Three-Month Fallback Rate (CORRA)
Fallback Rate (CORRA) is the CARR-recommended replacement rate for CDOR for legacy floating-rate notes referencing CDOR. Three-Month Fallback Rate (CORRA) is calculated and provided by BISL, as the vendor officially selected for that purpose by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc. (“ISDA”), and comprises the daily Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (“CORRA”) administered by the Bank of Canada compounded in arrears over the relevant three-month interest period, and a fixed spread adjustment of 0.32138% (being the static spread relating to Three-Month CDOR fixed by BISL on May 16, 2022). BISL calculates Three-Month Fallback Rate (CORRA) in accordance with specific formulae, definitions, rules and conventions set forth in its “IBOR Fallback Rate Adjustments Rule Book.”
Three-Month CDOR is a forward-looking term rate determined by the calculation agent at the beginning of each applicable floating rate interest period for the CDOR Securities. Because Three-Month Fallback Rate (CORRA) represents daily CORRA compounded in arrears, unlike Three-Month CDOR, Three-Month Fallback Rate (CORRA) can be determined only near the end of each applicable interest period for the CDOR Securities. For a description of how the calculation agent will determine Three-Month Fallback Rate (CORRA) for each floating rate interest period for the CDOR Securities commencing on or after the CDOR Replacement Date, please refer to Annex 4.
Adjustments to Other Terms and Provisions of the CDOR Securities
Under the terms of the CDOR Securities, ML Canada, as calculation agent, or BAC, as issuer, has the right to make certain adjustments to the terms of the CDOR Securities in connection with the substitution of Three-Month Fallback Rate (CORRA) for Three-Month CDOR as the base rate for the CDOR Securities. See Annex 5 for a description of such adjustments that ML Canada and BAC, as applicable, have determined will be applicable for the Annex 1 CDOR Securities and Annex 2 CDOR Securities, respectively.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements made in this press release include, without limitation, statements concerning the expected transition of the base rate for the CDOR Securities to Three-Month Fallback Rate (CORRA), and the Corporation’s intention to redeem the CDOR Securities listed in Annex 3. These statements are not guarantees of future results or performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict or beyond our control. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement and should consider the uncertainties with respect to such transition and
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