EX-99.2 3 tm2037514d1_ex99-2.htm EXHIBIT 99.2

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

FAIRFAX News Release

TSX Stock Symbol: FFH and FFH.U

 

TORONTO, December 2, 2020

 

FAIRFAX ANNOUNCES
RESET DIVIDEND RATE ON ITS SERIES I PREFERRED SHARES
AND
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND ON SERIES C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K AND M PREFERRED SHARES
AND
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND RATE FOR SERIES D, F, H AND J PREFERRED SHARES

 

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) announces that it has determined the fixed dividend rate on its Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series I (the “Series I Shares”) (TSX: FFH.PR.I) for the five years commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2025. The fixed quarterly dividends on the Series I Shares during that period, if and when declared, will be paid at an annual rate of 3.327% (C$0.207938 per share per quarter).

 

Holders of Series I Shares have the right, at their option, exercisable not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on December 16, 2020, to convert all or part of their Series I Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares, Series J (the “Series J Shares”) (TSX: FFH.PR.J), effective December 31, 2020. The quarterly floating rate dividends on the Series J Shares will be paid at an annual rate, calculated for each quarter, of 2.85% over the annual yield on three-month Government of Canada treasury bills. The actual quarterly dividend rate in respect of the December 31, 2020 to March 30, 2021 dividend period for the Series J Shares will be 0.72962% (2.95901% on an annualized basis) and the dividend for such dividend period, if and when declared, will be C$0.18240 per share, payable on March 30, 2021.

 

Holders of Series J Shares also have the right, at their option, exercisable not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on December 16, 2020, to convert all or part of their Series J Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Series I Shares, effective December 31, 2020. Holders of the Series J Shares who elect to convert their shares by the conversion deadline will receive Series I Shares effective December 31, 2020 and will be entitled to receive, if and when declared, the fixed-rate dividend as described above.

 

Holders of Series I Shares are not required to elect to convert all or any part of their Series I Shares into Series J Shares and holders of Series J Shares are not required to elect to convert all or any part of their Series J Shares into Series I Shares. Holders of the Series I Shares who do not elect to convert their shares by the conversion deadline will retain their Series I Shares and will receive the fixed-rate dividend as described above (subject to the automatic conversion features described below). Holders of the Series J Shares who do not elect to convert their shares by the conversion deadline will retain their Series J Shares and will receive the floating-rate dividend as described above (subject to the automatic conversion features described below).

 

As provided in the share conditions of the Series I Shares and the Series J Shares: (i) if Fairfax determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series I Shares outstanding after December 31, 2020, all remaining Series I Shares will be automatically converted into Series J Shares on a one-for-one basis effective December 31, 2020 and Fairfax will cause the return of all Series J Shares tendered for conversion into Series I Shares; and (ii) if Fairfax determines that there would be fewer than 1,000,000 Series J Shares outstanding after December 31, 2020, all remaining Series J Shares will be automatically converted into Series I Shares on a one-for-one basis effective December 31, 2020 and Fairfax will cause the return of all Series I Shares tendered for conversion into Series J Shares.

 

FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

95 Wellington Street West, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2N7 Telephone: 416-367-4941 Facsimile: 416-367-4946

 

 

 

There are currently 10,465,553 Series I Shares and 1,534,447 Series J Shares outstanding. The Series I Shares and the Series J Shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbols “FFH.PR.I” and “FFH.PR.J”, respectively.

 

Fairfax also announces that it has declared the following quarterly dividends per share on its preferred shares:

 

Series of Preferred Shares  Dividend (C$)   Payment Date  Record Date
Series C   0.294313   December 31, 2020  December 15, 2020
Series D   0.20788   December 30, 2020   
Series E   0.198938   December 31, 2020   
Series F   0.14550   December 30, 2020   
Series G   0.185125   December 31, 2020   
Series H   0.17070   December 30, 2020   
Series I   0.23175   December 31, 2020   
Series J   0.18898   December 30, 2020   
Series K   0.291938   December 31, 2020   
Series M   0.312688   December 31, 2020   

 

Applicable Canadian withholding tax will be applied to dividends payable to non-residents of Canada.

 

Fairfax has also determined the quarterly dividend rates in respect of the December 31, 2020 to March 30, 2021 dividend period for its other floating rate preferred shares. The rates, together with the dividends per share payable for such period (if and when declared), are set forth below:

 

Series of Preferred Shares  Rate (%)   Annualized Rate (%)   Dividend (C$) 
Series D   0.80359    3.25901    0.20090 
Series F   0.55948    2.26901    0.13987 
Series H   0.65811    2.66901    0.16453 

 

Fairfax is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and the associated investment management.

 

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For further information contact: John Varnell, Vice President, Corporate Development, at
  (416) 367-4941