TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 1, 2014) - Financial 15 Split Corp. (the "Company") is pleased to announce it has filed a preliminary short form prospectus in each of the provinces of Canada with respect to an offering of Preferred Shares and Class A Shares of the Company. The offering will be co-led by National Bank Financial Inc., CIBC, RBC Capital Markets and will also include Scotia Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets, GMP Securities L.P., Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Raymond James.
The Preferred Shares will be offered at a price of $10.00 per Preferred Share to yield 5.25% and the Class A Shares will be offered at a price of $9.75 per Class A Share to yield 15.5%. The closing price on the TSX of each of the Preferred Shares and the Class A Shares on November 28, 2014 was $10.14 and $10.04, respectively.
Since inception of the Company, the aggregate dividends paid on the Preferred Shares have been $5.75 per share and the aggregate dividends paid on the Class A Shares have been $12.61 per share, for a combined total of $18.36. All distributions to date have been made in tax advantage eligible Canadian dividends or capital gains dividends.
The net proceeds of the secondary offering will be used by the Company to invest in an actively managed, high quality portfolio consisting of 15 financial services companies made up of Canadian and U.S. issuers as follows:
Bank of Montreal | National Bank of Canada | Bank of America Corp. | ||
The Bank of Nova Scotia | Manulife Financial Corporation | Citigroup Inc. | ||
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Sun Life Financial Services of Canada Inc. | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | ||
Royal Bank of Canada | Great-West Lifeco Inc. | JP Morgan Chase & Co. | ||
The Toronto-Dominion Bank | CI Financial Corp. | Wells Fargo & Co. |
The Company's investment objectives are:
Preferred Shares:
Class A Shares:
The sales period of this overnight offering will end at 9:00 a.m. EST on December 2, 2014.
A preliminary short form prospectus containing important information relating to the Preferred Shares and the Class A Shares has been filed with securities commissions or similar authorities in all provinces of Canada. The preliminary short form prospectus is still subject to completion or amendment. Copies of the preliminary short form prospectus may be obtained from your registered financial advisor using the contact information for such advisor, or from representatives of the underwriters listed above. There will not be any sale or any acceptance of an offer to buy the Preferred Shares or the Class A Shares until a receipt for the final short form prospectus has been issued.
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