AltaGas Ltd. has announced (on November 20):
its intention to redeem – in accordance with the terms of the Cumulative Redeemable 5-Year Minimum Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series I (the “Series I Shares”) as set out in the Company’s articles – all of its 8,000,000 issued and outstanding Series I Shares on December 31, 2020 (the “Redemption Date”) for a redemption price equal to $25.00 per Series I Share, together with all accrued and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”), less any tax required to be deducted or withheld by the Company.
As previously announced, the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.328125 per Series I Share for the period commencing September 30, 2020 and ending December 30, 2020 payable to holders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2020. This will be the final quarterly dividend on the Series I Shares, although holders will receive on redemption of the Series I Shares all accrued and unpaid dividends up to but excluding the Redemption Date.
The Company has provided notice today of the Redemption Price and the Redemption Date to the sole registered holder of the Series I Shares in accordance with the terms of the Series I Shares as set out in the Company’s articles. Non-registered holders of Series I Shares should contact their broker or other intermediary for information regarding the redemption process for the Series I Shares in which they hold a beneficial interest. The Company’s transfer agent for the Series I Shares is Computershare Investor Services Inc. Questions regarding the redemption process may be directed to Computershare Investor Services Inc. at 1-800-564-6253 or by email to corporateactions@computershare.com.
ALA.PR.I is a FixedReset, 5.25%+419M525, that commenced trading 2015-11-23 after being announced 2015-11-12. The issue is tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.
More supply shrinkage and a reminder that overpaying for the minimum at reset is a fools errand.
And what a difference between the two Reset preferreds just mentioned…. Just look the rates between ALA.PR.I and GWO.PR.N !!!
It will be a long time before GWO.PR.N gets redeemed at par, if ever…..
“overpaying for the minimum at reset”
Would stusclues, (or anyone) please explain what is meant by this statement. I do not understand.
Thank you in advance