DBRS has announced:
The dividends received from the Portfolio are used to pay a fixed cumulative quarterly distribution of $0.2316 per share to holders of the Class B Preferred Shares, yielding approximately 4.25% annually on the initial issue price of $21.80. The current yield on the Portfolio shares fully covers the Class B Preferred Share dividends, providing dividend coverage of approximately 2.0 times. The Class A Capital Shares receive all excess dividend income after the Class B Preferred Share distributions and other expenses of the Company have been paid.
The performance of the Company has been positive in the previous year, in line with the share prices of Canadian banks. Downside protection increased steadily to 60.9% on February 13, 2014, from 53.4% on June 20, 2013, while increases in dividend distributions from underlying banks helped boost the dividend coverage ratio. As a result, the rating of the Class B Preferred Shares has been upgraded to Pfd-2 from Pfd-2 (low).
ALB.PR.B was last mentioned on PrefBlog when it had a partial call for redemption on February 18. ALB.PR.B is tracked by HIMIPref™, but relegated to the Scraps index on volume concerns.
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ALB.PR.B Upgraded to Pfd-2 by DBRS
DBRS has announced:
ALB.PR.B was last mentioned on PrefBlog when it had a partial call for redemption on February 18. ALB.PR.B is tracked by HIMIPref™, but relegated to the Scraps index on volume concerns.
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