TRP.PR.A / TRP.PR.F : Net 23% Conversion To FixedReset

TC Energy Corporation has announced:

that 173,954 of its 9,498,423 fixed rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 1 (Series 1 Shares) have been elected for conversion on December 31, 2019, on a one-for-one basis, into floating rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 2 (Series 2 Shares); and 5,252,715 of its 12,501,577 Series 2 Shares have been elected for conversion, on a one-for-one basis, into Series 1 Shares. As a result of the conversions, TC Energy will have 14,577,184 Series 1 Shares and 7,422,816 Series 2 Shares issued and outstanding. The Series 1 Shares and Series 2 Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbols TRP.PR.A and TRP.PR.F respectively.

The Series 1 Shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on December 31, 2019, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of TC Energy, a fixed dividend at an annualized rate of 3.479 per cent.

The Series 2 Shares will pay a floating rate quarterly dividend for the five-year period beginning on December 31, 2019, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of TC Energy. The dividend rate for the Series 2 Shares for the first quarterly floating rate period commencing December 31, 2019 to, but excluding March 30, 2020, is 3.572 per cent, and will be reset every quarter.

Holders of Series 1 Shares and Series 2 Shares will have the opportunity to convert their shares again on December 31, 2024 and every five years thereafter as long as the shares remain outstanding. For more information on the terms of, and risks associated with an investment in the Series 1 Shares and the Series 2 Shares, please see the prospectus supplement dated September 22, 2009 which is available on sedar.com or on our website.

TRP.PR.A commenced trading 2009-9-30 after being announced 2009-9-22. It commenced life as a FixedReset, 4.60%+192, that reset to 3.266% effective 2014-12-31. Assiduous Readers may recall that I have blamed the 2014 reset of TRP.PR.A for what we might now call ‘the first half’ of the current bear market. I recommended conversion to TRP.PR.F in 2014 and there was a conversion rate of about 62%. The company announced the extension to 2024 on 2019-11-21. TRP.PR.A will reset at 3.479% effective December 31, 2019. I recommended holding, or converting to, TRP.PR.A.

TRP.PR.F commenced trading 2014-12-31 after a partial conversion from TRP.PR.A.

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