Global Dividend Growth Split Corp. Announces Initial Public Offering

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TORONTO, April 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brompton Funds Limited (the "Manager") is pleased to announce that Global Dividend Growth Split Corp. (the "Company") has filed a preliminary prospectus dated April 24, 2018 in respect of an initial public offering of preferred shares and class A shares (the "Preliminary Prospectus"). 

The Company will invest in a diversified portfolio (the "Portfolio") of equity securities of large capitalization global dividend growth companies selected by the Manager.  In order to qualify for inclusion in the Portfolio, at the time of investment and at the time of each periodic reconstitution and/or rebalancing of the Portfolio, each global dividend growth company included in the Portfolio must (i) have a market capitalization of at least US$10 billion; and (ii) have a history of dividend growth or, in the Manager's view, have high potential for future dividend growth.

The Manager expects that at least 20 global dividend growth companies will comprise the Portfolio. The indicative  portfolio includes: Airbus SE, Apple Inc., AstraZeneca plc, BCE Inc., Carnival Corporation, Cisco Systems Inc., Deutsche Post AG, Enbridge Inc., HSBC Holdings plc, Intel Corporation, IBM Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Manulife Financial Corporation, Novartis AG, Pfizer Inc., Proctor & Gamble Co., Sanofi SA, Siemens AG, Sun Life Financial Inc., TELUS Corporation, Texas Instruments Inc., Toronto-Dominion Bank, UBS Group AG, and Vinci SA.

The class A shares will be offered at a price of $12.00 per share. The investment objectives for the class A shares are to provide holders with regular monthly non-cumulative cash distributions and the opportunity for capital appreciation through exposure to the Portfolio. The monthly cash distribution is targeted to be $0.10 per class A share representing a yield on the issue price of the class A shares of 10.0% per annum.

The preferred shares will be offered at a price of $10.00 per share. The investment objectives for the preferred shares are to provide holders with fixed cumulative preferential quarterly cash distributions and to return the original issue price of $10.00 to holders on June 30, 2021, subject to extension for successive terms of up to five years as determined by the board of directors of the Company. The quarterly cash distribution will be $0.1250 per preferred share ($0.50 per annum, or 5.0% per annum on the issue price of $10.00 per preferred share), until June 30, 2021. The preferred shares have been provisionally rated Pfd-3 (high) by DBRS Limited.

Prospective purchasers investing in the Company will have the option of paying for shares in cash or by an exchange of freely-tradable listed securities of any eligible issuers listed in the Preliminary Prospectus (the "Exchange Option"). Prospective purchasers who utilize the Exchange Option are required to deposit their securities of exchange eligible issuers by no later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on May 24, 2018 through CDS. Please contact your investment advisor or refer to the Preliminary Prospectus for detailed information on how to participate in the offering by way of either cash purchase or the exchange option.

Brompton Funds Limited will act as the manager and portfolio manager of the Company.  The Manager currently manages five split share corporations with combined assets of over $1.3 billion.

The syndicate of agents for the offering is being led by RBC Capital Markets, CIBC Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc. and Scotiabank and includes BMO Capital Markets, TD Securities Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., GMP Securities L.P., Raymond James Ltd., Echelon Wealth Partners., Industrial Alliance Securities Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., and Mackie Research Capital Corporation.

About Brompton Funds

Brompton Funds, a division of Brompton Group which was founded in 2000, is an experienced investment fund manager with approximately $2.0 billion in assets under management. Brompton's investment solutions include TSX-traded funds, mutual funds and flow-through limited partnerships. For further information, please contact your investment advisor, call Brompton's investor relations line at 416-642-6000 (toll-free at 1-866-642-6001), email [email protected] or visit our website at www.bromptongroup.com.

This offering is only made by prospectus. A preliminary prospectus containing important detailed information relating to the shares has been filed with securities commissions or similar authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada and is still subject to completion or amendment. Copies of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained from one of the agents listed above. There will not be any sale or any acceptance of an offer to buy the securities until a receipt for the final prospectus has been issued.  

There are ongoing fees and expenses associated with owning shares of an investment fund.  An investment fund must prepare disclosure documents that contain key information about the Company.  You can find more detailed information about the Company in the public filings available at www.sedar.com.  Investment funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.

Certain statements contained in this news release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking information may relate to matters disclosed in this news release and to other matters identified in public filings relating to the Company, to the future outlook of the Company and anticipated events or results and may include statements regarding the future financial performance of the Company.  In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by terms such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue" or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts.  Actual results may vary from such forward-looking information.  Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements are made of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances.

The securities offered have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or any applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities nor will there be any sale of such securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.