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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration Statement No. 333-259205
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The information in this preliminary pricing supplement is not complete and may be changed.
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Preliminary Pricing Supplement
Subject to Completion:
Dated March 28, 2023 To the Product Prospectus Supplement FIN-1, the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus, each dated September 14, 2021
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$_________
Redeemable Fixed Rate Notes,
Due April 17, 2030 Royal Bank of Canada |
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Redeemable Fixed Rate Notes
Royal Bank of Canada
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Issuer:
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Royal Bank of Canada (“Royal Bank”)
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Issue:
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Senior Global Medium-Term Notes, Series I
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Underwriter:
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RBC Capital Markets, LLC
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Currency:
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U.S. Dollars
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Minimum Investment:
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$1,000 and minimum denominations of $1,000 in excess of $1,000
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Pricing Date:
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April 13, 2023
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Issue Date:
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April 17, 2023
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Maturity Date:
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April 17, 2030
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Type of Note:
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Fixed Rate Note
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Interest Rate:
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5.50% per annum
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Interest Payment
Dates:
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Semi-annually, on April 17th and October 17th of each year, commencing on October 17, 2023, and ending on the maturity date. If an
Interest Payment Date is not a New York business day, interest will be paid on the next New York business day, without adjustment for period end dates and no interest will be paid in respect of the delay.
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Redemption:
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Redeemable at our option. If we redeem the Notes, we will pay you the principal amount, together with the applicable interest
payment.
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Call Dates:
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The Notes are callable, in whole, but not in part, beginning on April 17, 2025, and on each Interest Payment Date thereafter upon 10
business days’ prior written notice.
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Survivor’s Option:
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Not Applicable.
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Canadian Bail-in
Powers
Acknowledgment:
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The Notes are bail-inable notes. See “Agreement with Respect to the Exercise of Canadian Bail-in Powers.”
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U.S. Tax Treatment:
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Please see the discussion (including the opinion of our special U.S. tax counsel, Ashurst LLP) in the product prospectus supplement
FIN-1 dated September 14, 2021 under “Supplemental Discussion of U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” and specifically the discussion under “Supplemental Discussion of U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences—Supplemental U.S. Tax
Considerations—Where the term of your notes will exceed one year—Fixed Rate Notes, Floating Rate Notes, Inverse Floating Rate Notes, Step Up Notes, Leveraged Notes, Range Accrual Notes, Dual Range Accrual Notes and Non-Inversion Range
Accrual Notes,” and “Supplemental Discussion of U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences—Supplemental U.S. Tax Considerations—Where the term of your notes will exceed one year—Sale, Redemption or Maturity of Notes that Are Not Treated as
Contingent Payment Debt Instruments,” which applies to your Notes.
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Redeemable Fixed Rate Notes
Royal Bank of Canada
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Calculation Agent:
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RBC Capital Markets, LLC
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Listing:
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The Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange.
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Clearance and
Settlement:
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DTC global (including through its indirect participants Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg as described under “Ownership and
Book-Entry Issuance” in the prospectus dated September 14, 2021).
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Terms Incorporated in
the Master Note:
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All of the terms appearing above the item captioned “Listing” on pages P-2 and P-3 of this pricing supplement, the section "Agreement
with Respect to the Exercise of Canadian Bail-in Powers” below, and the applicable terms appearing under the caption “General Terms of the Notes” in the product prospectus supplement FIN-1 dated September 14, 2021, as modified by this
pricing supplement.
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Redeemable Fixed Rate Notes
Royal Bank of Canada
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Redeemable Fixed Rate Notes
Royal Bank of Canada
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Redeemable Fixed Rate Notes
Royal Bank of Canada
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Redeemable Fixed Rate Notes
Royal Bank of Canada
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P-7
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RBC Capital Markets, LLC
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