US$62.91, respectively. The closing price of the BIPC Shares on May 28, 2021, the last trading day prior to Brookfield Infrastructure’s Final Proposal to the IPL Board, was $86.63 on the TSX and US$71.58 on the NYSE.
Prior Sales
BIPC distributed approximately 32,600,000 BIPC Shares on March 31, 2020 to the public holders of BIP Units as of March 20, 2020 and approximately 13,700,000 BIPC Shares to Brookfield. Holders of the BIP Units, including Brookfield in respect of its redeemable partnership units (“RPUs”), received one BIPC Share for every nine BIP Units or RPUs held on March 31, 2020 (the “Special Distribution”). Holders of the BIP Units and RPUs did not pay any cash consideration for the BIPC Shares received as part of the Special Distribution.
On August 30, 2019, BIPC issued one common share to Brookfield Infrastructure Holdings (Canada) Inc. (“Canada HoldCo”) in exchange for US$100. This common share was re-designated as a Class B Share in accordance with the notice of articles of BIPC filed on March 16, 2020.
In connection with the acquisition of BIPC’s operating assets from Brookfield Infrastructure, BIPC issued 1,398,680 Class C Shares to Holding LP on March 30, 2020, representing an issuance price per Class C Share of US$35.75. In addition, BIPC issued 46,353,094 BIPC Shares to Holding LP, representing an issuance price per BIPC Share of US$35.75. As a result of the settlement of fractional shares in connection with the Special Distribution, 3,771 of these BIPC Shares were retained by BIP and transferred to Canada HoldCo on March 31, 2020. Upon acquisition by Canada HoldCo, all such BIPC Shares were converted into Class C Shares on a one-for-one basis in accordance with BIPC’s articles.
On July 29, 2020, BIPC Holding LP sold 5,080,700 BIPC Shares at a price of $62.25 per BIPC Share pursuant to a public secondary offering in Canada.
Dividends
On February 3, 2021, it was announced that the board of directors of BIPC declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of US$0.51 per BIPC Share, which was paid on March 31, 2021 to shareholders of record as at the close of business on February 26, 2021.
Information Regarding BIP
Authorized and Outstanding Share Capital
BIP’s authorized share capital is comprised of an unlimited number of BIP Units and an unlimited number of Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, issuable in series. As at December 31, 2020 there were issued and outstanding 295,429,987 BIP Units, 4,989,265 Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 1; 4,989,262 Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 3; 9,986,588 Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 5; 11,979,750 Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 7; 7,986,595 Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 9; 9,936,190 Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 11; and 8,000,000 Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 13. On January 21, 2021, BIP issued 8,000,000 Class A Preferred Limited Partnership Units, Series 14.
The BIP Units are non-voting limited partnership interests in BIP. Holders of BIP Units are not entitled to the withdrawal or return of capital contributions in respect of the BIP Units, except to the extent, if any, that distributions are made to such holders pursuant to BIP’s limited partnership agreement or upon the liquidation of BIP as described in the BIP Annual Report (as defined below) or as otherwise required by applicable law. Except to the extent expressly provided in BIP’s limited partnership agreement, a holder of BIP Units will not have priority over any other holder of BIP Units, either as to the return of capital contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions. The BIP Units rank junior to BIP’s preferred limited partnership units with respect to priority in
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