ECN.PR.A To Be Redeemed

ECN Capital Corp. has announced:

that it intends, in accordance with the terms of the Cumulative 5-Year Minimum Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series A (the “Series A Shares”) as set out in the Company’s articles, to redeem all of the Company’s issued and outstanding Series A Shares. The 3,843,100 Series A Shares will be redeemed on December 31, 2021 (the “Redemption Date”) for a redemption price equal to $25.00 per Series A Share, together with all accrued and unpaid dividends up to but excluding the Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”), less any tax required to be deducted and withheld by the Company.

As previously announced, the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.40625 per Series A Share for the fourth quarter of 2021 payable on the Redemption Date to holders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2021. This will be the final quarterly dividend on the Series A Shares, although holders will receive on redemption of the Series A Shares all accrued and unpaid dividends up to but excluding the Redemption Date.

The Company has provided notice today of the Redemption Price and the Redemption Date to the sole registered holder of the Series A Shares in accordance with the terms of the Series A Shares as set out in the Company’s articles. Non-registered holders of Series A Shares should contact their broker or other intermediary for information regarding the redemption process for the Series A Shares in which they hold a beneficial interest. The Company’s transfer agent for the Series A Shares is Computershare Investor Services Inc. Questions regarding the redemption process may be directed to Computershare Investor Services Inc. at 1-800-564-6253 or by email to corporateactions@computershare.com.

ECN.PR.A is a FixedReset, 6.50%+544M650, that commenced trading 2016-12-2 after being announced 2016-11-23. It has been tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.

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

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