TORONTO, Oct. 17, 2024 /CNW/ – Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY) (NYSE: RY) today announced the offering of US$1.0 billion of non-viability contingent capital (NVCC) Additional Tier 1 (AT1) Limited Recourse Capital Notes, Series 5 (the “LRCNs”). The securities offered are registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
The LRCNs will bear interest at a rate of 6.350 per cent annually, payable quarterly, for the initial period ending November 24, 2034. Thereafter, the interest rate on the LRCNs will reset every five years at a rate equal to the prevailing 5-year U.S. Treasury Rate plus 2.257 per cent. The LRCNs will mature on November 24, 2084. The expected closing date of the offering is November 1, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. are the joint book-running managers for the offering.
Concurrently with the issuance of the LRCNs, the bank will issue NVCC Non-Cumulative 5-Year Fixed Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series BX (“Preferred Shares Series BX”) to be held by Computershare Trust Company of Canada as trustee for Leo LRCN Limited Recourse Trust™ (the “Limited Recourse Trust”). In case of non-payment of interest on or principal of the LRCNs when due, the recourse of each LRCN holder will be limited to that holder’s proportionate share of the Limited Recourse Trust’s assets, which will consist of Preferred Shares Series BX except in limited circumstances.
The bank may redeem the LRCNs on November 24, 2034 and on each February 24, May 24, August 24, and November 24 thereafter, only upon the redemption by the bank of the Preferred Shares Series BX held in the Limited Recourse Trust, in accordance with the terms of such shares and with the prior written approval of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada), in whole on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice.
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