Xoma Royalty said its board approved quarterly cash dividends on both series of perpetual preferred stock and set a July 14 redemption date for all outstanding preferred shares.
Holders of the 8.625% Series A preferred stock will receive $0.53906 per share, while holders of the 8.375% Series B preferred stock will receive $0.52344 per depositary share. The dividends are payable on or about July 15 to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 2.
The company also said it will redeem all outstanding preferred stock on July 14 at $25.00 per share for Series A and $25.00 per depositary share for Series B. Xoma said there are 984,000 Series A shares outstanding and 1,760,500 Series B depositary shares outstanding.
In total, the redemption covers 2,744,500 preferred-equivalent securities.
Separately, Xoma set July 13 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern as the record date for its contingent value rights distribution tied to the pending merger. Common stockholders of record on that date will receive one CVR per share as part of the merger consideration. The market has reacted to these announcements by moving the company's shares -0.02% to a price of $41.79. For the full picture, make sure to review XOMA Royalty Corp's 8-K report.
