Husky Energy has announced that it:
has agreed to issue to a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Capital Markets, BMO Capital Markets and Scotia Capital Inc. for distribution to the public 6,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series 7 (the “Series 7 Shares”).
The Series 7 Shares will be issued at a price of $25.00 per Series 7 Share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $150 million. Holders of the Series 7 Shares will be entitled to receive a cumulative quarterly fixed dividend yielding 4.60 percent annually for the initial period ending June 30, 2020. Thereafter, the dividend rate will be reset every five years at a rate equal to the five-year Government of Canada bond yield plus 3.52 percent.
Holders of Series 7 Shares will have the right, at their option, to convert their shares into Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series 8 (the “Series 8 Shares”), subject to certain conditions, on June 30, 2020 and on June 30 every five years thereafter. Holders of the Series 8 Shares will be entitled to receive cumulative quarterly floating dividends at a rate equal to the 90-day Government of Canada Treasury Bill rate plus 3.52 percent.
Husky has granted the underwriters an option, exercisable in whole or in part prior to closing, to purchase up to an additional 2,000,000 Series 7 Shares at the same offering price. The Series 7 Shares will be offered by way of prospectus supplement to the short form base shelf prospectus of Husky Energy dated February 23, 2015.
The prospectus supplement will be filed with securities regulatory authorities in all provinces of Canada.
The net proceeds of the offering will be used for general corporate purposes which may include, among other things, the partial repayment of bank debt incurred by the Company to further advance its near-term heavy oil thermal projects.
The offering is expected to close on or about June 17, 2015 subject to customary closing conditions and receipt of required regulatory approvals.
The chart of Implied Volatility for the series of HSE FixedResets indicates that the new issue can be thought of as being a little cheap … not just because it’s above the theoretical yield for the series, but because the Implied Volatility seems a little high, indicating that there is, perhaps, a little bit more downside protection with the higher-spread issues than with the lower-spread issues.
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