BCE Inc. has announced (emphasis added):
BCE has entered into an agreement with Bell Aliant Preferred Equity Inc. (TSX: BAF) (Prefco) to effect an amalgamation of Prefco with a newly incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary of BCE. Upon implementation:
- holders of Prefco preferred shares (other than shareholders who properly exercise their right of dissent in respect of the amalgamation) will receive for their shares the same consideration as was paid by BCE for preferred shares pursuant to the preferred share offer; and
- Prefco will become a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE.
A special meeting of the Prefco preferred shareholders will be held on October 31, 2014 at 9:30 am Atlantic to consider the amalgamation. BCE intends to vote all of the preferred shares that it owned as of September 30, 2014, the record date for the meeting, in favour of the amalgamation, which will be sufficient to approve the amalgamation and complete the privatization of Prefco.
The notice of meeting, accompanying management information circular and related meeting material, which contain full details of the amalgamation, will be mailed to Prefco preferred shareholders on or about October 7, 2014. The meeting materials will also be available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the amalgamation agreement, the amalgamation is expected to become effective on or about October 31, 2014. Prefco preferred shareholders will receive the same newly issued BCE preferred shares, with the same financial terms as the existing Prefco preferred shares, that were received by preferred shareholders who tendered to the preferred share offer.
The old and new symbols, as laboriously determined since BCE is too lazy to communicate them to investors are:
| BCE / BAF Preferred Share Exchange |
| BCE Ticker |
Description |
BAF Ticker |
| BCE.PR.M |
FixedReset
4.85%+209 |
BAF.PR.A |
| BCE.PR.O |
FixedReset
4.55%+309 |
BAF.PR.C |
| BCE.PR.Q |
FixedReset
4.25%+264 |
BAF.PR.E |
The dim bulbs at BCE have not yet updated their preferred share information page to reflect the existence of their three new issues.
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BCE To Force Exchange Of Remaining BAF Preferreds
BCE Inc. has announced (emphasis added):
The old and new symbols, as laboriously determined since BCE is too lazy to communicate them to investors are:
4.85%+209
4.55%+309
4.25%+264
The dim bulbs at BCE have not yet updated their preferred share information page to reflect the existence of their three new issues.
This entry was posted on Friday, October 3rd, 2014 at 9:56 pm and is filed under Better Communication, Please!, Issue Comments. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.