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TransCanada Corporation has announced (on April 23):

that 725,094 of its 24,000,000 fixed rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 7 (Series 7 Shares) were deposited for conversion on April 30, 2019 on a one-for-one basis into floating rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 8 (Series 8 Shares).

As previously announced in the Company’s news release dated March 15, 2019, the conversions are subject to the conditions that: (i) if TransCanada determines that there would be less than one million Series 7 Shares outstanding after April 30, 2019, then all remaining Series 7 Shares will automatically be converted into Series 8 Shares on a one-for-one basis on April 30, 2019, and (ii) alternatively, if TransCanada determines that there would be less than one million Series 8 Shares outstanding after April 30, 2019, no Series 7 Shares will be converted into Series 8 Shares.

As the total number of Series 7 Shares tendered for conversion did not meet the threshold set out above, no Series 7 Shares will be converted into Series 8 Shares on April 30, 2019.

For more information on the terms of and risks associated with an investment in the Series 7 Shares and the Series 8 Shares, please see the prospectus supplement dated February 25, 2013 which is available on sedar.com or on the TransCanada website.

TRP.PR.D is a FixedReset, 4.00%+238, that commenced trading 2013-3-4 after being announced 2013-2-25. The extension was announced 2019-3-15. The issue will reset at 3.903% effective April 30, 2019. I recommended against conversion. TRP.PR.D is tracked by HIMIPref™ and assigned to the FixedReset (Discount) subindex.

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