Life & Banc Split Corp. Completes Preferred Share Offering

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TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: LBS, LBS.PR.A) Life & Banc Split Banc Corp. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has completed the previously announced treasury offering of preferred shares (“Preferred Shares”) for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $94 million. The Preferred Shares will trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the existing symbol LBS.PR.A.

The Preferred Shares were offered at a price of $9.60 per Preferred Share for a yield to maturity of 8.3%^.(1) The syndicate of agents for the offering was led by RBC Capital Markets, CIBC Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., and Scotiabank and included Hampton Securities Limited, Canaccord Genuity Corp., BMO Capital Markets, Raymond James Ltd., TD Securities Inc., iA Private Wealth Inc., Echelon Wealth Partners Inc., Manulife Securities Incorporated, Research Capital Corporation and Richardson Wealth Limited.

The Company invests in a portfolio consisting of common shares of the six largest Canadian banks and the four major publicly traded Canadian life insurance companies:

Manulife Financial Corporation	Bank of Montreal
Sun Life Financial Inc.	The Toronto-Dominion Bank
iA Financial Corporation Inc.	National Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada	The Bank of Nova Scotia
Great-West Lifeco Inc.	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

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⁽¹⁾ See Performance table below. Yield to maturity for the Preferred Share is based on maturity date of October 30, 2028.

You will usually pay brokerage fees to your dealer if you purchase or sell shares of the Company on the TSX or other alternative Canadian trading system (an “exchange”). If the shares are purchased or sold on an exchange, investors may pay more than the current net asset value when buying shares of the Company and may receive less than the current net asset value when selling them.