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US Financial 15 Split Corp Completes Initial Public Offering Of $115,000,000.


TORONTO -- US Financial 15 Split Corp (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002)
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)(TSX:FFN.PR.A)(TSX:FTN)(TSX:FTN.PR.A) has completed a $115,000,000 initial public offering. The shares have begun trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options.
 under the symbols FTU (Class A shares) and FTU.PR.A (Preferred shares).

The fund's investment objectives are:

Preferred Shares:

i. to provide holders of the Preferred Shares with fixed, cumulative preferential monthly cash dividends in the amount of $0.04375 per Preferred Share to yield 5.25% per annum on the original issue price; and

ii. on or about December 1, 2012 (termination date), to pay the holders of the Preferred Shares the original issue price of those shares.

Class A Shares:

i. to provide holders of the Class A Shares with regular monthly cash dividends initially targeted to be $0.10 per Class A Share to yield 8.0% per annum on the original issue price; and

ii. on or about December 1, 2012 (termination date), to pay the holders of Class A Shares at least the original issue price of those shares.

The net proceeds from the proposed offering will be used by US Financial 15 to invest in a portfolio of 15 of some of the world's strongest financial institutions:
American Express Company               Fifth Third Bancorp
American International Group, Inc.     The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Bank of America Corporation            J.P. Morgan Chase Co.
Citigroup Inc.                         Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.              Wachovia Corporation
Morgan Stanley                         Washington Mutual, Inc.
SunTrust Banks, Inc.                   Wells Fargo & Company
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Shares held within the Portfolio are expected to range between 4-8% in weight but may vary from time to time.

US Financial 15's shares will be eligible for RRSPs, RRIFs, DPSPs and RESPs as foreign content.

To generate additional returns above the dividend income earned on the portfolio, US Financial 15 will write a selective amount of covered call options on approximately 25% of the securities in the portfolio.

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CIBC Commercial International Brokerage Company
 and RBC Capital Markets RBC Capital Markets is the corporate and investment banking division of Royal Bank of Canada ("RBC"). Broker dealers
Depending on the jurisdiction, the division uses different broker dealer subsidiaries of RBC:
  • Canada: RBC Dominion Securities Inc
 are co-lead agents for the proposed offering. The other members of the syndicate are BMO Nesbitt Burns This article or section is written like an .
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 Inc., TD Securities Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida)
HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) 
 Securities (Canada) Inc., Bieber Securities Inc., Canaccord Capital Corporation, Dundee Securities Corporation, First Associates Investments Inc. and Raymond James Ltd.

Please visit the Financial 15 website at www.financial15.com.

US Financial 15 Split Corp. (TSX:FTU) (TSX:FTU.PR.A) (TSX:FFN) (TSX:FFN.PR.A) (TSX:FTN) (TSX:FTN.PR.A)
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