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SHARE CAPITAL (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
SHARE CAPITAL |
Schedule of common shares |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  | Number |  |  |  | Number |  |  |  | Number |  |  |
December 31, |  | of Shares |  | Amount |  | of Shares |  | Amount |  | of Shares |  | Amount |
(millions of Canadian dollars; number of common shares in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of year |  | 868 |  | 7,391 |  | 852 |  | 6,669 |  | 831 |  | 5,744 |
Common shares issued 1 |  | 56 |  | 2,241 |  | - |  | - |  | 9 |  | 446 |
Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (DRIP) |  | 16 |  | 795 |  | 12 |  | 646 |  | 9 |  | 428 |
Shares issued on exercise of stock options |  | 3 |  | 65 |  | 4 |  | 76 |  | 3 |  | 51 |
Balance at end of year |  | 943 |  | 10,492 |  | 868 |  | 7,391 |  | 852 |  | 6,669 |
1 Gross proceeds - $2,300 million (2015 - nil; 2014 - $460 million); net issuance costs - $59 million (2015 - nil; 2014 - $14 million).
Schedule of preference shares |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  | Number |  |  |  | Number |  |  |  | Number |  |  |
December 31, |  | of Shares |  | Amount |  | of Shares |  | Amount |  | 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 |  | 20 |  | 500 |
Preference Shares, Series D |  | 18 |  | 450 |  | 18 |  | 450 |  | 18 |  | 450 |
Preference Shares, Series F |  | 20 |  | 500 |  | 20 |  | 500 |  | 20 |  | 500 |
Preference Shares, Series H |  | 14 |  | 350 |  | 14 |  | 350 |  | 14 |  | 350 |
Preference Shares, Series J |  | 8 |  | 199 |  | 8 |  | 199 |  | 8 |  | 199 |
Preference Shares, Series L |  | 16 |  | 411 |  | 16 |  | 411 |  | 16 |  | 411 |
Preference Shares, Series N |  | 18 |  | 450 |  | 18 |  | 450 |  | 18 |  | 450 |
Preference Shares, Series P |  | 16 |  | 400 |  | 16 |  | 400 |  | 16 |  | 400 |
Preference Shares, Series R |  | 16 |  | 400 |  | 16 |  | 400 |  | 16 |  | 400 |
Preference Shares, Series 1 |  | 16 |  | 411 |  | 16 |  | 411 |  | 16 |  | 411 |
Preference Shares, Series 3 |  | 24 |  | 600 |  | 24 |  | 600 |  | 24 |  | 600 |
Preference Shares, Series 5 |  | 8 |  | 206 |  | 8 |  | 206 |  | 8 |  | 206 |
Preference Shares, Series 7 |  | 10 |  | 250 |  | 10 |  | 250 |  | 10 |  | 250 |
Preference Shares, Series 9 |  | 11 |  | 275 |  | 11 |  | 275 |  | 11 |  | 275 |
Preference Shares, Series 11 |  | 20 |  | 500 |  | 20 |  | 500 |  | 20 |  | 500 |
Preference Shares, Series 13 |  | 14 |  | 350 |  | 14 |  | 350 |  | 14 |  | 350 |
Preference Shares, Series 15 |  | 11 |  | 275 |  | 11 |  | 275 |  | 11 |  | 275 |
Preference Shares, Series 17 |  | 30 |  | 750 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | - |
Issuance costs |  |  |  | (147) |  |  |  | (137) |  |  |  | (137) |
Balance at end of year |  |  |  | 7,255 |  |  |  | 6,515 |  |  |  | 6,515 |
Schedule of characteristics of preference shares |
|  |  |  |  |  | Per Share Base |  | Redemption and |  | Right to |
|  | Initial |  |  |  | Redemption |  | Conversion |  | Convert |
|  | Yield |  | Dividend 1 |  | Value 2 |  | Option Date 2,3 |  | Into 3,4 |
(Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preference Shares, Series A |  | 5.50% |  | $ 1.375 |  | $ 25 |  | - |  | - |
Preference Shares, Series B |  | 4.00% |  | $ 1.000 |  | $ 25 |  | June 1, 2017 |  | Series C |
Preference Shares, Series D |  | 4.00% |  | $ 1.000 |  | $ 25 |  | March 1, 2018 |  | Series E |
Preference Shares, Series F |  | 4.00% |  | $ 1.000 |  | $ 25 |  | June 1, 2018 |  | Series G |
Preference Shares, Series H |  | 4.00% |  | $ 1.000 |  | $ 25 |  | September 1, 2018 |  | Series I |
Preference Shares, Series J |  | 4.00% |  | US$1.000 |  | US$25 |  | June 1, 2017 |  | Series K |
Preference Shares, Series L |  | 4.00% |  | US$1.000 |  | US$25 |  | September 1, 2017 |  | Series M |
Preference Shares, Series N |  | 4.00% |  | $ 1.000 |  | $ 25 |  | December 1, 2018 |  | Series O |
Preference Shares, Series P |  | 4.00% |  | $ 1.000 |  | $ 25 |  | March 1, 2019 |  | Series Q |
Preference Shares, Series R |  | 4.00% |  | $ 1.000 |  | $ 25 |  | June 1, 2019 |  | Series S |
Preference Shares, Series 1 |  | 4.00% |  | US$1.000 |  | US$25 |  | June 1, 2018 |  | Series 2 |
Preference Shares, Series 3 |  | 4.00% |  | $ 1.000 |  | $ 25 |  | September 1, 2019 |  | Series 4 |
Preference Shares, Series 5 |  | 4.40% |  | US$1.100 |  | US$25 |  | March 1, 2019 |  | Series 6 |
Preference Shares, Series 7 |  | 4.40% |  | $ 1.100 |  | $ 25 |  | March 1, 2019 |  | Series 8 |
Preference Shares, Series 9 |  | 4.40% |  | $ 1.100 |  | $ 25 |  | December 1, 2019 |  | Series 10 |
Preference Shares, Series 11 |  | 4.40% |  | $ 1.100 |  | $ 25 |  | March 1, 2020 |  | Series 12 |
Preference Shares, Series 13 |  | 4.40% |  | $ 1.100 |  | $ 25 |  | June 1, 2020 |  | Series 14 |
Preference Shares, Series 15 |  | 4.40% |  | $ 1.100 |  | $ 25 |  | September 1, 2020 |  | Series 16 |
Preference Shares, Series 17 |  | 5.15% |  | $ 1.288 |  | $ 25 |  | March 1, 2022 |  | Series 18 |
| 1 |  | The holder is entitled to receive a fixed, cumulative, quarterly preferential dividend, as declared by the Board. With the exception of Series A Preference Shares, such fixed dividend rate resets every five years beginning on the initial redemption and conversion option date. The Series 17 Preference Shares contain a feature where the fixed dividend rate, when reset every five years, will not be less than 5.15%. No other series of Preference Shares has this feature.
| 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 a one-for-one basis on the Conversion Option Date and every fifth anniversary thereafter at an ascribed issue price equal to the Base Redemption Value.
| 4 |  | With the exception of Series A Preference Shares, after the redemption and conversion option dates, holders may elect 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), 2.5% (Series S), 2.4% (Series 4), 2.6% (Series 8), 2.7% (Series 10), 2.6% (Series 12), 2.7% (Series 14), 2.7% (Series 16), 4.1% (Series 18); or US$25 x (number of days in quarter/365) x (three-month United States Government treasury bill rate + 3.1% (Series K), 3.2% (Series M), 3.1% (Series 2) or 2.8% (Series 6)).
Schedule of weighted average shares outstanding used for calculating basic and diluted earnings per common share |
December 31, |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
(number of common shares in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares outstanding |  | 911 |  | 847 |  | 829 |
Effect of dilutive options |  | 7 |  | - |  | 11 |
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |  | 918 |  | 847 |  | 840 |

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