Vistra Corp (VST)

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Vistra Energy Announces Private Offering of $800 Million of Senior Notes (8/07/18)

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistra Energy Corp. (NYSE: VST) (the "Company" or "Vistra Energy") announced today the launch of a private offering (the "Offering") of $800 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2026 (the "Notes") to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of Vistra Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Issuer"). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by certain of the Issuer's current and future subsidiaries.

The purpose of the Offering is (i) to fund a concurrently announced tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase for cash its outstanding 7.375% Senior Notes due 2022, 7.625% Senior Notes due 2024, 8.034% Senior Notes due 2024, 8.000% Senior Notes due 2025, and 8.125% Senior Notes due 2026, in each case issued by Dynegy, as predecessor to Vistra Energy (collectively, the "Tender Offer Notes"), subject to the relevant terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase related to the concurrent Tender Offer, (ii) to pay fees and expenses related to the Offering and incurred in connection with the Tender Offer and (iii) for general corporate purposes. The Offering is not conditioned on the consummation of the Tender Offer. The Tender Offer is conditioned on, among other things, the consummation of the Offering.

The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described above, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.
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About Vistra Energy

Vistra Energy (NYSE: VST) is a premier, integrated power company based in Irving, Texas, combining an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail with a focus on safe, reliable, and efficient power generation. Through its retail and generation businesses which include TXU Energy, Homefield Energy, Dynegy, and Luminant, Vistra operates in 12 states and six of the seven competitive markets in the U.S., with about 6,000 employees. Vistra's retail brands serve approximately 2.9 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers across five top retail states, and its generation fleet totals approximately 41,000 megawatts of highly efficient generation capacity, with a diverse portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, and solar facilities.

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