Financial 15 Split Corp. Announces Overnight Offering

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 11/07/17 -- Financial 15 Split Corp. (the "Company") is pleased to announce it will undertake an offering of Preferred Shares and Class A Shares of the Company. The offering will be co-led by National Bank Financial Inc., CIBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital Inc., and RBC Capital Markets and will also include BMO Capital Markets, GMP Securities L.P., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Industrial Alliance Securities Inc., Raymond James, Echelon Wealth Partners, Mackie Research Capital Corporation, Desjardins Securities Inc., and Manulife Securities Incorporated.

The Preferred Shares will be offered at a price of $9.90 per Preferred Share to yield 5.30% and the Class A Shares will be offered at a price of $10.50 per Class A Share to yield 14.40%.

The closing price on the TSX of each of the Preferred Shares and the Class A Shares on November 6, 2017 was $10.08 and $10.70, respectively.

Since inception of the Company, the aggregate dividends declared on the Preferred Shares have been $7.33 per share and the aggregate dividends paid on the Class A Shares have been $17.14 per share, for a combined total of $24.47. All distributions to date have been made in tax advantage eligible Canadian dividends or capital gains dividends.

The net proceeds of the offering will be used by the Company to invest in an actively managed, high quality portfolio consisting of 15 financial services companies made up of Canadian and U.S. issuers as follows:

Bank of Montreal          National Bank of Canada   Bank of America Corp.
The Bank of Nova Scotia   Manulife Financial        Citigroup Inc.
                          Corporation
Canadian Imperial Bank of Sun Life Financial        Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Commerce                  Services of Canada Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada      Great-West Lifeco Inc.    JP Morgan Chase & Co.
The Toronto-Dominion Bank CI Financial Corp.        Wells Fargo & Co.

The Company's investment objectives are:

Preferred Shares:

i.  to provide holders of the Preferred Shares with fixed, cumulative
    preferential monthly cash dividends currently in the amount of 5.25%
    annually, to be set by the Board of Directors annually subject to a
    minimum of 5.25% until 2020; and
ii. on or about the termination date, currently December 1, 2020 (subject to
    further 5 year extensions thereafter), to pay the holders of the
    Preferred Shares $10.00 per Preferred Share.

Class A Shares:

i.  to provide holders of the Class A Shares with regular monthly cash
    dividends in an amount to be determined by the Board of the Directors;
    and
ii. to permit holders to participate in all growth in the net asset value of
    the Company above $10 per Unit, by paying holders on or about the
    termination date of December 1, 2020 (subject to further 5 year
    extensions thereafter) such amounts as remain in the Company after
    paying $10 per Preferred Share.

The sales period of this overnight offering will end at 9:00 a.m. EST on November 8, 2017. The offering is expected to close on or about November 15, 2017 and is subject to certain closing conditions including approval by the TSX.

A prospectus supplement to the Company's short form base shelf prospectus dated November 2, 2017 containing important detailed information about the Preferred Shares and the Class A Shares being offered will be filed with securities commissions or similar authorities in all provinces of Canada. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the short form base shelf prospectus may be obtained from your registered financial advisor using the contact information for such advisor, or from representatives of the agents listed above. There will not be any sale or any acceptance of an offer to buy the securities being offered until the prospectus supplement has been filed with the Securities Commissions or similar authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.

Contacts:
Financial 15 Split Corp.
Investor Relations
416-304-4443
Toll free at 1-877-4-Quadra (1-877-478-2372)
www.financial15.com

Source: Financial 15 Split Corp.

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