ATLANTIC POWER CORPORATION (TSE:ATP) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On November 14, 2019, Atlantic Power Corporation issued a press release (the Press Release) announcing the dividend rate reset for the preferred shares of Atlantic Power Preferred Equity Ltd. (Preferred Equity).
The dividend rate on Preferred Equitys outstanding Cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series 2 (the Series 2 Shares), will be reset on December 31, 2019, using a fixed dividend rate to be calculated on November 29, 2019, representing the sum of the Canadian Government five-year bond yield plus 4.18%. Such dividend rate will commence with the March 31, 2020 dividend payment to the holders of the Series 2 Shares and will continue through the December 31, 2024 dividend payment.
The dividend rate on Preferred Equitys outstanding Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares, Series 3 (the Series 3 Shares), will be reset on December 31, 2019, using a floating dividend rate calculated on November 29, 2019, representing the sum of the Canadian Government 90-day Treasury Bill yield (using the three-month average result) plus 4.18%. Such dividend rate will be effective with the March 31, 2020 dividend payment to the holders of the Series 3 Shares. The Series 3 Shares dividend rate is reset each quarter.
On December 31, 2019 and again on December 31 of every fifth year thereafter (to the extent the Series 2 Shares or Series 3 Shares, as the case may be, are still outstanding), the holders of Series 2 Shares have the right to convert their Series 2 Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Series 3 Shares and the holders of Series 3 Shares have the right to convert their Series 3 Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Series 2 Shares. In certain circumstances, the Series 2 Shares will be subject to automatic conversion into Series 3 Shares and the Series 3 Shares will be subject to automatic conversion into Series 2 Shares, as described in the Press Release. A copy of the Press Release is included as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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