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SHARE CAPITAL (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
SHARE CAPITAL |
Schedule of common shares |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
December 31, |  | Number of Shares |  | Amount |  | Number of Shares |  | Amount |  | Number of Shares |  | Amount
(millions of Canadian dollars; number of common shares in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of year |  | 781 |  | 3,969 |  | 770 |  | 3,683 |  | 756 |  | 3,379 |
Common Shares issued 1 |  | 10 |  | 388 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | - |
Shares issued on exercise of stock options |  | 6 |  | 78 |  | 4 |  | 57 |  | 6 |  | 80 |
Dividend Reinvestment and Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase Plan (DRIP) |  | 8 |  | 297 |  | 7 |  | 229 |  | 8 |  | 224 |
Balance at end of year |  | 805 |  | 4,732 |  | 781 |  | 3,969 |  | 770 |  | 3,683 |
1 Gross proceeds - $400 million; net issuance costs - $12 million.
Schedule of preference shares |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
December 31, |  | Number of Shares |  | Amount |  | Number of Shares |  | Amount |  | Number of Shares |  | Amount
(millions of Canadian dollars; number of preference shares in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preference Shares, Series A |  | 5 |  | 125 |  | 5 |  | 125 |  | 5 |  | 125 |
Preference Shares, Series B |  | 20 |  | 500 |  | 20 |  | 500 |  | - |  | - |
Preference Shares, Series D |  | 18 |  | 450 |  | 18 |  | 450 |  | - |  | - |
Preference Shares, Series F |  | 20 |  | 500 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | - |
Preference Shares, Series H |  | 14 |  | 350 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | - |
Preference Shares, Series J |  | 8 |  | 199 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | - |
Preference Shares, Series L |  | 16 |  | 411 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | - |
Preference Shares, Series N |  | 18 |  | 450 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | - |
Preference Shares, Series P |  | 16 |  | 400 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | - |
Preference Shares, Series R |  | 16 |  | 400 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | - |
Issuance costs |  |  |  | (78) |  |  |  | (19) |  |  |  | - |
Balance at end of year |  |  |  | 3,707 |  |  |  | 1,056 |  |  |  | 125 |
Schedule of characteristics of preference shares |
| Initial Yield | Dividend 1 | Per Share Base Redemption Value 2 | Redemption and Conversion Option Date 2,3 | Right to Convert Into 3,4
(Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated) |  |  |  |  |
Preference Shares, Series A | 5.5% | $1.375 | $25 | - | -
Preference Shares, Series B | 4.0% | $1.000 | $25 | June 1, 2017 | Series C
Preference Shares, Series D | 4.0% | $1.000 | $25 | March 1, 2018 | Series E
Preference Shares, Series F | 4.0% | $1.000 | $25 | June 1, 2018 | Series G
Preference Shares, Series H | 4.0% | $1.000 | $25 | September 1, 2018 | Series I
Preference Shares, Series J | 4.0% | US$1.000 | US$25 | June 1, 2017 | Series K
Preference Shares, Series L | 4.0% | US$1.000 | US$25 | September 1, 2017 | Series M
Preference Shares, Series N | 4.0% | $1.000 | $25 | December 1, 2018 | Series O
Preference Shares, Series P | 4.0% | $1.000 | $25 | March 1, 2019 | Series Q
Preference Shares, Series R 5 | 4.0% | $1.000 | $25 | June 1, 2019 | Series S
1 The holder is entitled to receive a fixed, cumulative, quarterly preferential dividend per year, as declared by the Board of Directors of the Company. 2 Preference Shares, Series A may be redeemed any time at the Company’s option. For all other series of Preference Shares, the Company may at its option, redeem all or a portion of the outstanding Preference Shares for the Base Redemption Value per share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Redemption Option Date and on every fifth anniversary thereafter. 3 The holder will have the right, subject to certain conditions, to convert their shares into Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of a specified series on the Conversion Option Date and every fifth anniversary thereafter. 4 Holders will be entitled to receive quarterly floating rate cumulative dividends per share at a rate equal to: $25 x (number of days in quarter/365) x (90-day Government of Canada treasury bill rate + 2.4% (Series C), 2.4% (Series E), 2.5% (Series G), 2.1% (Series I), 2.7% (Series O), 2.5% (Series Q) or 2.5% (Series S)); or US$25 x (number of days in quarter/365) x (90-day United States Government treasury bill rate + 3.1% (Series K) or 3.2% (Series M)). 5 A cash dividend of $0.2356 per share will be paid on March 1, 2013 to Series R shareholders. The regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share will begin in the second quarter of 2013.
Schedule of weighted average shares outstanding basic and diluted used for calculating earnings per common share |
December 31, |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
(number of common shares in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares outstanding |  | 772 |  | 751 |  | 741
Effect of dilutive options |  | 13 |  | 10 |  | 7
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |  | 785 |  | 761 |  | 748

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