Canadian Utilities Limited has announced:
CU Inc. announced today that it has notified the registered shareholder of its Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares Series 4 (“Series 4 Preferred Shares”) of a conversion privilege and applicable dividend rates. As a result, subject to certain conditions, the holders of Series 4 Preferred Shares will have the right to choose one of the following options with regard to their shares:
To retain any or all of their Series 4 Preferred Shares and continue to receive a fixed rate quarterly dividend; or
To convert, on a one-for-one basis, any or all of their Series 4 Preferred Shares into Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares Series 5 (“Series 5 Preferred Shares”) of CU Inc. and receive a floating rate quarterly dividend.
Effective June 1, 2026, the annual dividend rate for the Series 4 Preferred Shares is set at 4.573% for the five-year period from and including June 1, 2026 to but excluding June 1, 2031 and the Series 5 Preferred Shares floating quarterly dividend rate for the three-month period commencing June 1, 2026 to but excluding September 1, 2026 is set at an annual dividend rate of 3.646%. The dividend rate for the Series 5 Preferred Shares will be reset each quarter. Both rates were calculated according to the terms described in the short form prospectus of CU Inc. dated November 24, 2010.Beneficial owners of Series 4 Preferred Shares who wish to exercise their right of conversion should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other nominee and ensure that they follow their instructions in order to meet the deadline to exercise such right, which is 3 p.m. (Calgary time) / 5 p.m. (Toronto time) on May 19, 2026. Any notices received after this deadline will not be valid. As such, it is recommended that this be done well in advance of the deadline in order to provide the broker or other nominee with time to complete the necessary steps.
The foregoing conversions are subject to the conditions that: (i) if CU Inc. determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series 4 Preferred Shares outstanding on June 1, 2026, then all remaining Series 4 Preferred Shares will automatically be converted into Series 5 Preferred Shares on June 1, 2026, and (ii) alternatively, if CU Inc. determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series 5 Preferred Shares outstanding on June 1, 2026 after giving effect to conversion notices received, no Series 4 Preferred Shares will be converted into Series 5 Preferred Shares. If either of these scenarios occurs, CU Inc. will issue a news release to that effect on or before May 25, 2026.
Holders of the Series 4 Preferred Shares and the Series 5 Preferred Shares will have the opportunity to convert their shares again on June 1, 2031, 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 4 Preferred Shares and the Series 5 Preferred Shares, please see CU Inc.’s short form prospectus dated November 24, 2010, which can be found under CU Inc.’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca.
CU Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO Company. CU Inc. is an Alberta-based corporation with approximately 3,600 employees and assets of $20 billion comprised of rate-regulated utility operations in electricity and natural gas distribution and transmission. More information about CU Inc. can be found on the Canadian Utilities Limited website at www.canadianutilities.com.
CIU.PR.C was issued as a 3.80%+136 FixedReset that commenced trading 2010-12-2 after being announced 2010-11-16. In 2016 it reset to 2.24% and there was no conversion to FloatingReset. In 2021 the issue reset to 2.29% and there was no conversion to the FloatingReset.
Thanks to Assiduous Readers earlyriser and HS for bringing this to my attention!