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Partners Value Split Corp. has announced:

the completion of its previously announced issue of 6,000,000 Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 13 (the “Series 13 Preferred Shares”) at an offering price of $25.00 per Series 13 Preferred Share, raising gross proceeds of $150,000,000. The Series 13 Preferred Shares carry quarterly fixed cumulative preferential dividends representing a 4.45% annualized yield on the offering price and have a final maturity of May 31, 2029. The Series 13 Preferred Shares have been listed and posted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol PVS.PR.K. The net proceeds of the offering will be used by the Company to pay a special dividend on the Company’s capital shares.

Prior to the closing of the offering, the Company subdivided 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.K is a SplitShare, 4.45%, 7-year issue announced 2022-3-17. It will be tracked by HIMIPref™ and has been added to the SplitShare subindex. Neither the press release nor anything on SEDAR mentions their screw-up with the definition of the ‘Series 13 Redemption Date’, let alone clarifying the issue. Naturally, given the uselessness of the company administration, my ‘phone call asking for clarification has not been returned.

The issue traded 329,875 shares in a range of 24.80-91 before closing at 24.80-85. Vital Statistics are:

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

that after having taken into account all election notices received by the March 15, 2022 deadline for the conversion of the Class AAA Preference Shares, Series EE (the “Series EE Shares”) (TSX: BPO.PR.E) into Class AAA Preference Shares, Series FF (the “Series FF Shares”), the holders of Series EE Shares are not entitled to convert their Series EE Shares into Series FF Shares. There were 122,460 Series EE Shares tendered for conversion, which is less than the one million shares required to give effect to conversions into Series FF Shares.

The Series EE Shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on April 1, 2022, as and when declared by the board of directors of Brookfield, a fixed dividend based on an annual dividend rate of 5.496% ($0.3435 per share per quarter).

BPO.PR.E was issued as a FixedReset, 5.10%+396M510, that commenced trading 2017-2-17 after being announced 2017-2-9. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns. The issue reset to 5.496% in 2022.

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

that after having taken into account all election notices received by the March 15, 2022 deadline for the conversion of the Class AAA Preference Shares, Series P (the “Series P Shares”) (TSX: BPO.PR.P) into Class AAA Preference Shares, Series Q (the “Series Q Shares”), the holders of Series P Shares are not entitled to convert their Series P Shares into Series Q Shares. There were 118,948 Series P Shares tendered for conversion, which is less than the one million shares required to give effect to conversions into Series Q Shares.

The Series P Shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on April 1, 2022, as and when declared by the board of directors of Brookfield, a fixed dividend based on an annual dividend rate of 4.536% ($0.2835 per share per quarter).

BPO.PR.P was issued as a FixedReset, 5.15%+300, that commenced trading 2010-10-21 after being announced 2010-10-13. The issue reset to 4.161% in 2016; I recommended against conversion; and there was no conversion. The issue reset to 4.536% in 2022.

Brompton Funds has announced:

As a result of strong performance, Brompton Split Banc Corp. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the board of directors has approved an extension of the maturity date of the Class A and Preferred shares of the Company for an additional 5-year term to November 29, 2027. The reset preferred share dividend rate for the extended term will be announced at least 60 days prior to the original November 29, 2022 maturity date and will be based on market yields for preferred shares with similar terms at that time.

The term extension allows Class A shareholders to continue to invest in the Canadian bank sector with an attractive distribution rate of 8.4% based on the March 22, 2022 closing price and the opportunity for capital appreciation. Canadian banks continue to offer attractive dividend yields and return on equity. As well, the extension of the term of the Company is not a taxable event and enables shareholders to defer potential capital gains tax liability that would have otherwise been realized on the redemption of the Class A shares or Preferred Shares at the end of the term, until such time as such shares are disposed of by shareholders.

Since inception in November 2005 to February 28, 2022, the Class A shares have delivered a 13.2% per annum total return, outperforming the S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index by 3.8% per annum and the S&P/TSX Composite Index by 5.8% per annum.(1) Since inception to February 28, 2022, Class A shareholders have received cash distributions of $19.15 per share. Class A shareholders also have the option to reinvest their cash distributions in a dividend reinvestment plan which is commission free to participants.

The term extension offers Preferred shareholders the opportunity to enjoy preferential cash dividends until November 29, 2027. Since inception, the Preferred shares have delivered a 5.1% per annum total return, outperforming the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index by 2.2% per annum with lower volatility.(1)

Brompton Split Banc Corp. invests, on an approximately equal weighted basis in a portfolio consisting of common shares of the six largest Canadian banks (currently, Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, National Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia and The TorontoDominion Bank). In addition, the Company may hold up to 10% of the total assets of the Portfolio in investments in global financial companies for the purposes of enhanced diversification and return potential.