Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank has announced it will raise $250 million by issuing 7 million Class A preferred shares at $25 per share. TD needs to continue to raise cash with depleting reserves as a result of massive credit losses as a result of the global financial crisis. TD’s Tier 1 Capital ratio is also now down to 8.3%, the lowest in Canada. The Canadian Fed prohibits the ratio to fall below 7% Part of the plan, the underwriters can also exercise an option to buy 3 million more shares. TD plans to raise more than $2 billion starting in 2009. TD Q4 revenue was down 7% in Q4, while profits were down to $1.014 billion ($1.22 per share). Adjusted Q4 profit was down 35%







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January 5th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Lowest in Canada? Do you have a source for that?
January 6th, 2009 at 3:01 am
@ pointbite
The information is easily obtained on the major bank financial statements. Just to clarify, when I wrote “the lowest in Canada”, I meant the lowest compared to only the other major Canadian banks.