RCG.PR.B To Reset To 3.73%

RF Capital Group Inc. has announced that it:

incorrectly published the new dividend rate for its Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series B (Series B Shares). The dividend rate for the five-year period commencing on April 1, 2021 and ending on and including March 31, 2026 will be 3.73% per annum or $0.233313 per share per quarter, being equal to the sum of the five year Government of Canada bond yield determined as of March 1, 2021, plus 2.89%, in accordance with the terms of the Series B Shares.

The prior press release announced:

the applicable dividend rates for its Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series B (the Series B Shares) and its Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares, Series C (the Series C Shares), further to its press release dated February 25, 2021, announcing that it did not exercise its right to redeem all or any part of the currently outstanding Series B Shares or Series C Shares and, as a result of which, subject to certain conditions, the holders of the Series B Shares have the right to convert all or any part of their Series B Shares into Series C Shares on a one-for-one basis and vice versa.

With respect to any Series B Shares that remain outstanding after March 31, 2021, holders thereof will be entitled to receive quarterly fixed, cumulative, preferential cash dividends, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, subject to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario). The dividend rate for the five-year period commencing on April 1, 2021 and ending on and including March 31, 2026 will be 3.70% per annum or $0.231313 per share per quarter, being equal to the sum of the five year Government of Canada bond yield determined as of today, plus 2.89%, in accordance with the terms of the Series B Shares.

With respect to any Series C Shares that remain outstanding after March 31, 2021, holders thereof will be entitled to receive quarterly floating rate, cumulative, preferential cash dividends, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, subject to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario). The dividend rate for the three-month period commencing on April 1, 2021 and ending on and including June 30, 2021 will be 3.00% per annum or $0.186799 per share for the quarter, being equal to the sum of the three-month Government of Canada Treasury Bill yield determined as of today, plus 2.89% (calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during such quarterly period divided by 365), in accordance with the terms of the Series C Shares. The quarterly floating dividend rate will be reset every quarter.

Beneficial owners of Series B Shares or Series C Shares who wish to exercise their conversion right should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other nominee to ensure their instructions are followed for exercising such right on or prior to the deadline for exercise, which is 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on March 16, 2021.

RCG.PR.B was issued as GMP.PR.B, a FixedReset 5.50%+289, which commenced trading 2011-2-22 after being announced 2011-2-1. The notice of extension was reported on PrefBlog. The issue reset at 3.611% in 2016; there was a 22% conversion to GMP.PR.C. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ but is relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns. The ticker was changed from GMP.PR.B to RCG.PR.B in 2020, following a name change.

RCG.PR.C is a FloatingReset, Bills+289, that came into existence via a 22% conversion from GMP.PR.B in 2016. The ticker was changed from GMP.PR.C to RCG.PR.C in 2020, following a name change.

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