IGM.PR.B Opening Day Limp and Lifeless

Investors’ Group has announced:

the successful completion and closing of an offering of 5.90% Non-Cumulative First Preferred Shares, Series B (the “Series B Shares”), priced at $25.00 per share to raise gross proceeds of $150 million.

The issue was bought by an underwriting group co-led by BMO Capital Markets and by RBC Capital Markets.

The Series B Shares will be listed and posted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “IGM.PR.B”. Proceeds from the issue will be used to supplement IGM Financial’s financial resources and for general corporate purposes.

Vital statistics are:

IGM.PR.B Perpetual-Discount YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-12-08
Maturity Price : 24.30
Evaluated at bid price : 24.50
Bid-YTW : 6.06 %

It still looks expensive to me! The issue was announced on November 30.

IGM.PR.B will be tracked by HIMIPref™. It has been assigned to the PerpetualDiscount index.

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