/EINPresswire.com/ -- TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Sep 1, 2017) - Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited ("Fairfax") (TSX:FFH)(FFH.U) announces that it has declared the following quarterly dividends per share on its preferred shares:

Series of Preferred Shares		Dividend (C$)		Payment Date		Record Date
Series C		0.286125		September 29, 2017		September 15, 2017
Series D		0.22931		September 28, 2017
Series E		0.18188		September 29, 2017
Series F		0.16760		September 28, 2017
Series G		0.207375		September 29, 2017
Series H		0.19253		September 28, 2017
Series I		0.23175		September 29, 2017
Series J		0.21061		September 28, 2017
Series K		0.291938		September 29, 2017
Series M		0.296875		September 29, 2017

Applicable Canadian withholding tax will be applied to dividends payable to non-residents of Canada.

Fairfax has also determined the quarterly dividend rates in respect of the September 29, 2017 to December 28, 2017 dividend period for its floating rate preferred shares. The rates, together with the dividends per share payable for such period (if and when declared), are set forth below:

Series of Preferred Shares		Rate (%)		Annualized Rate (%)		Dividend (C$)
Series D		0.97034		3.89202		0.24258
Series F		0.72352		2.90202		0.18088
Series H		0.82324		3.0202		0.20581
Series J		0.89554		3.59202		0.22389

Fairfax is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and investment management.