First National Financial Corporation has announced (although not yet on their website):
the applicable dividend rates for its cumulative 5-year rate reset Class A Preference Shares, Series 1 (“Series 1 Preference Shares”) and cumulative floating rate Class A Preference Shares, Series 2 (“Series 2 Preference Shares”).
With respect to any Series 1 Preference Shares that remain outstanding on March 31, 2016, commencing as of such date, holders thereof will be entitled to receive cumulative preferential cash dividends on a quarterly basis, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of First National. The dividend rate for the five-year period commencing on April 1, 2016, and ending on March 31, 2021 will be 2.79%, being equal to the 5-Year Government of Canada bond yield determined as at 10 am (Toronto time) March 2, 2016 plus 2.07%, as determined in accordance with the terms of the Series 1 Preference Shares.
With respect to any Series 2 Preference Shares that may be issued on March 31, 2016, holders thereof will be entitled to receive floating rate cumulative preferential cash dividends on a quarterly basis, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of First National, based on a dividend rate equal to the 90-day Canadian Treasury Bill plus 2.07% on an actual/365 day count basis, subject to certain adjustments in accordance with the terms of the Series 2 Preference Shares. The dividend rate for the period commencing on April 1, 2016 and ending on June 30, 2016 will be equal to 2.532%, as determined in accordance with the terms of the Series 2 Preference Shares.
Beneficial owners of Series 1 Preference Shares who wish to exercise their right of conversion should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other nominee and ensure that they follow their instructions in order to ensure that they meet the deadline to exercise such right, which is 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on March 16, 2016.
FN.PR.A is a FixedReset 4.65%+207, which commenced trading 2011-1-25 after being announced 2011-1-17. The notice of extension was previously reported on PrefBlog. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ but is relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.
The new rate represents a cut of 40% in the dividend rate. Ouch!
As noted in the press release, the deadline for notification of intent to convert to the FloatingReset is March 16. I will post a recommendation on March 11.
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FN.PR.A To Reset At 2.79%
First National Financial Corporation has announced (although not yet on their website):
FN.PR.A is a FixedReset 4.65%+207, which commenced trading 2011-1-25 after being announced 2011-1-17. The notice of extension was previously reported on PrefBlog. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ but is relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.
The new rate represents a cut of 40% in the dividend rate. Ouch!
As noted in the press release, the deadline for notification of intent to convert to the FloatingReset is March 16. I will post a recommendation on March 11.
This entry was posted on Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 at 1:30 am and is filed under Issue Comments. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.