FTN.PR.A : Annual Report 2017

Financial 15 Split Inc. has released its Annual Report to November 30, 2017.

FTN / FTN.PR.A Performance
Instrument One
Year
Three
Years
Five
Years
Ten
Years
Whole Unit +19.84% +14.12% +18.38% +5.78%
FTN.PR.A +5.38% +5.38% +5.38% +5.38%
FTN +42.22% +28.79% +42.44% +9.25%
S&P/TSX Financial Index +16.50% +10.02% +14.64% +7.97%
S&P 500 Financial Index +19.52% +18.50% +25.21% +5.64%

Figures of interest are:

MER: 1.19% of the whole unit value, excluding one time initial offering expenses.

Average Net Assets: We need this to calculate portfolio yield. MER of 1.19% Total Expenses of 5,868,070 implies $493-million net assets. Preferred Share distributions of 12,976,652 @ 0.525 / share implies 24.7-million shares out on average. Average Unit Value (beginning & end of year) = (18.32 + 17.18) / 2 = 17.75. Therefore 24.7-million @ 17.75 = 438-million average net assets. Rotten agreement between these two methods, but they did have a lot of treasury offerings this year. Give 75% weight to the first calculation and call it 479-million average.

Underlying Portfolio Yield: Dividends received (net of withholding) of 11,739,373 divided by average net assets of 479-million is 2.45%

Income Coverage: Net Investment Income of 5,871,303 divided by Preferred Share Distributions of 12,976,652 is 45%.

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