Archive for November, 2024

PPL.PR.G To Reset To 5.953%

Friday, November 1st, 2024

Pembina Pipeline Corporation has announced:

that it does not intend to exercise its right to redeem the currently outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares, Series 7 (“Series 7 Shares”) (TSX: PPL.PR.G) on December 1, 2024.

As a result of the decision not to redeem the Series 7 Shares, and subject to certain terms of the Series 7 Shares, the holders of the Series 7 Shares will have the right to elect to convert all or part of their Series 7 Shares on a one-for-one basis into Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate Class A Preferred Shares, Series 8 of Pembina (“Series 8 Shares”) on December 1, 2024 (the “Conversion Date”). Holders who do not exercise their right to convert their Series 7 Shares into Series 8 Shares will retain their Series 7 Shares.

As provided in the terms of the Series 7 Shares: (i) if Pembina determines that there would remain outstanding immediately following the conversion less than 1,000,000 Series 7 Shares, then all remaining Series 7 Shares will be automatically converted into Series 8 Shares on a one-for-one basis effective as of the Conversion Date; or (ii) if Pembina determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series 8 Shares outstanding immediately following the conversion, no Series 7 Shares will be converted into Series 8 Shares on the Conversion Date. There are currently 10,000,000 Series 7 Shares outstanding.

With respect to any Series 7 Shares that remain outstanding after the Conversion Date, holders thereof will be entitled to receive quarterly fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Pembina. The annual dividend rate for the Series 7 Shares for the five-year period from and including December 1, 2024, to, but excluding, December 1, 2029, will be 5.953 percent, being equal to the five-year Government of Canada bond yield of 3.013 percent determined as of today plus 2.94 percent, in accordance with the terms of the Series 7 Shares.

With respect to any Series 8 Shares that may be issued on the Conversion Date, holders thereof will be entitled to receive quarterly floating rate cumulative preferential cash dividends, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Pembina. The annual dividend rate applicable to the Series 8 Shares for the three-month floating rate period from and including December 1, 2024, to, but excluding, March 1, 2025, will be 6.583 percent, being equal to the annual rate of interest for the most recent auction of 90-day Government of Canada treasury bills of 3.643 percent plus 2.94 percent, in accordance with the terms of the Series 8 Shares (the “Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate”). The Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate will be reset on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year.

Beneficial holders of Series 7 Shares who wish to exercise their right of conversion during the conversion period, which runs from November 1, 2024, until 3:00 pm (MT) / 5:00 pm (ET) on November 18, 2024, should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other intermediary for more information. It is recommended that this be done well in advance of the deadline in order to provide the broker or other intermediary with the time to complete the necessary steps. Any notices received after this deadline will not be valid.

As previously announced, the dividend payable on December 1, 2024, to holders of the Series 7 Shares of record on November 1, 2024, will be $0.273750 per Series 7 Share. Pursuant to the terms of the Series 7 Shares, as December 1, 2024, is not a business day, payment will occur on December 2, 2024. For more information on the terms of the Series 7 Shares and the Series 8 Shares, please see the prospectus supplement dated September 4, 2014, which can be found on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

PPL.PR.G was issued as a FixedReset, 4.50%+294, that commenced trading 2014-9-11 after being announced 2014-9-2. The issue resets to 4.380% effective 2019-12-1 and there was no conversion. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.

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

Update, 2024-11-18: No conversion:

Pembina Pipeline Corporation (“Pembina”) (TSX: PPL; NYSE: PBA) announced today that none of Pembina’s Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares, Series 7 (“Series 7 Shares”) (TSX: PPL.PR.G) will be converted into Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate Class A Preferred Shares, Series 8 of Pembina (“Series 8 Shares”) on December 1, 2024.

After taking into account all the conversion notices received from holders of its outstanding Series 7 Shares by the November 18, 2024 deadline for the conversion of the Series 7 Shares into Series 8 Shares, less than the 1,000,000 Series 7 Shares required to give effect to conversions into Series 8 Shares were tendered for conversion.

FTS.PR.M To Reset To 5.493%

Friday, November 1st, 2024

Fortis Inc. has announced (not as a press release, since they are peculiar, but as a link in a footnote to their table of preference shares:

Fortis Inc. (the “Corporation”) hereby provides notice to the holders of its Cumulative Redeemable Fixed Rate Reset First Preference Shares, Series M of the Corporation (the “Series M Shares”) of the following dividend rates, in each case payable if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation:
i. $0.34331250 per Series M Share, being the fixed dividend rate payable quarterly on the first day of March, June, September and December of each year during the five-year period from and including December 1, 2024 to but excluding December 1, 2029; and
ii. $0.37744521 per share on the Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate First Preference Shares, Series N of the Corporation (the “Series N Shares”), being the floating dividend rate applicable to the Series N Shares for the 3-month period from and including December 1, 2024 and ending on and including February 28, 2025,

in each case determined in accordance with the corresponding rights, privileges, conditions and restrictions attached to the Series M Shares and Series N Shares, respectively, as a class, as set out in the short form prospectus of the Corporation dated September 11, 2014 relating to the issuance of the Series M Shares.

Beneficial owners of Series M Shares wishing to convert to Series N Shares should communicate with their broker or other nominee to obtain instructions for exercising such right during the conversion period, which runs from November 1, 2024, until 5:00 p.m. (EST) on November 18, 2024.

Inquiries should be directed to Ms. Karen Gosse, Vice President, Finance, Fortis at 709.737.2865.

FTS.PR.M was issued as a FixedReset, 4.10%+248, that commenced trading 2014-9-19 after being announced and supersized 2014-9-3. It reset to 3.913% effective 2019-12-1. Notice of extension was provided wierdly in mid-October, 2024. FTS was upgraded to Pfd-2(low) (from Pfd-3(high)) by DBRS on 2021-5-4. The issue is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedResets (Discount) subindex.

ENB.PF.A To Reset To 5.672%

Friday, November 1st, 2024

Enbridge Inc. has announced:

that it does not intend to exercise its right to redeem its currently outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series 9 (Series 9 Shares) (TSX: ENB.PF.A) on December 1, 2024. As a result, subject to certain conditions, the holders of the Series 9 Shares have the right to convert all or part of their Series 9 Shares on a one-for-one basis into Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series 10 of Enbridge (Series 10 Shares) on December 1, 2024. Holders who do not exercise their right to convert their Series 9 Shares into Series 10 Shares will retain their Series 9 Shares.

The foregoing conversion right is subject to the conditions that: (i) if Enbridge determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series 9 Shares outstanding after December 1, 2024, then all remaining Series 9 Shares will automatically be converted into Series 10 Shares on a one-for-one basis on December 1, 2024; and (ii) alternatively, if Enbridge determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series 10 Shares outstanding after December 1, 2024, no Series 9 Shares will be converted into Series 10 Shares. There are currently 11,000,000 Series 9 Shares outstanding.

With respect to any Series 9 Shares that remain outstanding after December 1, 2024, holders thereof will be entitled to receive quarterly fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Enbridge. The new annual dividend rate applicable to the Series 9 Shares for the five-year period commencing on December 1, 2024 to, but excluding, December 1, 2029 will be 5.672 percent, being equal to the five-year Government of Canada bond yield of 3.012 percent determined as of today plus 2.66 percent in accordance with the terms of the Series 9 Shares.

With respect to any Series 10 Shares that may be issued on December 1, 2024, holders thereof will be entitled to receive quarterly floating rate cumulative preferential cash dividends, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Enbridge. The dividend rate applicable to the Series 10 Shares for the three-month floating rate period commencing on December 1, 2024 to, but excluding, March 1, 2025 will be 1.55342 percent, based on the annual rate on three month Government of Canada treasury bills for the most recent treasury bills auction of 3.64 percent plus 2.66 percent in accordance with the terms of the Series 10 Shares (the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate). The Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate will be reset every quarter.

Beneficial holders of Series 9 Shares who wish to exercise their right of conversion during the conversion period, which runs from November 1, 2024 until 5:00 p.m. (EST) on November 18, 2024, should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other intermediary for more information. It is recommended that this be done well in advance of the deadline in order to provide the broker or other intermediary time to complete the necessary steps. Any notices received after this deadline will not be valid.

ENB.PF.A was issued as a FixedReset, 4.40%+266, that commenced trading 2014-3-13 after being announced 2014-3-4. It reset to 4.097% effective 2019-12-1 and there was no conversion. Enbridge issues were upgraded to Pfd-2(low) by DBRS in June, 2024. ENB.PF.A is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is currently assigned to the FixedReset (Discount) subindex.

Update, 2024-11-18: No conversion:

Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) (Enbridge) announced today that none of its outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series 9 (Series 9 Shares) will be converted into Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series 10 (Series 10 Shares) on December 1, 2024.

After taking into account all conversion notices received from holders of its outstanding Series 9 Shares by the November 18, 2024 deadline for the conversion of the Series 9 Shares into Series 10 Shares, less than the 1,000,000 Series 9 Shares required to give effect to conversions into Series 10 Shares were tendered for conversion.

November 1, 2024

Friday, November 1st, 2024
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 0.2134 % 2,147.0
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2134 % 4,117.9
Floater 8.87 % 9.36 % 36,031 10.04 4 0.2134 % 2,373.2
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0350 % 3,605.9
SplitShare 4.79 % 5.22 % 48,724 1.26 8 0.0350 % 4,306.2
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0350 % 3,359.9
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0137 % 2,837.3
Perpetual-Discount 6.07 % 6.15 % 51,694 13.65 31 0.0137 % 3,093.9
FixedReset Disc 5.53 % 7.00 % 106,988 12.33 58 0.3625 % 2,660.2
Insurance Straight 5.92 % 6.05 % 68,133 13.82 20 0.1142 % 3,055.6
FloatingReset 7.46 % 7.57 % 25,857 11.81 1 0.0000 % 2,823.8
FixedReset Prem 6.42 % 5.75 % 182,020 3.74 7 -0.0554 % 2,581.4
FixedReset Bank Non 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3625 % 2,719.3
FixedReset Ins Non 5.25 % 6.29 % 89,041 13.46 14 0.7861 % 2,796.8
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
PWF.PR.S Perpetual-Discount -17.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 16.60
Evaluated at bid price : 16.60
Bid-YTW : 7.29 %
PWF.PR.L Perpetual-Discount -2.91 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 20.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.00
Bid-YTW : 6.43 %
CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 18.70
Evaluated at bid price : 18.70
Bid-YTW : 6.14 %
IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 22.72
Evaluated at bid price : 23.65
Bid-YTW : 6.08 %
BN.PR.X FixedReset Disc -1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 15.60
Evaluated at bid price : 15.60
Bid-YTW : 7.85 %
BN.PR.T FixedReset Disc -1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 16.50
Evaluated at bid price : 16.50
Bid-YTW : 7.83 %
BIP.PR.A FixedReset Disc -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 21.27
Evaluated at bid price : 21.27
Bid-YTW : 7.73 %
MFC.PR.B Insurance Straight 1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 20.10
Evaluated at bid price : 20.10
Bid-YTW : 5.87 %
FFH.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 21.97
Evaluated at bid price : 22.50
Bid-YTW : 6.96 %
ENB.PF.K FixedReset Disc 1.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 22.34
Evaluated at bid price : 22.89
Bid-YTW : 6.93 %
IFC.PR.I Insurance Straight 1.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 22.36
Evaluated at bid price : 22.69
Bid-YTW : 6.01 %
BN.PF.C Perpetual-Discount 1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 19.40
Evaluated at bid price : 19.40
Bid-YTW : 6.34 %
ENB.PF.A FixedReset Disc 1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 19.05
Evaluated at bid price : 19.05
Bid-YTW : 7.65 %
BN.PF.I FixedReset Disc 1.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 21.96
Evaluated at bid price : 22.20
Bid-YTW : 7.58 %
BN.PR.N Perpetual-Discount 1.50 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 18.90
Evaluated at bid price : 18.90
Bid-YTW : 6.37 %
MFC.PR.F FixedReset Ins Non 3.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 16.00
Evaluated at bid price : 16.00
Bid-YTW : 6.69 %
BN.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 3.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 20.53
Evaluated at bid price : 20.53
Bid-YTW : 7.48 %
FTS.PR.M FixedReset Disc 4.59 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 20.50
Evaluated at bid price : 20.50
Bid-YTW : 6.88 %
BN.PF.F FixedReset Disc 6.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 20.20
Evaluated at bid price : 20.20
Bid-YTW : 7.42 %
POW.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 6.98 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 20.38
Evaluated at bid price : 20.38
Bid-YTW : 6.20 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset Ins Non 12.50 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 20.25
Evaluated at bid price : 20.25
Bid-YTW : 6.77 %
CU.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 17.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 18.81
Evaluated at bid price : 18.81
Bid-YTW : 6.10 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BMO.PR.W FixedReset Disc 444,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2024-12-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.94
Bid-YTW : 4.61 %
FTS.PR.H FixedReset Disc 156,200 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 15.26
Evaluated at bid price : 15.26
Bid-YTW : 7.31 %
BN.PR.X FixedReset Disc 74,562 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 15.60
Evaluated at bid price : 15.60
Bid-YTW : 7.85 %
BN.PR.B Floater 28,915 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 11.30
Evaluated at bid price : 11.30
Bid-YTW : 9.40 %
MFC.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non 27,100 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 20.91
Evaluated at bid price : 20.91
Bid-YTW : 6.45 %
BN.PF.E FixedReset Disc 26,348 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 18.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.00
Bid-YTW : 7.82 %
There were 7 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
PWF.PR.S Perpetual-Discount Quote: 16.60 – 20.23
Spot Rate : 3.6300
Average : 2.1212

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 16.60
Evaluated at bid price : 16.60
Bid-YTW : 7.29 %

PWF.PR.L Perpetual-Discount Quote: 20.00 – 21.95
Spot Rate : 1.9500
Average : 1.3461

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 20.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.00
Bid-YTW : 6.43 %

BN.PF.D Perpetual-Discount Quote: 19.45 – 20.50
Spot Rate : 1.0500
Average : 0.6126

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 19.45
Evaluated at bid price : 19.45
Bid-YTW : 6.39 %

BIP.PR.E FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.26 – 24.50
Spot Rate : 1.2400
Average : 0.9172

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 22.54
Evaluated at bid price : 23.26
Bid-YTW : 6.74 %

IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 23.65 – 24.40
Spot Rate : 0.7500
Average : 0.4856

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 22.72
Evaluated at bid price : 23.65
Bid-YTW : 6.08 %

PWF.PR.E Perpetual-Discount Quote: 22.12 – 23.00
Spot Rate : 0.8800
Average : 0.6320

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-11-01
Maturity Price : 21.88
Evaluated at bid price : 22.12
Bid-YTW : 6.25 %