TORONTO, May 15, 2019 /CNW/ - Bank of Montreal (the "Bank") (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO)
today announced that none of its 20 million Non-Cumulative 5-Year
Rate Reset Class B Preferred Shares, Series 27 (the "Preferred
Shares Series 27") will be converted on May
27, 2019, being the first business day following the
conversion date of May 25, 2019, into
Non-Cumulative Floating Rate Class B Preferred Shares, Series 28 of
the Bank (the "Preferred Shares Series 28").
During the conversion period which ran from April 25, 2019 to May 10,
2019, 412,564 Preferred Shares Series 27 were tendered for
conversion into Preferred Shares Series 28, which is less than the
minimum 1,000,000 required to give effect to the conversion, as
described in the Preferred Shares Series 27 prospectus supplement
dated April 16, 2014. As a result, no
Preferred Shares Series 28 will be issued on May 27, 2019 and holders of Preferred Shares
Series 27 will retain their shares.
The Preferred Shares Series 27 are currently listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BMO.PR.S. As previously
announced on April 25, 2019, the
dividend rate for the five-year period commencing on May 25, 2019, and ending on May 24, 2024, will be 3.852 per cent.
About BMO Financial Group
Serving customers for 200
years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services
provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of
$807 billion as of January 31, 2019, and a team of diverse and
highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal
and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking
products and services to more than 12 million customers and
conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and
Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital
Markets.
SOURCE BMO Financial Group