Category: Issue Comments

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. has announced:

the completion of its previously announced acquisition by La Caisse by way of a plan of arrangement under the provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “Arrangement”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Arrangement, La Caisse has acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Innergex (other than those held by La Caisse and certain members of senior management rolling over (the “Rollover Shareholders”)) for a price of $13.75 per common share in cash. All of the issued and outstanding preferred shares Series A and Series C of Innergex were also acquired by La Caisse for $25.00 per preferred share in cash (plus all accrued and unpaid dividends and, in the case of the Series A preferred shares, an amount in cash per Series A preferred share equal to the dividends that would have been payable in respect of such share until January 15, 2026, which is the next available redemption date). All of the outstanding 4.65% subordinated unsecured convertible debentures of Innergex have been repaid in full upon completion of the Arrangement, including as to principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

As previously announced, La Caisse has syndicated approximately 20% of its invested capital to bring in like-minded investors who share its vision for the next chapter of Innergex’s growth.

As part of the Arrangement, certain members of senior management of Innergex, including Mr. Michel Letellier, Innergex’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Jean Trudel, Innergex’s Chief Financial Officer, have rolled over a portion of their common shares and reinvested in the privatized Innergex.

La Caisse has caused to be delivered to Computershare Investor Services Inc. (“Computershare”), the depositary for the Arrangement, sufficient funds to enable it to make payments to Innergex shareholders (other than the Rollover Shareholders) pursuant to the terms of the Arrangement. In accordance with the Arrangement, payment will be made by Computershare to Innergex shareholders (other than the Rollover Shareholders) as soon as practicable following the date hereof.

Letters of transmittal have been mailed to registered shareholders and are also available under the profile of Innergex at www.sedarplus.ca. The letters of transmittal explain how registered shareholders can deposit and obtain payment for their shares. Registered shareholders must return their duly completed letters of transmittal to Computershare in order to receive the consideration to which they are entitled for their shares.

As a result of the completion of the Arrangement, it is expected that the common shares, preferred shares Series A and Series C and the 4.65% subordinated unsecured convertible debentures of Innergex will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange on or about July 22, 2025. Innergex has applied to cease to be a reporting issuer under the securities legislation of each province of Canada where Innergex is currently a reporting issuer.

La Caisse is a trademark owned by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.

INE was issued as a FixedReset 5.00%+279 that commenced trading 2010-9-14 after being announced 2010-8-23. Notice of exension was provided in December, 2015 and the issue reset to 3.608%. I recommended against conversion and none occurred. The issue reset to 3.244% in early 2021.

INE.PR.C is a Straight Perpetual, 5.75%, that commenced trading 2012-12-11 after being announced 2012-11-21.

Bank of Montreal has announced (on 2025-7-8):

its intention to redeem all of its 8,000,000 outstanding Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Class B Preferred Shares, Series 33 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (the “Preferred Shares Series 33”) (TSX: BMO.PR.Y) for an aggregate total of $200 million on August 25, 2025. The redemption has been approved by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

The Preferred Shares Series 33 are redeemable at the Bank’s option on August 25, 2025 (the “Redemption Date”) at a redemption price of $25.00 per share. Payment of the redemption price will be made by the Bank on the Redemption Date.

Separately from the payment of the redemption price, the final quarterly dividend of $0.190875 per share for the Preferred Shares Series 33 announced by the Bank on May 28, 2025 will be paid in the usual manner on August 25, 2025, to shareholders of record on July 30, 2025.

Notice will be delivered to holders of the Preferred Shares Series 33 in accordance with the terms thereof.

BMO.PR.Y was issued as a FixedReset, 3.80%+271, that commenced trading 2015-6-5 after being announced 2015-5-27. Notice of extension was published 2020-6-29 and the issue reset to 3.054%. The issue is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset (Discount) subindex.

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

Emera Incorporated has announced:

the applicable dividend rates for its Cumulative Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series A (the “Series A Shares”) and Cumulative Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series B (the “Series B Shares”), in each case, payable if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Company:

4.951% per annum on the Series A Shares ($0.3094 per Series A Share per quarter), being equal to the sum of the Government of Canada bond yield as at July 16, 2025, plus 1.84%, payable quarterly on the 15 th of February, May, August and November of each year during the five-year period commencing on August 15, 2025 and ending on (and inclusive of) August 14, 2030; and
4.542% on the Series B Shares for the three-month period commencing on August 15, 2025 and ending on (and inclusive of) November 14, 2025 ($0.2862 per Series B Share for the quarter), being equal to the sum of the three-month Government of Canada treasury bill yield rate as at July 16, 2025, plus 1.84% (calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the quarter divided by 365), payable on the 15 th of November 2025. The quarterly floating dividend rate will be reset every quarter.
Subject to certain conditions set out in the prospectus supplement of the Company dated May 26, 2010, to the short form base shelf prospectus of the Company dated May 19, 2010 (collectively, the “Prospectus”), on August 15, 2025 (the “Conversion Date”):

(a) the holders of Series A Shares have the right, at their option:

to retain any or all of their Series A Shares and continue to receive a fixed rate quarterly dividend; or
to convert any or all of their Series A Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Series B Shares and receive a floating rate quarterly dividend, and
(b) the holders of Series B Shares have the right, at their option:

to retain any or all of their Series B Shares and continue to receive a floating rate quarterly dividend; or
to convert any or all of their Series B Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Series A Shares and receive a fixed rate quarterly dividend.
The conversion of Series A Shares is subject to the conditions that: (i) if the Company determines, after having taken into account all shares tendered for conversion by holders of Series A Shares that there would remain outstanding on the Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series A Shares, all remaining Series A Shares will automatically be converted into Series B Shares on a one-for-one basis on the Conversion Date, and (ii) alternatively, if the Company determines that, after conversion, there would remain outstanding on the Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series B Shares, then no Series A Shares will be converted into Series B Shares.

The conversion of Series B Shares is subject to the conditions that: (i) if the Company determines, after having taken into account all shares tendered for conversion by holders of Series B Shares that there would remain outstanding on the Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series B Shares, all remaining Series B Shares will automatically be converted into Series A Shares on a one-for-one basis on the Conversion Date, and (ii) alternatively, if the Company determines that, after conversion, there would remain outstanding on the Conversion Date less than 1,000,000 Series A Shares, then no Series B Shares will be converted into Series A Shares.

In either case, the Company will give written notice to that effect to the holders of Series A Shares and the holders of Series B Shares at least seven days prior to the Conversion Date, subject to the terms set out in the Prospectus.

Holders of Series A Shares or Series B Shares who wish to exercise their conversion right should communicate with their broker or other nominee to obtain instructions for exercising such right during the conversion period, which runs from July 16, 2025, until 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on July 31, 2025. Notices received after this deadline will not be valid. As such, it is recommended that this be done well in advance of the deadline in order to provide their broker or other nominee with adequate time to complete the necessary steps.

Holders of Series A Shares and Series B Shares will have the opportunity to convert their shares again on August 15, 2030, and every five years thereafter as long as the shares remain outstanding. For more information on the terms of, and risks associated with, an investment in Series A Shares and Series B Shares, please see the Company’s Prospectus, which is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

EMA.PR.A was issued as a FixedReset, 4.40%+184, that commenced trading 2010-6-2 after being announced 2010-5-25. Extension was announced in 2015 and a reset to 2.555% announced. I receommended against conversion, but there was a 36% conversion to EMA.PR.B anyway. Notice of extension was provided on 2020-7-9. EMA.PR.A reset at 2.182% effective 2020-8-15 and there was a 17% net conversion to the FixedReset.

EMA.PR.B is a FloatingReset, Bills+184, that became extant in 2015 via a 36% conversion from EMA.PR.A.

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

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has announced:

its intention to redeem all of its issued and outstanding Non-cumulative Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares Series 43 (Non-viability contingent capital (NVCC)) (Series 43 shares) (TSX: CM.PR.Q), for cash. The redemption will occur on July 31, 2025. The redemption price is $25.00 per Series 43 share.

The $0.196438 quarterly dividend announced on May 29, 2025 will be the final dividend on the Series 43 shares and will be paid on July 28, 2025, covering the period to July 31, 2025, to shareholders of record on June 27, 2025.

Holders of the Series 43 shares should contact the financial institution, broker or other intermediary through which they hold the shares to confirm how they will receive their redemption proceeds.

CM.PR.Q is a FixedReset, 3.60%+279, that commenced trading 2015-3-11 after being announced 2015-2-26. It reset to 3.143% effective 2020-7-31; there was no conversion. The issue is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedResets (Discount) subindex.

Thanks to Assiduous Readers TP and niagara for bringing this to my attention!

The Toronto-Dominion Bank has announced:

that it will exercise its right to redeem all of its 14 ,000,000 outstanding Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Class A First Preferred Shares, Series 7 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital) (the “Series 7 Shares”) on July 31, 2025 at the price of $25.00 per Series 7 Share for an aggregate total of approximately $350 million. The redemption has been approved by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

On May 22, 2025, TD announced that dividends of $0.2000625 per Series 7 Share had been declared as payable on and after July 31, 2025 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 10, 2025. These will be the final dividends on the Series 7 Shares, and will be paid in the usual manner on July 31, 2025 as previously announced. After July 31, 2025, the Series 7 Shares will cease to be entitled to dividends and the only remaining rights of holders of such shares will be to receive payment of the redemption amount.

Beneficial holders who are not directly the registered holder of Series 7 Shares should contact the financial institution, broker or other intermediary through which they hold these shares to confirm how they will receive their redemption proceeds. Inquiries should be directed to our Registrar and Transfer Agent, TSX Trust Company, at 1-800-387-0825 (or in Toronto 416-682-3860).

TD.PF.D is a FixedReset, 3.60%+279, that commenced trading 2015-3-10 after being announced 2015-2-27. Notice of extension was provided on 2020-6-18. The issue reset at 3.201% effective 2020-7-31 and there was no conversion. The issue is NVCC-compliant, is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset (Discount) subindex.

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

Brookfield Corporation has announced:

that it has determined the fixed dividend rate on its Cumulative Class A Preference Shares, Series 42 (the “Series 42 Shares”) (TSX: BN.PF.G) for the five years commencing July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2030.

If declared, the fixed quarterly dividends on the Series 42 Shares during the five years commencing July 1, 2025 will be paid at an annual rate of 5.658% ($0.353625 per share per quarter).

Holders of Series 42 Shares have the right, at their option, exercisable not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on June 16, 2025, to convert all or part of their Series 42 Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Cumulative Class A Preference Shares, Series 43 (the “Series 43 Shares”), effective June 30, 2025. The quarterly floating rate dividends on the Series 43 Shares will be paid at an annual rate, calculated for each quarter, of 2.84% over the annual yield on three-month Government of Canada treasury bills. The actual quarterly dividend rate in respect of the July 1, 2025 to September 30, 2025 dividend period for the Series 43 Shares will be 1.38227% (5.484% on an annualized basis) and the dividend, if declared, for such dividend period will be $0.3455675 per share, payable on September 30, 2025.

Holders of Series 42 Shares are not required to elect to convert all or any part of their Series 42 Shares into Series 43 Shares.

As provided in the share conditions of the Series 42 Shares, (i) if Brookfield determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series 42 Shares outstanding after June 30, 2025, all remaining Series 42 Shares will be automatically converted into Series 43 Shares on a one-for-one basis effective June 30, 2025; and (ii) if Brookfield determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series 43 Shares outstanding after June 30, 2025, no Series 42 Shares will be permitted to be converted into Series 43 Shares. There are currently 11,887,500 Series 42 Shares outstanding.

The Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) has conditionally approved the listing of the Series 43 Shares effective upon conversion. Listing of the Series 43 Shares is subject to Brookfield fulfilling all the listing requirements of the TSX.

BN.PF.G was issued as BAM.PF.G,a FixedReset 4.50%+284, that commenced trading 2014-10-8 after being announced 2014-10-1. The ticker changed to BN.PF.G on 2022-12-12. The issue reset to 3.254% effective 2020-7-1 and there was no conversion. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedResets (Discount) subindex.

Update, 2025-6-23: Brookfield has announced:

that after having taken into account all election notices received by the deadline for the conversion of its Cumulative Class A Preference Shares, Series 42 (the “Series 42 Shares”) (TSX: BN.PF.G) into Cumulative Class A Preference Shares, Series 43 (the “Series 43 Shares”), there were 10,420 Series 42 Shares tendered for conversion, which is less than the one million shares required to give effect to conversion into Series 43 Shares. Accordingly, there will be no conversion of Series 42 Shares into Series 43 Shares and holders of Series 42 Shares will retain their Series 42 Shares.

TC Energy Corporation has announced:

that it does not intend to exercise its right to redeem its Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 3 (Series 3 Shares) and Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 4 (Series 4 Shares) on June 30, 2025. As a result, subject to certain conditions:

(a) the holders of Series 3 Shares have the right to choose one of the following options with regard to their shares:

to retain any or all of their Series 3 Shares and continue to receive a fixed rate quarterly dividend; or
to convert, on a one-for-one basis, any or all of their Series 3 Shares into Series 4 Shares and receive a floating rate quarterly dividend, and
(b) the holders of Series 4 Shares have the right to choose one of the following options with regard to their shares:

to retain any or all of their Series 4 Shares and continue to receive a floating rate quarterly dividend; or
to convert, on a one-for-one basis, any or all of their Series 4 Shares into Series 3 Shares and receive a fixed rate quarterly dividend.
Should a holder of Series 3 Shares choose to retain their shares, such shareholders will receive the new annual fixed dividend rate applicable to Series 3 Shares of 4.102 per cent for the five-year period commencing June 30, 2025 to, but excluding, July 2, 2030. Should a holder of Series 3 Shares choose to convert their shares to Series 4 Shares, holders of Series 4 Shares will receive the floating quarterly dividend rate applicable to the Series 4 Shares of 3.924 per cent for the three-month period commencing June 30, 2025 to, but excluding, Sept. 29, 2025. The floating dividend rate will be reset every quarter.

Should a holder of Series 4 Shares choose to retain their shares, such shareholders will receive the floating quarterly dividend rate applicable to Series 4 Shares of 3.924 per cent for the three-month period commencing June 30, 2025 to, but excluding, Sept. 29, 2025. The floating dividend rate will be reset every quarter. Should a holder of Series 4 Shares choose to convert their shares to Series 3 Shares, holders of Series 3 Shares will receive the new fixed quarterly dividend rate applicable to the Series 3 Shares of 4.102 per cent for the five-year period commencing June 30, 2025 to, but excluding, July 2, 2030.

Beneficial owners of Series 3 Shares and Series 4 Shares who want 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 p.m. (EST) on June 16, 2025. Any notices received after this deadline will not be valid. As such, it is recommended that this be done well in advance of the deadline in order to provide the broker or other nominee with time to complete the necessary steps.

Beneficial owners of Series 3 or Series 4 Shares who do not provide notice or communicate with their broker or other nominee by the deadline will retain their respective Series 3 Shares or Series 4 Shares, as applicable, and receive the new dividend rate applicable to such shares, subject to the conditions stated below.

The foregoing conversions are subject to the conditions that: (i) if TC Energy determines that there would be less than one million Series 3 Shares outstanding after June 30, 2025, then all remaining Series 3 Shares will automatically be converted into Series 4 Shares on a one-for-one basis on June 30, 2025, and (ii) if TC Energy determines that there would be less than one million Series 4 Shares outstanding after June 30, 2025, then all of the remaining outstanding Series 4 Shares will automatically be converted into Series 3 Shares on a one-for-one basis on June 30, 2025. In either case, TC Energy will issue a news release to that effect no later than June 23, 2025.

Holders of Series 3 Shares and Series 4 Shares will have the opportunity to convert their shares again on July 2, 2030 (adjusted from June 30, 2030 to account for applicable business days) and on June 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 3 Shares and the Series 4 Shares, please see the prospectus supplement dated March 4, 2010 which is available on sedarplus.ca or on our website.

TRP.PR.B is a FixedReset 4.00%+128 that commenced trading 2010-3-11 after being announced 2010-3-4. It reset to 2.152% effective 2015-6-30, which triggered a 39% conversion to the FloatingReset TRP.PR.H despite my recommendation not to convert. The issue reset to 1.694% effective 2020-6-30 and there was a 10% net conversion to TRP.PR.B.

TRP.PR.H is a FloatingReset, Bills+128, that arose from a 39% conversion from the FixedReset TRP.PR.B in 2015. There was a 10% net conversion to TRP.PR.B in 2020.

Cenovus Energy Inc. has announced:

it will exercise its right to redeem the Company’s 3.935% Series 7 Preferred Shares (the “Series 7 Preferred Shares”) on June 30, 2025 (the “Redemption”). All 6 million Series 7 Preferred Shares outstanding will be redeemed at the price of $25.00 per share, for an aggregate amount payable to holders of $150 million, less required withholdings, if any, funded primarily from cash on hand.

As previously announced, the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.24594 per Series 7 Preferred Share payable on June 30, 2025, to shareholders of record as of June 13, 2025. This will be the final dividend paid on the Series 7 Preferred Shares.

Inquiries from registered holders of Series 7 Preferred Shares should be directed to Cenovus’s Registrar and Transfer Agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc. at 1-866-332-8898 or (514) 982-8717 outside North America. Beneficial holders, who are not directly registered holders of Series 7 Preferred Shares, should contact the financial institution, broker, or other intermediary through which they hold these shares to confirm how they will receive their redemption proceeds.

CVE.PR.G was issued as HSE.PR.G a FixedReset, 4.60%+352, that commenced trading 2015-6-17 after being announced 2015-6-9. The issue reset to 3.935% effective 2020-6-30. There was no conversion. The ticker changed to CVE.PR.G in January, 2021. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset subindex.

Pembina Pipeline Corporation has announced:

its intention to redeem its issued and outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares, Series 19 (“Series 19 Shares”) (TSX: PPL.PR.S) on June 30, 2025 (the “Redemption Date”).

Pembina intends to redeem all of its 8,000,000 issued and outstanding Series 19 Shares, in accordance with the terms of the Series 19 Shares, as set out in the Company’s articles of amalgamation dated October 2, 2017 on the Redemption Date for a redemption price equal to $25.00 per Series 19 Share (the “Redemption Price”), less any tax required to be deducted or withheld by the Company. The total redemption price to Pembina will be $200 million.

As previously announced, the dividend payable on June 30, 2025, to holders of the Series 19 Shares of record on June 16, 2025, will be $0.292750 per Series 19 Share. This will be the final quarterly dividend on the Series 19 Shares. Upon payment of the June 30, 2025, dividend, there will be no accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series 19 Shares as at 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 19 Shares in accordance with the terms of the Series 19 Shares, as set out in the Company’s articles of amalgamation dated October 2, 2017. For non-registered holders of Series 19 Shares, no further action is required however, they should contact their broker or other intermediary with any questions regarding the redemption process for the Series 19 Shares in which they hold a beneficial interest. The Company’s transfer agent for the Series 19 Shares is Computershare Investor Services Inc. Questions regarding the redemption process may also be directed to Computershare at 1-800-564-6253 or by email to corporateactions@computershare.com.

They later announced:

that it has agreed to issue $200 million aggregate principal amount of 5.95% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes, Series 2 (the “Series 2 Notes”) due June 6, 2055 (the “Offering”).

The Offering is expected to close on or about June 6, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. Pembina intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to fund the redemption of its outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares, Series 19 (TSX: PPL.PR.S) (the “Series 19 Class A Preferred Shares”) and for general corporate purposes. Pending any such use of the net proceeds of the Offering, Pembina may either invest the net proceeds from the issuance of the Series 2 Notes in bank deposits and/or other money market instruments or temporarily reduce short-term indebtedness.

The Series 2 Notes are being offered through a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by CIBC Capital Markets, BMO Capital Markets and Scotiabank, under Pembina’s short form base shelf prospectus dated December 13, 2023, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement to be dated on or about June 2, 2025.

Following closing of the Offering, Pembina intends to commence a consent solicitation from holders of its $600 million aggregate principal amount of 4.80% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes, Series 1 due January 25, 2081 (the “Series 1 Notes”) to amend the indenture governing the Series 1 Notes to, among other things, provide for an exchange right to allow the holders of the Series 1 Notes to exchange all outstanding principal amount of their Series 1 Notes for an equal principal amount of a new series of notes (the “Series 3 Notes”) having substantially the same economic terms, including interest rate, interest payment dates, interest reset dates, maturity date and redemption provisions as the Series 1 Notes, but excluding provisions of the Series 1 Notes regarding delivery of preferred shares upon the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and related events, together with an entitlement under the Series 3 Notes for payment of an amount equal to the interest accrued on the Series 1 Notes that are exchanged. The removal of the provisions for delivery of preferred shares upon the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and related events from the Series 3 Notes would ensure that the Series 3 Notes rank equally in right of payment with the Series 2 Notes upon the occurrence of such events. The terms of the consent solicitation and proposed amendments to the indenture governing the Series 1 Notes will be described in a consent solicitation statement to be delivered to the registered holders of Series 1 Notes. Pembina reserves the right not to commence the consent solicitation, or terminate, withdraw, extend or modify the terms of the consent solicitation, in its sole discretion.

and later still announced:

it has closed its previously announced offering of $200 million aggregate principal amount of 5.95% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes, Series 2 (the “Series 2 Notes”) due June 6, 2055 (the “Offering”).

Pembina intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to fund the previously announced redemption of its outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares, Series 19 (TSX: PPL.PR.S) (the “Series 19 Class A Preferred Shares”) and for general corporate purposes.

The Series 2 Notes were offered through a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by CIBC Capital Markets, BMO Capital Markets and Scotiabank, under Pembina’s short form base shelf prospectus dated December 13, 2023, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated June 2, 2025.

As previously announced, Pembina intends to commence a consent solicitation from holders of its $600 million aggregate principal amount of 4.80% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes, Series 1 due January 25, 2081 (the “Series 1 Notes”) to amend the indenture governing the Series 1 Notes to, among other things, provide for an exchange right to allow the holders of the Series 1 Notes to exchange all outstanding principal amount of their Series 1 Notes for an equal principal amount of a new series of notes (the “Series 3 Notes”) having substantially the same economic terms, including interest rate, interest payment dates, interest reset dates, maturity date and redemption provisions as the Series 1 Notes, but excluding provisions of the Series 1 Notes regarding the delivery of preferred shares upon the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and related events, together with an entitlement under the Series 3 Notes for payment of an amount equal to the interest accrued on the Series 1 Notes that are exchanged. The removal of the provisions for delivery of preferred shares upon the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and related events from the Series 3 Notes would ensure that the Series 3 Notes rank equally in right of payment with the Series 2 Notes upon the occurrence of such events. The terms of the consent solicitation and proposed amendments to the indenture governing the Series 1 Notes will be described in a consent solicitation statement to be delivered to the registered holders of Series 1 Notes. Pembina reserves the right not to commence the consent solicitation, or to terminate, withdraw, extend or modify the terms of the consent solicitation, in its sole discretion.

PPL.PR.S is a FixedReset, 5.00%+427, that commenced trading 2015-4-1 as VSN.PR.E after being announced 2015-03-23. The ticker change became effective 2017-10-5 after the closing of a merger between the companies. The issue reset to 4.684% effective 2020-6-30. There was no conversion. The issue is tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.

Sun Life Financial Inc. has announced:

the applicable dividend rates for its Class A Non-Cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares Series 8R (the “Series 8R Shares”) and Class A Non-Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares Series 9QR (the “Series 9QR Shares”).

With respect to any Series 8R Shares that remain outstanding after June 30, 2025, 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 June 30, 2025 to but excluding June 30, 2030 will be 4.230% per annum or $0.264375 per share per quarter, being equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield, as defined in the terms of the Series 8R Shares, on Friday, May 30, 2025 plus 1.41%, as determined in accordance with the terms of the Series 8R Shares.

With respect to any Series 9QR Shares that remain outstanding after June 30, 2025, 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 9QR Shares, plus 1.41% (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 9QR Shares. The dividend rate for the period commencing on June 30, 2025 to but excluding September 30, 2025 will be equal to 4.054% per annum or $0.255458 per share per share, as determined in accordance with the terms of the Series 9QR Shares.

Beneficial owners of Series 8R Shares and Series 9QR 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 Monday, June 16, 2025.

They later announced:

that 1,400 of its 6,217,331 Class A Non-cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares Series 8R (the “Series 8R Shares”) have been elected for conversion on June 30, 2025, on a one-for-one basis, into Class A Non-cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares Series 9QR (the “Series 9QR Shares”), and 2,664,916 of its 4,982,669 Series 9QR Shares have been elected for conversion on June 30, 2025 on a one-for-one basis into Series 8R Shares. Consequently, on June 30, 2025, Sun Life will have 8,880,847 Series 8R Shares and 2,319,153 Series 9QR Shares issued and outstanding. The Series 8R Shares and Series 9QR Shares will be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols SLF.PR.G and SLF.PR.J, respectively.

Subject to regulatory approval, Sun Life may redeem all or any part of the outstanding Series 8R 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 June 30, 2030 and on June 30 every five years thereafter. Subject to regulatory approval, Sun Life may redeem all or any part of the then outstanding Series 9QR 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 June 30, 2030 and on June 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.

So that’s a 24% net conversion into the FixedReset, SLF.PR.G, leaving the the SLF.PR.G/SLF.PR.J split at 79%/21%.

SLF.PR.G was issued as a FixedReset, 4.35%+141, announced 2010-5-13 and commenced trading 2010-5-25. It reset to 2.275% effective 2015-6-30, which triggered a 50% conversion to the FloatingReset SLF.PR.J. I recommended against conversion. SLF.PR.G reset to 1.825% effective 2020-6-30 and there was a 9% net conversion to SLF.PR.G. The issue is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset (Discount) subindex.

SLF.PR.J is a FloatingReset, Bills+141, that arose from a 50% conversion from the FixedReset SLF.PR.G. It commenced trading 2015-6-30.