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Sun Life Financial Inc. announced (on 2026-8-14):

that it does not intend to exercise its right to redeem its currently outstanding Class A Non-Cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares Series 10R (the “Series 10R Shares”) nor its currently outstanding Class A Non-Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares Series 11QR (the “Series 11QR Shares”) on September 30, 2026. As a result, subject to certain conditions, the holders of Series 10R Shares have the right to convert all or part of their Series 10R Shares on a one-for-one basis into Series 11QR Shares, and the holders of Series 11QR Shares have the right to convert all or a part of their Series 11QR Shares on a one-for-one basis into Series 10R Shares, in each case on September 30, 2026. Holders of Series 10R Shares who do not exercise their right to convert their Series 10R Shares into Series 11QR Shares on such date will retain their Series 10R Shares, and holders of Series 11QR Shares who do not exercise their right to convert their Series 11QR Shares into Series 10R Shares on such date will retain their Series 11QR Shares.

The foregoing conversions are subject to the conditions that: (i) if Sun Life determines that there would be less than one million Series 10R Shares outstanding after September 30, 2026, then all remaining Series 10R Shares will automatically be converted into Series 11QR Shares on a one-for-one basis on September 30, 2026, and (ii) alternatively, if Sun Life determines that there would be less than one million Series 11QR Shares outstanding after September 30, 2026, then all remaining Series 11QR Shares will automatically be converted into Series 10R Shares on a one-for-one basis on September 30, 2026. In either case, Sun Life will give a written notice to that effect to any registered holder affected by the preceding minimums on or before Monday, September 21, 2026.

The dividend rate applicable to the Series 10R Shares for the five-year period commencing on September 30, 2026 and ending on September 29, 2031, and the dividend rate applicable to the Series 11QR Shares for the three-month period commencing on September 30, 2026 and ending on December 30, 2026, will be determined on Monday, August 31, 2026 and will be announced in a news release on Monday, August 31, 2026.

Beneficial owners of Series 10R Shares and Series 11QR Shares who wish to exercise their right of conversion should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other nominee and ensure that they follow their instructions in order to ensure that they meet the deadline to exercise such right, which is 5:00 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

Subject to regulatory approval, Sun Life may redeem all or any part of the outstanding Series 10R Shares, at Sun Life’s option, by the payment of an amount in cash for each share so redeemed of $25.00, together with all declared and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption, on September 30, 2031 and on September 30 in every fifth year thereafter. Subject to regulatory approval, Sun Life may redeem all or any part of the then outstanding Series 11QR Shares, at Sun Life’s option, by the payment of an amount in cash for each share so redeemed of (i) $25.00, together with all declared and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption in the case of redemptions on September 30, 2031 and on September 30 every five years thereafter, or (ii) $25.50, together with all declared and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption in the case of redemptions on any other date.

The company has now announced:

the applicable dividend rates for its Class A Non-Cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares Series 10R (the “Series 10R Shares”) and Class A Non-Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares Series 11QR (the “Series 11QR Shares”).

With respect to any Series 10R Shares that remain outstanding after September 30, 2026, commencing as of such date, holders thereof will be entitled to receive non-cumulative preferential cash dividends on a quarterly basis, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Sun Life and subject to the Insurance Companies Act (Canada). The dividend rate for the five-year period commencing on September 30, 2026 to but excluding September 30, 2031 will be 5.519% per annum or $0.344938 per share per quarter, being equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield, as defined in the terms of the Series 10R Shares, on Monday, August 31, 2026 plus 2.17%, as determined in accordance with the terms of the Series 10R Shares.

With respect to any Series 11QR Shares that remain outstanding after September 30, 2026, holders thereof will be entitled to receive floating rate non-cumulative preferential cash dividends on a quarterly basis, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Sun Life and subject to the Insurance Companies Act (Canada), based on a dividend rate equal to the sum of the T-Bill Rate, as defined in the terms of the Series 11QR Shares, plus 2.17% (calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such Quarterly Floating Rate Period divided by 365 days), subject to certain adjustments in accordance with the terms of the Series 11QR Shares. The dividend rate for the period commencing on September 30, 2026 to but excluding December 31, 2026 will be equal to 4.459% per annum or $0.280978 per share, as determined in accordance with the terms of the Series 11QR Shares.

Beneficial owners of Series 10R Shares and Series 11QR Shares who wish to exercise their right of conversion should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other nominee and ensure that they follow their instructions in order to meet the deadline to exercise such right, which is 5:00 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

SLF.PR.H was issued as a FixedReset, 3.90%+217, that commenced trading 2011-8-12 after being announced 2011-8-4. After notice of extension the issue reset to 2.842% in 2016 and there was a 14% conversion to the FloatingReset SLF.PR.K. The issue reset to 2.967% in 2021 and there was a 1% net conversion into the FloatingReset.

SLF.PR.K is a FloatingReset, Bills+217, that arose via a partial conversion from SLF.PR.H in 2016.

Thanks to Assiduous Reader Fletcher Lynd for bringing this to my attention!

Brookfield Office Properties Inc., a subsidiary of Brookfield Property Partners L.P., has announced:

the reset dividend rate and conversion privileges on its Class AAA Preference Shares, Series R (“Series R Shares”) (TSX: BPO.PR.R)

Series R Shares

If declared, the fixed quarterly dividends on the Series R Shares for the five years commencing October 1, 2026 and ending September 30, 2031 will be paid at an annual rate of 6.829000% ($0.4268125 per share per quarter).

Holders of Series R Shares have the right, at their option, exercisable no later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on September 15, 2026, to convert all or part of their Series R Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Class AAA Preference Shares, Series S (the “Series S Shares”), effective September 30, 2026.

The quarterly floating rate dividends on the Series S Shares have an annual rate, calculated for each quarter, of 3.48% over the annual yield on three-month Government of Canada treasury bills. The actual quarterly dividend rate for the October 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026 dividend period for the Series S Shares will be 1.454360% (5.770000% on an annualized basis) and the dividend, if declared, for such dividend period will be $0.363590 per share, payable on December 31, 2026.

Holders of Series R Shares are not required to elect to convert all or any part of their Series R Shares into Series S Shares.

As provided in the share conditions of the Series R Shares, (i) if Brookfield determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series R Shares outstanding after September 30, 2026, all remaining Series R Shares will be automatically converted into Series S Shares on a one-for-one basis effective September 30, 2026; and (ii) if Brookfield determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series S Shares outstanding after September 30, 2026, no Series R Shares will be permitted to be converted into Series S Shares. There are currently 9,946,218 Series R Shares outstanding.

BPO.PR.R was issued as a 5.10%+348 FixedReset that commenced trading 2011-9-2 after being announced 2011-8-25. The issue reset to 4.155% in 2016 and there was an 11% conversion to the FloatingReset BPO.PR.S. BPO.PR.R reset to 4.30% in 2021 and the FloatingResets were forcibly converted to the FixedResets.

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. has announced:

its intention to redeem all of its outstanding Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series A of the Company (the “Series A Preferred Shares”) on October 1, 2026 (“Redemption Date”) by payment in cash at a redemption price equal to $25.00 per share (“Redemption Price”), for an aggregate amount payable to holders of $113.5 million (less any tax required to be deducted or withheld).

Formal notice will be delivered to the sole registered holder of the Series A Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of the Series A Preferred Shares contained in the Company’s articles. Non-registered holders of the Series A Preferred Shares should contact their broker or other intermediary for information regarding the redemption process for the Series A Preferred Shares in which they hold a beneficial interest. The Company’s transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Shares is Computershare Investor Services Inc. (“Computershare”). Questions regarding the redemption process may be directed to Computershare at 1-800-564-6253 or by email to corporateactions@computershare.com.

As previously announcedon August 6, 2026, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25175 per Series A Preferred Share payable on October 1, 2026 to shareholders of record as of September 18, 2026. This dividend will be paid in the usual manner and will be the final dividend paid on the Series A Preferred Shares.

After the Series A Preferred Shares are redeemed, holders of Series A Preferred Shares will not be entitled to exercise any rights as holders other than to receive the Redemption Price and the Series A Preferred Shares will be delisted from and no longer trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

CF.PR.A was issued as a 5.50%+321 FixedReset that commenced trading 2011-6-23 after being announced 2011-6-6. After notice of extension the rate reset to 3.885% in 2016, but there was no conversion to FloatingReset. The issue reset at 4.028% in 2021.

This redemption was unexpected – the issue was up $0.98 (close/close) today to close at 25.18 on volume of 378.90K (consolidated: 433.94K).

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