QUANTUMONLINE.COM SECURITY DESCRIPTION: Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, Cumulative 5 Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series E liquidation preference $25 Canadian dollars per share, redeemable at the issuer's option on 03/31/2015 and every March 31st in every fifth year thereafter at $25 Canadian dollars per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends, and with no stated maturity. Cumulative distributions of the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate will be paid quarterly on 3/31, 6/30, 9/30 & 12/31 to holders of record on the record date fixed by the board prior to the payment date (NOTE: the ex-dividend date is one business day prior to the record date). The Annual Fixed Dividend Rate will be 3.01% until the first redemption date, then it will be equal to the sum of the the five-year Government of Canada Yield on the applicable fixed rate calculation date plus 2.16%, resetting every 5 years thereafter on applicable fixed rate calculation date (see prospectus for more details).
On 03/31/2015 and every March 31st in every fifth year there after the holder will have the right to convert their Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, Cumulative 5 Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series E intoFairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, Cumulative 5 Year Floating Rate Preferred Shares, Series F (see prospectus for more details). If either the Series E or Series F have fewer than 1 million shares, the remaining shares will automaticly convert into the other series.
In regard to the payment of dividends and upon liquidation, the preferred shares rank junior to the company's senior debt, equally with other preferreds of the company, and senior to the common shares of the company.
