Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration Statement No. 333-272237
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated May 26,
2023)
$3,000,000,000
Common Stock
We have
entered into an ATM Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the sales agreement), with Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities
USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (the agents), and the forward purchasers (as defined below), relating to the
offering of shares of our common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $3,000,000,000.
In accordance with the terms of
the sales agreement, shares of our common stock may be offered and sold from time to time to or through the agents, as our sales agents or, if applicable, as forward sellers. Sales of shares of our common stock, if any, will be made in negotiated
transactions, including block trades, or transactions that are deemed to be at the market offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), by means of ordinary brokers
transactions at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, including sales made directly on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE), sales made to or through a market maker and sales made through other securities exchanges or
electronic communications networks or by any other method permitted by applicable law as otherwise agreed between the applicable agent and us.
The sales agreement contemplates that, in addition to the issuance and sale by us of shares of our common stock to or through the agents, we
may enter into separate forward sale agreements with each of Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Mizuho Markets Americas LLC, Morgan
Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or one of their respective affiliates (the forward purchasers). If we enter into a forward
sale agreement with any forward purchaser, we expect that such forward purchaser (or its affiliate) will attempt to borrow from third parties and sell, through the relevant agent, acting as sales agent for such forward purchaser, shares of our
common stock to hedge such forward purchasers exposure under such forward sale agreement. We refer to an agent, when acting as sales agent for the relevant forward purchaser, as, individually, a forward seller and, collectively,
the forward sellers. Unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires, references herein to the related or relevant forward purchaser mean, with respect to any agent, the affiliate of such agent
that is acting as forward purchaser or, if applicable, such agent acting in its capacity as forward purchaser. We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of shares of our common stock borrowed by a forward purchaser (or its affiliate) and sold
through a forward seller.
We currently expect to fully physically settle each forward sale agreement, if any, with the relevant forward
purchaser on one or more dates specified by us on or prior to the maturity date of such forward sale agreement, in which case we expect to receive aggregate net cash proceeds at settlement equal to the number of shares specified in such forward sale
agreement multiplied by the relevant initial forward price per share (subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus supplement). However, subject to certain exceptions, we may also elect, in our sole discretion, to cash settle or net share
settle all or any portion of our obligations under any forward sale agreement, in which case we may not receive any proceeds (in the case of cash settlement) or will not receive any proceeds (in the case of net share settlement), and we may owe cash
(in the case of cash settlement) or shares of our common stock (in the case of net share settlement) to the relevant forward purchaser. See Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest) in this prospectus supplement.
No agent is required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of shares of our common stock, but each agent has agreed to use its
commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations, as our sales agent or as forward seller, and subject to the terms and conditions of the sales agreement and, in the case of
shares offered through such agent as forward seller, the relevant forward sale agreement, to sell shares of our common stock, on mutually agreed terms between the agent and us. Shares of our common stock offered and sold through the agents, as our
sales agents or as forward sellers, pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, will be offered and sold through only one agent on any given day.
Each agent will receive from us a commission that will not exceed, but may be lower than, 1.0% of the gross sales price of all shares of our
common stock sold through it as our sales agent under the sales agreement. In connection with each forward sale agreement, the applicable agent, as forward seller, will receive a commission, in the form of a reduction to the initial forward price
under the related forward sale agreement, at a mutually agreed rate that will not (except as provided below) exceed, but may be lower than, 1.0% of the volume-weighted average of the gross sales price per share of all of the borrowed shares of our
common stock sold through such agent, as forward seller, during the applicable forward selling period for such shares (subject to certain possible adjustments to such gross sales price for daily accruals and any quarterly dividends having an ex-dividend date during such forward selling period).
Under the terms of the sales
agreement, we may also sell shares of our common stock to one or more of the agents as principal, at a price per share to be agreed upon at the time of sale. If we sell shares of our common stock to one or more of the agents as principal, we will
enter into a separate terms agreement with such agent or agents, as the case may be, and we will describe the terms of the offering of those shares of our common stock in a separate prospectus supplement or pricing supplement. In any such sale to an
agent as principal, we may agree to pay the applicable agent an underwriting discount or commission that may exceed 1.0% of the gross sales price per share sold to such agent, as principal.
In connection with the sale of shares of our common stock, each agent may, and in connection with sales of shares of our common stock
purchased by an agent as principal will, be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation paid to the agent may, or will, as applicable, be deemed to be underwriting commissions.
Our common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol SRE. On November 5, 2024, the last reported sale price of our common stock
on the NYSE was $82.25 per share.
Investing in our common stock involves risks. See the Risk Factors section on page S-5 of this prospectus supplement.
Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Barclays |
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BofA Securities |
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Citigroup |
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
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J.P. Morgan |
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Mizuho |
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Morgan Stanley |
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MUFG |
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RBC Capital Markets |
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Scotiabank |
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Wells Fargo Securities |
November 6, 2024