NPI.PR.B Listed: 25% Conversion

Northland Power Inc. has announced:

that 1,498,435 of its 6,000,000 Cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series 1 (“Series 1 Shares”) have been converted on a one-for-one basis, into Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares, Series 2 (the “Series 2 Shares”). Consequently, effective today Northland will have 4,501,565 Series 1 Shares and 1,498,435 Series 2 Shares issued and outstanding.

The Series 1 Shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “NPI.PR.A” and the Series 2 Shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “NPI.PR.B”.

NPI.PR.A is a FixedReset, currently (after reset) 3.51%+280. NPI.PR.B is its FloatingReset Strong Pair, paying three-month bills +280. Both issues will be tracked by HIMIPref™, both relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.

The conversion ratio was 25.0% after my recommendation not to convert.

Vital statistics are:

NPI.PR.A FixedReset YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2045-09-30
Maturity Price : 14.41
Evaluated at bid price : 14.41
Bid-YTW : 6.22 %
NPI.PR.B FloatingReset YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2045-09-30
Maturity Price : 14.00
Evaluated at bid price : 14.00
Bid-YTW : 5.74 %

NPI.PR.B did not trade any shares today on any of the consolidated exchanges, so the quote of 14.00-50 should be taken with a grain of salt!

However:

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The NPI.PR.A / NPI.PR.B Strong Pair predicts an average three month bill rate of 0.28% over the next five years – well above the average for investment-grade pairs.

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