Dividend 15 Split Corp. II Announces TSX Acceptance of Normal Course Issuer Bid
May 25 2023 - 7:30AM
Dividend 15 Split Corp. II (the “Company”) announced today that the
Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) has accepted its notice of
intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid (the “NCIB”) to
purchase its Preferred Shares and Class A Shares through the
facilities of the TSX and/or alternative Canadian trading systems.
The NCIB will commence on May 29, 2023, and terminate on May 28,
2024.
Pursuant to the NCIB, the Company proposes to
purchase, from time to time, if it is considered advisable, up to
3,106,904 Preferred Shares and 3,098,274 Class A Shares of the
Company, representing 10% of the public float of 31,069,049
Preferred Shares and 30,982,749 Class A Shares. As of May 15, 2023,
there were 31,069,049 Preferred Shares and 31,069,049 Class A
Shares issued and outstanding. The Company will not purchase, in
any given 30-day period, in the aggregate, more than 621,380
Preferred Shares or more than 621,380 Class A Shares, being 2% of
the issued and outstanding Preferred Shares and Class A Shares as
of May 15, 2023. Under the previous normal course issuer bid that
commenced on May 27, 2022, and will terminate on May 26, 2023,
138,300 Preferred Shares and 880,400 Class A Shares were
purchased.
The Board of Directors of the Company, on the
advice of Quadravest Capital Management Inc., the Company’s
investment manager, believes that such purchases are in the best
interests of the Company and are a desirable use of its funds. All
purchases will be made through the facilities and in accordance
with the rules and policies of the TSX. All Preferred Shares or
Class A Shares purchased by the Company pursuant to the NCIB will
be cancelled.
The Company invests in a high quality portfolio
of leading Canadian dividend-yielding stocks as follows: Bank of
Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, National Bank of
Canada, CI Financial Corp., BCE Inc., Manulife Financial, Enbridge,
Sun Life Financial, TELUS Corporation, Thomson Reuters Corporation,
TransAlta Corporation, TC Energy Corporation.
Certain statements included in this news release
constitute forward-looking statements, including, but not limited
to, those identified by the expressions “expect”, “intend”, “will”
and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Company.
The forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect
the Company’s current expectations regarding future results or
events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events
to differ materially from current expectations. Although the
Company believes that the assumptions inherent in the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and,
accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise
revise any forward-looking statement or information whether as a
result of new information, future events or other such factors
which affect this information, except as required by law.
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