The Corporation had been authorized to repurchase, for cancellation on the open market, or subject to the approval of any securities authority by private agreements, between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020, or at an earlier date if the Corporation concludes or cancels the offer, up to 1,000,000 of its Class A Subordinate Voting Shares and up to 190,560 of its Class B Shares.
On February 27, 2020, the Corporation was authorized to modify its share repurchase program in order to increase the maximum number of Class A Subordinate Voting Shares it is allowed to repurchase from 1,000,000 Class A Subordinate Shares to 2,000,000 Class A Subordinate Voting Shares. All other terms and conditions of the repurchase program remained unchanged.
During the year ended October 25, 2020, the Corporation redeemed and cancelled 450,450 of its Class A Subordinate Voting Shares at a weighted average price of $15.70, for a total cash consideration of $7.1 million (no shares repurchased since February 2020). The repurchases were made in the normal course of business at market prices through the Toronto Stock Exchange. The excess of the total consideration over the carrying amount of the shares, in the amount of $3.3 million, was applied against retained earnings.
On September 18, 2020, the Corporation was authorized to repurchase, for cancellation on the open market, or subject to the approval of any securities authority by private agreements, between October 1, 2020 and September 30, 2021, or at an earlier date if the Corporation concludes or cancels the offer, up to 1,000,000 of its Class A Subordinate Voting Shares and up to 191,320 of its Class B Shares. Under the current repurchase program, the Corporation has not redeemed any shares to date.
As at October 25, 2020
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