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TORONTO, Feb. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: NPS, NPS.PR.A) – Canadian Large Cap Leaders Split Corp. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has completed the previously announced private placement of its preferred shares for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.5 million (the “Private Placement”). Pursuant to the Private Placement, 235,000 preferred shares were offered to investors at a price of $10.65 per preferred share.
The Company’s previously announced split of its Class A shares (the “Share Split”) will be effected at the close of business today. Following the Share Split, there will be approximately 1,795,547 Class A shares and 1,796,353 preferred shares outstanding. DBRS has confirmed that the rating of the preferred shares will continue to be Pfd-3 (high) following the completion of the Share Split.
The Company invests, on an approximately equally-weighted basis, in a portfolio comprised primarily of equity securities of Canadian Dividend Growth Companies (as defined below), selected by the portfolio manager, that at the time of investment and immediately following each periodic reconstitution and rebalancing: (i) are listed on a Canadian exchange; (ii) pay a dividend; (iii) generally have a market capitalization of at least $10 billion; (iv) have options in respect of its equity securities that, in the opinion of the portfolio manager, are sufficiently liquid to permit the portfolio manager to write options in respect of such securities; and (v) have a history of dividend growth or, in the portfolio manager’s view have high potential for future dividend growth (“Canadian Dividend Growth Companies”).
About Ninepoint Partners LP
Ninepoint Partners LP is the Manager, Portfolio Manager and Promoter of the Company and provides all administrative services required by the Company. Based in Toronto, Ninepoint Partners LP is one of Canada’s leading alternative investment management firms overseeing approximately $7 billion in assets under management and institutional contracts. Committed to helping investors explore innovative investment solutions that have the potential to enhance returns and manage portfolio risk, Ninepoint offers a diverse set of alternative strategies spanning Equities, Fixed Income, Alternative Income, Real Assets, F/X and Digital Assets.
For more information on Ninepoint Partners LP, please visit www.ninepoint.com or please contact us at 416.362.7172 or 1.888.362.7172 or invest@ninepoint.com.