QUANTUMONLINE.COM SECURITY DESCRIPTION: DTE Energy Co 2025 Series H 6.25% Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2085 redeemable at the issuer's option on or after 10/01/2030 at $25 per note plus accrued and unpaid interest, and maturing 10/01/2085. Interest distributions of 6.25% per annum ($1.5625 per annum or $0.390625 per quarter) will be paid quarterly on 1/1, 4/1, 7/1 & 10/1 to holders of record on the record date that will be (__) (NOTE: the ex-dividend date is the record date).
Distributions paid by these debt securities are interest and as such are NOT eligible for the preferential 15% to 20% tax rate on dividends and are also NOT eligible for the dividend received deduction for corporate holders.
The issuer may elect to defer the interest payable on the Debentures on one or more occasions for up to 40 consecutive quarters (see prospectus for further information).
Units are expected to trade flat, which means accrued interest will be reflected in the trading price and the purchasers will not pay and the sellers will not receive any accrued and unpaid interest.
This security was rated as Baa3 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P at the date of its IPO. The Debentures are unsecured, junior subordinated obligations of the company and are unsecured, subordinated obligations of the company and will rank junior to the company's senior debt, junior to unsecured, subordinated indebtedness of the company and will rank equally with all existing and future unsecured, junior subordinated of the company. See the IPO prospectus for further information on the debt securities by clicking on the ‘Link to IPO Prospectus’ provided below.
