Brookfield Office Properties Inc., a subsidiary of Brookfield Property Partners L.P., has announced:
the reset dividend rate and conversion privileges on its Class AAA Preference Shares, Series R (“Series R Shares”) (TSX: BPO.PR.R)
Series R Shares
If declared, the fixed quarterly dividends on the Series R Shares for the five years commencing October 1, 2026 and ending September 30, 2031 will be paid at an annual rate of 6.829000% ($0.4268125 per share per quarter).
Holders of Series R Shares have the right, at their option, exercisable no later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on September 15, 2026, to convert all or part of their Series R Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Class AAA Preference Shares, Series S (the “Series S Shares”), effective September 30, 2026.
The quarterly floating rate dividends on the Series S Shares have an annual rate, calculated for each quarter, of 3.48% over the annual yield on three-month Government of Canada treasury bills. The actual quarterly dividend rate for the October 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026 dividend period for the Series S Shares will be 1.454360% (5.770000% on an annualized basis) and the dividend, if declared, for such dividend period will be $0.363590 per share, payable on December 31, 2026.
Holders of Series R Shares are not required to elect to convert all or any part of their Series R Shares into Series S Shares.
As provided in the share conditions of the Series R Shares, (i) if Brookfield determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series R Shares outstanding after September 30, 2026, all remaining Series R Shares will be automatically converted into Series S Shares on a one-for-one basis effective September 30, 2026; and (ii) if Brookfield determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series S Shares outstanding after September 30, 2026, no Series R Shares will be permitted to be converted into Series S Shares. There are currently 9,946,218 Series R Shares outstanding.
BPO.PR.R was issued as a 5.10%+348 FixedReset that commenced trading 2011-9-2 after being announced 2011-8-25. The issue reset to 4.155% in 2016 and there was an 11% conversion to the FloatingReset BPO.PR.S. BPO.PR.R reset to 4.30% in 2021 and the FloatingResets were forcibly converted to the FixedResets.