Month: October 2025

Canadian Utilities Limited has announced:

its intention to redeem on December 1, 2025 (the “Redemption Date”), all of its outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Second Preferred Shares Series FF (the “Series FF Shares”) at a price of $25.00 per share (the “Redemption Price”) less any tax required to be deducted or withheld by the Company. The $250 million aggregate cost of redemption will be funded from available cash.

As previously announced, the quarterly dividend payable on December 1, 2025 to the holders of Series FF Shares of record on November 6, 2025 will be $0.28125 per Series FF Share. This will be the final dividend on the Series FF Shares. Upon payment of the December 1, 2025 quarterly dividend, there will be no accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series FF 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 outstanding Series FF Shares, in accordance with the terms of the Series FF Shares set out in the Company’s articles. Non-registered holders of Series FF Shares should contact their broker or other intermediary for information regarding the redemption process for the Series FF Shares in which they hold a beneficial interest.

The Company’s transfer agent for the Series FF Shares is TSX Trust Company. Questions regarding the redemption process may also be directed to TSX Trust Company at 1-800-387-0825 or by email to shareholderinquiries@tmx.com.

CU.PR.I is a FixedReset, 4.50%+369M450, that commenced trading 2015-9-24 after being announced 2015-9-14. The issue reset to its minimum rate of 4.50% (unchanged) effective 2020-12-1 and there was no conversion. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset-Premium subindex.

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

Pembina Pipeline Corporation has announced:

that it has closed its previously announced offering of $225 million aggregate principal amount of 5.95% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes, Series 2 (the “Series 2 Notes”) due June 6, 2055 (the “Offering”). The Series 2 Notes were offered through a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by CIBC Capital Markets, BMO Capital Markets and Scotiabank, under Pembina’s short form base shelf prospectus dated December 13, 2023, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated October 8, 2025.

As previously announced, Pembina intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to fund the redemption of all of its outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares, Series 9 (TSX: PPL.PR.I) (the “Series 9 Class A Preferred Shares”) on December 1, 2025 (the “Redemption Date”) at a price equal to $25.00 per Series 9 Class A Preferred Share (the “Redemption Price”), less any tax required to be deducted or withheld by the Company and for general corporate purposes. The aggregate Redemption Price to Pembina will be $225 million.

Pembina previously announced that the dividend payable on December 1, 2025, to the holders of the Series 9 Class A Preferred Shares of record on November 3, 2025, will be $0.268875 per Series 9 Class A Preferred Share. This will be the final quarterly dividend on the Series 9 Class A Preferred Shares. Upon payment of the December 1, 2025 dividend, there will be no accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series 9 Class A Preferred 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 9 Class A Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of the Series 9 Class A Preferred Shares, as set out in the Company’s articles of amalgamation dated October 2, 2017. For non-registered holders of Series 9 Class A Preferred Shares, no further action is required, however, they should contact their broker or other intermediary with any questions regarding the redemption process for the Series 9 Class A Preferred Shares in which they hold a beneficial interest. The Company’s transfer agent for the Series 9 Class A Preferred 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.I was issued as a FixedReset, 4.75%+391, that commenced trading 2015-4-10 after being announced 2015-3-31. It reset to 4.302% effective 2020-12-1 and there was no conversion. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.

It’s nice to get some more confirmation (after the recent TRP.PR.G refunding) that the Canadian preferred share market continues to be cheap!

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

Brompton Funds has announced (on 2025-10-6):

Life & Banc Split Corp. (the “Fund”) is pleased to announce its intention to complete a stock split of its class A shares (the “Share Split”) due to the Fund’s strong performance. Class A shareholders of record at the close of business on October 27, 2025 will receive 10 additional class A shares for every 100 class A shares held, pursuant to the Share Split. The Share Split is subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”).

Class A shareholders will continue to receive regular monthly cash distributions targeted to be $0.10 per class A share following the Share Split. As a result, the total dollar amount of distributions to be paid to class A shareholders is expected to increase by approximately 10%. The Fund provides a distribution reinvestment plan, on a commission-free basis for class A shareholders that wish to reinvest distributions and realize the benefits of compound growth.

Over the last 10 years, the class A shares have delivered a 20.5% per annum total return based on net asset value, outperforming the S&P/TSX Capped Financials Total Return Index by 6.8% per annum and the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index by 8.7% per annum.(1) Since inception, class A shareholders have received cash distributions of $20.95 per share.

Following the completion of the Share Split, the preferred shares of the Fund are expected to have downside protection from a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio of approximately 52%.(2)

The class A shares are expected to commence trading on an ex-split basis at the opening of trading on October 27, 2025. No fractional class A shares will be issued and the number of class A shares each holder shall receive will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. The Share Split is a non-taxable event.

The Fund invests on an approximately equally weighted basis in a portfolio consisting of common shares of the six largest Canadian banks and the four major publicly traded Canadian life insurance companies:

Bank of Montreal	Great-West Lifeco Inc.
National Bank of Canada	The Bank of Nova Scotia
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	Royal Bank of Canada
iA Financial Corporation Inc.	The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Sun Life Financial Inc.	Manulife Financial Corporation

This harms the credit quality of the preferreds by increasing the cash drag (due to increased distributions to the Capital Units due to the split) and by decreasing the Asset Coverage ratio. However, with a Whole Unit NAVPU of 22.31 as of 2025-10-9, there is no immediate cause for alarm.

My guess is that they’re doing this to increase the leverage provided by owning the Capital Units, given my assumption that this is what these shareholders want.

Brompton Funds has announced (on 2025-10-6):

Brompton Split Banc Corp. (the “Fund”) is pleased to announce its intention to complete a stock split of its class A shares (the “Share Split”) due to the Fund’s strong performance. Class A shareholders of record at the close of business on October 27, 2025 will receive 17 additional class A shares for every 100 class A shares held, pursuant to the Share Split. The Share Split is subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”).

Class A shareholders will continue to receive regular monthly cash distributions targeted to be $0.10 per class A share following the Share Split. As a result, the total dollar amount of distributions to be paid to class A shareholders is expected to increase by approximately 17%. The Fund provides a distribution reinvestment plan, on a commission-free basis for class A shareholders that wish to reinvest distributions and realize the benefits of compound growth.

Over the last 10 years, the class A shares have delivered a 18.4% per annum total return based on net asset value, outperforming the S&P/TSX Equal Weight Diversified Banks Total Return Index by 5.1% per annum and the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index by 6.6% per annum.(1) Since inception, class A shareholders have received cash distributions of $23.45 per share.

Following the completion of the Share Split, the preferred shares of the Fund are expected to have downside protection from a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio of approximately 55%.(2)

The class A shares are expected to commence trading on an ex-split basis at the opening of trading on October 27, 2025. No fractional class A shares will be issued and the number of class A shares each holder shall receive will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. The Share Split is a non-taxable event.

The Fund invests on an approximately equally weighted basis in a portfolio (the “Portfolio”) of common shares of the six largest Canadian banks: Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, National Bank of Canada, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Bank of Montreal. In addition, the Fund may hold up to 10% of the total assets of the Portfolio in investments in global financial companies for the purpose of enhanced diversification and return potential.

This harms the credit quality of the preferreds by increasing the cash drag (due to increased distributions to the Capital Units due to the split) and by decreasing the Asset Coverage ratio. However, with a Whole Unit NAVPU of 24.15 as of 2025-10-9, there is no immediate cause for alarm.

My guess is that they’re doing this to increase the leverage provided by owning the Capital Units, given my assumption that this is what these shareholders want.

Update, 2025-12-2: Brompton has announced a treasury offering of preferreds only:

Brompton Split Banc Corp. (the “Fund”) is pleased to announce it isundertaking a treasury offering of preferred shares (“Preferred Shares”) (the “Offering”).

The sales period for this offering is expected to end on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. The offering is expected to close on or about December 10, 2025 and is subject to certain closing conditions including approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”).

The Preferred Shares will be offered at a price of $10.40 per Preferred Share to yield 6.0%.
(1) The closing price on the TSX for the Preferred Shares on December 1, 2025 was $10.54. The offering is being led by RBC Capital Markets.

The investment objectives for the Preferred Shares are to provide holders with fixed cumulative preferential quarterly cash distributions, in the amount of $0.15625 per Preferred Share (6.25% per annum on the original $10.00 issue price), and to return the original issue price to holders of Preferred Shares on November 29, 2027.

The Fund has declared aggregate dividends on the Preferred Shares of $10.22 per Preferred Share, representing 80 consecutive quarterly dividends since inception on November 16, 2005.

Based on the most recently calculated net asset value per unit of the Fund on November 27, 2025, the Preferred Shares have downside protection from a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio of approximately 57%. The Preferred Shares have a Morningstar DBRS rating of Pfd-3.

The Fund invests on an approximately equally weighted basis in a portfolio (the “Portfolio”) of common shares of the six largest Canadian banks: Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, National Bank of Canada, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Bank of Montreal. In addition, the Fund may hold up to 10% of the total assets of the Portfolio in investments in global financial companies for the purpose of enhanced diversification and return potential.