TORONTO
,
Nov. 20
/CNW/ - World Financial Split Corp. (TSX: WFS; WFS.PR.A) (the "Fund") is pleased to announce that it has issued to holders of its Class A Shares Warrants to subscribe for Class A Shares and Preferred Shares of the Fund together in units ("Units").
Under the warrant offering, the Fund issued one Warrant for each Class A Share of the Fund held by holders of record on
November 19, 2009
. Each Warrant entitles its holder to acquire one Unit at a subscription price of
$13.14
on each business day commencing on
December 1, 2009
and ending on
March 31, 2010
. The Warrants trade on the
Toronto
Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WFS.WT and will continue trading until noon (
Toronto
time) on the expiry date of
March 31, 2010
.
The exercise of Warrants by holders will provide the Fund with additional capital that can be used to take advantage of attractive investment opportunities and is also expected to increase the trading liquidity of the Class A Shares and the Preferred Shares and to reduce the management expense ratio of the Fund.
The Fund invests in a portfolio that includes common equity securities selected from the ten largest financial services companies by market capitalization in each of
Canada
, the
United States
and the rest of the world (the "Portfolio Universe"). In addition, up to 20% of the NAV of the Fund may be invested in common equity securities of financial services companies that are not in the Portfolio Universe but meet certain market capitalization and credit rating thresholds. To generate additional returns above the distributions earned on its securities, the Fund may, from time to time, write covered call options in respect of some or all of the securities in its portfolio. The Fund may also, from time to time, write cash-covered put options in respect of securities in which the Fund is permitted to invest. The Fund's investment portfolio is managed by its investment manager, Mulvihill Capital Management Inc.
For further information: John Mulvihill, President and CEO; John Germain, Senior Vice-President; Sheila Szela, Vice-President, Finance and CFO, Mulvihill Structured Products, A member of the Mulvihill Capital Management Inc. Group of Funds, 121 King Street West, Suite 2600, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 3T9, (416) 681-3900, (800) 725-7172, www.mulvihill.com, [email protected]
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