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TC Energy Corporation has announced:

that 109,800 of its 12,070,593 fixed rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 5 (Series 5 Shares) have been elected for conversion on Jan. 30, 2026 (the Conversion Date), on a one-for-one basis, into floating rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 6 (Series 6 Shares); and 1,089,726 of its 1,929,407 Series 6 Shares have been elected for conversion, on a one-for-one basis, into Series 5 Shares.

The Company has provided notice to the holders of its Series 5 Shares and Series 6 Shares (collectively, the Holders), that after taking into account all shares tendered for conversion by Holders by the Jan. 16, 2026 deadline for conversion notices, the Company has determined that there would be less than one million Series 6 Shares outstanding on the Conversion Date. In accordance with the conditions set out in the Company’s prospectus supplement dated June 17, 2010 (the Prospectus), the Company therefore advised the Holders that no Series 5 Shares will be converted into Series 6 Shares, and all remaining Series 6 Shares will automatically be converted into Series 5 Shares on a one-for-one basis on the Conversion Date.

As a result of the conversion, TC Energy will have 14,000,000 Series 5 Shares issued and outstanding. The Series 5 Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol TRP.PR.C. The Series 6 Shares will no longer be listed on the TSX after the Conversion Date.

The Series 5 Shares will pay on a quarterly basis for the five-year period beginning on Jan. 30, 2026, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of TC Energy, a fixed dividend at an annualized rate of 4.501 per cent.

Holders of Series 5 Shares will have the opportunity to convert their shares again on Jan. 30, 2031 and on Jan. 30 in every fifth year thereafter as long as the shares remain outstanding. For more information on the terms of, and risks associated with an investment in the Series 5 Shares and the Series 6 Shares, please see the Prospectus which is available on sedarplus.ca or on our website.

That was pretty close! 1,929,407 TRP.PR.I outstanding – 1,089,726 exchanges out + 109,800 exchanges in = 949,481 shares, not far below the 1,000,000 minimum.

TRP.PR.C was issued as a FixedReset, 4.40%+154, that commenced trading 2010-06-29 after being announced 2010-6-17. Notice of extension was published in 2015 and the issue reset to 2.263%. There was 9% conversion to the FloatingReset TRP.PR.I. The issue reset to 1.949% in 2021. It will reset to 4.501% effective 2026-01-30.

TRP.PR.I is a FloatingReset, Bills+154, that arose from a partial conversion from the FixedReset TRP.PR.C.

ECN Capital Corp. has announced:

that, at the special meeting of the Company’s shareholders held on January 20, 2026 (the “Meeting”), the Company’s previously announced plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) with a newly formed acquisition vehicle (the “Purchaser”) controlled by an investor group led by investment funds managed by Warburg Pincus LLC was approved by the holders (the “Common Shareholders”) of common shares of the Company (“Common Shares”), the holders (the “Series C Preferred Shareholders”) of cumulative 5-year minimum rate reset preferred shares, Series C of the Company (the “Series C Preferred Shares”) and the holders (the “Series E Preferred Shareholders” and, together with the Common Shareholders and Series C Preferred Shareholders, the “Shareholders”) of mandatory convertible preferred shares, Series E of the Company (the “Series E Preferred Shares”). Pursuant to the Arrangement, the Purchaser will acquire: (i) all of the issued and outstanding Common Shares for a price of C$3.10 in cash per Common Share; (ii) all of the issued and outstanding Series C Preferred Shares for a price of C$26.00 in cash per Series C Preferred Share (plus all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon); and (iii) all of the issued and outstanding Series E Preferred Shares for a price of C$3.10 in cash per Series E Preferred Share (plus all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon).
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At the Meeting, the Series C Preferred Shareholders also passed a special resolution approving the Arrangement (the “Series C Preferred Shareholder Resolution”). The Series C Preferred Shareholder Resolution required the affirmative vote of: (i) at least 66 2/3% of the votes cast by the Series C Preferred Shareholders present or represented by proxy at the Meeting (the “Series C Preferred Shareholder Resolution Vote”); and (ii) a simple majority of the votes cast by the Series C Preferred Shareholders present or represented by proxy at the Meeting (excluding the Series C Preferred Shareholders required to be excluded under MI 61-101) (the “Series C Preferred Shareholder Resolution MI 61-101 Vote”). To the knowledge of the directors and senior officers of the Corporation, after reasonable inquiry, pursuant to MI 61-101 no Series C Preferred Shareholders were required to be excluded from the vote on the Series C Preferred Shareholder Resolution.
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Completion of the Arrangement remains subject to other customary conditions including receipt of a final order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) (the “Final Order”) and certain key regulatory approvals. The anticipated hearing date for the Final Order is January 22, 2026. Subject to obtaining the Final Order and the satisfaction or waiver of the other conditions to implementing the Arrangement as set out in the arrangement agreement between the Company and Sinatra CA Acquisition Corp. dated November 13, 2025 (the “Arrangement Agreement”), including obtaining key regulatory approvals, the Arrangement is expected to close in the first half of 2026.

The potential for this action was announced in November, 2025.

ECN.PR.C was issued as a FixedReset, 6.25%+519M625, that commenced trading 2017-5-25 after being announced 2017-5-15. It reset to 7.937% in 2022. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps subindex on credit concerns.

Thanks to Assiduous Reader CanSiamCyp for bringing this to my attention!

Brompton Funds has announced:

Brompton Lifeco Split Corp. (the “Fund”) is pleased to announce its intention to complete a stock split of its class A shares (the “Share Split”) due to the Fund’s strong performance. Class A shareholders of record at the close of business on January 27, 2026 will receive 20 additional class A shares for every 100 class A shares held, pursuant to the Share Split. The Share Split is subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”).

Class A shareholders will continue to receive regular monthly cash distributions targeted to be $0.075 per class A share following the Share Split. As a result, the total dollar amount of distributions to be paid to class A shareholders is expected to increase by approximately 20%. The Fund provides a distribution reinvestment plan, on a commission-free basis for class A shareholders that wish to reinvest distributions and realize the benefits of compound growth.

Over the last 10 years, the class A shares have delivered a 20.7% per annum total return based on net asset value, outperforming the S&P/TSX Capped Financials Total Return Index by 6.1% and the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index by 8% per annum.(1) Since inception, class A shareholders have received cash distributions of $10.08 per share.

Following the completion of the Share Split, the preferred shares of the Fund are expected to have downside protection from a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio of approximately 51%.(2)

The class A shares are expected to commence trading on an ex-split basis at the opening of trading on January 27, 2026. No fractional class A shares will be issued and the number of class A shares each holder shall receive will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. The Share Split is a non-taxable event.

The Fund invests in a portfolio of common shares of Canada’s four largest publicly-listed life insurance companies, on an approximately equal weight basis: Great-West Lifeco Inc., iA Financial Corporation Inc., Manulife Financial Corporation and Sun Life Financial Inc.

This harms the credit quality of the preferreds by increasing the cash drag (due to increased distributions to the Capital Units due to the split) and by decreasing the Asset Coverage ratio. However, with a Whole Unit NAVPU of 22.69 as of 2026-01-15, there is no immediate cause for alarm.

My guess is that they’re doing this to increase the leverage provided by owning the Capital Units, given my assumption that this is what these shareholders want.

Thanks to Assiduous Reader Newbiepref for bringing this to my attention!

Power Financial Corporation has announced:

that all of its outstanding 1,542,484 Non-Cumulative Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series Q (the “Series Q shares”) will be converted on February 2, 2026, on a one-for-one basis, into Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series P (the “Series P shares”) of Power Financial. During the conversion notice period which ran from January 2, 2026 to January 16, 2026, 4,200 Series P shares were tendered for conversion into Series Q shares and 856,753 Series Q shares were tendered for conversion into Series P shares. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Series Q shares, since there would remain outstanding on February 2, 2026, after having taken into account all Series P shares and Series Q shares tendered for conversion, less than 1,000,000 Series Q shares, all remaining Series Q shares will automatically be converted into Series P shares without the consent of the holders, regardless of whether they were initially tendered for conversion by holders.

In addition, despite the fact that, during the conversion notice period 4,200 Series P shares were tendered for conversion into Series Q shares, since there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series Q shares outstanding on February 2, 2026, after having taken into account all Series P shares and Series Q shares tendered for conversion, holders of Series P shares who elected to tender their shares for conversion will not have their Series P shares converted into Series Q shares on February 2, 2026, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Series P shares.

Consequently, no Series Q shares will be issued on February 2, 2026 and all 1,542,484 Series Q shares will be automatically converted into Series P shares on February 2, 2026. As a result of the foregoing, after February 2, 2026, there will be 11,200,000 Series P shares outstanding and no Series Q shares outstanding.

The Series P shares and Series Q shares are currently listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols PWF.PR.P and PWF.PR.Q, respectively.

PWF.PR.P was issued as a a FixedReset, 4.40%+160 that commenced trading 2010-6-29 after being announced 2010-6-17. It reset to 2.306% in 2016; I recommended against conversion but there was a 20% conversion to PWF.PR.Q anyway. After providing notice of extension the company announced the 2021 reset of PWF.PR.P to 1.998% effective 2021-01-31 and there was a net 6% conversion to the FixedReset. The company provided notice of extension on 2025-12-2. PWF.PR.P will reset to 4.591% effective 2026-01-31.

Thanks to Assiduous Reader P_I for bringing this to my attention!