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CU Inc. announced (on 2021-5-3):

that it has notified the registered shareholder of its Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares Series 4 (“Series 4 Preferred Shares”) of a conversion privilege and applicable dividend rates. As a result, subject to certain conditions, the holders of Series 4 Preferred Shares will have the right to choose one of the following options with regard to their shares:

To retain any or all of their Series 4 Preferred 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 4 Preferred Shares into Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares Series 5 (“Series 5 Preferred Shares”) of CU Inc. and receive a floating rate quarterly dividend.
Effective June 1, 2021, the annual dividend rate for the Series 4 Preferred Shares is set at 2.29% for the five-year period from and including June 1, 2021 to but excluding June 1, 2026 and the dividend rate for the Series 5 Preferred Shares is set at an annual rate of 1.46% for the three-month period commencing June 1, 2021 to but excluding September 1, 2021. The dividend rate for the Series 5 Preferred Shares will be reset each quarter. Both rates were calculated according to the terms described in the short form prospectus of CU Inc. dated November 24, 2010.

Beneficial owners of Series 4 Preferred 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 3 p.m. (Calgary time) / 5 p.m. (Toronto time) on May 17, 2021. 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.

The foregoing conversions are subject to the conditions that: (i) if CU Inc. determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series 4 Preferred Shares outstanding on June 1, 2021, then all remaining Series 4 Preferred Shares will automatically be converted into Series 5 Preferred Shares on June 1, 2021, and (ii) alternatively, if CU Inc. determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series 5 Preferred Shares outstanding on June 1, 2021 after giving effect to conversion notices received, no Series 4 Preferred Shares will be converted into Series 5 Preferred Shares. If either of these scenarios occurs, CU Inc. will issue a news release to that effect on or before May 24, 2021.

Holders of the Series 4 Preferred Shares and the Series 5 Preferred Shares will have the opportunity to convert their shares again on June 1, 2026, 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, the Series 4 Preferred Shares and the Series 5 Preferred Shares, please see CU Inc.’s short form prospectus dated November 24, 2010, which can be found under CU Inc.’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

They later announced (on 2021-5-21):

that after having taken into account all election notices following the conversion deadline for the Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares Series 4 (“Series 4 Preferred Shares”) tendered for conversion into Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares Series 5 (“Series 5 Preferred Shares”), the holders of Series 4 Preferred Shares are not entitled to convert their Series 4 Preferred Shares into Series 5 Preferred Shares. There were approximately 3,100 Series 4 Preferred Shares tendered for conversion, which is less than the one million shares required to give effect to conversions into Series 5 Preferred Shares.

The Series 4 Preferred Shares will continue to pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning from and including on June 1, 2021 to but excluding June 1, 2026, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of CU Inc., a fixed dividend based on an annual dividend rate of 2.29%.

CIU.PR.C was issued as a 3.80%+136 FixedReset that commenced trading 2010-12-2 after being announced 2010-11-16. In 2016 it reset to 2.24% and there was no conversion to FloatingReset.

Further to their January, 2021, press release Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced (on 2021-5-6):

Subsequent to quarter end, on April 6, 2021, Pembina announced its intention to redeem all of the 10 million issued and outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Minimum Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares, Series 13 (the “Series 13 Class A Preferred Shares”) on June 1, 2021 for a redemption price equal to $25.00 per Series 13 Class A Preferred Shares, less taxes required to be deducted or withheld by the Company.

The specifics were (2021-5-6):

Pembina intends to redeem all of its 10,000,000 issued and outstanding Series 13 Shares, in accordance with the terms of the Series 13 Shares, as set out in the Company’s articles, on June 1, 2021 (the “Redemption Date”) for a redemption price equal to $25.00 per Series 13 Share (the “Redemption Price”), less any tax required to be deducted or withheld by the Company. The total redemption price to Pembina will be $250 million and is expected to be paid with a portion of the net proceeds from the $600 million offering of 4.80% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes, Series 1 (the “Offering”) which closed on January 25, 2021.

As noted below, the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.359375 per Series 13 Share payable on June 1, 2021, to holders of record on May 3, 2021. This will be the final quarterly dividend on the Series 13 Shares. Upon payment of the June 1, 2021 dividend, there will be no accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series 13 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 13 Shares in accordance with the terms of the Series 13 Shares, as set out in the Company’s articles. Non-registered holders of Series 13 Shares should contact their broker or other intermediary for information regarding the redemption process for the Series 13 Shares in which they hold a beneficial interest. The Company’s transfer agent for the Series 13 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.

PPL.PR.M was a FixedReset, 5.75%+496M575, that commenced trading 2016-4-27 after being announced 2016-4-18. The issue was tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns. The company started mulling the possibility of redeeming the issue in January, 2021, and these plans firmed up shortly afterwards.

Partners Value Split Corp. has announced (on 2021-5-7):

its intention to redeem all 4,000,000 of its Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 7 (“Preferred Shares, Series 7”) for cash on May 20, 2021 (the “Redemption Date”) in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares, Series 7.

The redemption price per Preferred Shares, Series 7 will be equal to C$25.50 plus accrued and unpaid dividends of C$0.30220 per share to May 20, 2021 representing a total redemption price of C$25.8022 per share (the “Redemption Price”).

Notice will be delivered to holders of the Preferred Shares, Series 7 in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares, Series 7.

From and after the Redemption Date, the Preferred Shares, Series 7 will cease to be entitled to dividends or any other participation in any distribution of the assets of the Company and the holders thereof shall not be entitled to exercise any of their other rights as shareholders in respect thereof except to receive the Redemption Price (less any tax required to be deducted and withheld by the Company). After the redemption of the Preferred Shares, Series 7, the Company will consolidate the existing capital shares held by Partners Value Investments Inc. so that there are an equal number of preferred shares and capital shares outstanding.

PVS.PR.E was issued as a seven-year 5.50% SplitShare that commenced trading 2015-10-29 after being announced 2015-10-20. It was tracked by HIMIPref™ and assigned to the SplitShares subindex.

TC Energy Corporation announced the closing of a sub-debt issue (on 2021-3-4):

that TransCanada Trust (the Trust), a wholly-owned financing trust subsidiary of TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TCPL), has closed an offering of $500 million of 4.20% subordinated Trust Notes, Series 2021-A due March 4, 2081 (Trust Notes), guaranteed on a subordinated basis by TCPL. The Trust Notes were offered through a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by BMO Capital Markets and Scotiabank, under the Trust’s short form base shelf prospectus dated February 26, 2021, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated March 1, 2021.

The Company intends to use the proceeds to redeem its issued and outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Minimum Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series 13 (TSX:TRP.PR.J) pursuant to their terms, and pending such redemption, to reduce short-term indebtedness as well as for general corporate purposes.

… the announcement of this issue was reported on PrefBlog.

… and subsequently announced (on 2021-4-1):

As previously indicated, TC Energy Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TC Energy or the Company) will redeem its issued and outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Minimum Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series 13 (Series 13 Shares) (TSX:TRP.PR.J) on May 31, 2021 (Redemption Date) at a price equal to $25.00 per share (Redemption Price) and provided notice today to the sole registered holder of the Series 13 Shares in accordance with their terms.

Subject to board approval, the Company expects to declare a final quarterly dividend of $0.34375 per Series 13 Share, for the period up to but excluding May 31, 2021, payable on May 31, 2021 to shareholders of record on May 17, 2021. This would be the final dividend on the Series 13 Shares and, as the Redemption Date is also a dividend payment date, the Redemption Price will not include any accrued and unpaid dividends. Subsequent to the Redemption Date, the Series 13 Shares will cease to be entitled to dividends and will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Non-registered holders of Series 13 Shares should contact their broker or other intermediary for information regarding the redemption process for the Series 13 Shares in which they hold a beneficial interest.

TRP.PR.J was a FixedReset, 5.50%+469M550, that commenced trading 2016-4-20 after being announced 2016-4-13.