RCG.PR.B / RCG.PR.C : Forced Conversion To FixedReset

RF Capital Group Inc. has announced:

that after having taken into account all election notices received by the March 16, 2021 conversion deadline in respect of the Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series B (the Series B Shares) and Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares, Series C (the Series C Shares), if the Company were to give effect to such notices there would be only 905,752 Series C Shares outstanding after the conversation date of March 31, 2021 (the Conversion Date).

The terms of the Series B Shares provide that if, after giving effect to all election notices at the close of business on March 16, 2021, there would be outstanding less than 1 million Series C Shares after the Conversion Date, then no holders of Series B Shares are permitted to convert their Series B Shares into Series C Shares. Accordingly, the holders of the Series B Shares are not entitled to convert their shares.

The terms of the Series C Shares provide that if, after giving effect to all election notices at the close of business on March 16, 2021, there would remain outstanding less than 1 million Series C Shares after the Conversion Date, then all remaining outstanding Series C Shares will automatically convert into Series B Shares, on a one-for-one basis, on the Conversion Date. Accordingly, on March 31, 2021, all Series C Shares will automatically convert to Series B Shares on the basis of one Series B Share for each Series C Share.

Effective as of the Conversion Date there will be 4.6 million Series B Shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol RCG.PR.B.

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. The issue reset to 3.73% in 2021.

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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