Market interest rates may adversely affect the value of our Series E Preference Shares.
One of the factors that will influence the price of our Series E Preference Shares will be the dividend yield on the Series E Preference Shares (as a percentage of the price of our Series E Preference Shares) relative to market interest rates. An increase in market interest rates, which are currently at low levels relative to historical rates, may lead prospective purchasers of our Series E Preference Shares to expect a higher dividend yield, and higher interest rates would likely increase our borrowing costs and potentially decrease funds available for dividends. Accordingly, higher market interest rates could cause the market price of our Series E Preference Shares to decrease.
The Series E Preference Shares are redeemable at our option.
We may, at our option, redeem some or all of the Series E Preference Shares on and after September 15, 2026 to the extent we have funds legally available for such purpose. It is likely that we would choose to exercise our optional redemption right only when prevailing interest rates have declined, which would adversely affect your ability to reinvest your proceeds from the redemption in a comparable investment with an equal or greater yield to the yield on the Series E Preference Shares had the shares not been redeemed. We may also, at our option, redeem the Series E Preference Shares in whole, but not in part, at any time within 120 days after the conclusion of any review or appeal process instituted by us following the occurrence of a Rating Agency Event, or, if no review or appeal process is available or sought with respect to such Rating Agency Event, at any time within 120 days after the occurrence of such Rating Agency Event, at a redemption price in cash equal to $25.50 per share, plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, whether or not declared. In addition, we may, at our option, redeem some or all of the Series E Preference Shares before September 15, 2026, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event. In either case, if we redeem your Series E Preference Shares, you will be entitled to receive a redemption price of $25.00 per share plus an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption, whether or not declared.
The amount of your liquidation preference is fixed and you will have no right to receive any greater payment.
The payment due upon liquidation is fixed at the liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to the date of liquidation, whether or not declared. If, in the case of our liquidation, there are remaining assets to be distributed after payment of this amount, you will have no right to receive or to participate in these amounts. In addition, if the market price of your Series E Preference Shares is greater than the liquidation preference, you will have no right to receive the market price from us upon our liquidation.
Triton is incorporated in Bermuda and a significant portion of our assets will be located outside the U.S. As a result, it may not be possible for shareholders to enforce civil liability provisions of the federal or state securities laws of the U.S. against Triton.
Triton is incorporated under the laws of Bermuda and a significant portion of our assets are located outside the U.S. It may not be possible to enforce court judgments obtained in the U.S. against Triton in Bermuda or in countries, other than the U.S., where we will have assets, based on the civil liability provisions of the federal or state securities laws of the U.S. In addition, there is some doubt as to whether the courts of Bermuda and other countries would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against Triton or our officers or directors based on the civil liability provisions of the federal or state securities laws of the U.S. or would hear actions against Triton or those persons based on those laws. We have been advised by our legal advisors in Bermuda that the U.S. and Bermuda do not currently have a treaty providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. Therefore, a final judgment for the payment of money rendered by any federal or state court in the U.S. based on civil liability, whether or not based solely on U.S. federal or state securities laws, would not automatically be enforceable in Bermuda. Similarly, those judgments may not be enforceable in countries, other than the U.S., where we have assets.
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