SLF.PR.H / SLF.PR.K: 14% Conversion to FloatingReset

Sun Life Financial Inc. has announced:

that 1,080,072 of its 8,000,000 Class A Non-Cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares Series 10R (the “Series 10R Shares”) have been elected for conversion on September 30, 2016, on a one-for-one basis, into Class A Non-Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares Series 11QR (the “Series 11QR Shares”). Consequently, on September 30, 2016, Sun Life Financial will have 6,919,928 Series 10R Shares and 1,080,072 Series 11QR Shares issued and outstanding. The Series 10R Shares and Series 11QR Shares will be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols SLF.PR.H and SL.PR.K, respectively.

Subject to regulatory approval, Sun Life Financial: (i) may redeem the Series 10R Shares and the Series 11QR Shares in whole or in part on September 30, 2021 and on the 30th of September every five years thereafter by the payment of an amount for each share so redeemed of $25.00, together with all declared and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for such redemption, and (ii) may redeem the Series 11QR Shares in whole or in part on any other date after September 30, 2016 by the payment of an amount for each share so redeemed of $25.50, together with all declared and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for such redemption.

I previously reported that SLF.PR.H will reset at 2.842% for five years, while SLF.PR.K will pay 3-month bills + 217bp, reset quarterly; the notice of extension was also reported.

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