U.S. dollars: between 70% and 100% of the notional amount, maturities until 2034; and average guaranteed interest rates of between 2.24% and 5.27%.

In connection with our interest rate derivative positions, the most significant impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements are derived from the changes in EURIBOR or LIBOR, which represents the reference interest rate for the majority of our debt.

In relation to our interest rate swaps positions, an increase in EURIBOR or LIBOR above the contracted fixed interest rate would create an increase in our financial expense which would be positively mitigated by our hedges, reducing our financial expense to our contracted fixed interest rate. However, an increase in EURIBOR or LIBOR that does not exceed the contracted fixed interest rate would not be offset by our derivative position and would result in a net financial loss recognized in our consolidated income statement. Conversely, a decrease in EURIBOR or LIBOR below the contracted fixed interest rate would result in lower interest expense on our variable rate debt, which would be offset by a negative impact from the mark-to-market of our hedges, increasing our financial expense up to our contracted fixed interest rate, thus likely resulting in a neutral effect.

In relation to our interest rate options positions, an increase in EURIBOR or LIBOR above the strike price would result in higher interest expenses, which would be positively mitigated by our hedges, reducing our financial expense to our capped interest rate, whereas a decrease of EURIBOR or LIBOR below the strike price would result in lower interest expenses.

In addition to the above, our results of operations can be affected by changes in interest rates with respect to the unhedged portion of our indebtedness that bears interest at floating rates.

In the event that EURIBOR and LIBOR had risen by 25 basis points as of June 30, 2019, with the rest of the variables remaining constant, the effect in the consolidated income statement would have been a loss of $2.9 million and an increase in hedging reserves of $32.6 million. The increase in hedging reserves would be mainly due to an increase in the fair value of interest rate swaps designated as hedges.

Credit risk

On January 29, 2019, PG&E, the off-taker for Atlantica with respect to the Mojave plant, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. See “Item 3.D— Risk Factor— Counterparties to our offtake agreements may not fulfill their obligations and, as our contracts expire, we may not be able to replace them with agreements on similar terms in light of increasing competition in the markets in which we operate” in our Annual Report.

During recent months, the credit rating of Eskom has also weakened and is currently CCC+ from S&P, B2 from Moody’s and BB- from Fitch. Eskom is the off-taker of our Kaxu solar plant, a state-owned, limited liability company, wholly owned by the government of the Republic of South Africa. Eskom’s payment guarantees to our solar plant Kaxu are underwritten by the South African Department of Energy, under the terms of an implementation agreement. The credit ratings of the Republic of South Africa as of the date of this report are BB/Baa3/BB+ by S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, respectively.

Apart from these two situations, we consider that in general we have limited credit risk with clients as revenues are derived from PPAs and other revenue contracted agreements with electric utilities and state-owned entities.

In addition, in 2019 we signed a political risk insurance with the Multinational Investment Guarantee Agency for Kaxu. The insurance provides protection for breach of contract up to $98.6 million in the event the South African Department of Energy does not comply with its obligations as guarantor. We have also increased coverage in our political risk insurance for our assets in Algeria with CESCE up to $38.2 million, including 2 years dividend coverage. These insurance policies do not cover credit risk.

The following table shows the maturity detail of trade receivables as of December 31, 2018 and 2017:

   
Balance as of
December 31,
 
   
2018
   
2017
 
Maturity
           
Up to 3 months
   
163.9
     
186.7
 
Between 3 and 6 months
   
     
 
Total
   
163.9
     
186.7
 

Liquidity risk

The objective of our financing and liquidity policy is to ensure that we maintain sufficient funds to meet our financial obligations as they fall due.

Project finance borrowing permits us to finance projects through project debt and thereby insulate the rest of our assets from such credit exposure. We incur project finance debt on a project-by-project basis.

The repayment profile of each project is established on the basis of the projected cash flow generation of the business. This ensures that sufficient financing is available to meet deadlines and maturities, which mitigates the liquidity risk.

Item 4.
Controls and Procedures

Not applicable.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.
Legal Proceedings

On October 17, 2016, ACT received a request for arbitration from the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce presented by Pemex. Pemex was requesting compensation for damages caused by a fire that occurred in their facilities during the construction of the ACT cogeneration plant in December 2012, for a total amount of approximately $20 million. On July 5, 2017, Seguros Inbursa, the insurer of Pemex, joined as a second claimant in the process. On December 19, 2018 the parties of the arbitration executed a settlement agreement to finalize the claim without any financial impact for ACT. On March 8, 2019 the ICC arbitration tribunal confirmed the settlement agreement and the arbitration was terminated.

A number of Abengoa’s subcontractors and insurance companies that issued bonds covering Abengoa’s obligations under such contracts in the U.S. have included some of the non-recourse subsidiaries of Atlantica in the U.S. as co-defendants in claims against Abengoa. Generally, the subsidiaries of Atlantica have been dismissed as defendants at early stages of the processes but there remain pending cases including Arb Inc. with a potential total claim of approximately $33 million and a group of insurance companies that have addressed to a number of Abengoa’s subsidiaries and to Solana (Arizona Solar One) a potential claim for Abengoa related losses of approximately $20 million that could increase, according to the insurance companies, up to a maximum of  approximately $200 million if all their exposure resulted in losses. Atlantica reached an agreement with Arb Inc. and all but one of the above-mentioned insurance companies, under which they agreed to dismiss their claims in exchange for payments of approximately $6.6 million, which were paid in 2018. The insurance company that did not join the agreement has temporarily stopped legal actions against Atlantica, and Atlantica does not expect this particular claim to have a material adverse effect on its business.

In addition, an insurance company covering certain Abengoa obligations in Mexico has claimed certain amounts related to a potential loss. This claim is covered by existing indemnities from Abengoa. Nevertheless, Atlantica has reached an agreement under which Atlantica´s maximum theoretical exposure would in any case be limited to approximately $35 million, including $2.5 million to be held in an escrow account. On January 2019, the insurance company executed $2.5 million from the escrow account and Abengoa reimbursed such amount according to the existing indemnities in force between Atlantica and Abengoa.  The payments by Atlantica would only happen if and when the actual loss has been confirmed, if Abengoa has not fulfilled their obligations and after arbitration, if the Company initiates it.

Atlantica is not a party to any other significant legal proceedings other than legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business. Atlantica is party to various administrative and regulatory proceedings that have arisen in the ordinary course of business. While Atlantica does not expect these proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations, because of the nature of these proceedings Atlantica is not able to predict their ultimate outcomes, some of which may be unfavorable to Atlantica.

Item 1A.
Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors included in our Annual Report.

I tem 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Recent sales of unregistered securities

None.

Use of proceeds from the sale of registered securities

None.

Purchases of equity securities by the issuer and affiliated purchasers

On May 31, 2019, an affiliate of Algonquin entered into an accelerated share purchase transaction with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), pursuant to which on the same date Morgan Stanley delivered 2,000,000 Atlantica ordinary shares to AY Holdings for a prepayment amount of $53,750,000. Following the transaction, Algonquin is the beneficial owner of 44,942,065 ordinary shares, representing approximately 44.2% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares.

Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5.
Other Information

Not Applicable.

Item 6
Exhibits

Number
Description
   
Enhanced Cooperation Agreement, dated May 9, 2019, by and among Algonquin Power & Utilities, Corp., Atlantica Yield plc and Abengoa-Algonquin Global Energy Solutions B.V.
   
Subscription Agreement, dated May 9, 2019, by and between Algonquin Power & Utilities, Corp. and Atlantica Yield plc.
   
AYES Shareholder Agreement, dated May 24, 2019, by and among Algonquin Power & Utilities, Corp., Atlantica Yield plc and Atlantica Yield Energy Solutions Canada Inc.

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.

 
ATLANTICA YIELD PLC
   
Date: August 7, 2019
By:
/s/ Santiago Seage
 

Name: Santiago Seage
 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer


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Exhibit 99.1

Execution Version
 
ENHANCED COOPERATION AGREEMENT

– by and among –

ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.

ABENGOA-ALGONQUIN GLOBAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS B.V.

– and –

ATLANTICA YIELD PLC

Dated 9 May 2019


This ENHANCED COOPERATION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into on 9 May 2019 by and among ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP. (“ AQN ”), a company incorporated under the federal laws of Canada, ABENGOA-ALGONQUIN GLOBAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS B.V. (“ AAGES ”), a private company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands and ATLANTICA YIELD PLC (the “ Company ” or “ AY ”), a public limited company incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Each of AQN, AAGES and the Company is referred to herein as a “ Party ,” and together as the “ Parties ”.
 
RECITALS
 
A.
On 5 March 2018, AQN, AAGES and the Company entered into a shareholders agreement setting forth, inter alia , certain governance rights and standstill obligations of AQN and AAGES in their capacity as shareholders of the Company (the “ Shareholders Agreement ”).

B.
The Parties have successfully cooperated over the past year and continue to cooperate in a number of infrastructure transactions and wish to further enhance their collaboration. In particular, AQN and AAGES wish to increase their economic ownership of the Company and, in an effort to optimize allocation of certain infrastructure assets, the Parties wish to evaluate potential transfers of assets from AQN to the Company.

C.
The Parties wish to amend certain terms of the Shareholders Agreement and to record their agreement with respect to enhanced cooperation on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the Parties agree as follows:

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DEFINITIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS


1.1
Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms used herein will have the following meanings when used with initial capitalization, whether singular or plural:

AAGES (AY Holdings) ” means AAGES (AY Holdings) B.V., a private company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands.

Accredited Investor ” has the meaning given to it in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by such Person, or is under common Control of a third Person, provided that (a) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Investor Party, nor vice versa, and (b) AQN and each of its Affiliates shall be deemed to be Affiliates of AAGES and each of its Subsidiaries, and vice versa, so long as AQN and its Affiliates in the aggregate (i) own or have the right to exercise at least fifty per cent (50%) of the total voting rights attached to Equity Securities of AAGES, or (ii) hold rights to appoint at least fifty per cent (50%) of the positions then authorized to constitute the board or similar governing body of AAGES (in each case whether pursuant to relevant constitutional documents, contract or otherwise).

Agent ” has the meaning assigned to it in Clause 6.9(a).

Agreement ” has the meaning assigned in the preamble.

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Algonquin ROFO Agreement ” means the right of first offer agreement dated 5 March 2018 by and between AY and AQN, as supplemented and amended.
 
AQN Company ” shall have the meaning given to it in the Algonquin ROFO Agreement.
 
AY Articles ” means the articles of association of the Company, as amended and in effect from time to time.
 
AY Board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

AY Voting Securities ” means (a) the Shares and (b) any other Equity Securities of the Company that at such time give the holder thereof a non-contingent right to vote at general meetings of the Company with respect to all, or substantially all, matters, including the election of Directors.

Business Day ” means any day other than any Saturday, any Sunday or any legal holiday during which banks in London, United Kingdom are obligated or permitted to close for business.
 
Closing Price ” means the volume weighted average of the trading prices of a Share on NASDAQ (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. or, if not reported therein, in another authoritative source mutually selected by the Parties) on the day to which such price relates.
 
Control ” or “ control ” means, with respect to a Person, where another Person (or Persons Acting In Concert), possesses, directly or indirectly, whether pursuant to relevant constitutional documents, contract or otherwise, (a) the power to exercise at least a majority of the ordinary voting rights in such Person, or (b) the power to appoint a majority of the members of the board of directors or other governing body of such Person.
 
Director ” means a director of the Company.

Enhanced Cooperation ” means the cooperation between the Company and the Investor Parties set forth in Clause 4.2.
 
Equity Securities ” means “equity securities” as defined in the Companies Act 2006 (as amended from time to time).
 
Excess AY Voting Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Clause 3.2(a).
 
Financial Interests ” shall have the meaning given to it in the Algonquin ROFO Agreement.
 
Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an Accredited Investor that is institutional in nature including, but not limited to, hedge funds, private equity funds, mutual funds and active or passive investment funds.
 
Investor ” means any of: (a) AQN, so long as AQN and its Affiliates in the aggregate hold at least ten per cent (10%) of the total voting rights attached to all AY Voting Securities; and (b) AAGES, so long as AAGES and its Affiliates in the aggregate hold at least ten per cent (10%) of the total voting rights attached to all AY Voting Securities, and “ Investors ” means both of them.
 
Investor Party ” means an Investor and each of its Affiliates, and “ Investor Parties ” means each Investor and each of their Affiliates taken together.
 
Liberty Power ROFO ” has the meaning set forth in Clause 4.2(b).

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Liberty ROFO Assets ” has the meaning set forth in Clause 4.2(b)(i).
 
Liberty ROFO Entity ” means any entity, in which any AQN Company directly or indirectly holds a Financial Interest, that directly or indirectly holds any Financial Interests in any Liberty ROFO Asset or in any other Liberty ROFO Entity.

Liberty ROFO Interests ” means any Financial Interest in any Liberty ROFO Asset or in any Liberty ROFO Entity.
 
Original Power of Attorney ” has the meaning set forth in Clause 3.2(e).

Percentage Interest ” means, with respect to any class or classes of AY Voting Securities, and as to any Investor Party as of any date of determination, the quotient (represented as a percentage) obtained by dividing (a) the number of voting rights attached to the AY Voting Securities then held by such Investor Party and its Affiliates by (b) the number of total voting rights attached to all AY Voting Securities then outstanding.
 
Person ” means any natural person, firm, trust, partnership, limited partnership, company or corporation (with or without share capital), joint venture, sole proprietorship, governmental authority or other legal entity of any kind.
 
Persons Acting In Concert ” means, in relation to a Person, the Persons which actively cooperate through the acquisition by them of shares in that Person or a holding company of that Person, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), with a view to obtaining or consolidating Control of that Person.

Relevant Proportion ” has the meaning set forth in Clause 3.2(b).
 
SAWs Project ” means AQN’s opportunity to provide an indirect financing that includes financing of a minority interest in the Vista Ridge water infrastructure project located in San Antonio, Texas.
 
Shares ” means ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company.

Subscription ” has the meaning set forth in Clause 4.1(a).

Subscription Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Clause 4.1(a).
 
Subscription Agreement ” means the agreement relating to the Subscription in the form enclosed as Schedule 2 hereto.
 
Subscription Price ” has the meaning set forth in Clause 4.1(b).

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, an Affiliate thereof that is controlled by such Person.
 
Third Party Acquisition ” has the meaning set forth in Clause 2.1(b).

Third Party Seller ” has the meaning set forth in Clause 2.1(b).

Wind Power Project ” has the meaning set forth on Schedule 4.

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1.2
Confirmations.
 

(a)
AQN, AAGES and the Company expressly agree that the Shareholders Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the Shareholders Agreement shall from the date of this Agreement be read and construed as, and to the extent, amended by this Agreement.


(b)
Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver or discharge of any rights, benefits, obligations and/or liabilities of any of AQN, AAGES and the Company under the Shareholders Agreement which have accrued immediately prior to the date hereof.

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PARTIAL STANDSTILL WAIVER


2.1
Partial Standstill Waiver.


(a)
The Company agrees to waive the restrictions set out in clause 4.1 of the Shareholders Agreement for the limited purpose of allowing the Investor Parties to execute the following transactions:


(i)
the Subscription on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Subscription Agreement;


(ii)
Third Party Acquisitions; and/or


(iii)
subscribing to newly issued Shares or subscribing to purchase (or accepting as consideration) treasury Shares,

provided , however , that in no event shall the AY Voting Securities, or the number of voting rights attached to such AY Voting Securities, acquired or subscribed to by the Investor Parties, directly or indirectly,  when added to the AY Voting Securities, or the number of voting rights attached to all AY Voting Securities, then held by the Investor Parties, in the aggregate, result in the Investor Parties holding, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate more than forty- eight and a half per cent (48.5%) of the total voting rights attached to all then outstanding AY Voting Securities (the “ Partial Standstill Waiver ”); provided , further , however, that no Investor Party shall acquire any Shares until AAGES (AY Holdings) delivers the Voting Power of Attorney as contemplated by Clause 3.2(f).


(b)
The Investor Parties agree that should they elect to effect an acquisition of Shares as provided in Clause 2.1(a)(ii) above, such acquisitions shall be made only on the following terms and subject to the following conditions (each, a “ Third Party Acquisition ”):


(i)
any such acquisition shall be made only from Institutional Accredited Investors (each a “ Third Party Seller ”);


(ii)
the Investor Parties shall obtain an investor letter substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 3 from each Third Party Seller with whom a Third Party Acquisition is completed;

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(iii)
the Investor Parties will not engage in a Third Party Acquisition while in possession of material non-public information or information that is “ Material ” pursuant to the Company’s insider trading policy (as in effect on the date of this Agreement) or during a regularly scheduled “Blackout Period” in accordance with the Company’s insider trading policy (as in effect on the date of this Agreement);


(iv)
all Third Party Acquisitions shall be conducted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations;


(v)
in no event shall the Company be required to (or deemed to have consented to) take any of the following actions: (i) provide any representations, warranties or undertakings, (ii) register any AY Voting Securities pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, (iii) provide access to a data room or documents relating to the Company, produce an offering document or otherwise facilitate disclosure for the benefit of either an Investor Party or the holder transferring AY Voting Securities to an Investor Party, (iv) execute any officer’s certificates or other documentation relating to the acquisition of AY Voting Securities or (v) otherwise facilitate any Third Party Acquisition.


(c)
The Parties further agree that any issuance by AY of a right to exchange securities into Shares shall not be subject to the standstill provisions in Section 4.1 of the Shareholders Agreement until such time as the holder of such exchange right purports to exercise the exchange right, at which time Section 4.1 of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply subject to the Partial Standstill Waiver.


(d)
The Parties further agree that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including in particular those set forth in Clause 3, all references to forty-one and a half per cent (41.5%) in the definition of “Standstill Percentage” and clause 4.1(b) of the Shareholders Agreement shall be deemed to refer to forty-eight and a half per cent (48.5%).

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GOVERNANCE AND VOTING RIGHTS


3.1
Governance . The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Partial Standstill Waiver shall not result in an increase in the number of Directors which the Investor Parties are entitled to appoint to the AY Board or otherwise amend the governance rights conferred to the Investor Parties under the AY Articles and the Shareholders Agreement.


3.2
Voting Rights.


(a)
During the Standstill Period (as this term is defined in the Shareholders Agreement), the Investor Parties shall not (directly or indirectly) exercise the voting rights attaching to any AY Voting Securities held by the Investor Parties which represent a Percentage Interest in excess of forty-one and a half per cent (41.5%) of the total voting rights attached to all then outstanding AY Voting Securities as permitted by the Partial Standstill Waiver (the “ Excess AY Voting Securities ”) except as permitted by this Clause 3.

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(b)
Each Investor Party shall deliver to the Company and the registered holder of the Excess AY Voting Securities a duly executed irrevocable (except as provided in paragraph (g) below) power of attorney in the form enclosed as Schedule 1 (“ Voting Power of Attorney ”), appointing the Chairman of the Related Party Committee as its attorney with the power to do each of the following things in respect of such Investor Party’s proportion of the Excess AY Voting Securities (being that Investor Party’s “ Relevant Proportion ”):


(i)
to the extent that such Investor Party is the registered holder of its Relevant Proportion, to appoint the person acting as chairman of any general meeting of the Company as its proxy to exercise its rights to attend, speak and vote at each general meeting of the Company in respect of its Relevant Proportion; and


(ii)
to the extent that such Investor Party is not the registered holder of its Relevant Proportion, to instruct the registered holder of such Relevant Proportion and, if applicable, to instruct the broker in whose account such Relevant Proportion is held to require such registered holder, to appoint the person acting as chairman of any general meeting of the Company as its proxy to exercise its rights to attend, speak and vote at each general meeting of the Company in respect of the Relevant Proportion.


(c)
The person appointed as proxy in accordance with paragraph (b) above shall be irrevocably instructed by the person appointed as attorney in accordance with paragraph (b) above to vote all Excess AY Voting Securities on the resolutions proposed at each general meeting of the Company (and any other business which may properly come before the meeting) “For” or “Against” in a manner which reflects the proportion of “For” and “Against” votes cast on each resolution proposed at that general meeting (other than the votes cast in respect of AY Voting Securities of which an Investor Party is the beneficial owner). The form of the appointment of such proxy shall be approved by the Directors of the Company in accordance with the AY Articles.


(d)
To enable the Excess AY Voting Securities to be voted in accordance with this Clause 3, the Company shall procure that the chairman of each general meeting of shareholders of the Company (i) counts all of the votes cast on each resolution proposed at that general meeting (other than the votes cast in respect of AY Voting Securities of which an Investor Party is the beneficial owner) first to identify the proportion of “For” and “Against” votes received from such members and then (ii) votes the Excess AY Voting Securities in the same proportion.


(e)
If at any time the number of AY Voting Securities to which an Investor Party’s Voting Power of Attorney (an “ Original Power of Attorney ”) applies ceases to represent its Relevant Proportion (including, without limitation, as a result of: (i) subject to the terms of paragraph (f) below, a transfer by an Investor Party of AY Voting Shares to another Investor Party, and (ii) a transfer of AY Voting Shares to an unaffiliated third party), that Investor Party will, within three (3) Business Days of such change, deliver a replacement Voting Power of Attorney to the Company in respect of the number of AY Voting Securities which reflects its Relevant Proportion (if any).

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(f)
AQN shall procure that a Voting Power of Attorney with respect to its Relevant Proportion shall be delivered by (i) AAGES (AY Holdings) before 17 May 2019 and (ii) any Investor Party, immediately prior to acquiring any Excess AY Voting Securities. The Parties agree that no transfer of Excess AY Voting Securities by an Investor Party to another Investor Party shall be effective absent delivery of a Voting Power of Attorney in respect of the transferred Excess AY Voting Securities immediately prior to the effectiveness of such transfer. If a transfer of any Excess AY Voting Securities to an Investor Party is executed without first delivering a Voting Power of Attorney, such transfer shall be deemed to be null and void.


(g)
Any Investor Party who has granted a Voting Power of Attorney and the Company shall notify the attorney under the Voting Power of Attorney in writing that a Voting Power of Attorney is revoked in the following circumstances: (i) upon delivery to the Company of a replacement Voting Power of Attorney, in which case the Original Power of Attorney shall be revoked and (ii) at the end of the Standstill Period (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) in which case any Voting Power of Attorney will be revoked.

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CONSIDERATION


4.1
Subscription.


(a)
AQN agrees to cause AAGES (AY Holdings) to subscribe to (through subscription for depositary receipts), and the Company agrees to allot and issue, 1,384,402 new Shares (the “ Subscription Amount ”), credited as fully paid, at the Subscription Price and otherwise on the terms and conditions set out in the Subscription Agreement prior to the record date for the quarterly dividend expected to be announced by the Company on 10 May 2019 (the “ Subscription ”).


(b)
The price per Share to be subscribed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be equal to one hundred and five per cent (105%) of the Closing Price on 9 May 2019, provided   that the minimum price per Share shall be $21.67 and the maximum price per Share shall be (i) $22.00 if the Closing Price on 9 May 2019 is lower than $22.00 and (ii) the Closing Price if the Closing Price on 9 May 2019 is at least equal to $22.00 (the “ Subscription Price ”).


4.2
Enhanced Cooperation. AQN agrees the following:


(a)
SAWs Project and Wind Power Project assets


(i)
Within fifteen (15) Business Days of the date hereof, AQN shall grant the Company and its advisers reasonable access to all information (whether in written form or not) available to the Investor Parties and relating to completed SAWs Project and/or the Wind Power Project for the purposes of enabling the Company and its advisers to assess the Company’s interest in acquiring up to (1) fifty per cent (50%) of the Investor Parties’ legal and economic interest in the Wind Power Project and (2) one hundred per cent (100%) of the Investor Parties’ legal and economic interest in the SAWs Project.

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(ii)
In the event that by 31 August 2019, the Company notifies AQN in writing of its interest in acquiring an interest in the SAWs Project and/or the Wind Power Project, the Company and AQN will enter into good faith negotiations to structure and enter into one or more transactions effecting the transfer of such interests to the Company on terms that meet the respective objectives of the Company and AQN and are generally no more onerous than the current AQN investment terms. AQN and the Company shall use their respective reasonable best endeavors to obtain any consents which the Company (or its Affiliate) may need in order to hold such interest(s).


(b)
Liberty Power assets


(i)
Attached as Schedule 5 is a list of the AQN Liberty Power assets (such assets, the “ Liberty ROFO Assets ”). AQN shall, as soon as practicable, and in any event by 31 May 2019, provide a reasonably detailed description of each such Liberty ROFO Asset.


(ii)
In the six (6) months following the date of this Agreement, AQN and the Company shall jointly review the list of the Liberty ROFO Assets in order to identify, discuss and negotiate in good faith potential opportunities for transferring any such assets from AQN to AY, where as a result of the characteristics of any such asset (including life of PPA, leverage, cash generation versus earnings) such transfer would maximize the value of the asset for AQN and AY.


(iii)
In the six (6) months following the date of this Agreement, AQN will provide such information (including, without limitation, all available ownership and material corporate information, all available material tax information, financial statements, a current financial model covering the reasonably expected useful life of the asset, and the most recent version of any (and any updates to) the reports and studies referenced in 2.5(g) of the Algonquin ROFO Agreement (if any)) where such information is: (1) relating to the Liberty ROFO Assets that are identified as potential opportunities for a reasonable prospect of transfer, (2) reasonably required by the Company to evaluate such Liberty ROFO Assets, (3) then in the possession of or reasonably available to AQN and (4) permitted to be disclosed to AY. In the event that AQN is not permitted to share any such information with AY, AQN shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain consent to share such information as promptly as practicable.


(iv)
AQN shall ensure that any request from the Company for a transfer of any Liberty ROFO Asset shall be considered, discussed, analyzed and negotiated with the Company in good faith and without undue delays involving at least one senior executive of AQN. Without limiting the discretion of AQN to approve or deny any such request, a negative response shall be accompanied by a written reasoned statement that sets out the basis for AQN´s decision.

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(v)
With respect to the Liberty ROFO Assets, AQN grants to AY an exclusive right of first offer for any Liberty ROFO Interest until the date falling one year after the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Algonquin ROFO (the “ Liberty Power ROFO ”). With respect to a Liberty ROFO Interest, clause 2.1(b) of the Algonquin ROFO Agreement shall be disapplied.


(vi)
AQN shall procure that neither the Investor Parties nor any representative or agent thereof (including any AAGES Company) shall solicit offers from, or negotiate or enter into any agreement with, any Person for the Transfer of a Liberty ROFO Asset, Liberty ROFO Entity or Liberty ROFO Interest (other than a Permitted Transfer or Exempt Transfer) unless AQN first delivers a Transaction Notice (as such terms are defined in the Algonquin ROFO Agreement) to AY and complies with the terms and provisions of Article 2 of the Algonquin ROFO Agreement.


(vii)
Any transfer of Liberty ROFO Assets will be made in accordance with the Algonquin ROFO Agreement, on terms and conditions mutually agreed between AQN and the Company, acting reasonably.


(viii)
In all other respects, the Liberty ROFO Assets identified in accordance with (i) above shall be considered ROFO Assets and ROFO Interests (each as defined in the Algonquin ROFO Agreement).


(ix)
Without prejudice to any provisions which AY and the Investor Parties may agree in a definitive agreement effecting the transfer of a Liberty ROFO Asset, any and all rights and obligations in respect of the Liberty Power ROFO shall terminate on the date that is one year following the date of this Agreement, whether under the Algonquin ROFO Agreement or otherwise.

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WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS


5.1
Mutual warranties . Each Investor warrants to the Company, and the Company warrants to the Investors that, as at the date of this Agreement:


(a)
it is a company validly existing and is a company duly incorporated, organised and registered under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation;


(b)
it has the legal right and full power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement; and


(c)
this Agreement, when executed, constitutes valid and binding obligations on it in accordance with its terms.


5.2
Investor Parties warranties.


(a)
The Investors warrant that as of the date of this Agreement, the Investors Parties hold 41,557,663 Shares; and


(b)
The Investors represent and warrant that it is not the purpose of this Agreement or the rights contemplated hereby to grant, nor the intent of the Investor Parties to acquire (individually or collectively) pursuant to such rights, directly or indirectly, Control over the Company.

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5.3
Investor Parties’ undertakings.


(a)
AQN shall procure that all Investor Parties shall comply with the terms of this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations associated with the Partial Standstill Waiver, the Subscription and the Enhanced Cooperation.


(b)
AQN shall disclose the existence of the Partial Standstill Waiver the other material terms of this Agreement in accordance with applicable laws, including by filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission an amendment to its Schedule 13D, in a form acceptable to the Company, acting reasonably.

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MISCELLANEOUS


6.1
Shareholders Agreement provisions . The Parties agree that clauses 1.2 to 1.8 and clauses 10.2 to 10.11 of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to this Agreement mutatis mutandis as if they had been fully set forth herein, provided that all references in the Shareholders Agreement to “this Agreement” shall be deemed to be references to this Agreement.


6.2
Impediments . No Party shall enter into any agreement or arrangement with any Person that would prohibit, restrict, or otherwise impair the exercise of any rights or performance of any obligations of the Company or any Investor Party under this Agreement. In particular, the Investor Parties shall not enter into any agreement or arrangement whereby a third party would act upon an Investor Party’s influence or instructions and take any action which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.


6.3
Fees and Expenses . Each Party agrees to pay its own fees and expenses (including legal counsel fees and expenses) in connection with this Agreement, the Subscription and the Third Party Acquisitions.


6.4
No Partnership or Agency . Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken by the Parties pursuant to this Agreement, shall be deemed to constitute a relationship between AQN and AAGES on the one hand and AQN on the other hand of partnership, joint venture, principal and agent or employer and employee. No Party has, nor may it represent that it has, any authority to act or make any commitments on the other Party’s behalf or otherwise bind any other Party in any way.


6.5
Further assurance . Each Party shall take all steps within its powers to perform or procure the performance of all such acts and execute and deliver or procure the execution and delivery of all such documents as may be required by applicable law or as any other Person may reasonably require in order to secure to the other Parties the full benefit of this Agreement. In particular, the Investor Parties shall deliver such instructions and authorisations to the record holder of the Excess AY Voting Securities, the independent agent engaged by the Company to tabulate shareholders votes and any other Person, and generally take all actions and execute all documents necessary to implement the voting mechanism set forth in Clause 3.

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6.6
Specific performance . The Parties acknowledge and agree that damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and accordingly each Party shall, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies which it may have, be entitled without proof of special damage to the remedies of injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief, or any combination of these remedies, for any threatened or actual breach of the provisions of this Agreement.


6.7
Third Party Rights . The Parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement contains obligations and restrictions on all Investor Parties and that AQN shall procure compliance by all Investor Parties with the terms of this Agreement. The Parties further intend that the Company shall be entitled to enforce any of its rights under this Agreement against any Investor Party as if they were parties hereto. Without prejudice to the preceding sentence, a person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of, or enjoy any benefit under, this Agreement.


6.8
Governing Law . This Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter, existence, negotiation, validity, termination or enforceability (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.


6.9
Jurisdiction.


(a)
Each Party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter, existence, negotiation, validity, termination or enforceability (including non-contractual disputes or claims).


(b)
Each Party irrevocably waives any right that it may have to object to an action being brought in those courts, to claim that the action has been brought in an inconvenient forum, or to claim that those courts do not have jurisdiction.


(c)
Regardless of whether the courts of any country other than England have jurisdiction to consider a dispute falling within Clause 6.9(a), each Party irrevocably undertakes that it will neither issue nor cause to be issued originating or other process in respect to such a dispute in any jurisdiction other than England.
 

(d)
Each Party agrees that without preventing any other mode of service, any document in an action (including, a claim form or any other document to be served under the Civil Procedure Rules) may be served on any Party by being delivered to that Party at its address for service of notices under clause 10.10 of the Shareholders Agreement.


6.10
Process Agent


(a)
AQN and AAGES shall each appoint an agent in England for service of process and any other documents in proceedings in connection with this Agreement (the “ Agent ”), whether the proceedings are in England or elsewhere, within ten (10) Business Days following the date of this Agreement.


(b)
AQN and AAGES shall notify the Company in writing as soon as reasonably practicable once the Agent is appointed as well as any change thereof.

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(c)
Any claim form, judgment or other notice of legal process shall be sufficiently served on AQN and AAGES if delivered to the Agent at the address notified to the Company pursuant to paragraph (b) above.


(d)
If for any reason the Agent appointed by AQN or AAGES at any time ceases to act as such, the relevant Party shall promptly appoint another such Agent and promptly notify the other Parties of the appointment and the new Agent’s name and address.


(e)
If AQN and/or AAGES does not appoint an Agent within ten (10) Business Days following the date of this Agreement or does not appoint a replacement Agent pursuant to paragraph (d) above within seven (7) Business Days of such cessation, then AY can make such appointment on behalf of, and at the expense of, such defaulting Party and if it does so, it shall promptly notify the other Parties of the new Agent’s name and address.

[Signature page follows.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on the date first written above.

For and on behalf of

ATLANTICA YIELD PLC



/s/ Santiago Seage
Name: Santiago Seage

Title: Director

 
[Signature Page to Enhanced Cooperation Agreement]


For and on behalf of


ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.




/s/ Ian Robertson
/s/ Chris Jarratt
Name: Ian Robertson

Name: Chris Jarratt
Title: Chief Executive Officer

Title: Vice Chair

[Signature Page to Enhanced Cooperation Agreement]


For and on behalf of
ABENGOA-ALGONQUIN GLOBAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS B.V.



/s/ Joaquin Fernandez de Pierola
Name: Joaquin Fernandez de Pierola

Title: Director A1


[Signature Page to Enhanced Cooperation Agreement]


For and on behalf of
ABENGOA-ALGONQUIN GLOBAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS B.V.



/s/ Carina  Helsloot-van  Riemsdijk
Name: Carina  Helsloot-van  Riemsdijk
Title: Director A2


[Signature Page to Enhanced Cooperation Agreement]


For and on behalf of
ABENGOA-ALGONQUIN GLOBAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS B.V.



/s/ Ryan Farquhar
Name: Ryan Farquhar
Title: Director B1


[Signature Page to Enhanced Cooperation Agreement]


For and on behalf of
ABENGOA-ALGONQUIN GLOBAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS B.V.



/s/ Laurens Klein
Name: Laurens Klein
Title: Director B2


[Signature Page to Enhanced Cooperation Agreement]




Exhibit 99.2

Execution Version
 
9 May 2019

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

relating to ordinary shares in Atlantica Yield plc

between

Atlantica Yield plc

as Issuer

and

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.

as Investor


Subscription Agreement

Between:
(1)
Atlantica Yield plc , a public limited company organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales, United Kingdom;





hereinafter referred to as the “ Issuer ”;



And:
(2)
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. ;





hereinafter referred to as the “ Investor ”;





The parties sub (1) and (2) above are hereinafter referred to as the “ Parties ” and each individually as a “ Party ”.

Whereas:

(A)
The Issuer and Investor have agreed to enter into an enhanced cooperation agreement (the “ Cooperation Agreement ”).

(B)
As part of the collaboration between the Issuer and the Investor, the latter wishes to invest an aggregate amount of USD 29,999,991 (the “ Subscription Amount ”) in the equity of the Issuer through a private placement.

(C)
The Investor has agreed that AAGES (AY Holdings) B.V., one of its majority-owned subsidiaries (the “ Investor’s Subsidiary ”) will indirectly subscribe for Ordinary Shares (as defined below) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

It is agreed as follows:

1
Definitions and Interpretation

1.1
Definitions

Account has the meaning given to it in Article 2.3.2(i).

Affiliate shall have the same meaning as in the Shareholders Agreement.

Agreement means this subscription agreement.

Board of Directors means the Issuer’s board of directors.

Business Day means a day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or bank or other official public holiday in Toronto, Canada, New York, United States, Madrid, Spain or London, United Kingdom.

Closing shall mean the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Closing Date shall mean 28 May 2019, unless otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the Parties.

Cooperation Agreement has the meaning given to it in Recital (A) of this Agreement.

Date of this Agreement means the date on which the Agreement is entered into.

Investor’s Subsidiary has the meaning given to it in Recital (C) of this Agreement.

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Ordinary Shares shall mean ordinary shares of US$0.01 each in the capital of the Issuer.

Shareholders Agreement shall mean the Shareholders Agreement by and among Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., Abengoa-Algonquin Global Energy Solutions B.V. and Atlantica Yield plc, dated as of 5 March 2018, as supplemented and amended from time to time.

Subscription Amount has the meaning given to it in Recital (B) of this Agreement.

Subscription Shares has the meaning given to it in Article 2.1 of this Agreement.

1.2
Interpretation
 
  1.2.1
The titles and headings included in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be taken into account in the interpretation of the provisions of this Agreement.
 

1.2.2
The words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder”, “hereby”, “hereto”, “herewith” and words of similar import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, paragraph or other subdivision.
 

1.2.3
All periods of time set out in this Agreement shall be calculated from midnight to midnight. They shall start on the day following the day on which the event triggering the relevant period of time has occurred. The expiration date shall be included in the period of time. If the expiration date is not a Business Day, it shall be postponed until the next Business Day. Unless otherwise provided herein, all periods of time shall be calculated in calendar days. All periods of time consisting of a number of months (or years) shall be calculated from the day in the month (or year) when the triggering event has occurred until the eve of the same day in the following month(s) (or year(s)).

2
Share Subscription

2.1
The Investor hereby applies for the issue to a nominee (the “ Computershare Nominee ”) of the Issuer’s depositary Computershare Trustee (Jersey) Limited (the “ Depositary ”) at Closing of 1,384,402 Ordinary Shares (the “ Subscription Shares ”), to be credited as fully paid, in consideration of the payment by the Investor to the Issuer of the Subscription Amount, and the Issuer agrees to allot and issue the Subscription Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

As soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement and in any event prior to Closing, the Investor and the Issuer shall enter into a depositary agreement with the Depositary providing for the issue of depositary receipts representing the Subscription Shares (the “ Depositary Receipts ”) to the broker(s) of the Investor’s Subsidiary (such broker(s) as designated by the Investor to the Issuer in writing within five (5) Business Days of the date of this Agreement) (the “ Brokers ”) in their capacity as custodian(s) for the Investor’s Subsidiary.

The Parties will work together to seek to ensure that the allotment and issuance of the Subscription Shares are structured in a manner intended to ensure that neither (a) the issue of the Subscription Shares to the Computershare Nominee as custodian, nor (b) any subsequent transfer of those shares from the Computershare Nominee to Cede & Co, as nominee of The Depositary Trust Company, are subject to stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax in the United Kingdom.

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2.2
Rights attaching to the shares
 
The Subscription Shares shall be identical and rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued Ordinary Shares including, without limitation, the right to receive any dividend whose record date falls at or after the Closing Date.

2.3
Closing


2.3.1
The Closing shall occur on the Closing Date.


2.3.2
On the Closing Date:


(i)
the Investor shall pay the full Subscription Amount in U.S. dollars to the U.S. dollar- denominated account in the Issuer’s name with the bank account to be communicated by the Issuer to the Investor in writing at least three (3) Business Days prior to Closing (the “ Account ”). Any bank charges, costs and expenses relating to this payment shall be borne by the Investor; and


(ii)
promptly following receipt of the Subscription Amount:


(a)
the Issuer will allot and issue the Subscription Shares to the Computershare Nominee, credited as fully paid;


(b)
the Issuer will instruct, and the Investor will cause the Broker(s) to instruct, the Depositary to issue the Depositary Receipts to the Broker(s) in their capacity as custodian(s) for the Investor’s Subsidiary; and


(c)
the Investor shall cause the Brokers to accept the Depositary Receipts.

3
Representations and Warranties

Each Party represents and warrants to the other on the Date of this Agreement and at the Closing that:

3.1
Validity of the Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized and executed by the it and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of it.

3.2
Consents . All necessary consents, authorisations, notifications, actions or other things required to be taken, fulfilled or done by it in accordance with applicable law (including without limitation the obtaining of any consent or license or the making of any filing or registration or the obtaining of any shareholder approval) for the subscription of the Subscription Shares pursuant to this Agreement, the carrying out of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the compliance by it with the terms of this Agreement have been obtained or made and are, or will on Closing be, in full force and effect.

4
Costs – Expenses

Each Party shall bear its own costs and expenses (including legal and other advisory fees) incurred in connection with the preparation of this Agreement, and all related agreements and transactions. The Investor shall bear the costs and expenses of Computershare and its legal counsel to the extent the Issuer is liable for such costs and expenses.

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5
No Assignment

Except with the prior written consent of the other Party, neither of the Parties hereto shall be entitled to transfer or assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, provided, however, that the Investor may freely assign and novate its rights and obligations to any of its Affiliates.

6
Specific Performance

The Parties acknowledge and agree that damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and accordingly each Party shall, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies which it may have, be entitled without proof of special damage to the remedies of injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief, or any combination of these remedies, for any threatened or actual breach of the provisions of this Agreement.

7
Severability

7.1
If any provision in this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, under any applicable law, then such provision or part of it shall be deemed not to form part of this Agreement, and the legality, validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected.

7.2
In such case, each Party shall use its best efforts to immediately negotiate in good faith a valid replacement provision that is as close as possible to the original intention of the Parties and has the same or as similar as possible economic effect.

8
Communications

Sections 10.3 to 10.5, 10.10 and 10.12 of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis , as if they had been fully set forth herein.

9
Governing Law and Jurisdiction

9.1
Governing Law

Section 10.13 of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis, mutandis, as if it had been fully set forth herein.

9.2
Jurisdiction

Section 10.14 of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis , as if it had been fully set forth herein.

9.3
Process Agent


9.3.1
The Investor shall appoint an agent in England for service of process and any other documents in proceedings in connection with this Agreement (the “ Agent ”), whether the proceedings are in England or elsewhere, within ten (10) Business Days following the date of this Agreement.

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9.3.2
The Investor hall notify the Company in writing as soon as reasonably practicable once the Agent is appointed as well as any change thereof.


9.3.3
Any claim form, judgment or other notice of legal process shall be sufficiently served on the Investor if delivered to the Agent at the address notified to the Company pursuant to clause 9.3.2 above.


9.3.4
If for any reason the Agent appointed by the Investor at any time ceases to act as such, the Investor shall promptly appoint another such Agent and promptly notify the Issuer of the appointment and the new Agent’s name and address.


9.3.5
If the Investor does not appoint an Agent within ten (10) Business Days following the date of this Agreement or does not appoint a replacement Agent pursuant to clause 9.3.4 above within seven (7) Business Days of such cessation, then the Issuer can make such appointment on behalf of, and at the expense of, the Investor and if it does so, it shall promptly notify the Investor of the new Agent’s name and address.

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Atlantica Yield plc



/s/ Santiago Seage
Name: Santiago Seage
Title: Director


[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]


Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.





/s/ Ian Robertson
/s/ Chris Jarratt
Name: Ian Robertson
Name: Chris Jarratt
Title: Chief Executive Officer

Title: Vice Chair

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]




Exhibit 99.3

Execution Version
 
Shareholder Agreement

between

Atlantica Yield Energy Solutions Canada Inc.

and

the Shareholders named herein

and

Atlantica Yield plc

dated as of

May 24, 2019


TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I Definitions
4
   
Section 1.01 Definitions
4
   
Section 1.02 Interpretation
8
   
Section 1.03 Actions on Non-Business Days
8
 
 
Section 1.04 Calculation of Time
9
 
 
Section 1.05 Powers of the Directors and Shareholders
9
 
 
Section 1.06 Paramountcy
9
 
 
Section 1.07 Recitals
9
   
ARTICLE II Management and Operation of the Company
9
   
Section 2.01 Board of Directors
9
   
Section 2.02 Meetings of the Board of Directors
11
   
Section 2.03 Voting Arrangements
11
   
Section 2.04 Officers
12
 
 
Section 2.05 Indemnity by the Company
12
 
 
Section 2.06 Dividends
12
 
 
Section 2.07 Books and Records
13
 
 
Section 2.08 Outside Activities
13
   
ARTICLE III Exchange Provisions
14
   
Section 3.01 Share Exchange Provisions
14
 
 
Section 3.02 Exercise of Exchange Provisions
14
 
 
Section 3.03 Obligations of Atlantica
15
 
 
Section 3.04 Adjustment
15
 
 
Section 3.05 Atlantica Shareholders Agreement
15
 
 
Section 3.06 Limitation on Exchange
15
   
ARTICLE IV Transfer of Interests
16
   
Section 4.01 General Restrictions on Transfer
16
   
Section 4.02 Right of First Refusal
17
   
ARTICLE V Confidentiality
19
   
Section 5.01 Confidentiality
19
   
ARTICLE VI Information Rights
20
   
Section 6.01 Financial Statements
20
   
Section 6.02 Inspection Rights
20
   
ARTICLE VII Representations and Warranties
21
   
Section 7.01 Representations and Warranties
21
   
Section 7.02 Specified Financial Institution
22
   
ARTICLE VIII Term and Termination
22
   
Section 8.01 Termination
22
   
Section 8.02 Effect of Termination
22


ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous
23
   
Section 9.01 Atlantica Shareholder Approval
23
   
Section 9.02 Expenses
23
   
Section 9.03 Release of Liability
23
   
Section 9.04 Notices
23
   
Section 9.05 Headings
24
 
 
Section 9.06 Severability
24
 
 
Section 9.07 Entire Agreement
24
 
 
Section 9.08 Successors and Assigns
24
 
 
Section 9.09 No Third-Party Beneficiaries
25
 
 
Section 9.10 Amendment and Modification; Waiver
25
 
 
Section 9.11 Governing Law
25
 
 
Section 9.12 Dispute Resolution
25
 
 
Section 9.13 Equitable Remedies
27
 
 
Section 9.14 Language
27
 
 
Section 9.15 Counterparts
27

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Shareholder Agreement

This Agreement (as executed and as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, as provided herein, this “ Agreement ”), is dated as of May 24, 2019, between

ATLANTICA YIELD ENERGY SOLUTIONS CANADA INC. , a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of British Columbia  (the “ Company ”)

and

AYES INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED , an United Kingdom corporation (“ AYES UK ”)

and

ALGONQUIN POWER CO ., a trust organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, (“ APCo ”) and, together with AYES UK, the “ Initial Shareholders ”) and each other Person who after the date hereof acquires Shares of the Company and becomes a party to this Agreement by executing a Joinder Agreement (such Persons, collectively with the Initial Shareholders, the “ Shareholders ”).

and

ATLANTICA YIELD PLC , an United Kingdom limited company (“ Atlantica ”)

RECITALS

WHEREAS , AYES UK and APCo have formed the Company for the purposes of conducting and operating the Business;

WHEREAS , as of the date hereof, AYES UK owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Class A Common Shares of the Company and APCo owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Class C Common Shares and Class II Common Shares of the Company; and

WHEREAS , the Initial Shareholders and the other parties hereto deem it in their best interests and in the best interests of the Company to set forth in this Agreement their respective rights and obligations in connection with their investment in the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
Definitions

Section 1.01      Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.01.

Act ” means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia).

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Affiliate ” means with respect to any Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly (including through one or more intermediaries), controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the power to, directly or indirectly, direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have correlative meanings.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

APCo ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

APCo Directors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a)(ii).

Applicable Law ” means all applicable provisions of (a) statutes, laws (including the common law), rules, regulations, decrees, ordinances, codes, proclamations, declarations or orders of any Governmental Authority; (b) any consents or approvals of any Governmental Authority; and (c) any orders, decisions, advisory or interpretative opinions, injunctions, judgments, awards, decrees of, or agreements with, any Governmental Authority.

Arbitration Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12(a).

Arbitrator ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12(b).

APCo Directors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.

AY Shareholders Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05.

AYES UK ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
 
AYES UK Directors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a)(i).
 
Board ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).
 
Business ” means the ownership of interests in , either directly or indirectly, renewable power assets, regulated utilities and the provision of ancillary services.
 
Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada are authorized or required to close.
 
Cash Available for Distribution ” means all cash received by the Company, less (a) all cash expenses of the Company, including debt services and general and administrative expenses and (b) reasonable reserves established by the Board from time to time to fund reasonably expected obligations.
 
Class II Exchange Option ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.
 
Class C Exchange Option ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01

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Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
 
Constating Documents ” means the articles and the notice of articles of the Company.
 
Director ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).
 
Dispute ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12(a).
 
Encumbrance ” means any lien, claim, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, option, preferential arrangement, right of first refusal, right of first offer, encumbrance, adverse claim or other restriction or limitation of any nature whatsoever.
 
Exchange Options ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01
 
Financial Year ” means the 12-month period ending on the last day of December.
 
Fully Diluted Basis ” means, as of any date of determination: (a) with respect to all Shares, all issued and outstanding Shares and all Shares issuable upon the exercise or conversion of any outstanding Share Equivalents as of such date, whether or not such Share Equivalent is at the time exercisable or convertible; or (b) with respect to any specified class or series of Shares, all issued and outstanding Shares of such class or series and all such Shares of such class or series issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any outstanding Share Equivalents as of such date, whether or not such Share Equivalent is at the time exercisable or convertible.
 
Government Approval ” means any authorization, consent, approval, waiver, exception, variance, order, exemption, publication, filing, declaration, concession, grant, franchise, agreement, permission, permit or licence of, from or with any Governmental Authority, the giving notice to, or registration with, any Governmental Authority or any other action in respect of any Governmental Authority.
 
Governmental Authority ” means any federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, local or foreign government or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of such government or political subdivision, or any self-regulated organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority or quasi-governmental authority (to the extent that the rules, regulations or orders of such organization or authority have the force of law), or any arbitrator, court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction.
 
IFRS ” means International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, as adopted by the Canadian Accounting Standards Board.
 
Initial Shareholders ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
 
Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).
 
Joinder Agreement ” means a joinder agreement in form and substance acceptable to the parties, acting reasonably.
 
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.

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Offered Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).
 
Offering Shareholder ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).
 
Offering Shareholder Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(b).
 
Permitted Transferee ” means, with respect to any Shareholder, any Affiliate of such Shareholder.
 
Person ” means an individual, corporation, body corporate, partnership, joint venture, Governmental Authority, unincorporated organization, trust, association or other entity.
 
Purchasing Shareholder ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(d).
 
Related Party Agreement ” means any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the Company and any Shareholder or any Affiliate of a Shareholder or any Director, officer or employee of the Company.
 
Representative ” means, with respect to any Person, any, and all, directors, officers, employees, consultants, financial advisors, counsel, accountants and other agents of such Person.
 
ROFR Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(d).
 
ROFR Notice Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(d).
 
ROFR Rightholder ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).
 
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act (British Columbia), and the rules thereunder, which shall be in effect at the time.
 
Share Equivalents ” means any stock option and any other security or obligation that is by its terms, directly or indirectly, convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares, and any option, warrant or other right to subscribe for, purchase or acquire Shares or Share Equivalents (disregarding any restrictions or limitations on the exercise of such rights).
 
Shareholders ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
 
Shares ” means the shares in the capital of the Company and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any share split, stock dividend or consolidation, or any recapitalization, amalgamation, arrangement, reorganization, exchange or similar reclassification.
 
Subsidiary ” means with respect to any Person, any other Person of which a majority of the outstanding shares or other equity interests having the power to vote for directors or comparable managers are owned, directly or indirectly, by the first Person.
 
Supermajority Approval ” means with respect to any matter that must be approved by the Board (a) the affirmative vote at a meeting of the Board of the entire Board or (b) the unanimous written consent of the entire Board in lieu of a meeting.

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Third Party Purchaser ” means any Person who, immediately before the contemplated transaction, (a) does not directly or indirectly own or have the right to acquire any outstanding Shares or (b) is not a Permitted Transferee of any Person who directly or indirectly owns or has the right to acquire any Shares.
 
Transfer ” means to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any Shares owned by a Person or any interest (including a beneficial interest) in any Shares owned by a Person.
 
Voting Shares ” means the Class A Common Shares and Class II Common shares in the capital of the Company and any other shares that entitle the holders thereof to vote on the election of directors of the Company.
 
Waived ROFR Transfer Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(f).
 
Section 1.02      Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement: (a) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (b) the word “or” is not exclusive; (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereby”, “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole; (d) whenever the singular is used herein, the same shall include the plural, and whenever the plural is used herein, the same shall include the singular, where appropriate; and (e) whenever the masculine is used herein, the same shall include the feminine, and whenever the feminine is used herein, the same shall include the masculine, where appropriate. The definitions given for any defined terms in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein: (x) to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules mean the Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules attached to, this Agreement; (y) to an agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof; and (z) to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting an instrument or causing any instrument to be drafted. The Exhibits and Schedules referred to herein shall be construed with, and as an integral part of, this Agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth verbatim herein. Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are stated in Canadian currency.
 
Section 1.03      Actions on Non -Business Days .  If any payment is required to be made or other action (including the giving of notice) is required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement on a day which is not a Business Day, then such payment or action shall be considered to have been made or taken in compliance with this Agreement if made or taken on the next succeeding Business Day.

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Section 1.04     Calculation of Time.   In this Agreement, a period of days shall be deemed to begin on the first day after the event which began the period and to end at 5:00 p.m. Toronto time on the last day of the period.  If any period of time is to expire hereunder on any day that is not a Business Day, the period shall be deemed to expire at 5:00 p.m. Toronto time on the next succeeding Business Day.

Section 1.05      Powers of the Directors and Shareholders .  The Directors shall have all the rights, powers, duties and liabilities arising under the Act or otherwise except to the extent that the provisions of this Agreement restrict the discretion and powers of the Board to manage or to supervise the management of the business and affairs of the Company.  The Shareholders shall have all the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of the Directors of the Company, whether arising under the Act or otherwise, with respect to all matters governed by this Agreement to the extent that this Agreement restricts the discretion or powers of the Directors to arrange or supervise the management of the business and affairs of the Company.  Any matter requiring the approval of the Directors or holders of a class of Shares shall be evidenced by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by all the Directors or all the Shareholders of that class, as the case may be, or by a resolution duly passed by such Directors or Shareholders at a meeting called and held in accordance with the provisions of the Constating Documents and the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 1.06     Paramountcy .  Subject to the provisions of the Act, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the Constating Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.  The parties acknowledge that as of the date hereof, conflicts may exist between this Agreement and the Constating Documents.  Each of the Shareholders agrees to vote or cause to be voted the Shares owned by it so as to cause the Constating Documents to be amended to resolve each such conflict and any other conflicts in favour of the provisions of this Agreement.  In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and any other agreement now or hereafter entered into between the parties, other than amendments to this Agreement contemplated by Section 9.10, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

Section 1.07     Recitals .  The parties hereby mutually covenant and agree that the statements set forth in the foregoing recitals of this Agreement with respect to their Share ownership and relationship to each other form part of this Agreement and each party represents and warrants that its respective statements are true in substance and are correct in all respects

ARTICLE II
Management and Operation of the Company
 
Section 2.01      Board of Directors

  (a)
The Shareholders agree that the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed through a board of directors (the “ Board ”) consisting of three (3) members (each, a “ Director ”).   The Directors shall be elected to the Board in accordance with the following procedures:
 
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(i)
AYES UK shall have the right to designate two (2) Directors, who shall initially be Guzmán Garcia and Stevens C. Moore (the “ AYES UK Directors ”); and


(ii)
APCo shall have the right to designate one (1) Director, who shall initially be Ian Robertson (the “ APCo Directors ”).


(b)
Each Shareholder shall vote all Voting Shares over which such Shareholder has voting control and shall take all other necessary or desirable actions within such Shareholder’s control (including in its capacity as shareholder of the Company or otherwise, and whether at an annual or special meeting of the Shareholders or by written resolution in lieu of a meeting) to elect to the Board any individual designated by an Initial Shareholder under Section 2.01(a).


(c)
Each Initial Shareholder shall have the right at any time to remove (with or without cause) any Director designated by such Initial Shareholder for election to the Board and each other Shareholder shall vote all Voting Shares over which such Shareholder has voting control and shall take all other necessary or desirable actions within such Shareholder’s control (including in its capacity as shareholder or director of the Company or otherwise, and whether at an annual or special meeting of the Shareholders or by written resolution in lieu of a meeting) to remove from the Board any individual designated by such Initial Shareholder that such Initial Shareholder desires to remove under this Section 2.01. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, unless an Initial Shareholder shall otherwise consent in writing, no other Shareholder shall take any action to cause the removal of any Directors designated by an Initial Shareholder.


(d)
If a vacancy is created on the Board at any time and for any reason (whether as a result of death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal under Section 2.01(c)), the Initial Shareholder who designated such individual shall have the right to designate a different individual to replace such Director, and each other Shareholder shall vote all Voting Shares over which such Shareholder has voting control and shall take all other necessary or desirable actions within such Shareholder’s control (including in its capacity as shareholder or director of the Company or otherwise, and whether at an annual or special meeting of the Shareholders or by written resolution in lieu of a meeting) to elect to the Board any individual designated by such Initial Shareholder.


(e)
The Board shall have the right to establish any committee of Directors as the Board shall deem appropriate from time to time. Subject to this Agreement, the Constating Documents and Applicable Law, committees of the Board shall have the rights, powers and privileges granted to such committee by the Board from time to time. Any delegation of authority to a committee of Directors to take any action must be approved in the same manner as would be required for the Board to approve such action directly. Any committee of Directors shall be composed of the same proportion of AYES UK Directors and APCo Directors as the Initial Shareholders shall then be entitled to appoint to the Board under this Section 2.01; provided that , for so long as APCo has the right to designate a Director to the Board, any committee composed of Directors shall consist of at least one APCo Director.
 
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Section 2.02      Meetings of the Board of Directors
 

(a)
The Board will meet no less than four times a year at such times and in such places as the Board shall designate from time to time. In addition to the regular meetings contemplated by the foregoing sentence, ad hoc meetings of the Board may be called by any Director or Initial Shareholder on no less than five Business Days’ prior written notice of the time, place and agenda of the meeting.


(b)
The Directors may participate in any meeting of the Board by means of video conference, teleconference or other similar communications equipment by means of which all participants can communicate adequately with each other during the meeting, and such participation shall constitute such Director’s presence in person at the meeting.


(c)
The presence of a majority of Directors then in office shall constitute a quorum; provided that at least one APCo Director is present at such meeting, provided that APCo is then entitled to have at least one APCo Director. If a quorum is not achieved at any duly called meeting, such meeting may be postponed to a time no earlier than 48 hours after written notice of such postponement has been given to the Directors. If no APCo Director is present for three consecutive meetings, then the presence, in person or by proxy, of Directors designated by Shareholders holding at least 51% of the Voting Shares shall constitute a quorum for the next meeting.


(d)
Unless otherwise restricted by this Agreement, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all Directors or members of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.


(e)
The Company shall pay all fees, charges and expenses (including travel and related expenses) incurred by each Director in connection with: (i) attending the meetings of the Board and all committees thereof and (ii) conducting any other business or activities of the Company requested by the Company.

Section 2.03      Voting Arrangements.  In addition to any vote or approval of the Board or the Shareholders of the Company required by Applicable Law, without Supermajority Approval the Company shall not, and shall not enter into any commitment to:
 

(a)
(i) make any material change to the nature of the Business conducted by the Company or (ii) enter into any business other than the Business;
 

(b)
issue Shares or other equity securities of the Company to any Person;

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(c)
enter into, amend in any material respect, waive or terminate any Related Party Agreement.

Section 2.04      Officers.   The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company shall be appointed by the Board from time to time.  The Board may appoint other officers of the Company from time to time.

Section 2.05     Indemnity by the Company.   To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify all Directors, officers, former Directors and former officers of the Company, the Shareholders of the Company to the extent that such Shareholders exercise the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of a Director and all Persons who act or acted at the Company’s request as a director or officer (or in a similar capacity) of an entity of which the Company is or was a securityholder or creditor, and his/her/its successors, heirs and legal personal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including any amount paid to settle any action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him/her/it in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative action or proceeding to which he/she is made a party, or in which he/she/it is involved, by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Company or such other entity or by reason of acting or having acted as a director of the Company or such other entity. The Company shall advance moneys to a Person described above for the costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to above, provided such Person shall repay the moneys if the Person does not fulfil the condition of the following paragraph.

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the Company shall not indemnify a Person identified in the preceding paragraph, unless such Person:
 

(a)
acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which such Person acted as a director or officer (or in a similar capacity) at the Company’s request; and
 

(b)
in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, had reasonable grounds for believing that such Person’s conduct was lawful.

The intention of this Section is that all Persons referred to in this Section shall have all benefits provided under the indemnification provisions of the Act to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Company shall forthwith pass all resolutions, enter into such agreements and take such other steps as may be required to give full effect to this Section.

Section 2.06      Dividends .


(a)
Dividend Policy .   Subject to the Act, the dividend policy of the Company shall be in principle to distribute all Cash Available for Distribution by declaring and paying dividends on the Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Law in accordance with the provisions of the Constating Documents.


(b)
Timing of Payment of Dividends.  Subject to the approval by the Board in accordance with Applicable Law, the Company shall pay the dividends contemplated by Section 2.06(a) on or before the 15 th day following the end of each calendar quarter (or more frequently if so determined by the Board).

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(c)
Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any dividend or distribution to a Shareholder, and to pay over to any Governmental Authority, any amounts required to be so withheld pursuant to Applicable Law, and such amounts will be treated for all purposes as having been paid or distributed to the applicable Shareholder.


(d)
Source of Funds. To the extent that the Company does not have Cash Available for Distribution to pay the dividends on the Class C Common Shares contemplated in the Constating Documents, Atlantica hereby agree to fund such dividends by causing AYES UK to make a contribution to the stated capital of the Company in respect of the common shares held by AYES UK (and without the issuance of additional shares).  To the extent that AYES UK does not have adequate funds to make such a contribution Atlantica will provide it with such funds.


(e)
Approval. Unanimous board approval is required to declare or pay any dividends or any other distribution of cash or assets of the Company, it being understood that dividends shall be in accordance with the articles of the Company.

Section 2.07     Books and Records .   The Company shall maintain books and records which shall disclose all financial transactions of the Company in accordance with IFRS, consistently applied.  Each Shareholder and its representatives may, at the Shareholder’s cost and expense, examine, audit and obtain copies of the books, records and accounts of the Company.

Section 2.08      Outside Activities.


(a)
Each Shareholder may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Company. Neither the Company nor any of the Shareholders shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Shareholder.


(b)
Without limiting the generality of Section 2.08(a), the Company hereby understands that APCo and its Affiliates are actively engaged in and pursuing business activities, interests and endeavours which are similar to, and compete with, the respective business activities, interests and endeavours of the Company, and its Affiliates.  AYES UK and Atlantica hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agree that neither this Agreement nor the fact that APCo is a Shareholder shall in any way limit, prohibit, restrict or preclude any of APCo and/or its Affiliates from in any way or manner engaging in and pursuing business activities, interests and endeavours which are similar to, and compete with, the respective present and future business activities, interests and endeavours of the Company and its Affiliates (and AYES UK and Atlantica hereby expressly consent to each of APCo and/or its Affiliates engaging in and pursuing business activities, interests and endeavours which are similar to, and compete with, the respective present and future business activities, interests and endeavours of the Company and its Affiliates).

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(c)
Without limiting the generality of Section 2.08(a), the Company hereby understands that AYES UK and its Affiliates are actively engaged in and pursuing business activities, interests and endeavours which are similar to, and compete with, the respective business activities, interests and endeavours of the Company, and its Affiliates.  APCo and Atlantica hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agree that neither this Agreement nor the fact that AYES UK is a Shareholder shall in any way limit, prohibit, restrict or preclude any of AYES UK and/or its Affiliates from in any way or manner engaging in and pursuing business activities, interests and endeavours which are similar to, and compete with, the respective present and future business activities, interests and endeavours of the Company and its Affiliates (and APCo and Atlantica hereby expressly consent to each of AYES UK and/or its Affiliates engaging in and pursuing business activities, interests and endeavours which are similar to, and compete with, the respective present and future business activities, interests and endeavours of the Company and its Affiliates).

ARTICLE III
Exchange Provisions

Section 3.01      Share Exchange Provisions   APCo or Atlantica shall have the option (the “ Class C Exchange Option ”), exercisable at any time following the 12 month anniversary of the issuance of the Class C Common Shares, to cause the exchange of all, but not less than all, of the Class C Common Shares of the Company for ordinary shares of common stock in the capital of Atlantica (the “ Atlantica Shares ”) on the basis of one (1) Class C Common Share of the Company for one (1) Atlantica Share.  APCo shall have the option (the “ Class II Exchange Option ” and, together with the “Class C Exchange Option, the “ Exchange Options ”), exercisable at any time following the 12 month anniversary of the issuance of the Class II Common Shares and provided the Class C Exchange Option has been exercised, to cause the exchange of all, but not less than all, of the Class II Common Shares of the Company for Atlantica Shares on the basis of one (1) Class II Common Share of the Company for one (1) Atlantica Share, it being understood that the potential for such exchange is remote given the structure of the Company’s share capital.
 
Section 3.02     Exercise of Exchange Provisions.   APCo may exercise the Exchange Options or Atlantica may exercise the Class C Exchange Option by providing a written notice to each of the other parties hereto.  Forthwith following the exercise of the Exchange Options, Atlantica shall cause its transfer agent to, issue and deliver to APCo from treasury, in exchange for the certificates evidencing the Class C Common Shares and Class II Common Shares, as the case may be, a certificate, or other evidence of ownership, registered in the name of APCo (or as APCo may otherwise direct) representing the Atlantica Shares issued in exchange for the Class C Common Shares and Class II Common Shares, as the case may be.
 
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Section 3.03      Obligations of Atlantica.  Atlantica covenants and agrees that for so long as the Exchange Options are exercisable, it shall reserve and there shall remain unissued out of its authorized capital a sufficient number of Atlantica Shares to satisfy the obligation herein provided, as such right may be adjusted. Atlantica further covenants and agrees that while the Exchange Options are exercisable, Atlantica shall (a) comply with the securities legislation applicable to it in order that Atlantica not be in default of any requirements of such legislation; (b) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and maintain its corporate existence; and (c) at its own expense expeditiously use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the listing of the Atlantica Shares  on each stock exchange or over-the-counter market on which its ordinary shares of common stock may be listed from time to time. All Atlantica Shares which shall be issued upon the exercise of the Exchange Options herein provided for, shall be issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares and the holders thereof shall not be liable to Atlantica or its creditors in respect thereof. Note:
 
Section 3.04     Adjustment. If, following the issuance of the Class C Common Shares or Class II Common Shares, any action is taken that results in a change to the Atlantica Shares (or other securities or assets into which the Class C Common Shares or Class II Common Shares may be exchanged from to time) the holder of the Class C Common Shares and Class II Common Shares shall be entitled, on the exchange of the Class C Common Shares and Class II Common Shares, to receive the same (or economically equivalent) consideration as they would have received had they been a holder of Atlantica Shares (or other securities or assets into which the Class C Common Shares or Class II Common Shares may be exchange from time to time) at the time such action was taken.
 
Section 3.05      Atlantica Shareholders Agreement.  Subject to the following sentence, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that there is an inconsistency between this Agreement and the provisions of the shareholders agreement  dated March 5, 2018, as amended from time to time, between Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., Abengoa-Algonquin Global Energy Solutions B.V. and Atlantica (the “ AY Shareholders Agreement ”), the terms of the AY Shareholders Agreement shall govern.
 
Section 3.06      Limitation   on Exchange. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall APCo be required or permitted, directly or indirectly, to subscribe or exchange shares for securities of Atlantica that would cause APCo and/or its Affiliates to hold more than 50% of the total voting rights attached to the Atlantica Shares.  To the extent that any exchange contemplated hereby would cause APCo and/or its Affiliates to hold more than 50% of the total voting rights attached to the Atlantica Shares, such transaction shall be deemed to be null and void without any further action by any party.

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ARTICLE IV
Transfer of Interests
 
Section 4.01      General Restrictions on Transfer


(a)
Except as permitted under Section 4.01(b) or in accordance with the procedures described in Section 4.02, each Shareholder agrees that such Shareholder will not, directly or indirectly, voluntarily or involuntarily Transfer any of its Shares.


(b)
The provisions of Section 4.01(a) and Section 4.02, shall not apply to any Transfer by any Shareholder of any of its Shares to a Permitted Transferee.


(c)
In addition to any legends required by Applicable Law, each certificate representing the Shares shall bear a legend substantially in the following form:

“The shares represented by this certificate are subject to the provision of a Shareholders’ Agreement, which Shareholders’ Agreement contains restrictions on the right of the holder to sell, assign, transfer, dispose of, donate or otherwise deal with the shares represented by this certificate. Notice of the terms and conditions of the Shareholders’ Agreement is hereby given.”


(d)
Prior notice shall be given to the Company by the transferor of any Transfer (whether or not to a Permitted Transferee) of any Shares. Before consummation of any Transfer by any Shareholder of any of its Shares, such party shall cause the transferee thereof to execute and deliver to the Company a Joinder Agreement and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Upon any Transfer by any Shareholder of any of its Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee thereof shall be substituted for, and shall assume all the rights and obligations under this Agreement of, the transferor thereof.


(e)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Shareholder agrees that it will not, directly or indirectly, Transfer any of its Shares, except as permitted under the Securities Act and other applicable provincial or territorial securities laws, and then, if requested by the Company, only upon delivery to the Company of an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such Transfer may be effected without filing a preliminary prospectus and a prospectus under the Securities Act (or other applicable provincial or territorial legislation). In any event, the Board may refuse the Transfer to any Person if such Transfer would have a material adverse effect on the Company as a result of any regulatory or other restrictions imposed by any Governmental Authority.


(f)
Any Shareholder and any Affiliate thereof shall have the right to Encumber:


(i)
exclusively the economic rights (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, the voting rights) attached to or included in any Shares, and


(ii)
any direct or indirect interest of such Shareholder’s parent in such Shareholder,

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in each case without the consent of any other Shareholder and for any purposes, including as security for any present or future indebtedness of such Shareholder or any Affiliate thereof, provided, however, that any Transfer of any Shares, in any case as a result of foreclosure or other exercise of remedies with respect to any such Encumbrance shall be subject to the other provisions in this ARTICLE IV.
 

(g)
Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Shares in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void, no such Transfer shall be recorded on the Company’s books and the purported transferee in any such Transfer shall not be treated (and the purported transferor shall continue be treated) as the owner of such Shares for all purposes of this Agreement.
 
Section 4.02      Right of First Refusal
 

(a)
If at any time a Shareholder (such Shareholder, an “ Offering Shareholder ”) receives a bona fide offer from any Third Party Purchaser to purchase all or any portion of the Shares (the “ Offered Shares ”) owned by the Offering Shareholder and the Offering Shareholder desires to Transfer the Offered Shares (other than Transfers that are permitted by Section 4.01(b)), then the Offering Shareholder must first make an offering of the Offered Shares to each other Shareholder (each such Shareholder, an “ ROFR Rightholder ”) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.02.


(b)
The Offering Shareholder shall, within five Business Days of receipt of the offer from the Third Party Purchaser, give written notice (the “ Offering Shareholder Notice ”) to the Company and the ROFR Rightholders stating that it has received a bona fide offer from a Third-Party Purchaser and specifying:


(i)
the number of Offered Shares to be Transferred by the Offering Shareholder;


(ii)
the identity of the Third-Party Purchaser;


(iii)
the per share purchase price and the other material terms and conditions of the Transfer, including a description of any non-cash consideration in sufficient detail to permit the valuation thereof; and


(iv)
the proposed date, time and location of the closing of the Transfer, which shall not be less than 60 days from the date of the Offering Shareholder Notice.

The Offering Shareholder Notice shall constitute the Offering Shareholder’s offer to Transfer the Offered Shares to the ROFR Rightholders, which offer shall be irrevocable until the end of the ROFR Notice Period.


(c)
By delivering the Offering Shareholder Notice, the Offering Shareholder represents and warrants to the Company and to each ROFR Rightholder that: (i) the Offering Shareholder has the entire right, title and interest in and to the Offered Shares; (ii) the Offering Shareholder has all the corporate power and capacity and has taken all necessary action to Transfer such Offered Shares as contemplated by this Section 4.02; and (iii) the Offered Shares are free and clear of any and all Encumbrances other than those arising as a result of or under the terms of this Agreement.
 
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(d)
Upon receipt of the Offering Shareholder Notice, each ROFR Rightholder shall have 10 Business Days (the “ ROFR Notice Period ”) to elect to purchase all (and not less than all) of the Offered Shares by delivering a written notice (a “ ROFR Notice ”) to the Offering Shareholder and the Company stating that it offers to purchase such Offered Shares on the terms specified in the Offering Shareholder Notice. Any ROFR Notice shall be binding upon delivery and irrevocable by the applicable ROFR Rightholder. If more than one ROFR Rightholder delivers a ROFR Notice, each such ROFR Rightholder (the “ Purchasing Shareholder ”) shall be allocated the number of shares equal to the product of (x) the total number of Offered Shares and (y) a fraction determined by dividing (A) the number of Shares owned by such Purchasing Shareholder as of the date of the Offering Shareholder Notice, by (B) the total number of Shares owned by all of the Purchasing Shareholders as of such date.


(e)
Each ROFR Rightholder that does not deliver a ROFR Notice during the ROFR Notice Period shall be deemed to have waived all such ROFR Rightholder’s rights to purchase the Offered Shares under this Section 4.02.


(f)
If no Shareholder delivers a ROFR Notice in accordance with Section 4.02(d), the Offering Shareholder may, during the 60 Business Day period immediately following the expiration of the ROFR Notice Period, which period may be extended for a reasonable time not to exceed 90 Business Days to the extent reasonably necessary to obtain any Government Approvals (the “ Waived ROFR Transfer Period ”), Transfer all of the Offered Shares to the Third Party Purchaser on terms and conditions no more favourable to the Third Party Purchaser than those set forth in the Offering Shareholder Notice. If the Offering Shareholder does not Transfer the Offered Shares within such period or, if such Transfer is not consummated within the Waived ROFR Transfer Period, the rights provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and the Offered Shares shall not be Transferred to the Third Party Purchaser unless the Offering Shareholder sends a new Offering Shareholder Notice in accordance with, and otherwise complies with, this Section 4.02.


(g)
Each Shareholder shall take all actions as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the Transfer contemplated by this Section 4.02, including entering into agreements and delivering certificates and instruments and consents as may be deemed necessary or appropriate.


(h)
At the closing of any Transfer under this Section 4.02, the Offering Shareholder shall deliver to the Purchasing Shareholder(s) the certificate or certificates representing the Offered Shares to be sold (if any), accompanied by executed forms of share transfers, against receipt of the purchase price therefor from such Purchasing Shareholder(s) by certified cheque or bank draft, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

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ARTICLE V
Confidentiality

Section 5.01      Confidentiality
 

(a)
Each Shareholder shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, keep confidential and not divulge any information (including all budgets, business plans and analyses) concerning the Company, including its assets, business, operations, financial condition or prospects (collectively, “ Information ”), and to use, and cause its Representatives to use, such Information only in connection with the operation of the Company; provided that : (i) nothing herein shall prevent any Shareholder from disclosing such Information (A) upon the order of any court or Governmental Authority, (B) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Shareholder, (C) to the extent compelled by legal process or required or requested pursuant to an order for production from a non-party or other discovery requests, (D) to the extent necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder, (E) to other Shareholders, (F) to such Shareholder’s Representatives that in the reasonable judgment of such Shareholder need to know such Information or (G) to any potential Permitted Transferee in connection with a proposed Transfer of Shares from such Shareholder as long as such transferee agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 5.01 as if a Shareholder, and (ii) in the case of Section 5.01(a)(i)(A), (B) or (C), such Shareholder shall notify the other parties hereto of the proposed disclosure as far in advance of such disclosure as practicable and use reasonable efforts to ensure that any Information so disclosed is accorded confidential treatment, when and if available.


(b)
If any Shareholder is required to disclose Information to its lenders, creditors or shareholders, such Shareholder shall notify such Persons in writing that such information is Information for purposes of this Agreement and obtains an agreement from such Persons requiring them to comply with such Shareholder’s obligations under this Section 5.01


(c)
The restrictions set out in Section 5.01(a) shall not apply to Information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by a Shareholder or any of its Representatives in violation of this Agreement; (ii) is or becomes available to a Shareholder or any of its Representatives on a non-confidential basis before its disclosure to the receiving Shareholder and any of its Representatives, (iii) is or has been independently developed or conceived by such Shareholder without use of the Company’s Information or (iv) becomes available to the receiving Shareholder or any of its Representatives on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, any other Shareholder or any of their respective Representatives, provided that such source is not known by the recipient of the Information to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with the disclosing Shareholder or any of its Representatives.

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ARTICLE VI
Information Rights
 
Section 6.01      Financial Statements.  In addition to, and without limiting any rights that a Shareholder may have with respect to inspection of the books and records of the Company under Applicable Law, the Company shall furnish to each Shareholder, the following information:


(a)
As soon as available, and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Financial Year, the audited balance sheet of the Company as at the end of such Financial Year and the audited statements of income, cash flows and changes in financial position for such year, accompanied by the opinion of an independent chartered professional accountant of recognized national standing selected by the Board, to the effect that, except as set forth therein, such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS reconciled to generally accepted accounting principles practiced in the United States and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and changes in its cash flows and equity for the periods covered thereby.


(b)
As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each financial quarter, the balance sheet of the Company at the end of such quarter and the statements of income, cash flows and changes in financial position for such quarter, all in reasonable detail and all prepared in accordance with IFRS and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.


(c)
To the extent the Company is required by Applicable Law or under the terms of any outstanding indebtedness of the Company to prepare such reports, any annual reports, interim reports and other periodic reports (without exhibits) actually prepared by the Company as soon as available.

Section 6.02      Inspection Rights


(a)
The Company shall, and shall cause its officers, Directors and employees to, (i) afford each Shareholder that owns at least 25% of the Company’s outstanding Shares and the Representatives of each such Shareholder, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, reasonable access at all reasonable times to its officers, employees, auditors, properties, offices and other facilities and to all books and records, and (ii) afford such Shareholder the opportunity to consult with its officers from time to time regarding the Company’s affairs, finances and accounts as each such Shareholder may reasonably request upon reasonable notice.

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(b)
The right set forth in Section 6.02(a) shall not and is not intended to limit any rights that the Shareholders may have with respect to the books and records of the Company, or to inspect its properties or discuss its affairs, finances and accounts under the Act.

ARTICLE VII
Representations and Warranties

Section 7.01      Representations and Warranties.  Each Shareholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company and each other Shareholder that:


(a)
Such Shareholder is organized and subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has the corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.


(b)
Such Shareholder has the power and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite action of such Shareholder.


(c)
Such Shareholder has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.


(d)
This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Shareholder, enforceable against such Shareholder in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority.


(e)
The execution, delivery and performance by such Shareholder of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not (i) conflict with or result in any violation or breach of any provision of any of the constating or organizational documents of such Shareholder, (ii) conflict with or result in any violation or breach of any provision of any Applicable Law or (iii) require any approval or other action by any Person under any provision of any material agreement or other instrument to which the Shareholder is a party.


(f)
Except for this Agreement, such Shareholder has not entered into or agreed to be bound by any other agreements or arrangements of any kind with any other party with respect to the Shares, including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition or disposition of the Shares or any interest therein or the voting of the Shares (whether or not such agreements and arrangements are with the Company or any other Shareholder).

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Section 7.02     Specified Financial Institution.   Atlantica represents and warrants that it, and any entity related to it, is not a “Specified Financial Institution” as such term is defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada).  Atlantica further covenants that for so long as APCo is a holder of Class C shares neither Atlantica, nor any entity related to it, will become a “Specified Financial Institution” as such term is defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada).

ARTICLE VIII
Term and Termination

Section 8.01      Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest of:


(a)
the date on which none of the Shareholders holds any Shares;


(b)
the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or


(c)
upon the unanimous agreement of the Shareholders.

Section 8.02      Effect of Termination


(a)
The termination of this Agreement shall terminate all further rights and obligations of the Shareholders under this Agreement except that such termination shall not effect:


(i)
the existence of the Company;


(ii)
the obligation of any party to pay any amounts arising on or before the date of termination, or as a result of or in connection with such termination;


(iii)
the rights that any Shareholder may have by operation of law as a shareholder of the Company; or


(iv)
the rights contained in this Agreement that, by their terms, are intended to survive termination of this Agreement.


(b)
The following provisions shall survive the termination of this Agreement: this Section 8.02 and Section 5.01, Section 9.02, Section 9.02, Section 9.04, Section 9.09, Section 9.11, Section 9.12, Section 9.13 and Section 9.14. No termination of this Agreement (or any provision hereof) shall (i) relieve any party of any obligation or liability for damages resulting from such party’s breach of this Agreement (or any provision hereof) prior to its termination or the termination of this Agreement with respect to such party or (ii) terminate any provision hereof that, by its terms, survives such termination.
 
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
 
Section 9.01      Atlantica Shareholder Approval . In the event that Atlantica cannot fulfill any obligation in this Agreement that is subject to the approval of its shareholders, it shall not be considered a breach of this Agreement if Atlantica did not fulfill such obligation due to Atlantica not being able to obtain the aforementioned approval or for any legal reason, provided it used its best efforts to obtain the required approvals.
 
Section 9.02     Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.
 
Section 9.03      Release of Liability. If any Shareholder shall Transfer all of the Shares held by such Shareholder in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement without retaining any interest therein, then such Shareholder shall cease to be a party to this Agreement and shall be relieved and have no further liability arising hereunder for events occurring from and after the date of such Transfer.
 
Section 9.04     Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder (each, a “ Notice ”) shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given: (a) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt); (b) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested); (c) on the date sent by facsimile or e-mail of a PDF document (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next Business Day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient; or (d) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such Notice must be sent to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a Notice given in accordance with this Section 9.04):

If to the Company:
354 Davis Rd

Oakville, ON  L6J 2X1

E-mail: stevens.moore@atlanticayield.com

Attention: VP of Strategy and Corporate Development and

E-mail: jennifer.tindale@apucorp.com• and notices@apucorp.com and

Attention: General Counsel


If to AYES International UK Limited:
Great West House (Gw1), Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, Greater London, United Kingdom, TW8 9DF

E-mail: stevens.moore@atlanticayield.com

Attention: VP of Strategy and Corporate Development

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If to Atlantica Yield plc:
Great West House (Gw1), Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, Greater London, United Kingdom, TW8 9DF

E-mail: stevens.moore@atlanticayield.com

Attention: VP of Strategy and Corporate Development


If to APCo:
354 Davis Rd
Oakville, ON  L6J 2X1

E-mail: jennifer.tindale@apucorp.com and notices@apucorp.com

Attention: General Counsel


with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
77 King Street West, Suite 3000, P.O. Box 95
Toronto, Ontario, Canada MTK 1G8

Facsimile: 416-941-8852

E-mail: eroblin@foglers.com

Attention: Eric Roblin

Section 9.05      Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

Section 9.06      Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 9.07     Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Constating Documents constitute the sole and entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein and therein, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter. In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between this Agreement and any Constating Document, the Shareholders and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, amend such Constating Document to comply with the terms of this Agreement.

Section 9.08      Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall enure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

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Section 9.09      No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 9.10      Amendment and Modification; Waiver. This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.

Section 9.11     Governing Law. All issues and questions concerning the application, construction, validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

Section 9.12      Dispute Resolution


(a)
To the fullest extent permitted by all then Applicable Law, in the event of the occurrence of any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to the interpretation, performance or breach of this Agreement, any action taken by a party hereto pursuant to this Agreement, or otherwise arising out of or referable to the execution or performance of this Agreement (such controversy, dispute or claim being hereafter referred to in this Section 9.12 as the “ Dispute ”), such Dispute shall be determined by arbitration conducted in the City of Toronto in the Province of Ontario in accordance with the Arbitration Act, 1991 , S.O. 1991, c. 17 and a party to this Agreement seeking arbitration of a Dispute shall so notify the others of them by notice in writing (an “ Arbitration Notice ”), which notice shall set out reasonable particulars of the Dispute in respect of which arbitration is so being sought. The parties intend that the provisions of this Section 9.12 to arbitrate be valid, enforceable and irrevocable..


(b)
The parties seeking arbitration in respect of a Dispute shall attempt to mutually agree on a single duly qualified arbitrator; provided that, if they cannot mutually agree on a single arbitrator within 20 days after the date on which the Arbitration Notice was sent by the party seeking arbitration, within 10 days following the end of such 20-day period, the parties seeking arbitration shall commence proceedings in a court of appropriate jurisdiction requesting the appointment of a single duly qualified arbitrator, which arbitrator must be a Person who is independent to each of the parties to this Agreement. The arbitrator which is mutually agreed to or appointed, as the case may be, in respect of a Dispute in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.12(b) is hereinafter referred to in this Section 9.12 as the “ Arbitrator ”..

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(c)
The Arbitrator shall conduct the arbitration proceedings in relation to the Dispute before such Arbitrator in accordance with the applicable rules of the Arbitration Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 17 and, forthwith following the conclusion of such arbitration proceedings, the Arbitrator shall set forth his or her decision in writing (which decision shall enumerate in reasonable detail the basis therefor) and a copy of such decision shall be sent by the Arbitrator to each party to such arbitration.


(d)
To the fullest extent permitted by all then Applicable Law:


(i)
any controversy concerning whether a Dispute is an arbitrable matter or as to the interpretation or enforceability of this Section 9.12 shall be determined by the Arbitrator; and


(ii)
any judgment or award rendered by the Arbitrator shall be final, conclusive and binding (clerical errors and omissions and fraud only excepted) and judgment may be entered on any final, unappealable arbitration award by any provincial or federal court having jurisdiction thereof.


(e)
The parties hereto agree that the arbitration proceedings, as well as the fact such proceedings occur, shall be kept confidential by the parties hereto and may only be disclosed to their personal representatives and legal, accounting and other professional advisors or as required by all then Applicable Law and insofar as is necessary to confirm, correct, vacate or enforce the award.  In the event of a breach of the preceding provisions of this Section 9.12(e), the Arbitrator is expressly authorized to assess damages and each of the parties hereto consents to the expansion of the scope of arbitration for such purpose. The pendency of any arbitration under this Section 9.12 shall not relieve any party hereto from the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.  In no event, however, shall this Section 9.12 be deemed to preclude a party hereto from instituting legal action seeking relief in the nature of a restraining order, an injunction, an audit, the enforcement of any Encumbrances or the like in order to protect its rights pending the outcome of an arbitration hereunder and, if any party hereto shall resort to legal action for such types of relief, such party shall not be deemed to have waived its rights to cause such matter or any other matter to be referred to arbitration pursuant to this Section 9.12. The Arbitrator shall have authority in his sole, arbitrary, absolute and unfettered discretion to grant injunctive relief, award specific performance and impose sanctions upon any party to any such arbitration; provided that, no party to the arbitration may seek, and the Arbitrator shall not award, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages or indirect economic loss. The fees, expenses and charges of any such arbitration shall be allocated among the parties thereto in such manner as the Arbitrator shall determine acting reasonably.

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Section 9.13     Equitable Remedies.  Each party hereto acknowledges that the other parties hereto would be irreparably damaged in the event of a breach or threatened breach by such party of any of its obligations under this Agreement and hereby agrees that, in the event of a breach or a threatened breach by such party of any such obligations, each of the other parties hereto shall, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies that may be available to them in respect of such breach, be entitled to seek an injunction from a court of competent jurisdiction (without any requirement to post a bond or other security) granting such parties specific performance by such party of its obligations under this Agreement. If any party commences an action to enforce the covenants contained in this Agreement (or obtain any other remedy in respect of any breach thereof), the prevailing party in the action shall be entitled to receive, in addition to all other damages to which it may be entitled, the costs incurred by such party in conducting the action, including reasonable legal fees, disbursements and charges.

Section 9.14     Language.  The parties have required that this Agreement and all documents and notices resulting from it be drawn up in English. Les parties aux présents ont exigés que la présente convention ainsi que tous les documents et avis qui s’y rattachent ou qui en découleront soit rédigés en la langue anglaise.

Section 9.15      Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.
 
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 
ATLANTICA YIELD ENERGY SOLUTIONS CANADA INC.
   
 
By
/s/ Stevens Moore

   
   
Authorized Signing Officer
   
I have authority to bind the Corporation
   
 
AYES INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED
   
 
By
/s/ Stevens Moore

   
   
Authorized Signing Officer
   
I have authority to bind the Corporation
   
 
ALGONQUIN POWER CO.
   
 
By
/s/ David Bronicheski

   
   
Authorized Signing Officer
   
I have authority to bind the Trust
   
 
ATLANTICA YIELD PLC.
   
 
By
/s/ Irene Maria Hernandez Martin de Arriva

   
   
Authorized Signing Officer
   
 
By
/s/ Santiago Seage

   
   
Authorized Signing Officer
   
We have authority to bind the Corporation

[ Signature page – AYES Canada Shareholders Agreement ]


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