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Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. has announced:

that it has determined the fixed distribution rate on its Cumulative Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 1 (“Series 1 Units”) (TSX: BIP.PR.A) for the five years commencing July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2025.

Series 1 Units and Series 2 Units

If declared, the fixed quarterly distributions on the Series 1 Units during the five years commencing July 1, 2020 will be paid at an annual rate of 3.974% ($0.248375 per unit per quarter).

Holders of Series 1 Units have the right, at their option, exercisable not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on June 15, 2020, to reclassify all or part of their Series 1 Units, on a one-for-one basis, into Cumulative Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 2 (the “Series 2 Units”), effective June 30, 2020.

The quarterly floating rate distributions on the Series 2 Units will be paid at an annual rate, calculated for each quarter, of 3.56% over the annual yield on three-month Government of Canada treasury bills. The actual quarterly distribution rate in respect of the July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020 distribution period for the Series 2 Units will be 0.96159% (3.815% on an annualized basis) and the distribution, if declared, for such distribution period will be $0.2403975 per unit, payable on September 30, 2020.

Holders of Series 1 Units are not required to elect to reclassify all or any part of their Series 1 Units into Series 2 Units.

As provided in the unit conditions of the Series 1 Units, (i) if Brookfield Infrastructure determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series 1 Units outstanding after June 30, 2020, all remaining Series 1 Units will be automatically reclassified into Series 2 Units on a one-for-one basis effective June 30, 2020; or (ii) if Brookfield Infrastructure determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series 2 Units outstanding after June 30, 2020, no Series 1 Units will be permitted to be reclassified into Series 2 Units. There are currently 4,989,265 Series 1 Units outstanding.

The Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) has conditionally approved the listing of the Series 2 Units effective upon reclassification. Listing of the Series 2 Units is subject to Brookfield Infrastructure fulfilling all the listing requirements of the TSX and, upon approval, the Series 2 Units will be listed on the TSX under the trading symbol “BIP.PR.G”.

BIP.PR.A is a FixedReset, 4.50%+356, that commenced trading 2015-3-12 after being announced 2015-3-4. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedResets (Discount) subindex.

Note that the tax treatment of distributions on BIP.PR.A are complex and change annually.

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. has announced:

that it has determined the fixed dividend rate on its Cumulative Class A Preference Shares, Series 42 (“Series 42 Shares”) (TSX: BAM.PF.G) for the five years commencing July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2025, and also determined the quarterly dividend on its floating rate Cumulative Class A Preference Shares, Series 25 (“Series 25 Shares”) (TSX: BAM.PR.S).

Series 42 Shares and Series 43 Shares

If declared, the fixed quarterly dividends on the Series 42 Shares during the five years commencing July 1, 2020 will be paid at an annual rate of 3.254% ($0.203375 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 15, 2020, 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, 2020.

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, 2020 to September 30, 2020 dividend period for the Series 43 Shares will be 0.78011% (3.095% on an annualized basis) and the dividend, if declared, for such dividend period will be $0.1950275 per share, payable on September 30, 2020.

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, 2020, all remaining Series 42 Shares will be automatically converted into Series 43 Shares on a one-for-one basis effective June 30, 2020; or (ii) if Brookfield determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series 43 Shares outstanding after June 30, 2020, 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 and, upon approval, the Series 43 Shares will be listed on the TSX under the trading symbol “BAM.PF.K”.

BAM.PF.G is a FixedReset, 4.50%+284, that commenced trading 2014-10-8 after being announced 2014-10-1. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedResets (Discount) subindex.

Fortis Inc. has announced:

that 267,341 of its 7,024,846 issued and outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Five-Year Fixed Rate Reset First Preference Shares, Series H (“Series H Shares”) were tendered for conversion, on a one-for-one basis, into Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preference Shares, Series I (“Series I Shares”) and that 907,577 of its 2,975,154 Series I Shares were tendered for conversion, on a one-for-one basis, into Series H Shares. As a result of the conversion, Fortis has 7,665,082 Series H Shares and 2,334,918 Series I Shares issued and outstanding. The Series H Shares and the Series I Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the symbols FTS.PR.H and FTS.PR.I, respectively.

The Series H Shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on June 1, 2020, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Fortis, a fixed dividend based on an annual fixed dividend rate of 1.835 percent.

The Series I Shares will pay a floating quarterly dividend for the five-year period beginning on June 1, 2020, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Fortis. The floating quarterly dividend rate for the Series I Shares for the first quarterly floating rate period (being the period from and including June 1, 2020 and ending on and including August 31, 2020) is based on an annual floating dividend rate of 1.722 percent and will be reset every quarter based on the applicable three-month Government of Canada Treasury Bill rate plus 1.450 percent.

For more information on the terms of, and risks associated with an investment in, the Series H Shares and the Series I Shares, please see the Corporation’s short form prospectus dated January 18, 2010 relating to the issuance of the Series H Shares, which can be found under the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Corporation’s website at www.fortisinc.com.

FTS.PR.H was issued a FixedReset, 4.25%+145, that commenced trading 2010-1-26 after being announced 2010-1-11. In 2015 it reset to 2.50% amid great secrecy as they prefer to maintain selective disclosure through the old boys’ club. It reset to 1.835% effective 2020-6-1.

FTS.PR.I commenced trading 2020-6-2 after its creation via partial conversion from FTS.PR.H.

Enbridge Inc. has announced (on May 19):

that none of its outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series 13 (Series 13 Shares) will be converted into Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series 14 of Enbridge (Series 14 Shares) on June 1, 2020.

After taking into account all conversion notices received from holders of its outstanding Series 13 Shares by the May 19, 2020 deadline for the conversion of the Series 13 Shares into Series 14 Shares, less than the 1,000,000 Series 13 Shares required to give effect to conversions into Series 14 Shares were tendered for conversion.

ENB.PR.E is a FixedReset, 4.40%+266, that commenced trading 2014-7-17 after being announced 2014-7-8. The issue reset to 3.043% effective 2020-6-1. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and has been assigned to the Scraps – FixedReset (Discount) subindex on credit concerns.