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New Issue: EMA Straight Perpetual, 4.60%

Emera Incorporated has announced:

that it will issue 6,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series L (the “Series L Preferred Shares”) at a price of $25.00 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $150 million on a bought deal basis to a syndicate of underwriters in Canada led by TD Securities Inc. and CIBC Capital Markets. Emera has granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable at any time up to two business days prior to the closing of the offering, to purchase up to an additional 2,000,000 Series L Preferred Shares at a price of $25.00 per share (the “Underwriters’ Option”). If the Underwriters’ Option is exercised in full, the aggregate gross proceeds to Emera will be $200 million.

The holders of Series L Preferred Shares will be entitled to receive fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends at an annual rate of $1.15 per share, payable quarterly, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Company yielding 4.60% per annum. The initial dividend, if declared, will be payable on November 15, 2021 and will be $0.1638 per share, based on an anticipated closing date of September 24, 2021.

The Series L Preferred Shares will not be redeemable by the Company prior to November 15, 2026. On or after November 15, 2026 the Company may redeem all or any part of the then outstanding Series L Preferred Shares, at the Company’s option without the consent of the holder, by the payment of: $26.00 per share if redeemed before November 15, 2027; $25.75 per share if redeemed on or after November 15, 2027 but before November 15, 2028; $25.50 per share if redeemed on or after November 15, 2028 but before November 15, 2029;

$25.25 per share if redeemed on or after November 15, 2029 but before November 15, 2030; and $25.00 per share if redeemed on or after November 15, 2030, together, in each case, with all accrued and unpaid dividends up to but excluding the date fixed for redemption. The Series L Preferred Shares do not have a fixed maturity date and are not redeemable at the option of the holders of Series L Preferred Shares.

The offering is subject to the receipt of all necessary regulatory and stock exchange approvals. The net proceeds of the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.

The Series L Preferred Shares will be offered to the public in Canada by way of prospectus supplement to Emera’s short form base shelf prospectus dated March 12, 2021. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

They later announced:

that it has agreed to increase the size of its previously announced offering and issue 9,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series L (the “Series L Preferred Shares”) at a price of $25.00 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $225,000,000 on a bought deal basis to a syndicate of underwriters in Canada led by TD Securities Inc. and CIBC Capital Markets.

Market Action

September PrefLetter Released!

The September, 2021, edition of PrefLetter has been released and is now available for purchase as the “Previous edition”. Those who subscribe for a full year receive the “Previous edition” as a bonus.

The September edition is somewhat foreshortened, but contains the most critical elements.

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PrefLetter may now be purchased by all Canadian residents.

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MAPF

MAPF Performance : August, 2021

Malachite Aggressive Preferred Fund’s Net Asset Value per Unit as of the close August 31, 2021, was $10.6684.

Returns to August 31, 2021
Period	MAPF	TXPR* Total Return	CPD – according to Blackrock
One Month	+2.37%	+1.06%	+1.02%
Three Months	+5.15%	+1.64%	+1.52%
One Year	+49.35%	+25.15%	+24.37%
Two Years (annualized)	+25.33%	+15.20%	N/A
Three Years (annualized)	+6.47%	+4.69%	+4.04%
Four Years (annualized)	+7.72%	+5.23%	N/A
Five Years (annualized)	+10.93%	+7.08%	+6.52%
Six Years (annualized)	+9.26%	+6.32%	N/A
Seven Years (annualized)	+5.19%	+2.90%	N/A
Eight Years (annualized)	+5.94%	+3.36%	N/A
Nine Years (annualized)	+5.14%	+2.86%	N/A
Ten Years (annualized)	+5.05%	+3.10%	+2.60%
Eleven Years (annualized)	+5.90%	+3.57%
Twelve Years (annualized)	+6.19%	+3.77%
Thirteen Years (annualized)	+9.52%	+3.98%
Fourteen Years (annualized)	+8.71%	+3.20%
Fifteen Years (annualized)	+8.34%
Sixteen Years (annualized)	+8.19%
Seventeen Years (annualized)	+8.09%
Eighteen Years (annualized)	+8.62%
Nineteen Years (annualized)	+9.11%
Twenty Years (annualized)	+9.02%
MAPF returns assume reinvestment of distributions, and are shown after expenses but before fees.
The BMO Capital Markets “50” Preferred Share Index is no longer being calculated. The final performance report incorporating this venerable index was published as of December, 2020.
“TXPR” is the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index. It is calculated without accounting for fees, but does assume reinvestment of dividends.
CPD Returns are for the NAV and are after all fees and expenses. Reinvestment of dividends is assumed.
Figures for National Bank Preferred Equity Income Fund (formerly Omega Preferred Equity) (which are after all fees and expenses) for 1-, 3- and 12-months are +1.14%, +2.09% and +31.16%, respectively, according to Globe & Mail / Fundata after all fees & expenses. Three year performance is +6.98%; five year is +8.03%; ten year is +4.18% Figures from Morningstar are no longer conveniently available.
Manulife Preferred Income Class Adv has been terminated by Manulife. The performance of this fund was last reported here in March, 2018.
Figures for Horizons Active Preferred Share ETF (HPR) (which are after all fees and expenses) for 1-, 3- and 12-months are +1.00%, +1.76% & +31.66%, respectively. Three year performance is +4.70%, five-year is +7.60%
Figures for National Bank Preferred Equity Fund (formerly Altamira Preferred Equity Fund) are +0.96%, +1.72% and +31.88% for one-, three- and twelve months, respectively. Three year performance is +4.97%; five-year is +7.87%. Acccording to the fund’s fact sheet as of June 30, 2016, the fund’s inception date was October 30, 2015. I do not know how they justify this nonsensical statement, but will assume that prior performance is being suppressed in some perfectly legal manner that somebody at National considers ethical. The last time Altamira Preferred Equity Fund’s performance was reported here was April, 2014; performance under the National Bank banner was first reported here May, 2014.
The figures for the NAV of BMO S&P/TSX Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF (ZPR) is +30.56% for the past twelve months. Two year performance is +17.33%, three year is +4.63%, five year is +7.89%.
Figures for Fiera Canadian Preferred Share Class Cg Series F, (formerly Natixis Canadian Preferred Share Class Series F) (formerly NexGen Canadian Preferred Share Tax Managed Fund) are no longer available as the Fund is now the property of Canoe Financial. The last reported performance for the merged fund was May 2020.
Figures for BMO Preferred Share Fund (advisor series) according to BMO are +0.98%, +1.27% and +22.64% for the past one-, three- and twelve-months, respectively. Two year performance is +14.20%; three year is +1.86%; five-year is +4.10%.
Figures for PowerShares Canadian Preferred Share Index Class, Series F (PPS) are +27.42% for the past twelve months. The three-year figure is +4.12%; five years is +7.48%; ten-year is +2.74%
Figures for the First Asset Preferred Share Investment Trust (PSF.UN) are no longer available since the fund has merged with First Asset Preferred Share ETF (FPR). Performance for the fund was last reported here in September, 2016; the first report of unavailability was in October, 2016.
Figures for Lysander-Slater Preferred Share Dividend Fund (Class F) according to the company are +1.05%, +2.04% and +37.67% for the past one, three and twelve months, respectively. Three year performance is +3.34%, five-year is +6.13%.
Figures for the Desjardins Canadian Preferred Share Fund A Class (A Class), as reported by the company are +1.08%, +1.69% and +25.12% for the past one, three and twelve months, respectively. Two year performance is +14.45%, three-year is +2.89%, five-year is +5.62%
Figures for the RBC Canadian Preferred Share ETF (RPF) as reported by Morningstar are +1.07%, +2.04% and +31.09% for the past one, three and twelve months, respectively. Three-year performance is +4.12%
Figures for the Dynamic Active Preferred Shares ETF (DXP) are +1.2%, +2.2% and +35.3% for the past one, three and twelve months, respectively. Three-year performance is +6.0%

Calculation of MAPF Sustainable Income Per Unit
Month	NAVPU	Portfolio Average YTW	Leverage Divisor	Securities Average YTW	Capital Gains Multiplier	Sustainable Income per current Unit
June, 2007	9.3114	5.16%	1.03	5.01%	1.3240	0.3524
September	9.1489	5.35%	0.98	5.46%	1.3240	0.3773
December, 2007	9.0070	5.53%	0.942	5.87%	1.3240	0.3993
March, 2008	8.8512	6.17%	1.047	5.89%	1.3240	0.3938
June	8.3419	6.034%	0.952	6.338%	1.3240	$0.3993
September	8.1886	7.108%	0.969	7.335%	1.3240	$0.4537
December, 2008	8.0464	9.24%	1.008	9.166%	1.3240	$0.5571
March 2009	$8.8317	8.60%	0.995	8.802%	1.3240	$0.5872
June	10.9846	7.05%	0.999	7.057%	1.3240	$0.5855
September	12.3462	6.03%	0.998	6.042%	1.3240	$0.5634
December 2009	10.5662	5.74%	0.981	5.851%	1.1141	$0.5549
March 2010	10.2497	6.03%	0.992	6.079%	1.1141	$0.5593
June	10.5770	5.96%	0.996	5.984%	1.1141	$0.5681
September	11.3901	5.43%	0.980	5.540%	1.1141	$0.5664
December 2010	10.7659	5.37%	0.993	5.408%	1.0298	$0.5654
March, 2011	11.0560	6.00%	0.994	5.964%	1.0298	$0.6403
June	11.1194	5.87%	1.018	5.976%	1.0298	$0.6453
September	10.2709	6.10% Note	1.001	6.106%	1.0298	$0.6090
December, 2011	10.0793	5.63% Note	1.031	5.805%	1.0000	$0.5851
March, 2012	10.3944	5.13% Note	0.996	5.109%	1.0000	$0.5310
June	10.2151	5.32% Note	1.012	5.384%	1.0000	$0.5500
September	10.6703	4.61% Note	0.997	4.624%	1.0000	$0.4934
December, 2012	10.8307	4.24%	0.989	4.287%	1.0000	$0.4643
March, 2013	10.9033	3.87%	0.996	3.886%	1.0000	$0.4237
June	10.3261	4.81%	0.998	4.80%	1.0000	$0.4957
September	10.0296	5.62%	0.996	5.643%	1.0000	$0.5660
December, 2013	9.8717	6.02%	1.008	5.972%	1.0000	$0.5895
March, 2014	10.2233	5.55%	0.998	5.561%	1.0000	$0.5685
June	10.5877	5.09%	0.998	5.100%	1.0000	$0.5395
September	10.4601	5.28%	0.997	5.296%	1.0000	$0.5540
December, 2014	10.5701	4.83%	1.009	4.787%	1.0000	$0.5060
March, 2015	9.9573	4.99%	1.001	4.985%	1.0000	$0.4964
June, 2015	9.4181	5.55%	1.002	5.539%	1.0000	$0.5217
September	7.8140	6.98%	0.999	6.987%	1.0000	$0.5460
December, 2015	8.1379	6.85%	0.997	6.871%	1.0000	$0.5592
March, 2016	7.4416	7.79%	0.998	7.805%	1.0000	$0.5808
June	7.6704	7.67%	1.011	7.587%	1.0000	$0.5819
September	8.0590	7.35%	0.993	7.402%	1.0000	$0.5965
December, 2016	8.5844	7.24%	0.990	7.313%	1.0000	$0.6278
March, 2017	9.3984	6.26%	0.994	6.298%	1.0000	$0.5919
June	9.5313	6.41%	0.998	6.423%	1.0000	$0.6122
September	9.7129	6.56%	0.998	6.573%	1.0000	$0.6384
December, 2017	10.0566	6.06%	1.004	6.036%	1.0000	$0.6070
March, 2018	10.2701	6.22%	1.007	6.177%	1.0000	$0.6344
June	10.2518	6.22%	0.995	6.251%	1.0000	$0.6408
September	10.2965	6.62%	1.018	6.503%	1.0000	$0.6696
December, 2018	8.6875	7.16%	0.997	7.182%	1.0000	$0.6240
March, 2019	8.4778	7.09%	1.007	7.041%	1.0000	$0.5969
June	8.0896	7.33%	0.996	7.359%	1.0000	$0.5953
September	7.7948	7.96%	0.998	7.976%	1.0000	$0.6217
December, 2019	8.0900	6.03%	0.995	6.060%	1.0000	$0.4903
March	5.5596	7.04%	1.006	6.998%	1.0000	$0.3891
June	6.3568	6.10%	0.9900	6.162%	1.0000	$0.3917
September	7.2852	5.32%	1.00	5.320%	1.0000	$0.3876
December, 2020	8.3947	4.46%	0.999	4.464%	1.0000	$0.3747
March, 2021	9.6473	4.48%	0.996	4.498%	1.0000	$0.4339
June	10.3712	3.92%	0.985	3.980%	1.0000	$0.4127
August, 2021	10.6684	3.69%	0.972	3.796%	1.0000	$0.4050
NAVPU is shown after quarterly distributions of dividend income and annual distribution of capital gains. Portfolio YTW includes cash (or margin borrowing), with an assumed interest rate of 0.00% The Leverage Divisor indicates the level of cash in the account: if the portfolio is 1% in cash, the Leverage Divisor will be 0.99 Securities YTW divides “Portfolio YTW” by the “Leverage Divisor” to show the average YTW on the securities held; this assumes that the cash is invested in (or raised from) all securities held, in proportion to their holdings. The Capital Gains Multiplier adjusts for the effects of Capital Gains Dividends. On 2009-12-31, there was a capital gains distribution of $1.989262 which is assumed for this purpose to have been reinvested at the final price of $10.5662. Thus, a holder of one unit pre-distribution would have held 1.1883 units post-distribution; the CG Multiplier reflects this to make the time-series comparable. Note that Dividend Distributions are not assumed to be reinvested. Sustainable Income is the resultant estimate of the fund’s dividend income per current unit, before fees and expenses. Note that a “current unit” includes reinvestment of prior capital gains; a unitholder would have had the calculated sustainable income with only, say, 0.9 units in the past which, with reinvestment of capital gains, would become 1.0 current units.
DeemedRetractibles are comprised of all Straight Perpetuals (both PerpetualDiscount and PerpetualPremium) issued by BMO, BNS, CM, ELF, GWO, HSB, IAG, MFC, NA, RY, SLF and TD, which are not exchangable into common at the option of the company or the regulator (definition refined in May, 2011). These issues are analyzed as if their prospectuses included a requirement to redeem at par on or prior to 2022-1-31 (banks) or the Deemed Maturity date for insurers and insurance holding companies (see below)), in addition to the call schedule explicitly defined. See the Deemed Retractible Review: September 2016 for the rationale behind this analysis. The same reasoning is also applied to FixedResets from these issuers, other than explicitly defined NVCC from banks. In November, 2019, the assumption of DeemedRetraction for insurance issues was cancelled in the wake of the IAIS decision included in ICS 2.0. This resulted in a large drop in the yield calculated for these issues
The Deemed Maturity date for insurers was set at 2022-1-31 at the commencement of the process in February, 2011. It was extended to 2025-1-31 in April, 2013 and to 2030-1-31 in December, 2018. In November, 2019, the assumption of DeemedRetraction was cancelled in the wake of the IAIS decision included in ICS 2.0.
Yields for September, 2011, to January, 2012, were calculated by imposing a cap of 10% on the yields of YLO issues held, in order to avoid their extremely high calculated yields distorting the calculation and to reflect the uncertainty in the marketplace that these yields will be realized. From February to September 2012, yields on these issues have been set to zero. All YLO issues held were sold in October 2012.

These calculations were performed assuming constant contemporary GOC-5 and 3-Month Bill rates, as follows:

Canada Yields Assumed in Calculations
Month-end	GOC-5	3-Month Bill
September, 2015	0.78%	0.40%
December, 2015	0.71%	0.46%
March, 2016	0.70%	0.44%
June	0.57%	0.47%
September	0.58%	0.53%
December, 2016	1.16%	0.47%
March, 2017	1.08%	0.55%
June	1.35%	0.69%
September	1.79%	0.97%
December, 2017	1.83%	1.00%
March, 2018	2.06%	1.08%
June	1.95%	1.22%
September	2.33%	1.55%
December, 2018	1.88%	1.65%
March, 2019	1.46%	1.66%
June	1.34%	1.66%
September	1.41%	1.66%
December, 2019	1.68%	1.68%
March, 2020	0.57%	0.21%
June	0.37%	0.21%
September	0.35%	0.14%
December, 2020	0.42%	0.08%
March, 2021	0.94%	0.09%
June	0.93%	0.13%
August, 2021	0.81%	0.17%

HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices Values are provisional and are finalized monthly
Index	Mean Current Yield (at bid)	Median YTW	Median Average Trading Value	Median Mod Dur (YTW)	Issues	Day’s Perf.	Index Value
Ratchet	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	0.1881 %	2,516.7
FixedFloater	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	0.1881 %	4,618.0
Floater	3.45 %	3.42 %	50,310	18.71	3	0.1881 %	2,661.4
OpRet	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	-0.1868 %	3,692.1
SplitShare	4.65 %	3.97 %	34,332	3.72	6	-0.1868 %	4,409.2
Interest-Bearing	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	-0.1868 %	3,440.2
Perpetual-Premium	5.01 %	-11.35 %	53,509	0.09	34	-0.0660 %	3,318.3
Perpetual-Discount	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	-0.0660 %	3,993.4
FixedReset Disc	3.99 %	3.59 %	112,821	17.84	40	0.2251 %	2,821.2
Insurance Straight	4.87 %	-11.21 %	81,776	0.09	21	0.0707 %	3,734.8
FloatingReset	3.13 %	3.12 %	31,860	19.42	1	-3.5503 %	2,535.8
FixedReset Prem	4.68 %	3.26 %	138,418	2.42	33	-0.0896 %	2,753.8
FixedReset Bank Non	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	0.2251 %	2,883.9
FixedReset Ins Non	4.06 %	3.33 %	95,590	18.20	20	0.3723 %	2,936.5

Performance Highlights
Issue	Index	Change	Notes
TRP.PR.F	FloatingReset	-3.55 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 16.30 Evaluated at bid price : 16.30 Bid-YTW : 3.12 %
TRP.PR.G	FixedReset Disc	-2.33 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 22.38 Evaluated at bid price : 23.10 Bid-YTW : 4.00 %
TRP.PR.A	FixedReset Disc	-1.80 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 18.02 Evaluated at bid price : 18.02 Bid-YTW : 4.04 %
FTS.PR.H	FixedReset Disc	-1.19 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 15.00 Evaluated at bid price : 15.00 Bid-YTW : 3.73 %
MFC.PR.B	Insurance Straight	1.64 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2021-10-21 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.41 Bid-YTW : -14.32 %
BAM.PR.Z	FixedReset Disc	1.68 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 23.77 Evaluated at bid price : 24.21 Bid-YTW : 3.99 %
MFC.PR.Q	FixedReset Ins Non	2.09 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 23.62 Evaluated at bid price : 24.91 Bid-YTW : 3.44 %
CU.PR.C	FixedReset Disc	2.30 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 21.75 Evaluated at bid price : 22.20 Bid-YTW : 3.67 %
BAM.PF.E	FixedReset Disc	2.38 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 21.25 Evaluated at bid price : 21.52 Bid-YTW : 3.99 %
FTS.PR.K	FixedReset Disc	2.87 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 20.40 Evaluated at bid price : 20.40 Bid-YTW : 3.75 %
NA.PR.W	FixedReset Disc	3.90 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 23.04 Evaluated at bid price : 24.27 Bid-YTW : 3.26 %
BAM.PR.R	FixedReset Disc	4.15 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 19.57 Evaluated at bid price : 19.57 Bid-YTW : 4.08 %
MFC.PR.F	FixedReset Ins Non	6.88 %	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 17.10 Evaluated at bid price : 17.10 Bid-YTW : 3.36 %

Volume Highlights
Issue	Index	Shares Traded	Notes
TD.PF.A	FixedReset Disc	105,975	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 22.96 Evaluated at bid price : 24.00 Bid-YTW : 3.27 %
CM.PR.R	FixedReset Prem	105,160	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2022-07-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.52 Bid-YTW : 2.73 %
MFC.PR.L	FixedReset Ins Non	100,100	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 22.76 Evaluated at bid price : 23.50 Bid-YTW : 3.27 %
BIP.PR.C	FixedReset Disc	75,600	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2021-10-30 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 24.98 Bid-YTW : 4.91 %
TD.PF.C	FixedReset Disc	68,500	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 23.04 Evaluated at bid price : 24.26 Bid-YTW : 3.27 %
BMO.PR.C	FixedReset Prem	56,040	YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2022-05-25 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.30 Bid-YTW : 3.18 %
There were 16 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

Wide Spread Highlights
Issue	Index	Quote Data and Yield Notes
TRP.PR.G	FixedReset Disc	Quote: 23.10 – 23.89 Spot Rate : 0.7900 Average : 0.4842 YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 22.38 Evaluated at bid price : 23.10 Bid-YTW : 4.00 %
MFC.PR.C	Insurance Straight	Quote: 25.31 – 25.98 Spot Rate : 0.6700 Average : 0.4204 YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2021-10-21 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.31 Bid-YTW : -9.96 %
BMO.PR.W	FixedReset Disc	Quote: 24.23 – 24.95 Spot Rate : 0.7200 Average : 0.4901 YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2051-09-21 Maturity Price : 23.05 Evaluated at bid price : 24.23 Bid-YTW : 3.23 %
FTS.PR.F	Perpetual-Premium	Quote: 25.35 – 25.90 Spot Rate : 0.5500 Average : 0.3658 YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2021-10-21 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.35 Bid-YTW : -8.60 %
RY.PR.P	Perpetual-Premium	Quote: 26.80 – 27.29 Spot Rate : 0.4900 Average : 0.3401 YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2021-10-21 Maturity Price : 26.00 Evaluated at bid price : 26.80 Bid-YTW : -25.41 %
RY.PR.N	Perpetual-Premium	Quote: 26.11 – 26.50 Spot Rate : 0.3900 Average : 0.2425 YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2021-11-24 Maturity Price : 25.75 Evaluated at bid price : 26.11 Bid-YTW : -1.12 %

HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices Values are provisional and are finalized monthly
Index	Mean Current Yield (at bid)	Median YTW	Median Average Trading Value	Median Mod Dur (YTW)	Issues	Day’s Perf.	Index Value
Ratchet	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	-0.6939 %	2,512.0
FixedFloater	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	-0.6939 %	4,609.3
Floater	3.46 %	3.43 %	51,141	18.68	3	-0.6939 %	2,656.4
OpRet	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	-0.1126 %	3,699.0
SplitShare	4.64 %	3.86 %	34,708	3.72	6	-0.1126 %	4,417.4
Interest-Bearing	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	-0.1126 %	3,446.6
Perpetual-Premium	5.00 %	-13.28 %	54,016	0.09	34	-0.2022 %	3,320.5
Perpetual-Discount	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	-0.2022 %	3,996.0
FixedReset Disc	4.00 %	3.58 %	104,752	18.23	40	-0.7799 %	2,814.9
Insurance Straight	4.88 %	-9.64 %	84,962	0.09	21	-0.2079 %	3,732.2
FloatingReset	3.02 %	3.01 %	32,182	19.70	1	3.6810 %	2,629.1
FixedReset Prem	4.68 %	3.25 %	131,016	2.43	33	-0.1154 %	2,756.3
FixedReset Bank Non	0.00 %	0.00 %	0	0.00	0	-0.7799 %	2,877.4
FixedReset Ins Non	4.07 %	3.36 %	93,977	18.16	20	-0.5361 %	2,925.7

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